Trace Run vs RunPlash
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.
RunPlash
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■ Run your streets, own your city RunPlash is a GPS running game where your real runs claim real territory on the map. Finish a loop of 3km or more and everything inside your route is painted as your zone. Your everyday run or jog becomes a game of taking over the neighborhood. ■ Claim and raid with your running crew Run solo to build your own territory, or team up with your running crew to take over bigger ground. Raid another crew's zones in a siege, and run together to defend when yours is under attack. The more you run, the stronger your defense gets. ■ Official course leaderboards Gold courses on the map are official courses anyone can run. No sign-up needed: just run the course and your time is recorded automatically. Climb the monthly, all-time and most-finishes rankings. ■ Running events Join limited-time running events and race other runners for the top spot. ■ Detailed run tracking · Distance, pace, time, elevation, cadence (SPM) and calories · Per-km splits and km markers on the map · Zoomable route map · Voice updates every km and auto-pause · GPX export ■ Level up as you run Earn XP from distance, elevation and running streaks to level up. Higher levels hit harder when you claim and raid zones. ■ Made for you if you · Find solo running a little boring · Want to compete alongside a running crew · Want game-like motivation for fitness and weight loss · Jog regularly around your neighborhood or local park Run. Splash. Own the City. Go paint your city with today's run.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Trace Run at none against RunPlash's 2. RunPlash's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price 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. RunPlash sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Trace Run asks for nothing beyond the download.
Trace Run ships an update weekly, RunPlash every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.
| Parameter | Trace Run | RunPlash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | hyunjin lee | BOSUNG YOO |
In-app purchases
Trace Run
No in-app purchases
RunPlash
- 이벤트런 참가권 5,000원$2.99
- 이벤트런 참가권 10,000원$6.99









