Comparison

PaceCue Intervals vs SplitCue

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

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About

PaceCue Intervals

Features
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PaceCue – Voice-Guided Intervals Over Your Music Stop staring at the screen. PaceCue guides every interval with natural voice coaching while your music keeps playing. Whether you’re doing 4×4 intervals, Tabata sessions, treadmill workouts, cycling, rowing or HIIT training, PaceCue tells you exactly when to work, recover and finish. Now with Apple Watch support. Follow your workout from your wrist, see time remaining and live heart rate, and control your session without reaching for your iPhone. Completed workouts can be saved to Apple Health. No distracting alarms. No coach screaming in your ear. Just clear, natural voice guidance that helps you stay focused on the workout. Features • Voice-guided interval training • Choice of male or female voice coaching • Apple Watch companion app • Live heart rate on Apple Watch • Save completed workouts to Apple Health • Control pause and stop from Apple Watch • Music keeps playing during voice cues • Automatic volume ducking for Spotify, Apple Music and other audio apps • Natural, professional voice coaching • Built-in 4×4 interval program • Built-in Tabata program (20/10 × 8) • Warm-up and cooldown support • Round tracking and countdown timers • Clean, distraction-free interface • Works with locked screen Designed for • Running • Treadmill workouts • Cycling • Walking • Rowing • HIIT training • Cardio workouts • Endurance training PaceCue was created for athletes who want to focus on effort—not on watching a timer. Put on your headphones, start your music, and let PaceCue handle the rest.

About

SplitCue

This app provides structured interval training for runners with AI-generated plans and real-time audio cues. It allows users to build custom workouts, track pace and distance, and receive guidance to focus on their run without constantly checking their phone.

Highlights
  • AI training plans for various race distances
  • Customizable interval workouts by time or distance
  • Real-time GPS pace tracking
  • Voice and haptic audio cues
  • Live Activity and Dynamic Island integration
  • Workout history, maps, and personal records
  • Chat-based coaching and voice commands
Features
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SplitCue (formerly PaceCue) is a structured interval timer built for runners. Build a workout or a full training plan, press start, and get voice and haptic cues that tell you when to speed up, slow down, warm up, and cool down — so you can leave your phone in your pocket and focus on the run. AI Training Plans Pick the race you are training for — 5K, 10K, half marathon, marathon, or a custom distance — then add a goal time, race date, and how many days a week you run. SplitCue builds the plan from your running profile and recent runs, and puts each workout on a calendar so you always know what to run today. Training phases show where you are in the build. Talk to your coach in chat, or just speak: move a long run, ease off a hard day, swap a workout, or add strides. Build any workout in seconds Stack intervals by time or by GPS distance, with repeat counts, effort levels, and target paces. A distance repeat ends when you have covered the distance. Start from 18 built-in workouts — Tempo Run, Fartlek, Pyramid, Hill Repeats, 400m Repeats, Mile Repeats, 5K and 10K runs, a half-marathon run/walk, and more — or design your own. Your library is grouped into Easy, Tempo, Intervals, Long Runs, and Race. AI Workout Builder Describe the run you want — "30-minute tempo with a warmup and strides" — and SplitCue generates a complete interval workout from your profile. Refine it in conversation or by voice, then save it and go. Real-time GPS pace Track pace, distance, and elevation through every interval. Set a target and SplitCue announces it when the interval starts, then calls out your current pace as often as you choose — from every 15 seconds up to every 2 minutes — or only on intervals that have a target. Use minutes per mile or minutes per kilometer, and pick a short or long pace average so track repeats stay quick and long runs stay steady. Audio cues that stay out of your way Choose voice, beeps, both, or silent. Pick any voice on your device, including enhanced voices. Music ducking lets cues cut through Spotify, then hands the volume back. Set countdown warnings at 3, 5, 10, 15, or 30 seconds before each transition, and keep haptics on when you want a cue you can feel. Lock Screen & Dynamic Island A Live Activity shows your current interval, the countdown, and what is next — on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Maps, records, and history Every completed run is logged with duration, distance, and splits, including pace versus target. Open a run to see your route, an elevation profile, and your pace uphill, on the flat, and downhill. Tag how it felt, the effort, the weather, and who you ran with. Stats keep personal records — fastest mile, 5K, 10K, and half marathon, plus longest run and elevation — along with milestones and trends for pace, distance, and time. Export a backup anytime, or sign in with Apple and let cloud sync keep workouts and history on all of your devices. Share a workout Send any workout as a link friends can open in one tap. You can share a finished run the same way, splits included. Free to start The timer, presets, custom workouts, pace tracking, Live Activities, voice cues, maps, and history are free. Your first AI training plan is included, along with five AI-built workouts. SplitCue Pro is an optional subscription that unlocks unlimited AI training plans and unlimited AI-built workouts. Questions or ideas? Reach us at brandon@getsurmount.com. Terms of Use: www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PaceCue Intervals4 screens
SplitCue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PaceCue Intervals at none against SplitCue's 2. SplitCue's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.2). 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. SplitCue sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. PaceCue Intervals asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PaceCue Intervals ships an update every 3 weeks, SplitCue every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PaceCue Intervals versus SplitCue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaceCue IntervalsSplitCue
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.216.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVoice Choice ASToddly LLC

In-app purchases

None

PaceCue Intervals

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

SplitCue

Subscriptions2
  • PaceCue Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • PaceCue Pro Annual$29.991 Year

Questions

Is PaceCue Intervals free?
PaceCue Intervals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SplitCue free?
SplitCue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PaceCue Intervals or SplitCue have ads?
Neither PaceCue Intervals nor SplitCue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PaceCue Intervals or SplitCue?
PaceCue Intervals ships an update every 3 weeks, and SplitCue every 3 days. Most recently, PaceCue Intervals was updated on October 28, 2026 and SplitCue on October 31, 2026.

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