BERLIN HALF MARATHON vs Taper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
Taper
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | BERLIN HALF MARATHON | Taper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mika timing | Tunca Ltd |
In-app purchases
BERLIN HALF MARATHON
No in-app purchases
Taper
- Taper Pro Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Taper Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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