Comparison

Run With Hal vs Run Roulette Marathon Training

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

Head to head
About

Run With Hal

This app provides personalized, adaptive training plans for various running distances, from 5K to 50K. It's guided by legendary coach Hal Higdon and adjusts to your progress, schedule, and goals. Features include GPS tracking, daily tips, and progress summaries to help you achieve your running ambitions.

Highlights
  • Adaptive training plans
  • Plans for 5K to 50K races
  • Daily motivation from Hal Higdon
  • GPS tracking
  • Flexible scheduling
  • Progress tracking and summaries
Features
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Train smarter, not harder, with Run With Hal. Powered by legendary coach Hal Higdon, the app delivers personalized, adaptive training plans that evolve with your goals, schedule, and performance. Whether you’re running your first 5K, training for a marathon, or tackling a 50K, Hal guides every step. **Features** - Adaptive plans that adjust automatically as you train - Plans for 5K, 8K, 10K, 15K, Half Marathon, Marathon, and 50K - Daily tips from Hal to keep you motivated - GPS tracking for pace, distance, and effort - Flexible scheduling with long-run customization and blackout dates - Progress tracking with charts, stats, and weekly summaries - Train for multiple races with blended adaptive plans Start your plan today and reach your marathon, half marathon, or race goals with Hal Higdon’s proven methods.

About

Run Roulette Marathon Training

Discover personalized running workouts tailored to your race goals and current fitness level. Get adaptive training advice from a smart coach and log your progress to stay motivated. Offers over 500 unique workouts with tips and quotes from professionals.

Highlights
  • Personalized run generation
  • Adaptive smart coach
  • Race-specific training plans
  • Workout logging and progress tracking
  • Running streak monitoring
  • Garmin device integration
  • Strava sync
Features
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Find your next run with Run Roulette! Spin to find a run that’s tailor-made for the race you are training for and your current ability, or discover a random workout to keep your running fresh and exciting. Run Roulette has over 500 unique workouts with training tips and quotes from professional runners and coaches to keep you motivated in your running and looking forward to each new run day. With a simple click each workout can be adjusted to be easier or harder in order to curate runs to accommodate every runners’ ability and desired effort. If you aren’t 100% excited about the run you spin for, no worries, you can save it for tomorrow or spin to find a completely new run. Once you do find your run, you can easily send it to your Garmin device for running and pacing instructions in real time. MEET SMART COACH Smart Coach is Run Roulette’s innovative training coach designed to help you get the most out of your training. Like any other coach, Smart Coach helps optimize your training to reach your goals with weekly-mileage suggestions, planning a healthy and gradual long run progression and reviewing your recent training to recommend beneficial next runs. What sets Run Roulette apart from many other fitness and training apps is that while Smart Coach provides adaptive suggestions for your training based on current running metrics, the choice of what to run each day is up to YOU! You are no longer stuck with a static training plan that doesn’t take into account your busy schedule or how you’re feeling on a specific day. Smart Coach is there to help you as you need but you can also take control of how you want to train. TRAINING PLANS Do you have a race on the horizon? Run Roulette can help plan your weekly mileage buildup and specifically suggest runs and workouts to complement training for race distances from the 3K to Marathon. ‘Smart Coach’ will also give race-specific training advice along the way. Running isn’t only about race training. Choose one of the non-race running plans for: beginning runners, runners returning from injury, injury prevention, increasing fitness or speed training. LOG YOUR RUNS After completing a run, proudly record your hard work. Use Run Roulette as a running log to track your completed runs, note how you’re feeling each day and monitor your progress throughout your training plan. Strava users can easily upload a synced workout straight to Run Roulette. RUNNING STREAKS Track your running streak with Run Roulette and easily share your accomplishments to social media and Strava. Taking a day to recover and rest is an important component of any training plan, don’t compromise your training and become injured to keep your streak alive. Run Roulette has short-run options (runs lasting 30 minutes or less) or you can save your streak with Run Roulette’s ‘Day Off’ feature. RUN REMINDER NOTIFICATIONS Find accountability and consistency in your training with Run Roulette’s running reminders. Choose the days for Run Roulette to send you a reminder to find your next run and stay on track with your running plan. All notifications are easily adjustable for day of the week and time of day and can be turned off at any time.

Screenshots

Run With Hal4 screens
Run Roulette Marathon Training4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Run Roulette Marathon Training at every 4 days against Run With Hal's monthly. Run Roulette Marathon Training also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). Run With Hal's advantage is ratings volume (2.9K vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Run With Hal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Run Roulette Marathon Training sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Run Roulette Marathon Training holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Run With Hal has 2.9K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Run With Hal ships an update monthly, Run Roulette Marathon Training every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Run With Hal versus Run Roulette Marathon Training: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRun With HalRun Roulette Marathon Training
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.9K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.9K — better3
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB232 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeaksware, LLCRunning Apps & Fitness Plans LLC

Customer experience

Run With Hal

All ratings2,847 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral3.0%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews303 reviews
Positive65.3%
Neutral10.9%
Negative23.8%

Run Roulette Marathon Training

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Run With Hal

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes during runs
  • Syncing issues with fitness trackers
  • Inconsistent pacing calculations
  • Inability to delete or modify existing training plans

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to adjust schedule and swap workout days
  • Integrate with more fitness tracking platforms (Apple Health, Strava, etc.)
  • Provide more detailed performance feedback and analytics
  • Add audio/voice cues during runs
  • Improve cross-training logging and support

Run Roulette Marathon Training

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Run With Hal

Subscriptions3
  • Run With Hal+ 1 Month$6.991 Month
  • Run With Hal+ 6 Month14 Days trial$35.996 Months
  • Run With Hal+ 1 Year14 Days trial$59.991 Year
7 purchases

Run Roulette Marathon Training

Subscriptions3
  • Month Subscription$4.991 Month
  • 25% Off 6 Month Subscription3 Days trial$29.996 Months
  • 50% Off Annual Subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time4
  • 2 Premium Spins$1.99
  • 5 Premium Spins$2.99
  • 10 Premium Spins$4.99
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  • 20 Premium Spins$7.99

Questions

Is Run With Hal free?
Run With Hal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Run Roulette Marathon Training free?
Run Roulette Marathon Training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Run With Hal or Run Roulette Marathon Training?
Run Roulette Marathon Training is rated higher. Run With Hal averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.9K ratings, while Run Roulette Marathon Training averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Run With Hal or Run Roulette Marathon Training have ads?
Neither Run With Hal nor Run Roulette Marathon Training shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Run With Hal or Run Roulette Marathon Training?
Run With Hal ships an update monthly, and Run Roulette Marathon Training every 4 days. Most recently, Run With Hal was updated on November 2, 2026 and Run Roulette Marathon Training on November 3, 2026.

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