Comparison

Stretch Timer Plus vs RunAway

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

Head to head
About

Stretch Timer Plus

Easily time your stretching routines with customizable reps, stretch durations, and rest periods. Focus on your flexibility while the app guides you with visual cues and voice prompts. Ideal for physical therapy, sports, and various fitness activities.

Highlights
  • Customizable reps, stretch time, and rest time
  • Visual progress bar
  • Voice prompts (mutable/changeable)
  • Pause functionality without losing progress
  • Settings saved on exit
  • Easy-to-manage settings
Features
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Stretch Timer Plus is the easiest way to time your stretches. Just choose the number of reps, stretch time and rest time, then press play and the app will take care of counting so you can relax and focus on stretching! The app will let you know when to stretch or rest via a visual progress bar and a voice prompt that you can mute or change the sound. * Relax while you stretch instead of counting. * Ensure you get in the right number of repetitions * Extremely helpful for physical therapy stretching that includes many different combinations of reps and stretch time. * Pause without losing your place. * Manage all settings from the main screen. * Settings are saved on exit so you don't have to enter your preferences every time you open the app. Great for physical therapy, gymnastics, cheerleading, yoga, ballet, dance, baseball, basketball, football, soccer or any other sport!

About

RunAway

Track your running performance with detailed metrics like pace, heart rate, and distance per split. Analyze your progress with intuitive graphs and gain personalized insights to improve your stride and achieve your goals. Get sleep insights to optimize your performance.

Highlights
  • Track pace, heart rate, and distance per split
  • Compare performance across runs with graphs
  • Personalized insights for improvement
  • Analyze previous runs
  • Sleep insights for better performance
Features
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RunAway is your ultimate running companion, helping you track your pace, heart rate, distance, and more per split, while comparing your performance across different runs using intuitive graphs. Perfect your rhythm, improve your stride, and achieve your running goals with personalized insights and advanced metrics. Stay motivated and run smarter by analyzing your previous runs, and get sleep insights the night before your next run.

Screenshots

Stretch Timer Plus2 screens
RunAway4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: RunAway at 100% against Stretch Timer Plus's 38%. RunAway also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). Stretch Timer Plus's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.2). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RunAway holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Stretch Timer Plus's written reviews are positive against 100% of RunAway's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stretch Timer Plus ships an update every 2 weeks, RunAway every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Stretch Timer Plus versus RunAway: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStretch Timer PlusRunAway
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (9 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew McGinnisShivam Ghodke

Customer experience

Stretch Timer Plus

All ratings9 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral22.2%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral18.8%
Negative43.8%

RunAway

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Stretch Timer Plus

No in-app purchases

None

RunAway

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stretch Timer Plus free?
Stretch Timer Plus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RunAway free?
RunAway is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stretch Timer Plus or RunAway?
RunAway is rated higher. Stretch Timer Plus averages 3.7 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while RunAway averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Stretch Timer Plus or RunAway have ads?
Neither Stretch Timer Plus nor RunAway shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stretch Timer Plus or RunAway?
Stretch Timer Plus ships an update every 2 weeks, and RunAway every 5 days. Most recently, Stretch Timer Plus was updated on October 8, 2026 and RunAway on October 5, 2026.

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