Comparison

Ghost Go Run vs LiftCoach

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

Head to head
About

Ghost Go Run

Race against your past performance or a friend's recorded activity. This app provides live feedback on your progress, helping you stay ahead or catch up during runs. Track key metrics and review your history to achieve new personal bests.

Highlights
  • Race against saved activities or pace goals
  • Live gap and progress updates
  • Apple Watch integration for phone-free control
  • Spoken updates and kilometre splits
  • Activity history and record tracking
  • Optional ghost sharing for challenges
Features
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Race against a real benchmark, from you or a friend. Ghost turns a previous activity into a live reference, so you can see whether you are ahead or behind while you run. Choose a distance and pace goal or a ghost, start moving, and let the gap guide you. DURING EVERY ACTIVITY • Choose a distance and pace goal, or challenge a saved activity. • Check your gap and progress on iPhone. • Use Apple Watch to start, pause, and finish without reaching for your phone. • Hear spoken updates during the activity, including each kilometre split. • Check time, distance, pace, heart rate, and elevation when available. AFTER YOU FINISH • See the result at a comparable distance. • Review your activity history and saved references. • Discover records, trophies, and milestones earned from eligible activities. • Share your ghost through your usual apps so someone else can challenge it in Ghost. LOCAL PRIVACY Ghost does not require an account or a server. Your activities, settings, and library are stored on your device. The app uses GPS to measure the activity, motion data to help interpret the session, and HealthKit to read available fitness metrics; Apple Watch records the workout when you start from the watch. Audio is used for activity guidance. Ghost does not sell your data and has no ads. Sharing a ghost is optional: the file is sent through the app you choose and is handled according to that app’s policies. Ghost is a fitness tool. It does not provide medical diagnosis or treatment.

About

LiftCoach

This strength-training app offers AI coaching, detailed exercise guidance, and progress tracking. Log your workouts with precision, build custom routines, and visualize your strength gains over time. Available on multiple Apple devices.

Highlights
  • AI coaching and program suggestions
  • Detailed exercise instructions and demos
  • Customizable workout routines
  • Precise set and rep logging
  • Progress tracking and personal records
  • Apple Watch and Mac support
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Plan your training. Focus on each set. See your progress. LiftCoach brings AI coaching, practical workout tools, and clear exercise guidance into one strength-training app. COACHING BUILT AROUND YOUR TRAINING Get program suggestions, form tips, and weekly recaps informed by your recent workouts. With your permission, Apple Health workouts from other apps can add context to your coaching. FROM ROUTINE TO LAST SET Build reusable routines with supersets, or start with a ready-made program. Log weight, reps, and sets with fractional precision, check your previous numbers, and keep moving with quick-fill controls. Rest timers, sounds, and haptics help you stay focused between sets. KNOW THE MOVEMENT Explore more than 1,000 exercises with instructions and muscle diagrams, plus animated demos for supported movements. Find exercises by muscle group and equipment, and use the plate calculator to load your next set. SEE YOUR STRENGTH GROW Follow personal records, estimated one-rep max, training volume, frequency, and muscle balance. Use your history to understand how your training is progressing. A FULL WORKOUT APP ON YOUR WRIST Build routines, start workouts, log sets, and manage rest on Apple Watch. On Mac, plan and train in a spacious workout studio with previous-session numbers, exercise guidance, and larger progress charts. APPLE HEALTH Save workouts to Apple Health and include other-app sessions in your training context when you grant access. Health integration is available on iPhone and Apple Watch. YOUR CHOICE OF AI Apple Intelligence is included at no extra cost on eligible devices. Third-party cloud AI is unavailable in mainland China. Apple Intelligence availability depends on device, language, region and system support. LiftCoach is free to download. Workout logging, up to 5 routines, basic progress, backups and private iCloud sync are included. Optional lifetime LiftCoach Pro unlocks unlimited routines, weekly plans, advanced progress, all themes and cloud AI with your own API keys. One purchase works across iPhone, iPad and Mac with Family Sharing. AI availability depends on device, language, region and service; provider usage charges are separate. No subscriptions. PRIVACY Your training data lives on your device and in your private iCloud. Cloud AI receives the text you send; sharing LiftCoach or Apple Health training history with cloud AI is off by default. Built by an independent developer who lifts.

Screenshots

Ghost Go Run4 screens
LiftCoach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ghost Go Run at none against LiftCoach's 1. Ghost Go Run also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 2). LiftCoach's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and iOS requirement 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. LiftCoach sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ghost Go Run asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ghost Go Run against 5.0 for LiftCoach. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ghost Go Run has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ghost Go Run ships an update weekly, LiftCoach every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Ghost Go Run versus LiftCoach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGhost Go RunLiftCoach
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergio Gragera CaminoChen He

In-app purchases

None

Ghost Go Run

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

LiftCoach

One-time1
  • LiftCoach Pro — Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Ghost Go Run free?
Ghost Go Run is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LiftCoach free?
LiftCoach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ghost Go Run or LiftCoach?
Ghost Go Run and LiftCoach are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 10 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Ghost Go Run or LiftCoach have ads?
Neither Ghost Go Run nor LiftCoach shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ghost Go Run or LiftCoach?
Ghost Go Run ships an update weekly, and LiftCoach every 3 days. Most recently, Ghost Go Run was updated on October 31, 2026 and LiftCoach on November 8, 2026.

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