Comparison

COROS vs Complete Runner

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

Head to head
About

COROS

Enhance your fitness journey with detailed daily data, activity summaries, and advanced navigation tools. Customize your devices, download training plans, and seamlessly sync with popular third-party health platforms.

Highlights
  • Daily data tracking (sleep, steps, calories)
  • Activity summaries for all sports
  • Map and route management
  • Device and personal settings customization
  • Third-party app integration
Features
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The COROS app is your tool to help improve your fitness, download training plans, navigate with confidence, customize your devices, and more. The app will help you to track, and view: - Daily Data such as Sleep, Steps, Calories and more - Activity Summaries for all sports recorded on your watch - The Explore Page to manage maps, routes, and saved locations - Profile Page to customize your watch and personal settings - Connect and sync to 3rd party apps like Apple HealthKit, Google Health Connect, Strava, and more Note: - Sync steps, heart rate and other data to Apple devices using HealthKit - Continuous background use of GPS can decrease battery life

About

Complete Runner

This app offers a personalized training plan, running-specific strength workouts, and mobility routines to enhance performance and prevent injuries. It includes guided yoga flows, quick strength sessions, and access to expert coaches and physical therapists.

Highlights
  • Personalized training plans
  • Running-specific strength workouts
  • Mobility routines
  • Yoga flows for runners
  • In-app community access
  • Progress tracking
Features
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The Complete Runner is an all-in-one running performance app that guides you with a personalized training plan, strength workouts that are specific to running, and mobility routines to keep your joints healthy. Our goal is to help you improve your running performance while preventing injuries. Combining science, strength, and a training plan that fits your goals and lifestyle, you will be able to run stronger and faster with less injuries. With the Complete Runners you have access to: • 3 strength workouts a week that improve running specific movement patterns with videos and descriptions for each exercise (modifications and progressions available) • A personalized training plan designed by a physical therapist and run coach that fits your goals and weekly schedule (designed on the app VDOT) • In app community access • Follow along yoga flows designed for runners • Follow along strength workouts for when you are short on time • Follow along mobility routines for pre and post run • Access to 2 physical therapists that specialize in treating runners and 2 run coaches • Track your weights, progress, speed and mileage all in one place Join us as we teach you how to train smarter so you can improve your running performance! Sync with Health app to update your metrics instantly

Screenshots

COROS4 screens
Complete Runner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Complete Runner at 100% against COROS's 54%. Complete Runner also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3). COROS's advantage is ratings volume (788 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Complete Runner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: COROS has 788 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of COROS's written reviews are positive against 100% of Complete Runner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

COROS ships an update every 2 weeks, Complete Runner every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
COROS versus Complete Runner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCOROSComplete Runner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (788 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings788 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size825 MB403 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCOROS Wearables Inc.Movement Works LLC

Customer experience

COROS

All ratings788 ratings
Positive80.1%
Neutral6.3%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews773 reviews
Positive54.3%
Neutral13.6%
Negative32.1%

Complete Runner

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

COROS

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Inability to log in or sync data
  • Inconsistent data between watch and app
  • Elevation/GPS tracking issues
  • Strength training mode not working properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more watch face options
  • Improve sleep tracking accuracy
  • Integrate with Apple Health app
  • Add ability to edit/delete activities
  • Provide more customization options

Complete Runner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

COROS

No in-app purchases

None

Complete Runner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is COROS free?
COROS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Complete Runner free?
Complete Runner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, COROS or Complete Runner?
Complete Runner is rated higher. COROS averages 4.3 out of 5 from 788 ratings, while Complete Runner averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do COROS or Complete Runner have ads?
Neither COROS nor Complete Runner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, COROS or Complete Runner?
COROS ships an update every 2 weeks, and Complete Runner every 3 weeks. Most recently, COROS was updated on September 25, 2026 and Complete Runner on September 14, 2026.

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