# RunCraft — Run Training Plan — Beginner to Marathon Coach

> Beginner to Marathon Coach (iPhone/iPad app by Cheng Lung Lin.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/runcraft-run-training-plan/id6789176694 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Cheng Lung Lin](https://appshunter.io/developer/929869589)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Sports
- Price: Free (on sale, was $14.99)
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 55 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
- Released: 2026-07-26
- Data updated: 2026-09-20
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/runcraft-run-training-plan/id6789176694/reviews.md

## What is RunCraft?

RunCraft adapts to how you run: start with guided run-walk training, prepare for a goal race, or run your own way.

Download free. Your 21-day Full Experience starts when you first get RunCraft from the App Store, not when you first open it. Afterward, keep importing Apple Health workouts and viewing basic history, VDOT, and mileage for free, or unlock Lifetime with one purchase. No subscription. No automatic renewal.

Guided workouts run on iPhone, and can also be sent to Apple Watch for haptics, heart rate, voice cues, and on-wrist controls. Live Activity keeps pace, heart rate, and interval progress visible on your iPhone lock screen and Dynamic Island.

——— CHOOSE YOUR PATH ———

Start as a Beginner: answer a short questionnaire to build run-walk training around your current habits, with 1–3 sessions per week. No race date or target pace is required, and the guidance adjusts as you progress.

Train for a Race: enter a race date and recent result — or use one from HealthKit — and RunCraft builds a personalised plan from your remaining lead time using Jack Daniels VDOT pace zones.

Run Your Own Way: during Full Experience or with Lifetime, start free runs without a schedule and add an optional weekly routine when you want more structure. In Free Mode, record with Apple Workout or another HealthKit app; RunCraft keeps importing time, distance, pace, heart rate, and trends.

——— TRAIN ON IPHONE OR APPLE WATCH ———

Start structured workouts directly on iPhone, or send them to your paired Apple Watch. Watch workouts add wrist haptics, heart-rate context, and water-lock friendly controls; iPhone workouts still save to Apple Health and appear in your history.

——— INSIGHTS ———

VDOT trend, VO₂max estimate, LT1/LT2 lactate threshold, running economy, heart rate recovery, training zone distribution, weekly mileage, and predicted race times for 5K / 10K / half marathon / marathon — all computed from your Health data, all on-device.

——— BUILT FOR RUNNERS ———

· Beginner guidance, race training, and, during Full Experience or with Lifetime, free runs with an optional weekly routine
· Super slow jogging presets plus structured workouts such as Yasso 800s, Mona Fartlek, Michigan Workout, Cruise Intervals, Hill Repeats, Speed Pyramid, Ladder, Progression Run, Tempo Run, and Easy Recovery
· Custom workout editor: build warmup → repeat groups → cooldown with distance, time, and pace-zone targets
· Phone-native guided workouts and Apple Watch guided workouts
· Session substitution for compatible planned workouts
· HRV-aware recovery suggestions when sleep or recovery signals drop
· Live Activity on iPhone lock screen and Dynamic Island
· Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets showing today's session
· Siri shortcuts for today's training, starting workouts, setting VDOT, and logging runs

——— PRIVACY ———

No RunCraft account, no developer-operated server, and no advertising or third-party analytics. Training data stays on your devices; if you enable iCloud, it syncs between them through your private iCloud database.

Available in English · 繁體中文 · 简体中文 · 日本語 · 한국어


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.6 — 2026-08-29

RunCraft is now free to download with a 21-day Full Experience, followed by an optional one-time Lifetime unlock. No subscription.

• The experience starts when you first get RunCraft from the App Store—not on first launch, plan creation, or workout start.
• Afterward, Apple Health imports, basic history, VDOT, and mileage stay free; starting workouts from RunCraft requires Lifetime.
• Existing paid users keep permanent full access. Lifetime supports Restore Purchase and Family Sharing.
• If StoreKit cannot confirm access temporarily, RunCraft stays available and offers a truthful recheck instead of showing an unverified price.
• iPhone and Apple Watch workout pause, reconnect, completion, and Live Activity handling are more reliable when messages arrive late or more than once.

### 1.0.5 — 2026-08-16

Smarter race plans, clearer Apple Watch guidance, and more reliable effort tracking.

• Recent frequency, duration, and distance now set a safer training baseline. A single unusually long run will not inflate your plan.
• 5K, half marathon, and marathon plans now receive race-specific workout balance.
• Repeated taps on “Update Paces” can no longer raise VDOT more than once from the same evidence.
• Cadence cues can play through your iPhone audio route with accented Apple Watch haptics.
• Effort selected after an Apple Watch workout now stays in sync with iPhone workout details, which refresh automatically. Effort controls are larger, clearer, and easier to use; tap the selected value again to clear it.

Keep building with a plan that reflects the running you actually do.

### 1.0.3 — 2026-08-09

More timely Apple Watch voice coaching for your runs.

• Voice cues now arrive as interval and recovery stages change instead of being delayed or played together.
• If your iPhone cannot receive a cue, Apple Watch provides an immediate local fallback.
• Late and duplicate prompts are skipped so your running workout stays aligned with the current step.

Run interval training, structured workouts, and race-plan sessions with clearer real-time guidance from RunCraft.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-07-29

RunCraft 1.0.1 improves iCloud plan reliability.

• Race goals and schedules now restore automatically after reinstalling the app.
• Saving or editing a goal verifies that the same goal can be read back from iCloud.
• Your local plan stays available if iCloud is temporarily unavailable, with a clear retry option.
• Empty iCloud accounts no longer show a false sync-failure message.
• Name-only goal edits preserve the existing training schedule.
• Release diagnostics are limited to privacy-safe iCloud sync events.

### 1.0.0 — 2026-07-26

No release notes.

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