Comparison

BERLIN HALF MARATHON vs Taper

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

Head to head
About

BERLIN HALF MARATHON

Follow runners and skaters live during the race weekend. View leaderboards, track up to 25 favorites on an interactive map, and access event news and participant start passes. Explore the EXPO hall with its plan.

Highlights
  • Live runner and skater tracking
  • Leaderboard of leading athletes
  • Follow up to 25 favorites
  • Interactive map with points of interest
  • EXPO hall plan
  • Participant start pass
  • News feed and push notifications
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Get the BERLIN HALF MARATHON on your screen. Whether you're a spectator or a participant, we'll bring the excitement of the race weekend to you! Features: ・Live tracking of runners and skaters ・Leaderboard of the leading athletes ・Follow up to 25 favorites ・Interactive map with points of interest ・EXPO hall plan ・Start pass for participants ・News feed and push notifications ・And many more

About

Taper

Features
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Taper is a calm marathon training plan and running coach for people who would rather run than read charts. Every morning it answers one question – what should I run today, and why? – and quietly handles the rest. PEAK WITHOUT BREAKING • A training plan built back from your real race date: 5K, 10K, half marathon or marathon. • It bends around your life. Miss a run, sleep badly or feel a niggle, and the plan reshapes itself instead of piling on. • Built-in guardrails stop your weekly distance and long runs from ramping up too fast, the usual road to injury. • Runs from Apple Health tick themselves off. Nothing to log by hand. TRAIN YOUR GUT TOO • Plenty of marathons fall apart around mile 18 because the stomach was never trained. Taper treats fueling as training: you practice on long runs for months, so race day holds no surprises. • A race-day fueling plan in plain words: when to take a gel, when to drink, how much salt, and when caffeine helps. • Race-week carb loading, worked out for your body weight. A COACH THAT ADAPTS TO YOU • Morning readiness from your overnight heart-rate data: a gentle "go for it" or "take it easy today". • Your coach reads your runs and explains what they mean in plain words. It runs on your device, so your data stays with you. • Run form check: film twenty seconds of running with your iPhone propped up, and see your cadence, symmetry and form explained simply. Videos never leave your phone. WATCH EVERY RUN ADD UP • Weekly distance, personal bests and streaks at a glance. • Share a clean run card with your club or friends. FREE AND PRO Downloading Taper and tracking your runs is free. Taper Pro adds your full race plan, the coach, run form check and the race-day fueling plan. New runners get 7 days free, then an annual or monthly subscription begins. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase, or at the end of the free trial. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://runtaper.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://runtaper.com/privacy Made in London, by a runner.

Screenshots

BERLIN HALF MARATHON4 screens
Taper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BERLIN HALF MARATHON at none against Taper's 2. BERLIN HALF MARATHON also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). 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. Taper sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. BERLIN HALF MARATHON asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BERLIN HALF MARATHON ships an update every 2 days, Taper every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
BERLIN HALF MARATHON versus Taper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBERLIN HALF MARATHONTaper
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB29 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMika timingTunca Ltd

In-app purchases

None

BERLIN HALF MARATHON

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Taper

Subscriptions2
  • Taper Pro Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Taper Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is BERLIN HALF MARATHON free?
BERLIN HALF MARATHON is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Taper free?
Taper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BERLIN HALF MARATHON or Taper have ads?
Neither BERLIN HALF MARATHON nor Taper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BERLIN HALF MARATHON or Taper?
BERLIN HALF MARATHON ships an update every 2 days, and Taper every 4 days. Most recently, BERLIN HALF MARATHON was updated on November 5, 2026 and Taper on October 31, 2026.

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