Comparison

Track vs Pacedrops

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Track

Features
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TrackMap shows you which songs powered every step of your run. Connect your Strava and Spotify listening history to see your route painted with colors for each track you listened to. FEATURES - See your running route color-coded by song - View your pace for each track - discover which songs make you run faster - Create beautiful shareable summary cards for your runs - Works with outdoor runs, treadmill sessions, rides, and more HOW IT WORKS TrackMap uses Last.fm to access your Spotify listening history. If you don't have a Last.fm account, it's free and takes just a minute to set up - simply connect it to your Spotify and it will automatically track everything you listen to. 1. Connect your Strava account for activity data 2. Link Spotify to Last.fm (free at last.fm) to track your listening history 3. Open any activity to see your music mapped to your route 4. Share your run summary to social media or save to photos TrackMap matches timestamps from your workout with your scrobbled music history to show exactly what you were listening to at each point of your run. Perfect for runners who love music and want to relive their runs through their soundtrack.

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Pacedrops

Features
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Pacedrops turns every run into a story you can see and share. It connects your Strava runs with your Last.fm listening history, then matches the exact songs you played to each part of your route. See which track powered your fastest kilometer, which song carried you up the hill, and what you were listening to when you hit your stride. WHAT YOU GET: Your run's soundtrack, song by song, placed at the exact point on your route where each one played Per-song stats from your GPS: pace, heart rate and elevation for every track Records and medals: your fastest songs, hardest heart moments and all-time podiums, with gold, silver and bronze on every run Your Sound: the songs that make you fast, your most played tracks, your running genres and how far each song has carried you Song profiles: tap any song to see its full history across your runs A color-coded map of your run, with a pace heatmap showing where you sped up and slowed down Clean share cards for Instagram Stories, a setlist card, and a route map, ready in one tap HOW IT WORKS: Connect your Strava account Link your Last.fm username (works with Spotify, Apple Music, and more via scrobbling) Run with music playing When you finish, Pacedrops automatically matches your songs to your route and builds your story Pacedrops only shows confirmed data. A song appears only if it was really played, placed at its real position on your run. No guessing. Built for runners who run to music and want to relive and share the soundtrack of every session. Pacedrops works with the Strava API. Strava and the Strava logo are trademarks of Strava, Inc.

Screenshots

Track3 screens
Pacedrops4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Track at every 2 days against Pacedrops's every 6 days. Pacedrops's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Track ships an update every 2 days, Pacedrops every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Track versus Pacedrops: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrackPacedrops
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJustin GreeneAbd elkefi Omar

In-app purchases

None

Track

No in-app purchases

None

Pacedrops

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Track free?
Track is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pacedrops free?
Pacedrops is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Track or Pacedrops have ads?
Neither Track nor Pacedrops shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Track or Pacedrops?
Track ships an update every 2 days, and Pacedrops every 6 days. Most recently, Track was updated on September 9, 2026 and Pacedrops on September 20, 2026.

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