Onbeat Running vs Refocus.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Running metronome plays under music
- Interval workouts with voice cues
- Four-week cadence retraining program
- Standalone Apple Watch app
- Works offline
- Customizable workouts
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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.
Refocus.
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Refocus is a personal attention aid. When you open apps that pull you off track, iOS shows a short system pause first. Breathe or write an intention, then continue or step away. • Guard apps with Screen Time (Family Controls) • Timing: immediate, delayed, or ask-on-open • Today & focus report on device • Free: up to 2 guarded apps; Refocus Pro (monthly/yearly) unlocks unlimited apps Lifestyle guidance only—not medical advice. Requires iOS 16+ and Screen Time authorization.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Refocus. at every 5 days against Onbeat Running's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Onbeat Running sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Refocus. sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Onbeat Running ships an update every 3 weeks, Refocus. every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Onbeat Running | Refocus. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alterras LLC | Nightelf |
In-app purchases
Onbeat Running
- Onbeat Lifetime$9.99
Refocus.
- Refocus Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Refocus Pro Yearly$14.991 Year









