Beatpace is a run/walk coach for iPhone. It plans your race, tells you when to run and when to walk, and builds Apple Music playlists with tempos that match your steps.

How Beatpace works

Pick a distance and a goal time, and Beatpace recommends run/walk intervals and pacing to get you there. On the run, tones and a voice call the switches over your own music, and your countdown stays live on the Lock Screen. In the Music tab, Beatpace builds Apple Music playlists whose tempos match your steps per minute.

The welcome screen draws the boundary on purpose: "Beatpace doesn't track your run, measure your speed, or play your music. That's by design: your favorite apps keep those jobs."

Run day

The welcome guide's checklist, exactly as the app puts it:

1. "Start your run tracker, if you use one."
2. "Press play in your music app."
3. "Tap your plan in the Run tab and hit Start."

"Then lock your phone. Your countdown stays live on the Lock Screen."

Common questions

Do I need an Apple Music subscription?

For playlists, yes. The Music tab will tell you: "Apple Music subscription required to save playlists." Race planning and run cues work without one. If you see "Access denied," the app's own message has the fix: "Open Settings → Privacy → Media & Apple Music to allow Beatpace."

The app said "Local data was reset." What happened?

Beatpace's local database couldn't be opened, so the app rebuilt it and told you: "Beatpace's local database couldn't be opened and was rebuilt. Rescan your library from the Music tab. Playlists you already exported are still in Apple Music." That last sentence is the important one: everything you saved to Apple Music is safe. Rescan, rebuild, and if it happens more than once, email the address at the bottom of this page.

I edited a playlist and now there are two. Why?

Apple doesn't let apps change an existing Apple Music playlist, so Beatpace saves your edit as a new one. The save screen says so as you do it: "Beatpace can't edit your existing Apple Music playlist, so this saves a new one with your updated songs." Delete the old one in Apple Music if you don't want it.

A song's tempo is wrong.

Tempos come from Beatpace's database (the app calls it the Beatabase), and once in a while it's off. Open the song's tempo to get the Check Tempo sheet, then "Tap to the beat," or type the BPM. The button showing your new tempo, "Use 172 BPM here & report" for example, fixes the song for you immediately; "Just report it (hide until we fix it)" benches the song until it's re-analyzed. Every report is reviewable in Settings › Reported tempos, where, as the app says, "Every change is reversible."

My playlist has no cover art.

Cover art is made on your iPhone with Apple Intelligence. The app's own explainer covers nearly every case: "It needs an iPhone that supports Apple Intelligence, with Apple Intelligence turned on in Settings. You don't need the Playground app itself." And: "Until then your playlist saves and plays exactly the same, just without a custom cover." So: turn on Apple Intelligence in Settings, give it a few minutes to finish setting up, then build a playlist again.

The library scan found nothing.

If the Music tab says "No songs in your library yet. Add songs in the Music app and Beatpace will scan them automatically," your Apple Music library is empty as far as this phone can see. Add music in the Music app, then let the scan run. It scans while Beatpace is open and can continue overnight.

Can I record my own run and walk cues?

Yes. That's what the microphone permission is for. As the welcome screen puts it: "Record your run and walk cues yourself, or let someone you love cheer you on." After a recording, Beatpace suggests a title from the words you spoke; that's the speech recognition permission. Recordings stay on your phone.

Your data

The short answer is that Beatpace keeps your data on your phone and sends off only what a feature strictly needs. The complete answer, written in plain language, is the Beatpace Privacy Policy.

Contact

Email support@sacrificegolf.com with your iPhone model, your iOS version, and what you were doing when things went wrong. A screenshot or screen recording makes most answers faster. Beatpace is a one-person company; mail goes straight to the person who built it.