Comparison

RunBeat vs LockIN

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

Head to head
About

RunBeat

This app provides real-time audio coaching for heart rate zone training and interval workouts. It guides you to stay in your target zone or complete specific interval structures without needing to look at your screen. Compatible with various Bluetooth heart rate monitors and smartwatches.

Highlights
  • Real-time heart rate zone audio coaching
  • Supports Zone 2 and VO₂ Max intervals
  • Customizable interval training programs
  • Automatic music playlist switching
  • Works with Bluetooth HR monitors and smartwatches
  • Training log with session history
Features
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Nail every session. Just listen and run. Train Zone 2, race pace, and VO2 max with RunBeat, your audio running coach. Real-time voice guidance keeps you in zone or on pace. Add intervals like Norwegian 4×4 or 1 km repeats, and it calls every rep. ZONE TRAINING Pick your target heart rate zone. RunBeat monitors live heart rate and coaches you to speed up or slow down to stay in zone. PACE TRAINING Train the pace you’ll need on race day, whether that’s a 5K, a marathon, or the runs between HYROX stations. RunBeat monitors your live pace and coaches you to speed up or slow down to stay on target. DISTANCE INTERVALS Speedwork. 1 km repeats or build your own, measured by GPS. Voice callouts at every rep. Apple Music playlists switch between work and rest. TIMED INTERVALS VO2 Max work. Norwegian 4×4 or build your own. Voice callouts at every transition. Apple Music playlists switch between work and rest. WORKS WITH YOUR GEAR Apple Watch, Whoop, Polar, Google Fitbit Air, Garmin, Coros, Wahoo, any Bluetooth HR monitor. Auto-reconnects. Watch app shows live zone on wrist. ACTIVITY Time in each zone, HR over time chart, work/rest breakdowns, rep splits, session history, plus distance, pace, and your route on the map. Saves every workout to Apple Health. WHY RUNBEAT Eyes forward. Train by ear. Audio coaching handles zones, pace, intervals, and reps, so you can focus on running. RUNBEAT PRO First training free. Then a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime. Privacy: https://runbeat.app/privacy Terms: https://runbeat.app/terms

About

LockIN

Features
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Premium unlocks two studio coach voices and the monthly health report. Everything needed to train — heart-rate coaching, plans, the field test, progress — is free. Heart rate requires an Apple Watch. On the Simulator or an iPhone without a paired watch, the run screen will wait for a heart-rate source. There is no account system, no sign-in, and no server. Nothing in the app is gated behind an identity, so no demo credentials are needed. HEALTHKIT HealthKit data is never uploaded to a server — LockIN has no backend and no network path for it. Heart rate, workouts, and routes are read from and written to HealthKit on the device; training data is stored locally in SwiftData. No HealthKit data is shared with third parties, sold, or used for advertising. The app's one third-party SDK is Sentry, for crash reporting, and it never receives HealthKit data: sendDefaultPii, attachScreenshot and attachViewHierarchy are disabled and tracing is zero, because a crash screenshot of the run screen would itself be heart-rate data. PERMISSIONS The Health and Apple Music screens explain why access is wanted and then always present the system permission sheet. Declining is available on Apple's own sheet; onboarding completes either way.

Screenshots

RunBeat4 screens
LockIN4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: RunBeat at 17.0 against LockIN's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. RunBeat sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and LockIN sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
RunBeat versus LockIN: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunBeatLockIN
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMushin Labs, LLCRyan Bergeron

In-app purchases

2 purchases

RunBeat

Subscriptions2
  • RunBeat Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • RunBeat Pro7 Days trial$39.991 Year
3 purchases

LockIN

Subscriptions2
  • LockIN Premium$5.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$99.99

Questions

Is RunBeat free?
RunBeat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LockIN free?
LockIN is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RunBeat or LockIN have ads?
Neither RunBeat nor LockIN shows ads.

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