Comparison

TimerCoach vs RunTrace

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

Head to head
About

TimerCoach

Features
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Train with a timer that keeps up with you. Build HIIT, Tabata, kettlebell, yoga or circuit sessions with your own warmup, work, rest, cooldown and rounds. STAY IN CONTROL • Start and control workouts from Apple Watch • Follow the timer on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Hear voice cues while your own music keeps playing MAKE EVERY SESSION YOURS • Save and share custom workouts without an account • Plan sessions and set reminders • Check your form with the front-camera overlay while the timer stays visible • Put your timer on a TV with AirPlay • See your training history and streaks No ads. No account. Your workouts and history stay on your device. Pseudonymous usage analytics help improve TimerCoach.

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RunTrace

Features
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Install RunTrace and your running history is already there. Every run in Apple Health — the ones from your Apple Watch, the ones from whatever app you used before — is on the first screen, with its route, splits and heart rate intact. No account to make, no import to wait for, nothing to set up. Then it records new runs too. GPS route, live pace, splits as you pass each kilometre or mile, auto-pause when you stop at a light, and spoken split announcements so you don't have to look. Distance and pace stay on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with a pause button you can reach without unlocking. FREE, AND IT STAYS FREE • Your whole Apple Health running history, imported on first launch • GPS recording with live pace, auto-pause and spoken splits • The Apple Watch app — it records on its own, so you can leave the phone at home • Route map, plus a profile of pace, elevation or heart rate along the distance • Splits chart showing your fastest and slowest laps • Time in five heart-rate zones, and a note for how it felt • This week day by day, and a calendar of every day you ran • Weekly volume and pace trend over the last three months • Records: longest run, longest time, best pace, biggest week, week streak • A weekly distance goal, with optional reminders on the days you plan to run • A share card built for someone else's feed: one big number and the shape of your route, no street map of your neighbourhood • GPX export of any run, or all of them at once, with heart rate and cadence • Home Screen widget with this week's distance and your last run RUNTRACE PRO: KNOW WHAT EVERY RUN IS DOING FOR YOU • Fitness, Fatigue and Form — training load that tells you whether you're fresh, building, or overreaching • VO₂ Max, resting heart rate and HRV, each against where it was three months ago • Running form measured by Apple Watch: power, cadence, stride length, ground contact and vertical oscillation • Best efforts at 1 km, 1 mile, 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon, found inside runs you've already done • Volume and pace trends across a year, or every year you've run Pro cards are drawn from your own runs, so before you subscribe you can see that the numbers are yours, not a sample. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account, no ads, no analytics, no servers of ours. Purchases go through the App Store and nowhere else. Runs you record sync through your own private iCloud, so they follow you between devices. What RunTrace reads from Apple Health stays on the device it read it from. ALREADY BOUGHT RUNTRACE? If you paid for RunTrace before it became free, you already have Pro — for life, including everything new. Nothing to restore, nothing to tap. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS RunTrace Pro is available as: • Yearly subscription, with a 2-week free trial for eligible new subscribers • Monthly subscription • Lifetime — a single payment that never renews Prices are shown in the app and may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; renewal is charged within 24 hours before the period ends. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.mzjpg.com/policy/runtrace/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

TimerCoach4 screens
RunTrace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TimerCoach at none against RunTrace's 3. RunTrace's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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. RunTrace sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. TimerCoach asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
TimerCoach versus RunTrace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimerCoachRunTrace
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSidi Mohamed Idrissi YaghirDajiale

In-app purchases

None

TimerCoach

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

RunTrace

Subscriptions2
  • RunTrace Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • RunTrace Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • RunTrace Pro Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is TimerCoach free?
TimerCoach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RunTrace free?
RunTrace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TimerCoach or RunTrace have ads?
Neither TimerCoach nor RunTrace shows ads.

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