Running Mile Tracker vs FitFile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Running Mile Tracker
This GPS-based app helps runners track their distance, speed, and calories burned. It offers real-time stats, route mapping, and voice updates. Features include Apple Watch integration, shoe mileage tracking, and social sharing.
- GPS distance and speed tracking
- Real-time route mapping
- Calorie burn estimation
- Apple Watch integration
- Voice progress updates
- Shoe mileage tracking
- Split time analysis
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Featured by Apple as a Health & Fitness "Best New App" and "Apps for Runners" Vima is a GPS based tracking app for people who want to keep track of their running fitness goals. It is an app aimed at simplicity that allows runners to keep track of their runs easily without a lot of unnecessary stuff getting in the way. APPLE WATCH Easily start, pause, resume, and save a run without your phone. Check your distance, speed, time, and altitude from your Apple Watch in realtime. STEP TRACKING Keep track of your daily steps and hit your long term goals. STATS AND MAPS Vima tracks speed, distance, altitude, and time. It also gives you a map showing where you have been while you are saving a run. COLOR CODED When viewing saved runs your route shows up on the map color coded by speed. It shows where you went the fastest (green) and where you were slowest (red). VOICE SUMMARY Don't want to look at the screen every few minutes? You can have the app tell you updates on your progress in set distance and/or time intervals. SPLIT TIMES Added splits to the history review page. Choose from 9 different distances and see how each section of your workout went. CALORIES See calories burned. Set your weight in settings and get your calories burned in real time and on the history page after your run. SHOE TRACKING Track the distance on your running shoes so you know when it's time to replace them before they start causing problems PAUSE AND RESUME Pause the workout to catch your breath or chat with a friend and then resume when you get back to it. FACEBOOK & INSTAGRAM Share your workout with your friends on Instagram or Facebook with our easy to use integration. UNITS The supports both standard and metric units. HEALTH KIT Apple Health permissions allow us to enhance your data as well as saving your workout information to Apple Health. If you've read this far, you should definitely give Vima a shot. We think you'll love it, and if there is anything you'd like to see for the app in the future just let us know. We love hearing from our users. Note: Continued use of the GPS will reduce battery life. If you upgrade to a premium subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. The weekly subscription costs USD 4.99 per week, monthly subscription costs USD 9.99 per month, while the yearly subscription costs USD 29.99 per year. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. There is no increase in cost when renewing. Subscriptions can be managed and auto-renewal turned off in Account Settings in iTunes after purchase. Once purchased, the current period cannot be canceled. Find the full terms and conditions and our privacy policy at https://www.vimafitness.com/privacy and https://www.vimafitness.com/terms
FitFile
Effortlessly track your daily activity, set personalized fitness goals, and monitor your progress with smart insights. Automatically record walks, runs, and other workouts without needing to press start or stop. Share your achievements and gain a deeper understanding of your fitness journey.
- Automatic activity tracking
- Personalized fitness insights
- Save individual workout data
- Share activity snapshots
- Set achievable fitness goals
- Quantify progress (mileage, calories, pace)
- Intelligent activity timeline
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FitFile - Walking, Running, Distance Tracker Living your healthiest life just got easier. With FitFile, you can track and goal your daily progress - then compare it to past days, weeks or months. Just stash your phone in your pocket and go! *FitFile integrates with the iOS Health app to access your activity data. Think this is just another fitness app? Think again. Use FitFile to: - Follow your daily activity and put it into context with smart, personalized insights. - Save individual workouts to get performance data on your walks, hikes and runs. - Share snapshots of your activity with friends and family. - Set aggressive, yet achievable goals. Using CDC guidelines, FitFile helps you choose the fitness goal that is right for you, and measures your daily activity against that goal. - Quantify your progress. FitFile displays mileage, calories burned and pace for all of your active periods. - Track your movement down to the minute. With FitFile’s intelligent activity timeline, you never have to press "start" or "stop" to record your activity! - Explore the Apple Health history you choose to share, including activity recorded before you downloaded FitFile. Take your fitness regimen to the next level with our premium offering. With FitFile Premium, you’ll get a dynamic, smart goal that evolves as your activity levels change and intelligent insights into your fitness regimen. All for just $1.99/month or for a discounted rate of $16.99/year. *If you choose to purchase a FitFile Premium subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase. The price for FitFile Premium is $1.99/month or $16.99/year, and may vary from country to country. Privacy Policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/8141974 Terms & Conditions: https://termsfeed.com/terms-conditions/bc403c3d12ea6bad0022f6fe6235cc7a Have questions or feedback? Please email hello@fitfileapp.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FitFile at 4.8 against Running Mile Tracker's 4.5. FitFile also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 68%). Running Mile Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (578 vs 63). 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. Running Mile Tracker sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and FitFile sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
FitFile holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Running Mile Tracker has 578 ratings behind it against 63, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Running Mile Tracker's written reviews are positive against 78% of FitFile's.
Running Mile Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, FitFile every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Running Mile Tracker | FitFile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (578 ratings) | 4.8 (63 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.0% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 578 — better | 63 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 30 South LLC | FitFile LLC |
Customer experience
Running Mile Tracker
FitFile
Bugs and requests
Running Mile Tracker
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashing or not opening
- Premium features not unlocking properly
- Inconsistent tracking of runs
Requested features
4 requests- Add treadmill run tracking
- Improve data export and analysis options
- Provide better customization options
- Enhance GPS accuracy and reliability
FitFile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Running Mile Tracker
- Vima Premium$4.997 Days
- 1 Month Vima Premium$9.991 Month
- Vima Run Monthly Premium$9.991 Month
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- Vima Run Premium$14.993 Months
- 1 Year Vima Premium$29.991 Year
- Vima Run Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Vima Premium1 Year trial$29.991 Year
- Vima Run Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Vima Premium1 Year trial$39.991 Year
FitFile
- Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$16.991 Year
Questions
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