ChallengeRunner vs Requated
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ChallengeRunner
Log and track your progress in employee health challenges. View real-time leaderboards, submit data, and engage with other participants. Integrates with Apple Health for automatic data syncing.
- Log health challenge data
- View real-time leaderboards
- Submit challenge data
- Messaging and comments
- Apple Health integration
- Join challenges via codes/links/QR
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ChallengeRunner Fitness Challenge Logging provides a lightweight interface to the ChallengeRunner employee health challenge platform. This application gives participants access to the fitness challenges they are currently enrolled in. ChallengeRunner Fitness Challenge Logging allows participants to view and submit health challenge data and review the challenge leaderboard. This application features a simple challenge data logging interface, real-time leaderboards, messaging and comments. Participants may join challenges using links, QR Codes, or challenge codes provided by a Challenge Administrator. It is now possible for ChallengeRunner to pull steps, active minutes, distance and calories from the Apple Health app. To turn on this functionality, enable the Health Integration switch in Settings and accept the HealthKit privileges when prompted in the ChallengeRunner app. With HealthKit enabled, ChallengeRunner will sync with the Health app whenever the ChallengeRunner app is opened. NOTE: Most functions require an Internet connection
Requated
Compete in physics-based races adjusted for weather conditions. Sync your running workouts automatically via HealthKit to calculate your adjusted time and climb leaderboards. Host or join races and engage with a global community.
- Physics-based racing
- Weather-adjusted times
- Fairness engine
- HealthKit integration
- Host and join races
- Community interaction
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Race anyone, anywhere in the world and have your times physics-based and weather adjusted with our Fairness engine. Host a race, join a race, and interact with your community. Requated uses HealthKit to automatically sync running workouts. To use: Log in with your account, tap Settings → Connect → Apple Health, and tap Connect. Grant permission for Workouts, Workout Routes, and Heart Rate when the iOS system sheet appears. A completed running workout will appear in Settings → Connect → Submit a run. Data accessed (read-only): HKWorkoutTypeIdentifier — running workouts (distance, duration, timestamps) HKWorkoutRouteTypeIdentifier — GPS route for elevation and route verification HKQuantityTypeIdentifierHeartRate — heart rate samples averaged over the workout Requated never writes to Apple Health. Health data is used solely to calculate a runner's Requated Time and display results on race leaderboards. Full details at www.requated.com/privacy. HealthKit usage is documented in the app at Settings → Help → Apple Health & HealthKit.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Requated at 100% against ChallengeRunner's 16%. Requated also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). ChallengeRunner's advantage is ratings volume (8.7K vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Requated holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ChallengeRunner has 8.7K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of ChallengeRunner's written reviews are positive against 100% of Requated's.
ChallengeRunner ships an update every 2 weeks, Requated every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ChallengeRunner | Requated |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8.7K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8.7K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ChallengeRunner LLC | Oak Lane Solutions LLC |
Customer experience
ChallengeRunner
Requated
Bugs and requests
ChallengeRunner
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when scrolling leaderboard
- Steps not syncing correctly or disappearing
- Login issues and inability to access app features
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to manually enter steps and other activities
- Improved leaderboard and team management features
- Integration with more fitness tracking devices
- Better data visualization and analytics
Requated
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ChallengeRunner
No in-app purchases
Requated
No in-app purchases
Questions
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