When comparing Zombies, Run! vs Fitocracy, the Slant community recommends Fitocracy for most people. In the question“What are the best fitness apps for iOS?” Fitocracy is ranked 2nd while Zombies, Run! is ranked 3rd. The most important reason people chose Fitocracy is:
Earn points, unlock achievements, take on challenges and quests and level up. Seeing progress, getting rewarded for activities and reaching a set threshold feels nice and helps in continuing to be motivated. Especially when just starting out. There's even a leaderboard so you can compare your progress to your friends.
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Pros
Pro Variety of missions
There are currently over 120 missions available for purchase to help keep the workouts new and exciting.
Pro GPS tracks your run
Zombies, Run! uses your GPS, and can upload your run stats online (if you register for ZombieLink).
Pro Realistic acting
The cast of vocal actors do a fantastic job of making the story feel as real as possible.
Pro Creative motivator
Zombies, Run! uses a creative story line to help motivate the jogger. A mission is given, which the runner must complete while collecting supplies and running from zombies.
Pro Use your own playlist
Zombies, Run! narrates the mission over your own music playlist.
Pro Gamification keeps you motivated
Earn points, unlock achievements, take on challenges and quests and level up. Seeing progress, getting rewarded for activities and reaching a set threshold feels nice and helps in continuing to be motivated. Especially when just starting out.
There's even a leaderboard so you can compare your progress to your friends.
Pro Engaging community
You can post updates on progress and have other people comment on it, encouraging to keep working out. You can ask questions and a community of more than 1 million users will be there to answer.
Pro Free
There is a paid option ($4.99/mo or $44.99/yr), called Hero, that adds private messaging, ability to challenge a friend in an activity, assign yourself a title and weekly insights among other things.
Pro Workout logging UI is very simple & clean to use
Pro Versatility
Fitocracy has solutions for all manners of workout regimens and styles.