# Steady Pace: hold your running pace by ear

> Steady Pace is an iPhone app that holds your target running pace with sound. A continuous tone rises when you run slow and falls when you run fast, so you keep an even pace without looking at a screen. One-time purchase, private, offline.

## What it is

Set a target pace. 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, without glancing at a watch or phone.

## What makes it different

- **No data, no leaks.** Fitness apps have mapped secret military bases from public runs. Steady Pace makes zero network connections and uploads nothing, so it cannot leak your location. GPS is anonymized on the device.
- **Pay once.** A subscription running app can cost $800 to $1,400 over ten years. Steady Pace is one purchase, every feature included, no monthly fee and no price hike.

## How it works

1. Set your pace, or pick a goal like a sub-25 5K or a sub-2:00 half.
2. Start the run and pocket the phone. Tracking continues with the screen off.
3. Hold the pace by ear. The tone rises when you slow and falls when you speed up, and goes quiet on pace.

## Features (all included, no tiers)

- Pace-by-ear continuous tone
- Cadence metronome
- Spoken split announcements
- GPS distance and elevation, fused with a barometer and Doppler velocity through a Kalman filter
- Automatic crash recovery: a run resumes where it left off if the app is killed mid-run
- Works fully offline and in airplane mode
- No account, no ads, no analytics, no subscription

## What it does not do

No heart rate, no training plans, no coached audio workouts, no social feed, no maps. It is a focused pacing tool, not a platform.

## Common questions

**How does it work?** You set a target pace and a continuous tone rises when you run slow and falls when you run fast. On pace, the tone goes quiet.

**Is there a subscription?** No. One purchase, every feature unlocked, no monthly fee.

**Does it need internet?** No. It makes no network connections and works in airplane mode. No account, no server. Runs stay on your phone.

**Does it track distance and elevation?** Yes, accurately. GPS is fused with Doppler velocity, the accelerometer, and a barometer, so it holds up on long, slow, and mountainous runs.

## Links

- App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/steady-pace/id6773682525
- Privacy: https://steadypace.ca/private-running-app
- Location privacy and the leak map: https://steadypace.ca/location-privacy
- The subscription trap: https://steadypace.ca/subscription-trap
- Compliance and privacy standards: https://steadypace.ca/compliance
- Answers and comparisons (blog): https://steadypace.ca/blog
- Site index for agents: https://steadypace.ca/llms.txt

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Source: https://steadypace.ca/