Comparison

Flowtr vs Koshio

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

Head to head
About

Flowtr

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Give your run a new purpose. Flowtr turns your route into territory on the map. RUN AND CONQUER Head outside, run a loop and claim the area on the 3D map. Close a loop over rival territory to make it yours. CHALLENGE FRIENDS Create a duel or a group challenge. Compete over a single run, a week, a month or a year, for total distance or your best run. WATCH YOUR PROGRESS Record GPS routes, check distance and pace, and revisit your conquests in your history. Rankings and milestones give you new goals. Run, walk or cycle. SHARE WITH PRIDE Turn your activity into a cinematic video, a full-screen image with a 3D map, or an editable sticker for your social stories. The streets are the board. Your next conquest starts with you.

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Koshio

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Koshio turns your run into a game of territory. Start a run, go around a block, a park or a whole neighbourhood, and come back to where you started. The moment you close the loop, everything inside it turns your colour on the map. Run over someone else's territory and you take it from them. Then they can come and take it back. HOW IT WORKS 1. Start a run. The map follows your route live. 2. Close the loop. Return to your starting point and the area inside becomes yours. 3. Defend it. Your territory stays on the map until another runner claims it. RUN WITH A CLUB Start a club or join one. Clubs have their own announcement board, their own events and their own member rankings. Organise a run, see who says they are coming, and check them in on the day with the attendance table. KNOW WHERE YOU STAND You have a rank in every city you run in, and a rank in your country. Territory helps, but every run counts towards your score even when you claim nothing. IN THE APP - Live map showing who owns what, and how big it is - Clubs, events and an attendance table - City and country leaderboards - Friends, so you can filter the map to just the people you know - Notifications when your territory is taken, when someone mentions you, and before an event starts - Run history with route, distance, time and calories, and charts of your progress - Cheat protection: every run is checked on the server against speed, distance and movement data, so nobody claims a neighbourhood from a car - Turkish, English and German BACKGROUND LOCATION Koshio needs your location while a run is recording, including when your screen is off or you switch to another app, because the loop has to be tracked without gaps. Continued use of GPS in the background can shorten battery life. Location is only recorded while a run is active, and you can stop it at any time. Koshio is for running outdoors. Watch the traffic, watch your footing, and never enter somewhere unsafe just to claim it. info@koshio.app

Screenshots

Flowtr4 screens
Koshio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Koshio at every 2 days against Flowtr's every 6 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flowtr ships an update every 6 days, Koshio every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Flowtr versus Koshio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlowtrKoshio
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better16.4
Further details β€” not scored
Size125 MB74 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJoao Nuno FerreiraBERK SADIKOGLU

In-app purchases

None

Flowtr

No in-app purchases

None

Koshio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flowtr free?
Flowtr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Koshio free?
Koshio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Flowtr or Koshio have ads?
Neither Flowtr nor Koshio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flowtr or Koshio?
Flowtr ships an update every 6 days, and Koshio every 2 days. Most recently, Flowtr was updated on October 17, 2026 and Koshio on October 13, 2026.

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