- What does “steady pace” mean?
- A steady pace is a running speed held within a narrow, constant range for an entire run or segment, instead of surging early and fading late.
Run by ear
Stop watching your watch.
Steady Pace plays your pace as a tone. It rises when you run slow and falls when you run fast, so you hold your target without looking down.
On iPhone. Search “Steady Pace” in the App Store, or open this page on your phone.
- No ads
- No account
- No subscription
- Works offline
The difference
Two problems with most running apps.
Location privacy
They leak your location.
Fitness apps have mapped secret military bases from public runs. Steady Pace uploads nothing, so it can't leak your location.
See the leak map →
Pricing
They're anti-consumer.
At $12 a month, a running app runs past $1,400 in ten years, and even the cheapest annual plan passes $800. Steady Pace is one payment, every feature, no next bill.
See the real cost →
Your ears are faster than your eyes.
A quiet tone rides under your music. It rises when you slow, falls when you speed up, and goes quiet when you are on pace. You correct by ear, eyes up, no glancing down.
How it works.
1. Set your pace
Tap in a target, or pick a goal like a sub-25 5K or a sub-2:00 half. If you don't know the number, the pace calculator works it out.
2. Start, and pocket the phone
Begin the run and put your phone away. No glancing, no raising your wrist. Tracking keeps going with the screen off.
3. Hold the pace by ear
A tone rises when you slow and falls when you speed up. Lean on it, and it goes quiet when you are on pace.
Start where you are.
Find the pace you want, then hold it by ear. Free, no account, any device.
Tool
Pace calculator
Turn a goal time into the pace you have to hold, with splits in miles and kilometres.
Reference
Pace charts
Every common finish time for the 5K, 10K, half, and marathon, in min/km and min/mile.
Guide
Stop going out too fast
The most common way runners blow a race, and how to catch the surge in your first strides.
Guide and tool
Find your cadence
Your real steps per minute, why 180 is not a law, and a metronome to raise it.
Tracking that holds up.
Sensor fusion
GPS is combined with Doppler velocity and your phone's accelerometer through a Kalman filter, and outlier fixes are thrown out.
Survives dropouts
It keeps tracking when the signal falls away under a bridge or between buildings, so a short signal loss does not corrupt the recording.
Accurate elevation
The barometer carries the shape of the climb, and GPS corrects its slow drift. It stays accurate on a long mountain day.
A cadence metronome
A steady click to lock your turnover, separate from pace coaching. It runs in the background, offline.
Automatic crash recovery
If the phone kills the app mid-run, it picks the run back up where it left off. A long effort is never lost to a background crash.
Run by ear. Keep your runs. Pay once.
Common questions.
How does Steady Pace work?
You set a target pace and the app plays a continuous tone that rises when you run slow and falls when you run fast. You hold the pace by ear, correcting as you go, without looking at your phone. On pace, the tone goes quiet.
Does it work without looking at my phone?
Yes. The feedback is a tone you listen to, so the phone stays in your pocket the whole run. You can also add spoken split announcements or a cadence metronome.
Is there a subscription?
No. One purchase, every feature unlocked, no tiers, no monthly fee. Here is why.
Does the app need an internet connection?
No. It makes no network connections at all and works in airplane mode. No account, no server, and GPS is anonymized on your device.
Does it track distance and elevation?
Yes, and carefully. GPS is fused with Doppler velocity, the accelerometer, and a barometer, so it holds up on long, slow, and mountainous runs. More on GPS accuracy.