What leaves your phone when you track a run
Local first does not mean nothing is uploaded. The categories that leave a running app, who receives them, and how to read a privacy label for yourself.
Choosing an app you can trust
Most comparison pages in this category are written by companies selling the thing being compared. These pages stick to what a vendor publishes about itself, quoted and dated.
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Running apps that work without an account
Signing in is a separate decision from tracking. What actually needs an account, what still leaves your phone while signed out, and how to check in three minutes.
If a running app is free, what is the catch
Four ways free running apps make money, the tells in a privacy policy, and the questions to ask before handing an app a year of your location history.
Free, free tier, or free trial in running apps
Free means four incompatible things. A dated audit naming the exact feature each app locks, plus a fifth category for apps that have not decided yet.
Runflake running app, and what it records
Runflake is a running app for a phone. What it records, what it speaks, what leaves the device, and where it is available today, stated with a date attached.