Map My Tracks vs Running Tracker App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Map My Tracks
This app records your runs, tracking distance, pace, and elevation. It stores your running history, allowing you to revisit past routes and view yearly summaries. Advanced features include AI-powered route analysis and integration with external fitness devices.
- GPS run recording
- Pace, distance, and elevation tracking
- Automatic pause
- Heart rate and sensor data (PLUS)
- Route following
- Import/export GPX, TCX, FIT, KML, KMZ
- Yearly review and heat maps
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Your runs, remembered. Map My Tracks records every run, keeps every one, and brings them back to you: the routes you keep returning to, the run from a year ago today, and your year of running told back each December. RECORDED • Road and trail runs, from a first 5k to a marathon • Pace, distance, height and climb as you go, with automatic pause when you stop • Heart rate, speed, cadence and power from Bluetooth sensors, and their charts, with PLUS • On the Lock Screen and Apple Watch as you go, with Siri and a Record button in Control Center • Follow a route, kept on your phone so it works with no signal • Afterwards: splits, laps and climbs • Charts of your heart rate and zones, and your best efforts (PLUS) KEPT • Your phone never deletes a run, and your account keeps its date, distance and time for good • Bring your history from Garmin Connect, Wahoo, Coros, Polar, Fitbit, Hammerhead or Apple Health • Open GPX, TCX, FIT, KML and KMZ files from other apps, as an activity or a route REMEMBERED • Your heat map, with PLUS: every route you've ever run, glowing brightest where you go most • Each run says how many times you've been there before: "9 times here" • Runs worth remembering come back on Home, in a widget, and in a 9 am note if you like • Your year in review each December: your months, your places and a map of your year • Your last 12 months of runs on one map, free FOUND, WITH AI • Ask your map in your own words, like "runs in Chicago in 2025" (PLUS) • Sum up any area: the story of your runs there (PLUS) • Activity Insights after every run (PLUS) • A note for each run and captions for your photos, suggested for you to keep or change • Trips named from the signs in your photos, and your timeline to find any run MAPS AND ROUTES • OpenStreetMap, with trails and paths, free • With PLUS: USGS Topo for the US, and national maps for Britain, Switzerland, Spain, Norway, Finland and Denmark • Plan a route on mapmytracks.com and follow it in the app TOGETHER • Share a picture of your run: your route, photos and figures • Live tracking, so family and friends can follow along (PLUS) • Follow friends, like and comment MAP MY TRACKS PLUS Free for your first month. PLUS unlocks everything marked PLUS above, and adds: • Every year on your map, and every map style from satellite to cycle paths • Heart rate, cadence and power from Bluetooth sensors • Weather and wind on every outing • Leaderboards, unlimited goals, trimming, Collections, all your photos and your own share pictures PLUS is $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year, first month free (US prices; the App Store shows yours before you buy). Payment is taken from your Apple Account when you confirm, or when the free month ends. PLUS renews automatically, and is charged in the 24 hours before each period ends, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before. Manage or cancel it any time in your Apple Account settings; you keep PLUS to the end of the period you've paid for. Choosing the yearly plan ends a free month. APPLE HEALTH (optional) Save your activities to the Health app, and bring in your workouts, their routes, heart rate and weight. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Map My Tracks is designed to limit battery use: it rests the GPS when you pause, and holds back syncing in Low Power Mode. QUESTIONS AND IDEAS Email support@mapmytracks.com and a person will reply. If Map My Tracks earns a place on your runs, a review on the App Store helps others find it. Terms of use: https://www.mapmytracks.com/term-service Privacy policy: https://www.mapmytracks.com/privacy-policy
Running Tracker App
This app tracks your runs, walks, and other activities using GPS, recording distance, duration, and pace. It offers voice feedback, detailed statistics, and a social feed to share your progress with friends. Integrate with health platforms to monitor your fitness journey.
- GPS tracking for distance, duration, and pace
- Voice feedback for key metrics
- Weight logging and history
- Weekly and monthly statistics
- Automatic step counter
- Social feed for sharing activities
- Apple Health integration
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Start today, not tomorrow! FITAPP, your personal fitness and health diary: • Records distance, duration and pace via GPS Tracker • Weight Log (Detailed weight history that supports and motivates you) • Voice feedback (total duration, calories, distance, current speed, average pace) • FITAPP Feed (take snaps of your sporting prowess and share it with your friends) • Weekly and monthly statistics give you a perfect overview • Automatic Step Counter Track your distance, time, speed and calories burned with FITAPP. The running app uses GPS tracking to support you during all your sporting activities, be it running, jogging, cycling, inline skating, mountain biking, nordic walking, cross-country skiing, hiking, golfing, riding, walking the dog, long boarding, or whichever winter sport takes your fancy. FITAPP will also help you to count your calories, maintain your target weight or simply to stay fit. Take a SNAP of your favorite route, your personal best or your favorite hike in the great outdoors. You can then post your sporting prowess on social media networks and embark on a journey with your friends into your fit futures together! AIM HIGH • Do you want to use GPS to track and register your sporting activities? • Do you want to compare a wide variety of sports? • Do you want support while you run, cycle, mountain bike or carry out your favorite activity? • Do you want to improve your health or maintain your target weight? • Do you want to combine sport with fun and share your activities with your friends? • Yes to any of these? Then FITAPP is the right app for you! Apple Health: FITAPP can integrate with Apple Health to read your Heart Rate information. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Should you choose to upgrade to a Premium Membership, payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Following subscriptions are available: * $4.99 per month, charged monthly * $9.99 charged every 3rd month * $19.99 per year, charged yearly * $39.99 per year, charged yearly (Prices may vary by location.) Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period and cancellation of the current active subscription period is not allowed. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Watch out for sales to get premium at a discount. Auto-renewal may be turned off in your Account Settings in iTunes after purchase. You can also manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Service - https://www.fitapp.info/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Map My Tracks at 100% against Running Tracker App's 71%. Running Tracker App's advantage is ratings volume (6.6K vs 8) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks). 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. Map My Tracks sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Running Tracker App sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Running Tracker App holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Running Tracker App has 6.6K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Map My Tracks's written reviews are positive against 71% of Running Tracker App's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Map My Tracks ships an update every 5 weeks, Running Tracker App every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Map My Tracks | Running Tracker App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) | 4.8 (6.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 70.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 6.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 308 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tinderhouse | FITAPP GmbH |
Customer experience
Map My Tracks
Running Tracker App
Bugs and requests
Map My Tracks
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Running Tracker App
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes during workouts
- Incorrect distance and calorie tracking
- Subscription charges without user consent
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to track treadmill workouts
- More customization options
- Better integration with Apple Health
- Option to disable voice prompts
In-app purchases
Map My Tracks
- PLUS Monthly: Live Tracking1 Month trial$4.991 Month
- PLUS Yearly: Heat & Topo Maps1 Month trial$49.991 Year
- Enable sensors$0.99
- Graphs$0.99
- No ads$0.99
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- Pro upgrade$3.99
Running Tracker App
- FITAPP Premium Subscription1 Month trial$1.991 Month
- Premium - 1 month$6.991 Month
- FITAPP Premium Subscription$6.991 Month
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- FITAPP Premium Subscription$29.991 Year
- Running Tracker Premium14 Days trial$35.993 Months
- FITAPP Premium Subscription7 Days trial$35.993 Months
- Running Tracker Premium14 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Running Tracker Premium7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- FITAPP Premium Subscription$59.991 Year
- Premium - 1 year7 Days trial$69.991 Year
Questions
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