Self share vs PACER 42
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Self share
Share your workout photos and performance statistics. Enhance your images with AI-powered upgrades. Connect with others and showcase your fitness journey.
- Share exercise photos with performance stats
- AI image upgrades
- Showcase fitness journey
- User-generated content sharing
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Turn your workouts into something worth posting. Self Share puts your real numbers on your best photos and videos: distance, pace, splits, elevation, heart rate, and your route traced over the shot. Pick a stat, place it, recolor it, and export a story-ready image or clip in seconds. • 80+ stat designs — from clean type to full-bleed art, weekly and monthly recaps, day cards, and leaderboards among the people you follow • Your route as a map, a trace, or a 3D flyover of the run • Drag, pinch and rotate everything on the canvas YOUR WORKOUTS, ALREADY RECORDED Self Share doesn't track anything itself and needs no extra hardware. Sign in with your Strava, Garmin or COROS account, or use Apple Health — already on your iPhone — and your runs, rides and sessions show up on their own, ready to share. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://self-share.com/privacy
PACER 42
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PACER 42 turns every kilometer into competition, community and rewards. The app that recognizes your effort and motivates you to run at your own pace. Run with your watch, Strava, Polar, Apple Health or our built-in tracker: everything counts automatically — no duplicates, no setup. CHALLENGES THAT MOVE YOU Monthly distance, weekly, single-activity and consistency challenges. Join, run, and watch your progress bar move in real time. LIVE RANKINGS Every challenge has an instant leaderboard with overall, men's and women's filters. Your position follows you from the home screen — you always know who's just ahead. THE OFFICIAL RANKING The amateur ranking for 10K, half marathon and marathon, with your best official time down to the second. Every mark is verified and curated by PACER before publishing — look for the blue verification seal: a serious board, for real times. YOUR CLUB, YOUR TEAM Join a club in your city. Captains launch internal challenges and collective goals where every member's kilometers push toward a shared target — with a per-runner cap, so the goal belongs to everyone. Club battles, 1v1 duels on The Track and Stars of the Month. THE TRACK PACER's open arena: challenge your friends — or any runner — to duels of more kilometers, elevation or consistency, one on one or as teams. Duel history and personal records. POINTS AND STORE Every kilometer you run earns points. Complete challenges, stack them up, and redeem for real products in the store: your effort, recognized. PARTNERS Exclusive perks for PACER runners at gyms, physiotherapy centers, nutrition stores and more: show the app, scan the QR at the venue and redeem. FREE GIVEAWAYS Enter at no cost for real prizes by completing selected challenges. Terms available in the app. HEALTH Track your metrics, generate your PDF report and share it with your doctor or coach. Available in Spanish and English. RUN. COMPETE. WIN.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Self share at every 2 days against PACER 42's every 3 weeks. PACER 42's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Self share sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and PACER 42 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Self share ships an update every 2 days, PACER 42 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Self share | PACER 42 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aquiles Torres | Santiago Cuenca |
In-app purchases
Self share
- Self Pro$1.991 Month
PACER 42
- 1 Crédito$3.49
- 2 Créditos$5.99
- 5 Créditos$11.99









