Trace Run vs RunStamp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trace Run
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Your run, worth sharing. Trace Run lets you replay your route on a map and turn your running records into photos, videos and cards. Import a record or start with a sample course. Your photos, your running story • Add your route, distance, time and pace to a photo card • Make distance stand out with the Bold layout, or position elements yourself • Overlay running stats on photo and video backgrounds • Create transparent stickers, save photos and share your results • Show heart rate in supported layouts when your record includes heart-rate data • Find photos taken around your run for a more personal card Relive the route • Replay your route on a 3D map • Choose playback speed, camera mode and five HUD skins • Review live pace, distance, elevation and route colors • Export a route video or record the simulation screen Import and organize • Import GPX files, Apple Health workouts and Strava activities • Browse records grouped by the day you ran • Set a target pace for GPX courses without timestamps • Compare two records with ghost racing and split analysis Save it your way • Story, feed, square and landscape formats for route videos • Layout, color and text options for cards and video clips • Download map tiles for offline use • Support for iPhone and iPad Imported routes and export rendering are processed on your device. Features such as maps, Strava connections and advertising use network services. Some exports may require watching a rewarded ad after the free export allowance is used. Share the moments you ran for with friends and your running crew.
RunStamp
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RunStamp turns the runs you record on Apple Watch and iPhone into emotional posters and a running diary you'll actually want to share. It automatically pulls together your distance, time, pace, heart rate, and route, then adds today's mood and a one-line note to create a single image ready to post straight to Instagram. You don't have to be a fast runner. A short distance, a slow pace — if you got out and ran today, it's worth remembering. ■ Automatic running posters Finish your run, open the app, and a poster is already waiting. Save and share in Story 9:16, Feed 1:1, or Portrait 4:5. ■ 7 emotional templates · your own photo as the background Minimal Run, Night Runner, Slow But Done, and more. Drop in a photo you took today, drag and zoom to frame it, and lay your caption on top. ■ Beginner-friendly wording A slow pace shows up as "Easy," not "slow," and a run with walking breaks becomes "Run-Walk." Slow runners get to show off without the shame. ■ Smart captions & hashtags Pick today's mood and RunStamp completes a matching one-liner and hashtags for you. ■ Stamp badges First Run · 5K Done · Slow But Done… collect badges as your runs add up. ■ Privacy protection for safe sharing (on by default) Auto-hide your home-area route · blur start/end points · convert your route into line-art. Photo-background posters never embed GPS or an address. ■ Monthly report This month's total distance, run count, top mood, and "sentence of the month" in one image. ■ Fully on device Everything is processed only on your device. No server uploads, no account, no ads, no tracking. Health data is read-only and never written. Import your runs and use the core posters and default privacy protection for free. Unlock Pro forever with a one-time purchase (no subscription) for premium templates, photo backgrounds, line-art, and watermark removal. Make today's run look good.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Trace Run at none against RunStamp's 1. RunStamp's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. RunStamp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Trace Run asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trace Run | RunStamp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | hyunjin lee | Byoungho Kim |
In-app purchases
Trace Run
No in-app purchases
RunStamp
- RunStamp Pro Lifetime$1.99









