Kotcha User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience73.8% of reviews
Neutral11.1% of reviews
Negative experience15.1% of reviews

~ Based on 126 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Kotcha Safe?

Kotcha - Running & Trail appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Kotcha is 88/100.

This assessment is based on 246 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.5/5.

Safety Analysis

85.8% of ratings point to a safe experience
7.7% of ratings suggest some concerns
6.5% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 246 App Store ratings for Kotcha.

Is Kotcha Legit?

Kotcha - Running & Trail appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Kotcha is 63/100.

Based on 63 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Amazing app !

Excellente appli de running qui propose des plans de qualité. Appli ergonomique et esthétique, simple à utiliser et qui s’adapte en cours de plan. Le nouveau must have du runner digital !

tres bon appli

J ai essayé plusieurs applications françaises et une anglaise. Kotcha est la première qui présente des programmes originaux et variés et que j aime beaucoup. Je teste un plan marathon. Un peu décontenancé au démarrage - pas de vma courte par exemple -, je dois avouer que le programme base sur le seuil me plait bien. Il reste quelques petites améliorations mais je suis sur qu elles viendront avec le temps.
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Super appli

Très bien faite, avec des bilans de nos courses et des mots d’encouragement. À moi le semi marathon en 2h 😉

Coaching réaliste

Appli au top pour une préparation : ajustement du plan en fonction de la séance précédente … seul bémol : il devrait être possible d’intégrer les entraînements croisés et notamment les séances vélo

AI wrapper for running

Some of the partnerships and concepts in this app are pretty cool, but Kotcha ultimately feels like a thin AI wrapper to send your running data to Gemini/Claude/ChatGPT without adding much value on top of what you could get by using those platforms directly. API reselling like this feels to me like double paying for a service I already pay for. Looking forward to seeing if more unique value is added to this app.
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Response from developer

Thank you for your review Conrco. We greatly appreciate your viewpoint. As a matter of fact, the core of our training offering is not built from any Artificial Intelligence like ChatGPT or Claude. It has been developed specifically with elite athletes and coaches, among whom Eliud Kipchoge and Kilian Jornet, to provide an opinionated and race-tested training approach. We agree though that commercial AI chats can be a good place to start for many runners.

Challenging and Sustainable

This app is very helpful in reaching my running goals. It is comprehensive in understanding my history, upcoming races and fitness goals then setting a plan that is adaptive and works for my daily life as a father that works. The AI coach has been able to answer questions about the plan but also about when to use super shoes in my training, etc. I look forward to trying strength training and nutrition modules soon.
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La mejor app

Me encanta la app! Es única

Great training tool, app UI is getting better, much better!

Kotcha has one of the best training plans I’ve used. It really feels like having a coach, and the workouts have helped me improve while still feeling strong and motivated.

The app itself, however, needs work. The UI is not very friendly but it’s getting better. In the last 30 days I have seen a big improvement on the UI. I specially like the way your complete runs look like now. I still feel the feedback needs work and I am still
Begging for type of road options, like giving me the options to train on roads that have hills on purpose or as part of the training.

But I love seen that app keeps getting better every few weeks. Please make a light version, the black version isn’t very “pretty”. I am excited to see what options are you bringing with ios27 and watchOS27. Specially for zone training.
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Response from developer

Thank you so much for the honest review Jcokacola. We're rolling out weather integration right now, so it will soon be available in your app for your run brief and debrief. Looking forward to hearing what you think about it.

IA pas au niveau

Je suis passé par cette app pour préparer un trail de 62km 3000d+. Après 1 semaine j’ai résilié l’abonnement.
Première frustration : l’IA ne détecte pas les séances hors plan que je peux faire (faisant partie d’un club de triathlon), ce qui vient fausser les stats de la semaine et l’appréciation des séances. Pour l’IA je passais donc à 3 séances alors que j’en avais une 4eme avec le club.
Deuxième frustration : l’IA ne semble pas connaître le chiffre 6. Suite à une organisation de weekend, j’ai annulé la sortie longue du dimanche, et ai demandé à durcir la séance du vendredi. L’IA me propose donc de passer de 5x5’ à 6x5’. Problème ? L’IA me propose uniquement 7x5’ ou 5x5’. Ça a duré 45 min ou l’IA a compris l’erreur, mais la refaisait instantanément.
Merci pour cette semaine mais c’en est trop pour moi !
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Response from developer

Merci pour votre message Anonyme52200. Concernant votre première frustration, l'IA prend bien en compte l'ensemble de vos sorties de course à pied. Nous avons identifié un problème mineur d'affichage des sorties hors plans, nous allons le corriger. Mais en tout cas sachez que l'IA prend bien en compte l'ensemble de vos sorties pour établir votre plan. Concernant votre second point, nous serions ravi d'échanger avec vous pour comprendre exactement ce que vous essayiez de faire. Pouvez-vous nous contacter au support client? Merci d'avance

Great training tool, app needs a lot of updating for UI

Kotcha has one of the best training plans I’ve used. It really feels like having a coach, and the workouts have helped me improve while still feeling strong and motivated.

The app itself, however, needs work. The UI is not very friendly, it still feels a bit like a beta, and the lack of options like light mode makes the experience less enjoyable.

The training features are also missing some useful tools compared to apps like Runna. I’d love to see pre-run guidance with weather, things to watch for, and more workout options like hill training. The post-run feedback is excellent, but it could be even better if it included weather and conditions in the analysis.

Gave it one more star because it is getting better. I am still hoping for better feedback and letting you change the type of road to include hills for some workouts.
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Enfin une vraie appli !

Appli excellente qui propose des plans presque taillés sur mesure.
Le point noir : le renforcement musculaire pas très au point, qui bug souvent (chrono s’arrête) et manque de fluidité. Vidéos pas ludique du tout et on ne peut pas écouter sa playlist.
Sinon, le reste j’adore !

Still in development

The app seemed promising but still too early on in development, AI executes poorly. Too expensive for what it can actually deliver. Unfortunately impossible to get any sort of refund so I would not recommend.

Response from developer

Thank you for your review Maaariepiergo. Sorry you were disappointed by the app. Would be great to chat so we could better understand what didn't work for you with the AI. Don't hesitate to reach out to support directly from the app. I'm Ben, the founder, I'll answer directly.

Best app for marathon training!

I’ve tried all the training apps. Kotcha out performs them all for serious training with results. I feel the difference and see it in the data. Keep up the great work!

Au top

Enfin merci ! Une appli complète et satisfaisante visuellement pour bien voir notre progression. Ce n’est pas juste un plan d’entraînement tout fait. Ça s’adapte à nos donnés au fur et à mesure des séances donc c’est juste au top. Les séances sont juste pil poil ce qu’il vous faut. Perso ça me fait des séances du feu de dieu, à la fin je sais ce que j’ai donner.

Seul point à améliorer svp c’est de rajouter polar ou autre marque de montre pour lié les activités !!
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Getting faster & company responsive

I have been using Mitch’s for about 6 months and loving it. I panicked yesterday when it kept crashing on me and I tried all the fixes from my end (delete reinstall reset phone reset network etc) then emailed them and they fixed it!!! Running Sydney and have 8 weeks to go so really need it!

Can’t connect and open app

Saying “being offline” and can’t connect, multiple times

can't connect to the server

twice in 2 weeks

Continually improving

I started used Kotcha as soon as it was launched, but found it to be too rigid, so I didn’t use it much at first. But now I use the app exclusively to plan my training. Every few weeks a new update is released that make the app more flexible and better. The only reason I didn’t give 5 stars is because there’s still room for improvement, but I’m sure the developers are already working on the next update!
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Bien

Application très complète mais malheureusement la connexion avec Strava ne marche pas et ma montre Suunto n’est même pas proposée sur l’app

Response from developer

Merci beaucoup pour votre avis. Bonne nouvelle, l'intégration Suunto est en cours de développement, et sera très prochainement disponible dans l'app. Nous faisons au plus vite 🚀

Running plans

This app is a game-changer and has added so much impact to the way I train. Worth subscribing to.