Race Pace Calculator is a free utility for runners to compute pace, time, and distance metrics on iOS.
Product velocity
Maintenance
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Health & Fitness
Sentiment
1.8
4 reviews
Nemesis
Pace Calculator
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Runners hire this tool to eliminate mental math during training planning, but the current feature set lacks the interactive depth required to maintain user interest.
For Runners and treadmill users who require quick mathematical conversions for race planning or training.
Key features
Table displaying KPH, MPH, min/km, and min/mile with tap-to-highlight and reorderable columns
Calculates pace, time, or distance based on two user-provided variables
Preset buttons for 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, and Marathon distances
How much does it cost?
The app operates as a free utility with no visible monetization or subscription gates.
Velocity
Maintenance developmentUX improvementsnew contentShow more...
The app has released only one version in the observed period, resulting in a cadence of approximately 0.1 releases per week. This falls into the maintenance tier as there is no evidence of a recurring release schedule. The latest update was a major overhaul, focusing on a complete redesign and new utility features. Future development momentum remains unclear due to the lack of subsequent updates.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Not enough recent reviews to extract reliable themes yet.
Read the full review analysisCompetition
Competitive landscape for Race Pace Calculator
How's the Health & Fitness market?
The app maintains a 1.75-star rating across 4 total ratings, signaling that the current utility-only feature set is insufficient for the Health & Fitness category.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By Polymorph Solutions
This app is a direct functional competitor that targets the exact same user base of runners needing quick, on-the-fly race metric conversions.
- Integrates a smart chat assistant to provide conversational guidance beyond simple static mathematical calculations.
- Offers a more mature feature set including dedicated split time tracking for complex race planning.
- Maintains a significantly higher user rating and established presence in the health and fitness category.
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Key takeaways for Race Pace Calculator
Where is it heading?
The fitness utility market is shifting toward interactive coaching and split-tracking, leaving static calculators like this one increasingly irrelevant. Without a pivot to include split-tracking or interactive elements, the app will continue to lose ground to competitors that offer more comprehensive training support.
- The 1.75-star rating indicates that the current feature set is failing to meet user expectations, leading to potential long-term churn.
- Recent updates have focused on maintenance rather than feature expansion, leaving the app exposed to more aggressive, feature-rich competitors.
The SWOT
- Minimalist interface removes mental friction for quick race planning
- Integration of wearable-data synchronization would differentiate the app
Next best moves
Ship split-tracking module because competitors offer it as a standard utility → increase retention
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's minimalist design is a liability rather than a strength…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Smart chat assistant (available in Pace Calculator) +1
Since the last report: The app's competitive position has declined due to the emergence of interactive, feature-rich rivals, forcing a pivot from static utility to split-tracking and conversational features.
Bottom line
The app provides a clean, single-purpose utility but fails to compete with modern, feature-rich alternatives, so the PM must prioritize split-tracking features to prevent total user migration to more interactive rivals.
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