Comparison

MapStride vs Arena

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

Head to head
About

MapStride

Track your runs, walks, and cycling routes with live GPS mapping. Monitor distance, speed, pace, steps, and calories burned. Review your progress and workout history with a clean, ad-free interface.

Highlights
  • Live GPS route tracking
  • Real-time workout statistics
  • Distance, speed, and pace measurement
  • Calorie burn calculation
  • Weekly progress dashboard
  • Workout history log
Features
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MapStride is a free GPS run, walk and cycle tracker that maps your route, measures your stats and tracks your fitness progress in one clean app. Need a run tracker, walking tracker or cycle tracker? MapStride handles all three without a subscription or paywall, and without the clutter of Strava, MapMyRun or MapMyWalk. No account required to start. GPS ROUTE TRACKING ON A LIVE MAP Every workout is tracked live on a GPS map. Your route appears as you move. Choose from multiple map styles. When you finish, your complete route is saved to review, share or compare. Run it, walk it, cycle it on your workout map. FREE RUNNING TRACKER, WALKING TRACKER AND CYCLING TRACKER IN ONE APP Built for runners, walkers, cyclists, hikers and anyone who moves outdoors. A free running app and run tracker with GPS pace and distance. A walking tracker, step counter and step tracker with calories burned. A cycling tracker and cycle tracker with speed and distance. A hike tracker or hiking tracker for trails and trekking. All in one app. REAL-TIME GPS STATS FOR EVERY WORKOUT • Distance in kilometres or miles • Time, duration and moving time • Current speed and average speed • Pace per kilometre or mile • Steps during walking and running • Elevation gain • Calorie tracker estimates from your profile (height, weight, age and activity) Stats update live. Track running distance, track walking distance and use MapStride as a cardio tracker, distance tracker and outdoor fitness tracker. Plan walking routes on the map as you go. RELIABLE BACKGROUND TRACKING Background GPS keeps recording with the screen off or in other apps. Pause and resume mid-workout. Recover a session if the app closes. Data saves locally even offline. Switch metric or imperial units anytime. GOALS, STREAKS AND PROGRESS RINGS Set goals for distance, steps, calories, duration or workout count: daily, weekly or monthly. Mark a primary goal on home-screen rings. Build a daily streak, celebrate milestones and personal bests, with evening reminders, weekly recap alerts and re-engagement messages. PROGRESS CHARTS, CALENDAR AND WEEKLY INSIGHTS Interactive charts for week, month and year, plus a calendar view. See weekly distance, calories, steps and active time by running, walking and cycling. A fitness tracker and workout tracker focused on improvement, not a social feed. WORKOUT HISTORY, SHARING AND ROUTE REVIEW Every workout saves its GPS route map, time, distance, pace, speed, steps, elevation and calories. Filter by activity. Export shareable workout cards in multiple styles after each outing. GUEST MODE, CLOUD SYNC AND APPLE HEALTH Start as a guest with no sign-up. Local history from session one. Sign in with Apple, Google or email for cloud backup, synced goals and a profile across devices. Optionally connect Apple Health to import or export steps, workouts, distance and calories. PERSONALISATION Light, dark or system theme. Metric or imperial units. Multiple languages. Profile photo and health profile for accurate calorie estimates. OUTDOOR FITNESS WITHOUT THE COMPLEXITY Clean GPS tracking for outdoor run, walk, cycle or hike. No social feed. No premium paywall on core tracking. No subscription required for everyday logging. Looking for a free running app, walking app, walking tracker, cycling tracker, step counter app or Strava alternative? MapStride covers walk, run and cycle in one focused package. FREE TO DOWNLOAD GPS maps, live stats, step counter, steps tracker, calorie tracking, elevation, history, goals, streaks, charts, shareable cards and route review are free to use. Download MapStride free on the App Store. Start your run, walk or cycle. Track it on the map. TERMS OF USE (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Arena

Features
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Arena records your runs and gets out of the way. Tap Start, run, tap Finish. Distance, pace, time, elevation and heart rate, with splits and charts, on a map you can share to Instagram Stories in one tap. WORKS WITH ANY WATCH Runs from Apple Watch, Garmin, Polar, Coros, Suunto, Huawei and Xiaomi arrive through Apple Health. Live heart rate comes from any watch or chest strap that broadcasts over Bluetooth. Apple Watch gets its own Arena app with GPS and heart rate, no phone needed. BUILT FOR RUNNING • Auto-pause at traffic lights • Voice cues every kilometer or mile • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Start a run from Control Center, the Action button or Siri • Personal records, weekly goal and streak • Heart rate zones, calories and cadence • GPX and FIT import and export YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No account, no server, no tracking. Everything lives on your phone and in Apple Health. Export all your runs as GPX whenever you like.

Screenshots

MapStride4 screens
Arena4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Arena at 3 against MapStride's 1. MapStride's advantage is iOS requirement (16.2 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MapStride versus Arena: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMapStrideArena
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.2 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperARTEVUS TECHNOLOGIES (PRIVATE) LIMITEDAleksandr Pozharov

In-app purchases

None

MapStride

No in-app purchases

None

Arena

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MapStride free?
MapStride is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arena free?
Arena is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MapStride or Arena have ads?
Neither MapStride nor Arena shows ads.

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