Comparison

Run Visuals vs RunGrid

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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

RunGrid

Features
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RunGrid is a photo journal for runners. Capture your views, not just your stats. Every run has a view โ€” the sunrise you almost missed, the empty street at dawn, the trail that looked different today.ย  RunGrid turns those moments into a visual running diary. * Snap photos mid-run with a single tap * Photos auto-tag with distance, location, and time from Apple Health * Watch your photo calendar fill in as you run * Organize runs into collections โ€” sunrise series, park runs, race days * Share magazine-style photo cards to Instagram Stories * Beautiful home screen widgets that show your photo calendar Your photos never leave your phone. No accounts. No cloud. No tracking. Just you and your runs. Built by a runner, for runners who care about the view.

Screenshots

Run Visuals4 screens
RunGrid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Run Visuals at none against RunGrid's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. RunGrid sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Run Visuals asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Run Visuals versus RunGrid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRun VisualsRunGrid
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better16.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size110 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFinish Line Labs, LLCNga Man Yip

In-app purchases

None

Run Visuals

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

RunGrid

Subscriptions2
  • RunGrid Pro$3.991 Month
  • RunGrid Pro (Annual)$24.991 Year

Questions

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

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