Comparison

Northing vs PB

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

Head to head
About

Northing

Features
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Northing is a UK peak audit ledger for post-hoc activity verification. Core functions: • Ingest activity streams (Strava / FIT / GPX) as raw records • Verify summit efforts using coordinate checks with a 200 m horizontal tolerance • Calculate vertical gain from pressure-delta records • Track progress across Munros, Wainwrights, and Marilyns • Export activity records when needed System rules: • Agency first: the app records, the user decides • No feeds, no encouragement, no notification bait • Private by default, no data selling • Great Britain scope: England, Scotland, Wales Database coverage: • 282 Munros • 214 Wainwrights • 1,550 Marilyns Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PB

Features
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PB-Runner is a running app that records your runs with the full depth your watch/phone can capture - pace, distance, splits, heart rate, and running-form metrics like power, ground contact time, vertical oscillation, stride length and cadence - and shows them in detail with route maps. - Record runs on Apple Watch (standalone, phone left at home) or on iPhone. - Garmin Support with PB-Runner ConnectIQ app - Detailed run breakdowns, route maps, and splits. - Create custom training schedules with AI you can follow on your wrist/phone with audio and haptic cues. - Recovery context from Apple Health (resting heart rate, sleep, HRV, VO2max). - An analytics dashboard on the web at pb-runner.com. - Share your run with a built-in editor for sharing your runs — stats over the map or your photo, dragged into place and styled to match. Bring your own AI (optional): connect an AI you already use - Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or another - to your own training data and build your Athletes Profile so it can analyse your runs and help plan your sessions based on the athlete you are, not a generic runner in an age group . PB-Runner is the connector; the AI is your own separate subscription, and the app works fully without it. PB-Runner is free while we launch - record runs, sync across your devices, and see your stats. Connecting your own AI is included free for now but will become a paid option later; your recording and history stay free. Privacy: your health and location data is used only to run the features you use, never for advertising, and never sold. It is only shared with an AI when you explicitly choose to connect one.

Screenshots

Northing4 screens
PB4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PB at every 5 days against Northing's every 2 weeks. Northing's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Northing ships an update every 2 weeks, PB every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Northing versus PB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNorthingPB
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNorthing Technical LimitedPB-Runner

In-app purchases

None

Northing

No in-app purchases

None

PB

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Northing free?
Northing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PB free?
PB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Northing or PB have ads?
Neither Northing nor PB shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Northing or PB?
Northing ships an update every 2 weeks, and PB every 5 days. Most recently, Northing was updated on September 12, 2026 and PB on September 23, 2026.

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