Comparison

Run Visuals vs Halo

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

Halo

Transform your workouts into shareable visual stories with premium filters, stickers, and customizable layouts. Automatically import your stats from Apple Health to create beautiful memories of your runs, rides, and hikes.

Highlights
  • Premium film-inspired filters
  • Authentic analogue grain
  • Elegant workout stickers
  • Customizable designs
  • Automatic Apple Health data import
  • Shareable workout stats
Features
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Halo transforms your runs, rides and workouts into beautiful stories you'll actually want to share. Because your workout deserves more than a screenshot. Create stunning workout memories with premium filters, authentic film-inspired grain and beautifully designed stickers, powered by Apple Health. Whether it's a sunrise run, a weekend hike or your latest personal best, Halo helps you turn every workout into something worth keeping. Turn movement into art. Choose your favourite photo and make it yours: - Premium film-inspired filters - Authentic analogue grain - Beautiful typography - Elegant workout stickers - Creative layouts designed for sharing Every design is fully customisable, so your story feels as unique as the workout itself. Your stats, beautifully presented. Halo automatically imports your workout data from Apple Health and transforms it into elegant, shareable designs. Create stories with: Distance Pace Time Elevation Calories Heart Rate Route Maps Dates & Locations And more Everything updates automatically — no manual editing required. Designed to be shared. Whether you're posting to Instagram Stories, TikTok, Snapchat or simply saving memories for yourself, Halo helps every workout look as good as it felt. Free to use, with a small watermark on every story. Remove it anytime and access exclusive stickers with an optional Halo Supporter upgrade — your support keeps Halo ad-free and constantly improving. Built for people who move. Whether you run, walk, hike, cycle or train at the gym, Halo helps you capture the moments that matter — not just the numbers. Because years from now, you probably won't remember your pace. You'll remember the sunrise. The route. The city you explored. The person you ran with. Halo helps you remember and share it all. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Run Visuals4 screens
Halo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Run Visuals at none against Halo's 1. Run Visuals also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). Halo's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 9 days). 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. Halo sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Run Visuals asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Run Visuals ships an update every 9 days, Halo daily. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Run Visuals versus Halo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRun VisualsHalo
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (8 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFinish Line Labs, LLCAtrus Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Run Visuals

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Halo

Subscriptions1
  • Halo Member (Monthly)$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Run Visuals free?
Run Visuals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Halo free?
Halo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Run Visuals or Halo have ads?
Neither Run Visuals nor Halo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Run Visuals or Halo?
Run Visuals ships an update every 9 days, and Halo daily. Most recently, Run Visuals was updated on October 5, 2026 and Halo on October 24, 2026.

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