Comparison

PaceBoard vs Paceboard

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

Head to head
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PaceBoard

Features
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Your couch called. It says it'll be fine without you. PaceBoard turns Apple Health into a dashboard that shows exactly how much you ran, walked and stepped today. Or didn't. We'll both know. On your Home Screen, Lock Screen and Apple Watch. No account, no feed, nobody watching except your shoes and the friends you pick. Set goals, keep your streak alive, and let the progress bar judge you quietly. Lovingly. FRIENDS Race your friends every week, without a feed. Turn on Friends and your Activity screen shows your Game Center friends next to you: this week, the last 30 days, longest run and all-time distance, plus run streak and best 1K, 5K and 10K times. Tap a friend for a head-to-head, see exactly how far it is to the next place, or challenge them to a distance duel or a faster 5K. No PaceBoard account, no public leaderboard, and only your friends can see you. Only scores are shared, never routes, workouts or Health data, and it stays off until you turn it on. Quiet mode hides the ranks if you'd rather not know. With Plus you can rearrange your home screen around the cards you care about. WIDGETS & APPLE WATCH Check your progress without opening the app, because opening apps is cardio you didn't sign up for. A foam-track bar shows how much is left to your goal. A Friends widget shows your rank this week. The Apple Watch app has a full dashboard and workout recording that logs workouts to your default pair (pick any pair on the watch with Plus). SHOE CLOSET Every pair gets a photo and a mileage counter. A Retire soon warning in the app tells you when they're worn out, before your knees file a complaint. Every Apple Watch workout counts toward your default pair. DISCOVERY MAP Your whole city is covered in fog, and clearing it is your problem now. Every street you run or walk gets revealed, with a coverage percentage and explored area in km² or mi². Yes, it's addictive. No, we're not sorry. DASHBOARD Running, walking or steps, by day, week, month or year. Recent workouts, goals and today's training plan workout on one screen. Zero scrolling for excuses. WORKOUT RECORDING Start a run or walk from your iPhone or Apple Watch. Live distance, pace, heart rate zones, elevation and calories on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Your GPS route is saved to Apple Health, so the evidence is safe. TRAINING PLANS Beginner 5K all the way to Marathon, with week-by-week schedules, coach notes, tempo runs, intervals and long runs. Your couch will take it personally. STREAKS & ACHIEVEMENTS Streaks reward showing up, and they remember when you don't. Compare year over year, collect medals for records, step milestones and lifetime distance, and follow your Road to Marathon from 1K to 42.2K. SHARING Workout cards, weekly summaries, Year Wrapped visuals and medals, for when you want to brag. Never required. IPHONE DUO Unfold it and PaceBoard unfolds with you: dashboard, map, plans, shoes and medals get two-pane layouts that use both halves of the screen. Twice the screen, same number of excuses. KM OR MILES Pick one and it applies everywhere: app, widgets, Apple Watch. We don't take sides. PACEBOARD PLUS Free to use. Plus unlocks home screen customization, the run streak and best 1K/5K/10K friend boards, monthly widget timeframes, dynamic widget backgrounds, the unlimited discovery map, extra training plans, unlimited shoes, the Apple Watch shoe picker, and the month view on Apple Watch and its complications. Subscribe monthly or yearly, or pay once with Lifetime: one payment, not a subscription, and no guilt-trip notifications. That's the streak's job. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://thundering-ketchup-fee.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-PaceBoard-3f3ed39e6413819ab096f79a4e617d96

About

Paceboard

Effortlessly transform training plans into structured, watch-ready workouts. Automatically calculates paces based on race results and syncs directly to Garmin or Apple Watch. Organizes your week and provides intelligent feedback on your training.

Highlights
  • Structured workout creation from text
  • Automatic pace calculation
  • Garmin and Apple Watch sync
  • Weekly training schedule
  • AI-powered training feedback
  • Workout sharing
  • Lap review and analysis
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Paceboard reads your runs and tells you what they mean — then builds the training that comes next, at your paces, and puts it on your watch. Connect Garmin, COROS or Apple Watch and Paceboard reads your recent running: how much, how often, how fast. A few quick questions later, your first two weeks are built around your goal, whether that's a race day or staying fit. YOUR RUNS, UNDERSTOOD Ask how a run went and see it, not a wall of text: every rep against its target, every kilometre against your easy range, heart rate across the run. Then what went well, what drifted, and what to change next time. ASK ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR RUNS Why did your 10K fade? Are your easy days too fast? Is your long run building too quickly? Paceboard answers from your actual splits, paces and weeks — not guesses. A PLAN BUILT AROUND YOU Your training paces come from your own running, from easy through threshold to reps. Every week is laid out on your calendar with a countdown to race day, and each week builds on the last. WORKOUTS THAT ADAPT Slept badly, legs heavy? Paceboard reads your Apple Health recovery data, turns today into an easy run, moves the hard session, and keeps your week on track. One tap puts it back. BUILD IT THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN Type the session the way your coach said it. "6×800m at 5K effort with 400m jogs" comes back as a real structured workout, every rep and recovery in place, at your paces. RACE DAY, PLANNED Tell Paceboard your goal time and get a race plan you can run: how to pace each section, when to fuel, and what to do if it's hot. ON YOUR WATCH Workouts sync to your Garmin, COROS or Apple Watch with every rep, recovery and target pace on your wrist. Completed runs sync back automatically. SEE YOUR TRAINING ADD UP Weekly mileage, active time, consistency and race forecasts for 5K to the marathon, all from the runs you've logged. SHARE WITH YOUR CLUB Send any workout by link or QR code. Everyone runs the same session at their own paces. BUILT FOR Runners training for anything from 5K to the marathon on Garmin, COROS or Apple Watch — with a coach, a club, or on their own. Terms of Use: https://www.mypaceboard.com/terms

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

PaceBoard and Paceboard are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. PaceBoard sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Paceboard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PaceBoard ships an update every 6 days, Paceboard every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
PaceBoard versus Paceboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaceBoardPaceboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS27.026.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB33 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperRaul Carlos Petru PetrutaMatthew Militante

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PaceBoard

Subscriptions2
  • PaceBoard: Run & Walk Tracker7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Plus Year7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • PaceBoard: Run & Walk Tracker$24.99
4 purchases

Paceboard

Subscriptions4
  • Paceboard Pro Weekly7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Paceboard Pro Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Paceboard Pro Yearly$59.991 Year
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  • Paceboard Pro Yearly1 Year trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is PaceBoard free?
PaceBoard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Paceboard free?
Paceboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PaceBoard or Paceboard have ads?
Neither PaceBoard nor Paceboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PaceBoard or Paceboard?
PaceBoard ships an update every 6 days, and Paceboard every 3 days. Most recently, PaceBoard was updated on November 9, 2026 and Paceboard on October 31, 2026.

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