OpenRunner vs RunMotion Coach
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OpenRunner
Plan, create, and track your outdoor adventures like cycling, hiking, and trail running. Discover routes shared by a community and utilize offline maps for uninterrupted exploration. Enhance your experience with advanced mapping and route creation tools.
- Route creation and planning
- Route discovery and search
- Activity tracking and recording
- Offline map downloads
- Live tracking for safety
- Community route sharing
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OpenRunner, the outdoor application developed in Annecy at the heart of the French Alps, is your ultimate companion for creating, planning, and tracking your sportive and leisure outdoor adventures, directly from your smartphone! Whether you're passionate about cycling, mountain biking, trail running, hiking, horse riding, or even skiing, OpenRunner is the essential app for creating and exploring new routes. So, shall we plot together? - Plot a route. Directly from your smartphone, you can easily, in just a few clicks, plot a route according to the activity chosen (running, trail running, hiking, cycling, mountain biking, Gravel…) that matches your current desires and abilities thanks to the real-time display of distance and elevation gain, mountain passes to cross, estimated time... - Search for a route. Out of inspiration? Search and find the route that suits you among several million routes shared by the OpenRunner community! Filter by locality, distance, elevation gain, or activity to find the outdoor experience that suits you. - Follow, record, share. OpenRunner gives you the ability to track your progress from your smartphone or your GPS device (watch, counter), whether you are following a trace or not, as well as to record your activity. Add photos, points of interest, comment, and share your route if you wish with other community members. - Offline mode. When the network lets you down, OpenRunner does not, wherever you are! You can download maps for an offline use of the application. - Safety first. With the LiveTrack feature, you will be tracked to the letter! LiveTrack is about reassuring and being reassured, setting out with peace of mind, safely, without worrying your friends and relatives... LiveTrack indeed allows them to follow your progress in real time on a map and to remotely check your position, speed, and altitude. With EXPLORER, take it to the next level! Our subscription gives access to many features(*) that make route creation easier and enrich your experience. It's simple, everything becomes possible. You won't be able to do without it! - Specialized and precise mapping worldwide: IGN France maps with 3 backgrounds available (Top 25, Scan 25 Tour and Plan v2), IGN Belgium, IGN Spain, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, Finland, SwissTopo... - Unlimited map downloads by area or along a route for offline use. - Route creation without distance or number of waypoints restrictions. - Organizing routes into unlimited and customizable lists. (*) Other features are available on the computer like Google Street View, adding POIs (points of interest), full-screen mode, setting a new starting point, multi-route display... Terms of Use : https://www.openrunner.com/terms Privacy Policy : https://www.openrunner.com/privacy And if quality is present on OpenRunner, it's mostly thanks to all the user feedback! So for any questions, suggestions, or improvements, write to us at: app@openrunner.zendesk.com
RunMotion Coach
Get a personalized, adaptive training plan to achieve your running goals, whether you're a beginner or advanced. This app acts as your pocket running coach, offering varied sessions, motivation, and tips for any distance or surface. It syncs with GPS watches and other apps to track your progress.
- Adaptive training plans
- Personalized to ability and schedule
- Train for any distance (5k to ultras)
- Syncs with GPS watches and apps
- AI coach interaction
- Running tips and drills
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Your personal running coach, from 5K to ultra trail. RunMotion Coach builds a training plan made for you and adapts it every week to your fitness and your schedule. 88% of our runners reach their goal. A TRAINING PLAN BUILT AROUND YOU • Every goal: 5K, 10K, half marathon, marathon, trail, ultra, triathlon • Every level: start running, get fitter, set a new PR • Your plan takes into account your level, race times, availability and tune-up races • Edit your current week and the next one: your plan reorganizes itself automatically • Adapts to your injuries, vacations and menstrual cycle VARIED WORKOUTS, PRECISE PACES • Intervals, VO2max, threshold, long runs, hills, marathon pace, easy runs • Paces calculated from your race times and target, using a scientific model co-published with MIT • Race time predictions based on your latest races and workouts • Find out your VO2max speed and Endurance Index YOUR WATCH, YOUR COACH ON YOUR WRIST • Send your workouts to Apple Watch, Garmin, Coros, Suunto and Polar, and follow them live • Add your workouts to Google Calendar or Apple Calendar • Automatically sync your activities from Apple Health, Strava, Garmin, Suunto, Polar, Coros, Wahoo, Fitbit, adidas Running, Decathlon and Huawei Health • Track your distance, elevation, pace and training load • Your coach analyzes every workout with AI and adjusts the rest of your plan MORE THAN A PLAN: COMPLETE COACHING • Choose your coach's tone: encouraging, strict or philosophical • Tips on running technique, recovery, nutrition and well-being • Strength training, conditioning and stretching • Mental preparation and mindfulness • Cross-training with cycling and swimming • Weight loss program PREMIUM Try Premium for free during the trial period, then choose a monthly, quarterly or yearly subscription. WHO WE ARE A team of coaches and elite runners based in the French Alps. • Guillaume Adam, certified coach and engineer, 2:23 marathoner and UTMB finisher. As co-author of a scientific paper with MIT on running performance prediction, he created the AI that builds your plan. • Romain Adam, UTMB finisher, 2:32 marathoner. Questions or ideas? Write to us: app@run-motion.com SUBSCRIPTION Premium is an auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://en.run-motion.com/legal/ Privacy Policy: https://en.run-motion.com/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: RunMotion Coach at 72 against OpenRunner's 15. OpenRunner's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. OpenRunner sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per year and RunMotion Coach sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
RunMotion Coach holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 72 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of OpenRunner's written reviews are positive against 78% of RunMotion Coach's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | OpenRunner | RunMotion Coach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (15 ratings) | 4.7 (72 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.8% of reviews — better | 78.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 72 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 274 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Openrunner | Run Motion |
Customer experience
OpenRunner
RunMotion Coach
In-app purchases
OpenRunner
- Explorer (1 year)14 Days trial$24.991 Year
- 1 year$2.99
- 1 year2 variants$3.99
- 1 year4 variants$8.99
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- 1 Year$8.99
- 1 year$12.99
- 1 year$24.99
- EXPLORER Upgrade$24.99
RunMotion Coach
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Premium Quarterly7 Days trial$49.993 Months
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$119.991 Year






