Comparison

MyRunBuddy vs Full Potential Training

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MyRunBuddy

This app creates personalized running training plans for distances from 5K to ultramarathons. It offers detailed daily workouts for running and strength, macronutrient guidance, and workout logging. Premium features include unlocking all plans, plan modification, and advanced recovery advice.

Highlights
  • Personalized training plans (5K to ultramarathon)
  • Detailed daily run and strength workouts
  • Macronutrient guidance
  • Workout logging and charting
  • Apple Health integration
  • iCloud Calendar sync
  • Recovery Advisor (premium)
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MyRunBuddy is a great fitness app to help Runners of all levels reach their goals by providing training plans and detailed workouts for Running and Strength. Whether your goal is across 5K, 10K, Half-Marathon, Marathon or UltraMarathon distance races. Enter your race distance, event date and we build the plan for you so you arrive at the start line in peak condition. If you have signed up for a Running Race, this is your next step! ———————— App Features ———————— • Simple to use FREE to download App with a FREE 10K Beginner training plan that will get you results. • No adverts, no log-in and no personal details taken. • Training programs structured in the same way that professional Runners train. Workout duration, intensity, active recovery and taper all included. • Detailed workouts provided on a daily basis for Run and Strength training. • Local notifications can be switched on to remind you of your daily workouts. • You can join training programs at anypoint in time to integrate with existing training. • Can start training immediately even though your race is far in the future, by extending the base training phase. • Regular testing is included within Training Plans so that your training zones are kept upto date. • All sessions are based on your training zones and therefore your capability. Watch yourself get faster! • Macronutrient guidance is displayed within the plan. • Log your workouts and Chart your Weekly/Monthly hours trained. • Link to Apple Health to display your consumed macronutrients in your training plan. • Share a photo with an overlay of your workout to Facebook or Twitter. • Sync training plan with iCloud Calendar. ———————— Premium Monthly Features ———————— • FREE 1 Week trial • Unlock all the training plans. • Modify your plan around your schedule, move sessions or simply delete them • Add new workouts for Run and Strength to your plan and get a tailored session to execute. • Build your season by entering as many races as you like. • Access the Recovery Advisor to train smarter. Option to add your heart rate variability (rMSSD) and pulse (BPM) to get both physiological and subjective data from the user. • Create PDF of your workout and share it however you want via iPhone Activities Share. • Create RaceDay Checklists for all your equipment and add reminder notes. • Monthly subscription renews every 30 days after 7-day trial. • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription auto renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before end of current period. • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Training Zones are set for all disciplines, you can simply use Relative Perceived Effort (RPE) if you like to train by feel. If you have a heart rate monitor you can set your Lactate Threshold Heart Rate (LTHR). Macronutrient levels for Carbs, Protein and Fat are suggested on a daily basis as you work through the program to help you fuel optimally as the training load increases. Link to Apple Health to compare consumed macronutrients. MyFitnessPal can be used to sync dietary information in Apple Health. Privacy Policy - http://www.mytriathlonbuddy.com/privacy-policy Terms Of Use - http://www.mytriathlonbuddy.com/terms-of-service

About

Full Potential Training

Features
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Four free running tools that work the moment you open the app, with no account needed. And, for runners invited by their charity, a full marathon plan written by a real coach. FREE TOOLS, FOR EVERYONE PACE CALCULATOR Plan your race down to every split. • Enter a goal time to get your pace, or a pace to get your finish time • Marathon, half marathon, 10K, 5K or any custom distance • Even, negative or gradual split strategies • Adjust for terrain and weather so the plan matches the real course • Fuel reminders at your chosen interval, with a total gel count • Export the whole plan as a PDF RACE PREDICTOR One recent result, every distance predicted. • Enter a race or time trial and see predicted times from 5K to marathon • Per-mile and per-kilometre pace for each • Send any prediction straight into the Pace Calculator RACE DAY CHECKLIST Nothing forgotten at 6am. • Coach-written items across kit, nutrition, prep, race week and post-race • Add your own items and your own categories • Save your list and reload it for the next one HEART RATE ZONES Train at the right intensity, every session. • Build five zones from a guided max heart rate test, or from your own training diary • Resting heart rate from morning readings, or entered by hand • Tap any zone to see what it should feel like and when to use it • Fine-tune the boundaries, then export as a PDF BUILT FOR EVERY RUNNER • Kilometres or miles across every tool, switched with one tap • Light and dark themes, or follow your phone • Real iPad and landscape layouts, not a stretched phone screen CHARITY TRAINING, BY INVITATION ONLY If your charity has invited you to run for them, activate your place with the link in your invitation email and your coach's plan is waiting inside the app. This part of Full Potential is not open to general sign-up. Once you are in: • Today, the session you are doing today, with pace targets and coach notes • Your Week, drag a session to another day when life gets in the way • Your Plan, every week from now to race day and the two weeks after • Progress, how consistent you have been and how training is feeling • Feedback, tell your coach how a session actually went in under a minute • Messages, ask your coach about niggles, nerves and everything else • Reminders that name the session, not just the time • Works offline on the trail and syncs when you are back APPLE WATCH, WIDGETS AND APPLE HEALTH (for runners with a plan) • Today's session on your wrist, plus the next few days coming up • Start the real structured workout: warm-up, intervals, cool-down • Live heart rate, distance and calories while you run • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for today, or for the whole week • Sessions scheduled into the Apple Workout app, so you just press start • Resting heart rate and sleep read from Apple Health to fill in your feedback • Send your plan to its own calendar on your phone Optional in-app purchase: Unlimited Saves, a one-off unlock that lifts the one-save-per-tool limit across all four free tools. Full Potential is made by Full Potential Performance Ltd, a UK coaching team who have spent over ten years looking after charity marathon runners, most of them standing on a start line for the very first time. DISCLAIMER The heart rate zones and training guidance provided by this app are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before starting or modifying any exercise programme, particularly if you have a pre-existing health condition. Do not rely on this app as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Screenshots

MyRunBuddy4 screens
Full Potential Training4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Full Potential Training at weekly against MyRunBuddy's every 2 months. MyRunBuddy's advantage is iOS requirement (10.3 vs 16.4). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MyRunBuddy sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Full Potential Training sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyRunBuddy ships an update every 2 months, Full Potential Training weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MyRunBuddy versus Full Potential Training: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyRunBuddyFull Potential Training
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS10.3 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB72 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAlpha23 LimitedFull Potential Performance Ltd

In-app purchases

10 purchases

MyRunBuddy

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
One-time9
  • 5K 8Wks Beginner$9.99
  • 1/2 Marathon 18Wks Beginner$9.99
  • 5K 8Wks Advanced$9.99
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  • 10K 14Wks Advanced$9.99
  • 1/2 Marathon 18Wks Advanced$9.99
  • Marathon 18Wks Beginner$14.99
  • Marathon 18Wks Advanced$14.99
  • Ultra Plan 20 Weeks$19.99
  • Unlock All Plans$25.99
1 purchases

Full Potential Training

One-time1
  • Unlimited Saves$1.99

Questions

Is MyRunBuddy free?
MyRunBuddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Full Potential Training free?
Full Potential Training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MyRunBuddy or Full Potential Training have ads?
Neither MyRunBuddy nor Full Potential Training shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MyRunBuddy or Full Potential Training?
MyRunBuddy ships an update every 2 months, and Full Potential Training weekly. Most recently, MyRunBuddy was updated on October 24, 2026 and Full Potential Training on October 24, 2026.

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