Comparison

SplitCue vs RunSpan

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

Head to head
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/

About

RunSpan

Features
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RunSpan is an interval coach for your Apple Watch and iPhone. A block ends on distance, time or your heart rate, whichever comes first, so "run until heart rate 160, walk until 120, repeat until I stop" is a workout you can actually build. BUILD ANY WORKOUT • Blocks that end on distance, time or a heart-rate threshold, whichever comes first • Repeats with a fixed count, or open-ended until you stop: run-walk, pyramids, sprints • Optional pace or heart-rate target bands with voice warnings • Describe a workout in your own words on your iPhone and we build it for you • Free run: no program, just distance, time, pace and heart rate ON YOUR WRIST • Your pace large and white, right under the countdown or the distance left • A progress ring along the edge of the screen in the colour of the block • Skip a block with a double-tap and a confirmation, Always On display, heart-rate zones Z1-Z5 • Works on its own, also without your iPhone nearby ON YOUR IPHONE • Build, plan and send workouts to your watch with one tap • Start on your Apple Watch from your iPhone, or run with just your iPhone • Run with both and your iPhone shares its GPS with the watch for the best distance and pace • Every run with map, splits per kilometre and heart rate; share as GPX for Strava and other apps VOICE COACH • Spoken cues and haptics at every transition, countdowns included • Alerts your way: haptics, sound or both, with normal, double or triple strength • Plays nicely with your music: duck it, pause it, or chimes only YOUR ACCOUNT • Optional: sign in with Apple to keep workouts, plans and runs the same on iPhone, Apple Watch and the web planner at runspan.app • Runs are saved to Apple Health as workouts with route, so they count towards your rings SUBSCRIPTION • The free run is free, always • Interval workouts, the builder, describing workouts and sync: monthly or yearly subscription, first week free • No ads, no tracking • Something not working? Report it straight from the app 14 languages; kilometres or miles. Requires iOS 18 and watchOS 11 or newer (Apple Watch Series 6 or later, SE 2nd generation, all Ultra models); the iPhone app also works without a watch. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://runspan.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

SplitCue4 screens
RunSpan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SplitCue at daily against RunSpan's every 3 days. SplitCue also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SplitCue sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and RunSpan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SplitCue ships an update daily, RunSpan every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SplitCue versus RunSpan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSplitCueRunSpan
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperToddly LLCH4IT

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SplitCue

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

RunSpan

Subscriptions2
  • RunSpan monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • RunSpan yearly7 Days trial$8.991 Year

Questions

Is SplitCue free?
SplitCue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RunSpan free?
RunSpan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SplitCue or RunSpan have ads?
Neither SplitCue nor RunSpan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SplitCue or RunSpan?
SplitCue ships an update daily, and RunSpan every 3 days. Most recently, SplitCue was updated on November 6, 2026 and RunSpan on October 31, 2026.

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