Start Running For Beginners vs Running
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Start Running For Beginners
This app guides beginners into running with a structured plan designed to increase jogging time gradually. It offers personalized coaching, detailed tracking, and voice feedback to help users achieve their fitness goals, including weight loss.
- Personal running coach
- Couch to 5K training plan
- Distance, speed, and pace tracker
- GPS route tracking
- Calorie counter
- Voice feedback
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Taking up running? What could be easier! Don’t worry about distance, pace, or speed. Let's think about all this later. Listen to the instructions and run as you like. Don't focus on your running technique. The most important thing now is to get out and start running. Your goal is to increase the jogging time. Nothing else matters right now. Features: + Personal running coach + Couch to 5K (c25k) alternative training plan + Detailed statistics of each training + Distance, speed and pace tracker + GPS-route of every session + Built-in pedometer + Calorie counter + Custom workouts + Voice feedback + Sync with Apple Health The workout plan is split into 4 levels. Each level has a specific goal for jogging duration: • Level 1 goal is 20 minutes. • Level 2 goal is 30 minutes. • Level 3 goal is 40 minutes. • Level 4 goal is 60 minutes of running. Each level has a 4-weeks duration, and 3 workouts per week. Join us running! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Running
Track your runs with this ad-free application. It offers voice updates during your workout, supports Apple Watch integration, and syncs data with iCloud and Apple Health. Enjoy a customizable experience with various color themes.
- Ad-free experience
- Voice updates during runs
- Apple Watch support
- iCloud synchronization
- Apple Health integration
- Customizable color themes
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This is a concise and practical running APP 1. Provides a variety of color themes 2. Supports voice updates while running 3. Supports Apple Watch 4. Supports iCloud synchronization 5. Ad-free Note: 1. “Running” works with Apple Health to sync workouts and record heart-rate data. 2. Because the running function has a voice broadcast function for users to broadcast distance, speed and other related parameters. When switching to the background, the broadcast will still maintain the GPS connection. 3. Continued use of GPS running in the background can decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Running at none against Start Running For Beginners's 5. Running also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (14.1 vs 16.6). Start Running For Beginners's advantage is review sentiment (97% vs 71%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, ads 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. Start Running For Beginners sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Running asks for nothing beyond the download.
Start Running For Beginners holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Start Running For Beginners has 2.1K ratings behind it against 170, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of Start Running For Beginners's written reviews are positive against 71% of Running's.
Start Running For Beginners ships an update every 3 months, Running every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Start Running For Beginners | Running |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.1K ratings) — better | 4.4 (170 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.8% of reviews — better | 71.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.1K — better | 170 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Axiom Mobile LLC | Beijing Free Calculator Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Start Running For Beginners
Running
Bugs and requests
Start Running For Beginners
Reported bugs
2 issues- Sync issues when changing devices
- App crashes or freezes occasionally
Requested features
4 requests- Add more customization options
- Provide more detailed workout statistics
- Integrate with fitness trackers
- Offer more advanced training plans
Running
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Start Running For Beginners
- Full Version$1.991 Month
- Full Version$4.996 Months
- Full Version$1.99
- Full version$4.99
- Full version$9.99
Running
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Start Running For Beginners free?
Is Running free?
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