Comparison

Sweat Map vs My_Runs

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

Head to head
About

Sweat Map

Visualize your outdoor activities with a personal heatmap. Track runs, walks, and cycles, with data automatically syncing from Apple Health. See your training progress and explore your activity history on an interactive map.

Highlights
  • Personal running heatmap
  • Automatic Apple Health sync
  • Interactive activity map
  • Route visualization
  • Filter by workout type
  • Privacy-focused, on-device data
Features
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Your personal running heatmap and workout tracker. Sweat Map transforms your workout history into a beautiful activity heatmap — see every run, walk, cycle, and outdoor workout on one interactive fitness map. RUNNING HEATMAP & ACTIVITY TRACKER Build your own running heatmap like Strava's global heatmap, but personal. Every outdoor workout you've ever tracked appears on your map. Run tracker data, walking routes, cycling paths, and hiking trails — all visualized. The more you train a route, the brighter it glows on your fitness heatmap. AUTOMATIC WORKOUT SYNC Your workout tracker data imports automatically from Apple Health. Compatible with: • Apple Watch workouts • Strava • Nike Run Club • Garmin Connect • Runkeeper • MapMyRun • Komoot • WorkOutDoors • Any run tracker or activity tracker that saves to Apple Health RUNNING MAP & ROUTE TRACKER View your complete running map and training log in one place. Filter by activity type to see just your running routes, cycling heatmap, walking tracker data, or hiking trails. Your route tracker history becomes a visual training log. WORKOUT HISTORY VISUALIZATION See your fitness journey at a glance. Months or years of workout history displayed on your personal heatmap. Track running progress, discover patterns in your outdoor workouts, and watch your activity map grow over time. SHARE YOUR FITNESS MAP Export your running heatmap or cycling map to share your fitness journey. Show friends your most-trained routes or your city exploration progress. FEATURES • Personal running heatmap from your workout history • Activity tracker with automatic Apple Health sync • Running map with route visualization • Cycling heatmap and walking tracker support • Training log with distance and workout stats • Filter by workout type and date range • Dark Mode support • Privacy-focused: all data stays on device PERFECT FOR • Runners building a personal running heatmap • Cyclists creating a cycling heatmap • Fitness enthusiasts tracking outdoor workouts • Anyone wanting to visualize their activity tracker data • Athletes reviewing their training log and route history Your run tracker, walking tracker, and cycling data deserves more than a list. Sweat Map turns your workout tracker history into a fitness map you can actually see and share.

About

My_Runs

Features
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A personal iOS running tracker — imports Nike Run Club TCX files and Apple Health workouts, syncs to iCloud, and turns your history into a beautiful dashboard. SwiftUI + SwiftData + HealthKit, zero dependencies. Now imports also from Strava (via API and app connect), Runkeeper and Garmin connect through .gpx and .fit files. Run management Bulk TCX import — drop in hundreds of Nike Run Club exports in one go Apple Health import — pull running workouts (with GPS routes) from Apple Watch and the Fitness app Apple Health export — push your imported TCX runs back into Health as proper workouts Per-run data source badges so you always know where a run came from Insights Dashboard — total distance, total time, calories, country count, monthly/yearly distance chart, 30-day pace trend, distance distribution, day-of-week breakdown, GitHub-style activity heatmap Records — best half marathon, best marathon, best splits for 1K/5K/10K/15K/21.1K/42.2K computed across every run, plus longest run, longest duration, most elevation, fastest pace, most calories Run detail — interactive map with pace-colored polylines, scrubbable timeline, synced charts for pace, elevation, heart rate (from Health if needed), and speed, plus per-km splits with relative pace bars Personalization Configurable units — km/miles, km/h or mph, min/km or min/mi, meters or feet Reverse geocoding — city and country attached to every run, with flag emoji Light haptics throughout Data and privacy CloudKit sync — runs, laps, and trackpoint blobs sync to your private iCloud database; new devices restore automatically On-device only — no third-party servers, analytics, or trackers Delete all data — one-tap data wipe in Settings, including iCloud Privacy Manifest included (iOS 17+ requirement)

Screenshots

Sweat Map3 screens
My_Runs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sweat Map at daily against My_Runs's every 3 days. Sweat Map also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sweat Map ships an update daily, My_Runs every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Sweat Map versus My_Runs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSweat MapMy_Runs
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVanilla b.v.Maxime Leclercq

In-app purchases

None

Sweat Map

No in-app purchases

None

My_Runs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sweat Map free?
Sweat Map is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is My_Runs free?
My_Runs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sweat Map or My_Runs have ads?
Neither Sweat Map nor My_Runs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sweat Map or My_Runs?
Sweat Map ships an update daily, and My_Runs every 3 days. Most recently, Sweat Map was updated on September 18, 2026 and My_Runs on September 17, 2026.

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