RunTerra vs Territor.io
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RunTerra
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Turn every run into a battle for territory. RunTerra is the GPS running app that transforms your neighborhood into a live game map — run through city blocks to claim tiles, defend your turf, and compete against runners worldwide. HOW IT WORKS • Lace up and hit the streets — your GPS tracks your path in real time • Every block you run becomes YOUR territory tile on the map • Other runners can reclaim your tiles — fight back to keep your ground • Join or create a clan to dominate entire neighborhoods together • Climb the global leaderboard as you rack up captured tiles COMPETE & CONQUER • Live territory map: see who owns what in your city right now • Solo runners vs. organized clans — choose your side • Weekly territory resets keep the competition fierce and fresh • Track your pace, distance, calories, and tiles claimed every run CLAN WARFARE • Create your own clan with a custom name, tag, and color • Coordinate with up to 10 clan members to control your city • Clan leaderboard: see which squad dominates your neighborhood • Upgrade to Clan Pro to expand your roster to 30 members CUSTOMIZE YOUR TILES • Unlock exclusive tile skins to stand out on the map • Gold, Chrome, and Flame skins — make your territory unmistakable • One-time purchase, no subscription required for skins STAY MOTIVATED • Every run has a purpose beyond fitness — you are building an empire • Watch your territory grow on a live map after every run • Race against your own records while battling rivals for the same blocks CLAN PRO ($1.99/month) Expand your clan from 10 to 30 members. Perfect for serious squads ready to dominate their city. Download RunTerra free and start claiming your city today. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Clan Pro is an auto-renewable subscription at $1.99/month. Your subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your App Store Account Settings. Terms of Use: https://runterra.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://runterra.app/privacy
Territor.io
Turn your runs into a competitive game where you capture territory by closing loops. Compete with friends or globally to claim land, earn points, and earn trophies. Customize game rules and track your progress with detailed score breakdowns.
- Capture territory by closing GPS loops
- Compete with friends or globally
- Customizable game rules and seasons
- Earn points and trophies
- Detailed score breakdowns
- Apple Fitness sync
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Territor.io turns a run into a land grab. Close a loop on your route and the ground inside it becomes yours: painted in your color on a live map and worth points on the board. Run a bigger, smarter loop than your friends and you take theirs. Lost ground? Run it again and take it back. HOW IT WORKS • Start a run. Territor.io tracks it with GPS and keeps tracking with the screen off. (Continued use of GPS in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.) • Close a loop: circle back to where you started, or cross your own path. Any shape that encloses ground counts. • Finish to watch your captured area light up. • Already running with your Apple Watch? Turn on Apple Fitness sync in Settings (iOS) to bring those runs in automatically. They show up in your history and can be published to claim territory, just like runs you record in the app. • Publish when you're ready. Nothing is shared until you do. IT'S A TURF WAR The newest loop to enclose a patch owns it. Your territory is always up for grabs, and so is everyone else's — the map never stops moving. BRING YOUR RIVALS Create a private group, invite friends with a link, and share a map and leaderboard that belong only to you. Or publish to the Global game and take your place on the world board. RULES THAT CHANGE THE GAME Each group's season picks which rules it plays by: • Conditions: a hard run is worth more. Cold, heat, rain, snow, darkness and climbing all raise your multiplier, measured on our servers from where and when you actually ran. • Milestones: points for distance covered, a bonus for every week of your streak, and permanent trophies for your first 5K, 10K, half and full marathon. • Territory Decay: ground you don't re-run slowly fades and releases. Consistency beats one heroic land grab. • Landmarks: bonus points for looping around parks, monuments, museums and capitols. Either everyone can claim each place once, or only the first runner there gets paid. SEASONS AND TROPHIES A group sets its own season length — monthly, quarterly, yearly, or open-ended. When a season closes, the top three take home permanent trophies, and the map opens as unclaimed ground. Every past season keeps its own frozen board and map. SEE EXACTLY WHY YOU SCORED Tap any score for a full breakdown: the ground you're holding, what each active rule added, and the total. BUILT TO BE FAIR Scoring rules are set by Territor.io, never by group owners, so nobody can tune the game in their own favor. Weather, elevation and daylight are looked up server-side, so nothing your phone reports can inflate a score. Runs at impossible speeds are rejected. YOUR PRIVACY A run stays private to you until you choose to publish it. Other players see your username, your color and the shape of the loops you've published but never your real name, email or photo. We don't store the raw point-by-point GPS trail of your run on our servers, only the boundary of the loop you claimed. Lace up. The neighborhood is up for grabs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Territor.io at none against RunTerra's 4. Territor.io also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.2). On price, update cadence, 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. RunTerra sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Territor.io asks for nothing beyond the download.
RunTerra ships an update every 4 days, Territor.io every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RunTerra | Territor.io |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ALAZ EREKUL | Joshua Abbott |
In-app purchases
RunTerra
- Clan Pro$1.991 Month
- Gold Tile Skin$0.99
- Chrome Tile Skin$0.99
- Flame Tile Skin$0.99
Territor.io
No in-app purchases









