Running Trainer vs Custom Running Intervals
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Running Trainer
This app provides accurate running tracking, including pace, distance, calories, and heart rate. It offers voice feedback, music integration, and a history of your running activities to help you improve.
- Accurate distance and time tracking
- Pace and calorie tracking
- GPS mapping and route tracking
- Heart rate and effort zone monitoring
- Customizable voice feedback
- Integrated music player
- Run history and improvement logs
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Running Trainer:Tracker & Coach is the most accurate running app available on the market, packed into the simplest & most gorgeous interface. It tracks your pace, calories, heart rate, distance and more. It includes access to your music player + voice feedback guiding you as you run towards your target distance / time. It also maintains a history of your runs and improvements over time, and shows you a complete log of your running activities. Main Features - Most accurate distance / time tracking available - Average & current pace tracking - Running GPS with Maps & running routes - Calories spent - Time / Speed splits - Heart rate & effort zones - Customisable voice feedback - Music player - Integrated with Apple Health for Heart Rate & Calorie calculation as well as saving workouts This app includes an auto renewing subscription which enables content/workouts - Subscription options are monthly or yearly - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication." ● Privacy Policy: http://www.fitness22.com/privacy-policy ● Terms of use: http://fitness22content.com/Components/WebPages/TermsOfUse/TermsOfUse.html Comments? Ideas? Feedback? we're here for you: support@fitness22.com
Custom Running Intervals
Create custom running workouts with flexible intervals based on time or distance. Track progress, build training plans, and analyze past runs with detailed results. Your data is private and stored securely on your device or iCloud.
- Configurable time or distance intervals
- Repeatable interval blocks
- Training plan calendar
- Historical run analysis
- Apple Watch monitoring
- iCloud synchronization
- Data privacy
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This is a flexible custom interval timer and training scheduler with historical analysis, and you are the only one who has access to your data! As a runner, I’ve had challenges finding a running timer that can manage my more involved interval combinations. Custom Running Intervals allows you to build variable activities with repeatable blocks of intervals. Intervals can be by time or by distance with 3 intensities - walk, steady, and fast. You can repeat your intervals a specific or indefinite number of times, for a defined amount of time, or for a given distance. With an inexpensive upgrade, you can create as many combinations of repeatable sets in the variations you choose, build a training plan on a calendar, see results of past runs, and export results to other apps. Also, your data is only available to you - even I can’t see it. Your data will only exist on your phone, or in your own iCloud storage if you choose. If you save your data to iCloud (by default), you can view the results on any other iPhone or iPad that shares the same iCloud account. Features: 1. Configurable intervals - distance (miles, kilometers), time (hours, minutes, seconds). 2. Configurable repeat blocks of intervals - # of times (or until stopped), distance, time. 3. Clone activities (use an existing activity - repeats and intervals - as a basis to create a similar activity). 4. Apple Watch monitoring and control and heart rate (iPhone app must be started). 5. Configurable settings. 6. Audio cues by voice, tone, or both (in Settings). 7. Pause, Resume, or Stop an activity, Skip repeat blocks. 8. View current elapsed time, distance, interval progress, overall pace. 9. End an in-progress repeat block (and proceed to the next). 10. Results by interval and repeat block, as well as default distance unit (each mile or kilometer). 11. Results (including steps, time, distance, and pace) available immediately after run. 12. Map view to verify GPS location prior to starting run. 13. Map view of running route in results including markers by mile/kilometer and pauses. 14. Helpful on-screen guide when creating first activity and configuring. 15. Activities and results stored in iCloud for synchronization across devices and data loss prevention. Apple Watch If you have an Apple Watch, you can also start, pause, and stop an activity in progress from the watch. NOTE: the Apple Watch app (included with your iPhone download) communicates with the iPhone app, so the app must be started on both the watch and phone to use the watch app. Apple Watch Features: 1. View existing activity configurations. 2. Start an activity (if iPhone app is started). 3. Pause, Resume, or Stop an activity. 4. View current elapsed time, distance, interval progress, overall pace. 5. End an in-progress repeat block (and proceed to the next). Available Full Features (In App Purchase) 1. Configure an activity with multiple repeat blocks for more complex intervals (standard version allows one repeat block) 2. Add planned training runs on a Training Calendar for a selected custom interval (free version allows up to 5). 3. View and filter a graph of your pace over time for activities (free version allows up to 5 past runs). 4. View the results of your runs on the Training Calendar including a map of the route. weather conditions, elevation, pace, and heart rate. 5. Create repeatable training plans to easily add planned runs to the Training Calendar. 6. Sort your past results by date, total time of run, distance, and pack. 7. Export your results (current or history) in GPX format for importing to other trackers. 8. Fix GPS for anomalies. 9. Import results in GPX format from any tracker app. 10. Track miles run on your pairs of shoes. 11. Manually enter results for a run if you forget to track. 12. Manually edit the time and distance for a run. 13. Share a run with photo to social media and other apps. 14. Track a run on a cruise ship.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Running Trainer at 79% against Custom Running Intervals's 0%. Running Trainer also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (114K vs 1). Custom Running Intervals's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Running Trainer sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Custom Running Intervals sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Running Trainer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Running Trainer has 114K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Running Trainer's written reviews are positive against 0% of Custom Running Intervals's.
Running Trainer ships an update monthly, Custom Running Intervals every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Running Trainer | Custom Running Intervals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (114K ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 114K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FITNESS22 LTD | John Mallonee |
Customer experience
Running Trainer
Custom Running Intervals
Bugs and requests
Running Trainer
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes during runs
- GPS disconnects mid-run
- Incorrect calorie/pace calculations
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to save/share custom routes
- Automatic pause/resume during stops
- Integration with Apple Watch
- More customization options
- Elevation/incline tracking
Custom Running Intervals
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Running Trainer
- Premium Upgrade7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Premium Upgrade$9.991 Month
- Premium Upgrade7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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- Premium Upgrade3 Days trial2 variants$9.991 Month
- Premium Upgrade$14.991 Month
- Premium Upgrade7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Premium Upgrade7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Premium Upgrade$29.991 Year
- Premium Upgrade7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Premium Upgrade7 Days trial2 variants$89.991 Year
Custom Running Intervals
- Full Capabilities$0.99
Questions
Is Running Trainer free?
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