Run Diary vs Basic Jogger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Run Diary
Track your runs with GPS, monitor speed, distance, and calories burned. Save logs with details like mood and weather, set goals, and share your progress. Supports background running and lock screen controls.
- GPS tracking for speed, distance, and route
- Calorie burn calculation
- Running log with mood, weather, and area icons
- Background running and lock screen support
- Pause and resume functionality
- Running goal setting
- Standard and metric unit support
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Run Diary will keep you motivated for your running process. This app uses GPS to locate and give the current speed, used time, distance and route in map, also calculates calorie burned when running according to your weight, speed and time used. You can save the log directly after running or add manually later. Features: ⁃ Show current speed, used time, calorie burned and route in map. ⁃ Two map styles: Satellite and Street. ⁃ Keep running logs and also with mood, weather and area icon. ⁃ Calculates total time used, calories burned and average speed for all logs. ⁃ Supports running in background and lock screen. ⁃ Supports pause and resume. ⁃ Share logs info by Facebook, Twitter and Email. ⁃ Create running goal with days and distance. ⁃ Supports standard & metric units. This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life. If you have any question or suggestion, please send email to maxwellsoftware@gmail.com.
Basic Jogger
Easily track your jogging sessions with this straightforward app. It offers pause/resume functionality, detailed charts and statistics, and the ability to export your data. Switch between miles and kilometers effortlessly, with all data stored locally on your device.
- Pause and resume sessions
- Charts and statistics
- Export session data
- Switch between miles and kilometers
- No account creation
- Local data storage
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Track your jogging sessions in a simple way. No accessories required. • Easily PAUSE and RESUME a session. • Get insights with CHARTS and STATISTICS. • EXPORT your sessions for analysis in a spreadsheet. • Quickly switch between MILES and KILOMETERS. • NO ACCOUNT creation. Data is stored only on your device. Translations provided by: juncotranslations.com (Japanese) Mei-Chen Chen (Chinese)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Basic Jogger at 4.8 against Run Diary's 1.7. Basic Jogger also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Run Diary's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. Run Diary sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Basic Jogger asks for nothing beyond the download.
Basic Jogger holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 13 respectively.
Run Diary ships an update every 12 months, Basic Jogger every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Run Diary | Basic Jogger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 倩 赵 | Allan Juenemann |
Customer experience
Run Diary
Basic Jogger
In-app purchases
Run Diary
- Remove ads$0.99
- Map$1.99
Basic Jogger
No in-app purchases
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