Comparison

Running Mile Tracker vs Grains

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

Track your runs with GPS, monitor steps, and view detailed stats like speed, distance, and calories burned. Features include color-coded maps, voice summaries, and shoe mileage tracking. Integrates with Apple Health and allows sharing to social media.

Highlights
  • GPS run tracking
  • Real-time stats (speed, distance, altitude)
  • Color-coded route maps
  • Voice progress updates
  • Shoe mileage tracking
  • Apple Health integration
  • Social sharing
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

Grains

Features
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Grains is a microjournaling app built around one simple idea: write one sentence about your day. No pressure, no blank pages, no hour-long writing sessions. Just one sentence to capture what mattered most today. Over time, those single sentences become a powerful record of your life. THREE WAYS TO JOURNAL Choose the mode that fits you best: • Free Entry — One open-ended sentence about your day • Highs & Lows — Your best moment and your hardest moment • Combo — All three for the fullest picture in the fewest words Switch modes anytime without losing a single entry. ON THIS DAY See what you wrote on this date in previous years. Watch patterns emerge and remember moments you might have forgotten. CALENDAR & TIMELINE Browse your entries by month or scroll through a visual timeline. Every journaled day appears on the calendar so you can see your consistency at a glance. MILESTONES Celebrate your journaling journey with milestones from your first handful of grains to a full year of entries and beyond. Each milestone unlocks a unique animated celebration. PHOTOS Attach a photo to any entry to pair your words with a moment captured. PRIVACY FIRST Lock Grains with Face ID. Your journal is yours alone. SYNC & BACKUP Entries sync automatically across your devices with iCloud. Works offline — your data is always available. EXPORT YOUR DATA Export your entire journal as plain text, JSON, or a beautifully formatted PDF. Your memories belong to you. HOME SCREEN WIDGET See your grain count and recent entries right from your home screen. A gentle daily reminder to write. CUSTOMIZABLE • Six hand-crafted app icon themes • Light, dark, and system appearance modes • Daily reminder at your chosen time Your life, one grain at a time.

Screenshots

Running Mile Tracker4 screens
Grains4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Running Mile Tracker at 15.6 against Grains's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Grains sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Running Mile Tracker ships an update every 4 weeks, Grains fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Running Mile Tracker versus Grains: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunning Mile TrackerGrains
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (582 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings582 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer30 South LLCBill Schenk

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

Grains

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 trial$29.991 Year
  • Vima Premium1 Year trial$39.991 Year
1 purchases

Grains

One-time1
  • Grains Premium$2.99

Questions

Is Running Mile Tracker free?
Running Mile Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grains free?
Grains is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Running Mile Tracker or Grains have ads?
Neither Running Mile Tracker nor Grains shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Running Mile Tracker or Grains?
Running Mile Tracker ships an update every 4 weeks, and Grains fortnightly. Most recently, Running Mile Tracker was updated on November 11, 2026 and Grains on October 28, 2026.

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