# Rise to 5K — From first steps to 5K > From first steps to 5K (iPhone/iPad app by YUN QUAN BRYAN MARK TEO.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rise-to-5k/id6804157005 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [YUN QUAN BRYAN MARK TEO](https://appshunter.io/developer/6804157007) - Category: Health & Fitness, Sports - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.0 · 7 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-08-27 - Data updated: 2026-10-06 ## What is Rise to 5K? You don't need to be a runner to start. You need eight weeks, three short runs a week, and a reason to come back on the days it rains. Rise to 5K is an 8-week run-walk plan built mainly for people who don't run yet or are just starting out. A voice tells you when to run and when to walk, over your music, with the phone in your pocket. Every run you finish raises the sun on your home screen. Start in the dark, and 24 runs later it's morning. It works for regular runners too! Just start an open run and run your way. No account, no sign-up. Your runs stay on your phone. THE PLAN CARRIES YOU • Eight weeks, three runs a week, gently building from one-minute jogs to a full 5K. • A voice tells you when to run and when to walk — over your music or podcast, with the screen off and the phone in your pocket. • Leave the app mid-run and the timer floats over whatever you're watching. • Life happens: miss a week and the plan bends softer, never harder. It suggests, you decide. EVERY RUN EARNS A SUNRISE • The sky on your home screen turns from night to dawn as runs are done — your progress is the view. • Sunrises mark the moments worth keeping: first run, first full week, halfway to dawn. Never a punishment, never a guilt trip. • A quiet log remembers every run — including how it felt. DISTANCE, PACE AND ROUTE • Live distance and pace under the clock, measured by your phone's GPS while you run. • Finish and see where you went: your route drawn as a map — or as a constellation, when you're offline. • Share a run as a night-sky card with your route written in stars. • It all stays on your phone. Routes are never uploaded, and deleting a run deletes its route. Don't want it? One switch turns tracking off, on the screen before every run. RUN YOUR WAY • No plan today? An open run lets you conduct it: warm up, run, walk, whenever you say. The ladder draws itself as you go. SIMPLE ON PURPOSE • No account, no sign-up — open the app and start. • Your runs live on your phone; back them up to a file whenever you like, restore them anywhere. The couch has had you long enough. The sun's coming up. ## Is Rise to 5K safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Rise to 5K. ## Is Rise to 5K legit? Rise to 5K has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Rise to 5K is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.6.1 — 2026-10-06 Morning: the 4 weeks after your 5K You ran 5K. Now keep it. Once you finish the graduation run, Home becomes Morning: 3 runs a week to make the habit stick. • Steady: 30 minutes at your usual pace. • Lively: 30 minutes with 5 quick 20-second bursts near the end. You'll get a heads-up and a 3-2-1 before each one. • Long: your one run that grows: 38, 42, then 46 minutes. Week 4 is lighter, with a chance to run your 5K again. Every run you finish moves your sun along a new arc. Miss a week and it waits for you. Also new • 5 new sunrises: Good morning, Light on your feet, Forty minutes, Another 5K and Full morning. • Your finished weeks are kept on Home, so you can see what you've done. • Run your way, Morning and the 5K plan each have their own colour on Home, and the chapter you're in stands out. ### 1.5.5 — 2026-10-03 - The finish now arrives in step with the chime: the sun rises, then "Complete", then your run. - Run details opens steady, with no jumping while your route loads, and shows the time you started rather than the time you finished. - A calmer, more consistent look: buttons, labels and corners now match across every screen. - Sheets and menus work better with a keyboard or screen reader: focus stays inside, and goes back where you were when they close. ### 1.5.4 — 2026-10-01 Share what you ran • Share cards now lead with your run: "5.09 km run" with its pace, or "8 min run" on run-walk days. • Add the whole session with warm-up and walks if you like, with a switch in the share sheet. Your runs and sunrises, redone • Your runs is now a month-by-month history, with how each run felt and the sunrises it earned. • Sunrises are now awards, grouped in sets, and each one shows what it takes. ### 1.5.3 — 2026-09-18 Pick up where you left off. If an open run gets interrupted, you can resume it right from Home. Every run counts. Home now shows all the runs you've done, not just the ones in the plan. Faster, smoother sharing. Your card appears right away, and you can swipe to see more. Plus a handful of fixes to make everything feel smoother. ### 1.5.1 — 2026-09-13 YOUR RUN ON THE LOCK SCREEN Start a run and lock the phone — the clock keeps counting on its own, with your distance and pace beside it. Glance down without unlocking. LONGER RUNS Past an hour, every clock switches to hours and minutes. BEFORE YOUR FIRST RUN Your phone explains what it's about to ask for, and why, before the permissions prompt appears. Say no and nothing asks again mid-run. FIXES • Saving a backup no longer crashes on a long history, and restoring now waits for your routes before it says it's done. • Saving a share card to Photos no longer crashes. • Paused in an open run, tapping the effort you're already doing resumes it, instead of doing nothing. • Week cards on the plan open and close smoothly. ## Apps similar to Rise to 5K | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [TrekPulse](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/trekpulse/id6807119254) | — | Free | Health & Fitness | | [Lull: Fan Noise & Sleep](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lull-fan-noise-and-sleep/id6798875798) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Health & Fitness | | [SHiFT: Mental Health Community](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shift-mental-health-community/id6752503310) | 5.0 (23) | Free | Health & Fitness | | [Sculpt Fit](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sculpt-fit/id1620871151) | — | Free | Health & Fitness | | [EMERGE SG](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/emerge-sg/id6504099002) | — | Free | Health & Fitness | | [Fit Stop CrossFit](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fit-stop-crossfit/id1542387324) | 4.9 (19) | Free | Health & Fitness | --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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