BoxBoard vs RunDNA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BoxBoard
This app helps you track your fitness progress and connect with your gym community. Log scores, monitor personal records, and view daily leaderboards. Share your fitness journey and engage with others through a dedicated community feed.
- Automatic PR tracking
- Workout journal with notes
- Daily leaderboard
- Community feed for sharing
- Gym admin tools
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Take your CrossFit community with you wherever you go. If you’re looking for a fast and reliable way to track your workouts and stay connected to your gym, BoxBoard is for you. Stay up to date with the daily leaderboard, log your scores in seconds, and keep track of your personal records. BoxBoard automatically tracks your lifts and helps you understand your progress over time. Features: • Automatic PR Tracking Max effort scores are automatically added to your movement history. • Workout Journal See your PRs, review past workouts, and add personal notes. • Leaderboard Track scores, compare with your gym, and celebrate progress. • Community Feed Like, comment, and share your fitness journey with others. • Gym Tools Gym admins can post workouts, edit scores, and manage their gym community. BoxBoard is built for the committed athlete and coach. BoxBoard is not affiliated with CrossFit, Inc.
RunDNA
This app provides personalized training plans for endurance athletes, focusing on individual strength and ability to improve efficiency and reduce injury risk. It integrates training and strength programs with video guides and tracks training load to monitor workload ratios.
- Personalized workout plans
- Runner Readiness Assessment
- Running Gait analysis
- Integrated strength programs
- Video exercise explanations
- Training Load tracking
- Coach messaging
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Your running, decoded. Most running apps only count miles. RunDNA is the run coaching app that looks at HOW you run to build a training plan that truly meets your needs. Created by physical therapists and coaches with a decade of clinical running experience, RunDNA uses the FIT Method: Find your Formula, Individualize your Training, and Track your Progress. Start with an analysis of your movement to identify areas for improvement, turn it into a personalized training plan that keeps you running, and see how your form and fitness change over time — all in one place. WHY RUNNERS CHOOSE RUNDNA - No generic plans — every RunDNA training plan is built individually with the FIT Method - Plans for 2-mile, 5K, 10K, 15K, 10-mile, half marathon, and marathon with race-specific workouts for peak performance - Running form assessment built from a decade of clinical experience — see how you actually move - Personalized drills and cues to sharpen your form over time - Built by physical therapists and running coaches, not just app developers BUILT FOR RUNNERS OF EVERY LEVEL The same FIT Method approach has been used with runners at every level, from first-timers to world-class athletes. Whether you're new to running, chasing a marathon PR, or coming back from time off, RunDNA gives you the formula to keep running and train smarter. Your running, decoded. Download RunDNA and build your personalized training plan today. TERMS & PRIVACY Terms of Use: https://rundna.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://rundna.ai/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BoxBoard at 5.0 against RunDNA's 4.3. BoxBoard also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). RunDNA's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (9 vs 3). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BoxBoard holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of BoxBoard's written reviews are positive against 83% of RunDNA's.
BoxBoard ships an update every 6 months, RunDNA every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BoxBoard | RunDNA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.3 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 216 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jason Cypret | RunDNA |
Customer experience
BoxBoard
RunDNA
In-app purchases
BoxBoard
No in-app purchases
RunDNA
No in-app purchases









