Comparison

Syncira vs Onbeat Running

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

Head to head
About

Syncira

Understand your body's natural rhythms and align your life with your menstrual cycle. Discover personalized recommendations for rest, movement, and focus based on your inner season. Track your symptoms, mood, and energy to gain insights into your well-being.

Highlights
  • Identify your current cycle phase
  • Personalized daily invitations
  • Track period, symptoms, mood, and energy
  • View recurring cycle patterns
  • Private journaling with prompts
  • Food, movement, and activity suggestions
  • Clear explanations of hormones
Features
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Live in rhythm with your cycle. Your cycle moves through four inner seasons - Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn. Syncira helps you notice where you are, and meet yourself there with the right rest, movement and focus for each phase. KNOW YOUR PHASE See where you are in your cycle at a glance, and understand what each inner season asks of you. TURN YOUR CYCLE INTO YOUR ADVANTAGE Set a goal in any area of your life, and let each phase do what it does best: dream and plan, act and connect, focus and finish, rest and reset. Syncira shapes a small daily invitation around your goal and the phase you are in. LOG WHAT MATTERS Track your period, symptoms, energy, mood, sleep, weight and more in a calm, uncluttered daily check-in. Nothing you do not want to track, and nothing shouting at you. SEE YOUR PATTERNS Watch your cycle reveal itself - the patterns that repeat, phase by phase, month after month, with plain explanations of why they might. RETURN TO YOURSELF Journal privately with prompts shaped to where you are, set an intention for the cycle ahead, and reflect at its close. LIVE IT FULLY Food, movement and activities suited to your inner season, plus seasonal recipes and a grocery list that builds itself. LEARN YOUR BODY Calm, clear explanations of each phase and the hormones behind it, without the jargon. BUILT WITH YOUR PRIVACY IN MIND Your most sensitive entries - your journal, reflections and intentions - are encrypted on your device before they are stored. We never sell your data, and we never use it for advertising. A NOTE ON WHAT SYNCIRA IS Syncira is a wellness and self-tracking app. It is not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any condition, and it is not a reliable method of contraception or fertility planning. Cycle predictions are estimates based on what you enter. Please speak to a qualified healthcare professional about any medical concern. SYNCIRA PREMIUM A 14-day free trial is included when you sign up. Premium opens the full library - every food, movement, activity and recipe for each season, your complete journal history, and cycle intentions. Monthly and annual plans are available. Prices are shown in the app and confirmed by the App Store before you are charged, and may vary by region. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID settings at any time. Terms of Use: https://syncira.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://syncira.app/privacy

About

Onbeat Running

Improve your running form with a metronome that plays under your music. Features interval workouts, voice cues, and a four-week cadence retraining program. Works on iPhone and Apple Watch, even offline.

Highlights
  • Running metronome plays under music
  • Interval workouts with voice cues
  • Four-week cadence retraining program
  • Standalone Apple Watch app
  • Works offline
  • Customizable workouts
Features
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Sore knees? Overstriding? Quicker, lighter steps are the fix. Onbeat gives you a steady beat in your ears. Your feet lock onto it. The beat plays under your music or podcast. You can still hear it on a loud road, with your phone in your pocket or just your watch on your wrist. Run to the beat and your cadence goes up. The training layer makes it stick: interval workouts with voice cues, and a program that retrains your cadence in four weeks. THE BEAT • Exact timing at any steps per minute. No drift, no stutter • Plays under whatever you listen to. Loud enough for the road • Change tempo without breaking stride. Controls on the Lock Screen THE TRAINING LAYER • Interval workouts. A voice tells you when to push and when to recover. You never look at the screen • Cadence Builder: four weeks of small steps that raise your cadence for good • Build your own workouts and keep them APPLE WATCH • Works on its own. Leave the phone at home and the real beat plays from your wrist • Intervals and voice cues on the watch too. Every run saves to Apple Health A METRONOME YOU BUY ONCE Here's what you get: the running metronome that plays under your podcast, interval workouts with voice cues, the four week cadence program, and the standalone Apple Watch app. Try everything free for 7 days. It's a real trial and there's nothing to cancel. Then $9.99, once. It's yours for life. No subscription. No account. No ads. You can browse the app forever either way. Starting a run is what needs the unlock. Works offline.

Screenshots

Syncira4 screens
Onbeat Running4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Syncira at freemium against Onbeat Running's paid. Syncira also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Syncira sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Onbeat Running sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Syncira against 5.0 for Onbeat Running. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Syncira ships an update every 9 days, Onbeat Running every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Syncira versus Onbeat Running: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSynciraOnbeat Running
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB8 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJelena KoracAlterras LLC

Customer experience

Syncira

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Onbeat Running

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Syncira

Subscriptions2
  • Syncira Premium (Monthly)$5.991 Month
  • Syncira Premium (Yearly)$34.991 Year
1 purchases

Onbeat Running

One-time1
  • Onbeat Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Syncira free?
Syncira is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Onbeat Running free?
Onbeat Running is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Syncira or Onbeat Running?
Syncira and Onbeat Running are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Syncira or Onbeat Running have ads?
Neither Syncira nor Onbeat Running shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Syncira or Onbeat Running?
Syncira ships an update every 9 days, and Onbeat Running every 3 weeks. Most recently, Syncira was updated on October 9, 2026 and Onbeat Running on October 14, 2026.

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