Comparison

ChallengeRunner vs Requated

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Log health challenge data
  • View real-time leaderboards
  • Submit challenge data
  • Messaging and comments
  • Apple Health integration
  • Join challenges via codes/links/QR
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • Physics-based racing
  • Weather-adjusted times
  • Fairness engine
  • HealthKit integration
  • Host and join races
  • Community interaction
Features
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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.

Screenshots

ChallengeRunner4 screens
Requated4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ChallengeRunner versus Requated: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChallengeRunnerRequated
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8.7K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews15.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8.7K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB49 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperChallengeRunner LLCOak Lane Solutions LLC

Customer experience

ChallengeRunner

All ratings8,731 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral6.0%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive15.9%
Neutral18.8%
Negative65.2%

Requated

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

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

None

ChallengeRunner

No in-app purchases

None

Requated

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChallengeRunner free?
ChallengeRunner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Requated free?
Requated is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ChallengeRunner or Requated?
Requated is rated higher. ChallengeRunner averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8.7K ratings, while Requated averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do ChallengeRunner or Requated have ads?
Neither ChallengeRunner nor Requated shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChallengeRunner or Requated?
ChallengeRunner ships an update every 2 weeks, and Requated every 3 days. Most recently, ChallengeRunner was updated on October 15, 2026 and Requated on September 30, 2026.

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