Comparison

Sculpt Log vs Pace Buddy

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

Head to head
About

Sculpt Log

Log your workouts, track progress, and discover exercises with detailed demos and tips. This app offers free basic logging and advanced Pro features for personalized training plans and insights. Integrates with Apple Watch and Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Log sets, weight, reps, and rest time
  • Explore exercise demos and technique tips
  • Follow official templates or create custom routines
  • Track progress with calendar, volume, and PRs
  • Integrate with Apple Watch and Apple Health
  • Body weight and sleep tracking
Features
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Sculpt Log helps you start a workout, record every set, and understand your progress over time. No Sculpt Log account is required to get started. Record with less friction Track exercises, weight, reps, sets, rest time, and how a session felt. Start freely, use an official template, build your own, or follow a weekly plan. Step away during a workout and return to it later. Find exercises and plans that fit Explore movement demos, target muscles, equipment filters, and useful technique tips. Choose from 256 official workout templates covering full-body sessions and major training areas, or create your own routines. See your progress Use your workout calendar, training volume, strength trends, and personal records to see what you have done and how it changes. Keep body weight and sleep records alongside your training history. Train with Apple Watch and Apple Health The Watch companion can record workout duration, heart rate, and active energy. With your permission, Sculpt Log can also read supported Apple Health data to add context to training and recovery. Free includes unlimited basic workout logging, full history and calendar, basic movement demos, one official template per training area, two custom templates, basic statistics, and data import/export. Pro adds complete exercise guidance, more templates and custom exercises, smart plans, long-term trends, training reports, and other advanced tools. Available products and prices are shown by the App Store before purchase. Sculpt Log is a workout log, not a medical diagnosis or treatment service. Privacy Policy: https://www.yuque.com/bashert/dyeop4/agwghh0nks4dosob?singleDoc# 《Sculpt Log Privacy Policy/塑形记 隐私政策》 Terms of Use: https://www.yuque.com/bashert/dyeop4/up8wyng1n5phsrvf?singleDoc# 《Sculpt Log Terms of Use/塑形记 用户协议》

About

Pace Buddy

Features
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Set a goal. Get a plan. Let your watch coach every run. Pace Buddy answers one question every day: why run today? You pick a goal — a 5K, a 10K, a half, a marathon, or just the habit of running more — and Pace Buddy turns it into a training plan where each day is the next step toward it. Your progress is always in front of you. Then your Apple Watch takes over. It runs each workout hands-free, guiding you by voice. Leave your phone at home. WHAT IT DOES • Goal to plan. Choose a race or a habit and get a training plan built around it, laid out day by day. • Your watch coaches you. Pace, heart rate, distance, and the current step on screen — and in your ears. Pace Buddy speaks each step change, a heads-up before the next one, the halfway point, and every split with its pace. • Pace nudges. On a pace-target run it tells you when you drift — speed up, ease off — and when you're back on. • Fully offline on the watch. No phone, no signal needed. Cues play over the watch speaker, AirPods, or any Bluetooth headphones. • Saved to Apple Health. Every run is saved as a workout with its route and an effort score, so it counts toward your rings. • Paces that fit you. Your targets come from your recent 5K time — type it in, pick a run from Health, or run the built-in 5K time trial. Run a faster 5K and Pace Buddy offers to update the rest of your plan. • Just want to run? Quick Start gives you an easy run, a long run, a tempo, intervals, or a fartlek with no setup at all. • Stays in step. Reminders on training days, a watch-face complication, the Smart Stack, and "ask Siri for today's run." Your plan lives in your own iCloud and reaches your watch automatically. NO LOCK-IN No account. No subscription. Your identity is your own iCloud, your health data stays in Apple Health, and a plan someone shares with you opens straight in the app. Pace Buddy is the coach — the goal and the plan are yours. The run itself needs an Apple Watch: live GPS, heart rate, and voice coaching all happen on your wrist.

Screenshots

Sculpt Log4 screens
Pace Buddy3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pace Buddy at none against Sculpt Log's 4. Sculpt Log's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.6). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sculpt Log sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Pace Buddy asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sculpt Log ships an update every 4 days, Pace Buddy fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sculpt Log versus Pace Buddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSculpt LogPace Buddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size352 MB18 MB
Age rating12+4+
Developer凌峰 高Marcello Mascia

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Sculpt Log

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Pro Early Bird$9.99
  • Lifetime Pro$39.99
None

Pace Buddy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sculpt Log free?
Sculpt Log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pace Buddy free?
Pace Buddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sculpt Log or Pace Buddy have ads?
Neither Sculpt Log nor Pace Buddy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sculpt Log or Pace Buddy?
Sculpt Log ships an update every 4 days, and Pace Buddy fortnightly. Most recently, Sculpt Log was updated on October 31, 2026 and Pace Buddy on October 31, 2026.

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