Comparison

Run Visuals vs PaceFrame

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

Head to head
About

Run Visuals

Features
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Run Visuals transforms your data into beautiful, shareable visual cards, stickers, and videos. Import your activities from Garmin, Strava, or Apple Health, then choose from a collection of uniquely designed templates to showcase your achievements. CARDS Choose from over a dozen card templates to display your stats in style. From retro game screens to magazine covers, grunge frames to minimalist layouts — each card turns your distance, pace, speed, time, and route into something worth sharing. Add your own photos as backgrounds to make every card personal. STICKERS Pick from 25+ metric stickers designed to overlay on your photos. Show off your distance, pace, speed, splits, elevation, heart rate, and route map in styles ranging from diamond badges to knockout text, art deco shapes to circular stamps. Customize colors to match your aesthetic. VIDEOS Bring your runs to life with animated 9:16 videos made for Instagram Stories, Reels, and TikTok. Watch your route draw itself across a map, your distance count up, your pace tick through every mile, and your splits and elevation animate to a finish. Multiple templates with different layouts and fonts — pick a vibe, set a color, and export an MP4 ready to share. FEATURES - Import activities from Garmin Connect, Strava, or Apple Health - Supports running, walking, hiking, and cycling - 14 card design templates across multiple categories - 32 sticker designs with customizable colors - Animated video templates exported as 9:16 MP4 for Stories and Reels - GPS route map visualization on cards, stickers, and videos - Live counting animations for distance, time, pace, and elevation - Background photo support from camera or photo library - Download or share directly to social media - Supports miles and kilometers - Split and lap visualizations - Elevation, heart rate, and calorie tracking display - Localized in 17 languages CONNECT YOUR DATA Link your Garmin or Strava account to automatically pull in your activity data including distance, pace, speed, time, splits, elevation gain, heart rate, GPS route, and more. Connect Apple Health on iOS for quick access to your workouts. Or enter your data manually. SHARE YOUR RUNS Download your cards and stickers as images and your videos as MP4s, then share them to Instagram Stories, Reels, TikTok, posts, texts, or anywhere you want to show off your miles.

About

PaceFrame

Features
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Turn your sport activities into premium visuals worth sharing. PaceFrame connects to Strava, Garmin and Apple Health and transforms your workouts into aesthetic story-style visuals with stats, maps and customizable templates. Whether you run, ride or train, create content that looks as good as your effort. YOUR ACTIVITIES, YOUR STYLE Choose from premium templates and create personalized sport visuals using your activity data. Display: • Distance • Pace • Duration • Heart rate • Calories • Elevation • Route maps • Workout stats and more Move, resize and customize every element to create your own composition. CONNECT YOUR DATA Connect your Strava, Garmin or Apple Health account to access your activities directly inside PaceFrame. Your workout history is ready to use for creating visuals in just a few taps. BUILT FOR ATHLETES & CREATORS • Story-style sport templates • Route and map overlays • Photos and video support • Customizable layouts • Premium visual designs • Easy export and social sharing PRIVACY FIRST Your activity data is only used to power your experience and generate your visuals inside the app. Create. Train. Share. Download PaceFrame and make every activity worth sharing. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Run Visuals4 screens
PaceFrame4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Run Visuals at none against PaceFrame's 2. PaceFrame's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. PaceFrame sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Run Visuals asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Run Visuals ships an update every 9 days, PaceFrame every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Run Visuals versus PaceFrame: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRun VisualsPaceFrame
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFinish Line Labs, LLCThang Huynh

In-app purchases

None

Run Visuals

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

PaceFrame

Subscriptions2
  • PaceFrame Premium Weekly$2.997 Days
  • PaceFrame Premium Annual$17.991 Year

Questions

Is Run Visuals free?
Run Visuals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PaceFrame free?
PaceFrame is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Run Visuals or PaceFrame have ads?
Neither Run Visuals nor PaceFrame shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Run Visuals or PaceFrame?
Run Visuals ships an update every 9 days, and PaceFrame every 2 days. Most recently, Run Visuals was updated on October 5, 2026 and PaceFrame on October 2, 2026.

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