Three Stars
The typical running/activity tracking app. I give it three starts for it has the basic functions that this type of app has. It tracks my activities, running, walking, biking, hiking, etc. It offers Challenges for you to keep yourself feel the sense of accomplishment. However, the activities are not special, because you will find them in almost any other apps just like it. I am not a hardcore runner or anything in particular for that matter, so it suits my basic needs.
Now the two starts it doesn’t earn. The user interface is very boring. At times, it’s rather confuse to do or wouldn’t do what it wants me to do. For example, I want to add the shoes I use to run with. It doesn’t allow you to track the dates where of you are switching shoes during the week. It will not allow me to go back to the day before and add the shoes that I am currently adding today. It will over ride any other shoes on record in between the dates. The accuracy of the distance being track. But then again, this is a hard one for any apps to master, for that matter. However, I run the same distance most of the time, but the app will track it with quite a margin in the differences.Developer Response
Hi there, Thanks for your detailed review - we always appreciate feedback on how we can improve the Runkeeper experience for our users. In the past year, we have expanded our Guided Workouts and training plan features to offer more variety to Runkeeper users. If you have additional information or ideas on how we can continue to improve our interface, feel free to reach out to our support team at support@runkeeper.com. In terms of shoe tracking on Runkeeper, I have attached an article here that outlines how you can keep track of shoe metrics on Runkeeper: https://support.runkeeper.com/hc/en-us/articles/206207236-Shoe-Tracking. At this point in time, it is not possible to set a date range for shoes such as you've described, but we appreciate this thought! You can certainly mention this in your email to our support team as a feature request you'd like to see down the road. In terms of your tracking experience, I have attached an article here that outlines how you can get the best GPS results on Runkeeper: https://support.runkeeper.com/hc/en-us/articles/201109406-How-to-Get-the-Best-GPS-Results Thanks again for your review, we look forward to hearing from you! :)Longtime User
I have been using Runkeeper for over ten years and love it - and I used the basic free version. It’s as accurate as any other running app (that I’ve tried), records details of all my runs, shows the route I ran on a map, tracks my various shoes and miles on each. My favorite part is all the stats that can be voiced at each set distance or time. On short runs I set them for every quarter mile. For longer runs, I set for every mile. I have it voice my total time, distance run, pace, current pace, average heart rate and current heart rate. This lets me know if I need to pickup pace or perhaps slow my pace because HR is getting too high. I really like going back and looking at past runs and comparing them to my current runs. I know other runners like different apps and a lot of that is because of familiarity. I’ve tried the most popular ones and I’ll not change from Runkeeper unless something incredible is released.This has helped me so much
This app creates custom plans for your needs. It created a 6 week plan to run my first 5k, and to my surprise, I am now on week 5. The coaches are fantastic and very motivating. My coach helped me find the strength within myself to keep pushing and keep showing up every time. In 2 weeks, I will have ran my first 5k, and I couldn’t be more excited. If you want to make a change in your life, I recommend this app.
This app also has features that allow controlling your music from the app. You can select a playlist to start automatically every time you start to run. The app also comes with an Apple Watch app that gives you more control as you run. There is a lot of additional features that make this app worth downloading and buying the subscription. Just give it a try.
There is a huge library of other plans and runs you can try at any time.
Lastly, I would strongly advise adding volume controls for the music and the coach separately in the settings. Sometimes my music is far too quiet for me to enjoy, and sometimes it is too loud to hear my coach. This feature would be great!