Ryst vs RunBests
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Ryst
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Ryst is a small, private place to put down what you're carrying โ anger, grief, stress, the things that sit too long โ and walk away lighter. Draw the feeling. Shake it. Breathe. That's the ritual. โ Draw, write, or speak whatever weighs on you, then shake it away. โ Feel it break apart through finely-tuned haptics. โ Land softly in guided breathing โ or settle into a longer guided meditation (Ryst+). โ Track how you feel over time: a quiet, private map of your moods and what you release (Ryst+). What you create is never saved or uploaded โ it's destroyed the moment you shake it away. Your history stays only in your own private iCloud, with no ads, no analytics, and no trackers. Your first full release is free. Ryst+ โ an auto-renewing subscription with a 3-day free trial โ unlocks the full experience: unlimited releases, every feeling, guided breathing and meditation, and your private history over time. Ryst is a release ritual โ not therapy, not medical treatment, and not a crisis service. If you are in crisis, please reach out to someone you trust or your local emergency services. Privacy Policy: https://bred-applications.github.io/ryst-legal/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://bred-applications.github.io/ryst-legal/terms/
RunBests
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Run Bests finds your personal best running times in Apple Health. Runs rarely end at exactly the same distance. Set the distances you care about and choose a margin to group comparable workouts. A 5-mile target with a 0.25-mile margin includes runs from 5.0 through 5.25 miles. COMPARE TIMES CLEARLY Workout time covers the full run and uses the duration reported by Health. Race time estimates how long it took to reach your target distance from the start. Both exclude pauses. Each has its own pace, and the workout detail explains which time you are viewing. FIND YOUR FASTEST SEGMENTS See your fastest continuous 1 mile, 1 km, or custom distance anywhere within a run. Segment estimates use Health's recorded distance samples when available, with GPS as a labeled fallback. A best segment can start between the fixed split markers shown in Fitness. CUSTOMIZE YOUR RECORDS Choose distances in miles or kilometers, set a distance margin, and enable half marathon, marathon, longest run, longest workout time, and fastest average pace records. FOLLOW YOUR PROGRESS Filter by all time, a recent period, a calendar year, or a custom date range. View the top 20 in each category and sort qualifying runs by race time, race pace, workout time, or workout pace. Workout sorts include runs without usable race timing. EXPLORE EACH RUN Open a workout to see its timing, distance, route map, heart rate, elevation, energy, and weather when those details are available in Health. YOUR DATA STAYS UNDER YOUR CONTROL Run Bests reads running workouts from Apple Health and keeps a local cache on your device. No account, advertising, tracking, or developer-operated server. Run Bests does not write to Health. Requires running workouts in Apple Health. Race and segment estimates depend on the distance and timing data recorded with each workout.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RunBests at none against Ryst's 3. Ryst's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Ryst sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. RunBests asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ryst ships an update every 6 days, RunBests every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ryst | RunBests |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days โ better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BRED Applications | John Bergmayer |
In-app purchases
Ryst
- Ryst+$2.991 Month
- Ryst+3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Ryst+ Lifetime$69.99
RunBests
No in-app purchases









