Comparison

Running Mile Tracker vs Run Mapper

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • GPS distance and speed tracking
  • Real-time route mapping
  • Calorie burn estimation
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Voice progress updates
  • Shoe mileage tracking
  • Split time analysis
Features
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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

About

Run Mapper

Record and visualize your running routes on a map. Track time and distance for each run, and automatically save start and end points. Name your runs for easy organization and review.

Highlights
  • Visualize runs on a map
  • Track run time and distance
  • Automatic start/end location saving
  • Name individual runs
  • Map thumbnails for quick review
Features
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Welcome to Run Mapper!  Run Mapper saves the paths of each of your runs. Simply begin a new run and get going! The app runs in the background, so you can focus on running. Features: - Visualize your runs on a map! - View each run's time and distance - Automatically save the start and end locations of your run - Name your runs - Quick map thumbnails to see where your run took place What are you waiting for? Get out there and start mapping your runs today!

Screenshots

Running Mile Tracker4 screens
Run Mapper3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Run Mapper at none against Running Mile Tracker's 10. Run Mapper also leads on iOS requirement (13.2 vs 15.6). Running Mile Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (576 vs 6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Running Mile Tracker sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Run Mapper asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Running Mile Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Running Mile Tracker has 576 ratings behind it against 6, 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 67% of Run Mapper's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Running Mile Tracker versus Run Mapper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunning Mile TrackerRun Mapper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (576 ratings) — better4.3 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews68.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings576 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer30 South LLCEthan Humphrey

Customer experience

Running Mile Tracker

All ratings576 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral2.8%
Negative9.2%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive68.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative28.0%

Run Mapper

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

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

Run Mapper

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Running Mile Tracker

Subscriptions9
  • 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 trial2 variants$29.991 Year
  • Vima Premium1 Year trial$39.991 Year
None

Run Mapper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Running Mile Tracker free?
Running Mile Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Run Mapper free?
Run Mapper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Running Mile Tracker or Run Mapper?
Running Mile Tracker is rated higher. Running Mile Tracker averages 4.5 out of 5 from 576 ratings, while Run Mapper averages 4.3 from 6 ratings.
Do Running Mile Tracker or Run Mapper have ads?
Neither Running Mile Tracker nor Run Mapper shows ads.

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