Run Diary vs RecoRun
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.
RecoRun
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Easily keep track of your personal records for running from 200 meters all the way to 100 miler. Track your progress over time, set goals, and customize RecoRun to your liking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: RecoRun at none against Run Diary's shown. RecoRun also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 12 months). Run Diary's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases 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 and RecoRun sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Run Diary ships an update every 12 months, RecoRun every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Run Diary | RecoRun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 倩 赵 | Robert Evans |
In-app purchases
Run Diary
- Remove ads$0.99
- Map$1.99
RecoRun
- Power Pack$1.99
