Comparison

Race Your Ghost vs first10steps

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

Head to head
About

Race Your Ghost

This app transforms your runs into personal challenges by replaying your previous best performance live alongside you. Track your progress second by second, compete against yourself, and share your achievements.

Highlights
  • Real-time ghost replays of past runs
  • Live ahead/behind status updates
  • Free Run mode for basic tracking
  • Apple Watch app integration
  • Apple Health data saving
  • Shareable run summaries with photos
  • Challenge friends with your ghost runs
Features
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Race Your Ghost turns every run into a head-to-head showdown — against the one runner who always pushes you hardest: you. Record a run and it becomes your "ghost." Next time you head out the same route, your ghost runs right alongside you in real time. Pull ahead and you'll feel it; fall behind and you'll know exactly how many seconds you need to make up. It's the simplest way to actually get faster, run after run. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Race your ghost — your past run replays live as you go, showing whether you're ahead or behind, second by second. • Free Run mode — just want to log miles? Track distance, pace, and route with no ghost at all. • Apple Watch app — monitor and finish runs from your wrist, with your ahead/behind status synced instantly to your phone. • Apple Health — every workout is saved natively to the Health app, so your rings and history stay complete. • Beautiful run summaries — see your route, splits, and stats, add a photo, and share the moment. • Challenge a friend — send any run as a challenge and see if they can beat your ghost. • Voice & haptic cues — keep your eyes on the road; the app tells you where you stand. Whether you're chasing a 5K PR or just trying to be a little faster than last week, Race Your Ghost makes progress something you can see and feel on every run. Lace up. Beat yesterday. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

first10steps

This app offers comprehensive running and race training features, including GPS tracking, structured training plans, and personalized AI coaching. It prioritizes user privacy by keeping all data on the device and offers features like ghost racing and gear tracking.

Highlights
  • GPS tracking for runs, walks, and rides
  • Structured 5K, 10K, and Half-Marathon training plans
  • On-device AI coaching
  • Ghost racing against past performances
  • Daily readiness score
  • Shoe mileage tracking
Features
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first10steps is your all-in-one running and race-training companion — and it keeps everything on your iPhone. No account, no servers, no tracking. TRACK EVERY WORKOUT • GPS tracking for runs, walks and rides — live map, pace, distance, elevation, automatic splits • Indoor sessions for strength and HIIT with a live timer • A live pace band shows if you're on target; cadence guidance keeps your form honest • Everything saves to Apple Health RACE YOURSELF • Ghost race: pick a route you've run and race your best time with a live ahead/behind bar • Routes you repeat are discovered automatically, with per-route bests and attempt history • Personal-best progression charts and an "On this day" look-back TRAIN FOR YOUR RACE • Structured 5K, 10K and Half-Marathon plans with professional periodization • Plan adherence that tells you if you're on track — and adjusts when life happens • Race-day countdown with taper guidance and a predicted finish time • Custom interval builder with a guided, voice-coached player APPLE WATCH • Start and track workouts from your wrist — live heart rate, distance, calories • Guided intervals on the watch with haptic cues • Steps at a glance and a watch-face complication RECOVERY & READINESS • A daily readiness score from your sleep, resting heart rate and HRV • VO₂ max cardio fitness with a trend and equivalent race times • Hydration logging and Apple activity rings on your Today screen ON-DEVICE AI COACHING • Powered by Apple Intelligence — a coach that knows your training, run summaries, daily tips • Runs entirely on your device, privately MOVE EVERY DAY • Live step tracking with a daily goal ring, streaks and challenges • Badges with Bronze/Silver/Gold levels and a shareable Year in Review GEAR & DATA • Track your shoes' mileage and know when to replace them • Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy widgets; Siri shortcuts • Export everything: CSV of all sessions, GPX of every route Private by design. Your data never leaves your iPhone. Export or delete anytime.

Screenshots

Race Your Ghost4 screens
first10steps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: first10steps at none against Race Your Ghost's 2. first10steps also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 days) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). Race Your Ghost's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Race Your Ghost sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. first10steps asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Race Your Ghost against 5.0 for first10steps. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Race Your Ghost ships an update every 5 days, first10steps daily. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Race Your Ghost versus first10steps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRace Your Ghostfirst10steps
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicola Adamchikhttps://airussolutions.com/

Customer experience

Race Your Ghost

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

first10steps

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Race Your Ghost

Subscriptions2
  • English$4.991 Month
  • English$29.991 Year
None

first10steps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Race Your Ghost free?
Race Your Ghost is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is first10steps free?
first10steps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Race Your Ghost or first10steps?
Race Your Ghost and first10steps are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Race Your Ghost or first10steps have ads?
Neither Race Your Ghost nor first10steps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Race Your Ghost or first10steps?
Race Your Ghost ships an update every 5 days, and first10steps daily. Most recently, Race Your Ghost was updated on October 4, 2026 and first10steps on October 10, 2026.

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