Run With Hal vs GetMakro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Adaptive training plans
- Plans for 5K to 50K races
- Daily motivation from Hal Higdon
- GPS tracking
- Flexible scheduling
- Progress tracking and summaries
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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.
GetMakro
Effortlessly track your daily calorie and macronutrient intake by simply speaking your meals. The app estimates nutritional values and helps you stay consistent with your health goals.
- Voice-based meal logging
- Automatic calorie and macro estimation
- Natural language meal description
- Daily progress visualization
- Customizable calorie and macro goals
- Optional Apple Health sync
- Text-based meal entry
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Makro is the easiest way to track your macros. We believe showing up and logging matters more than nailing every calorie to the last digit. So Makro makes entry effortless and estimates calories and macros for you. Just say what you ate. Describe your meal, and Makro turns it into calories, protein, carbs, fat, and fiber. Speak naturally Say “had an English muffin with two eggs for breakfast” or “chicken and rice bowl with cucumber salad for lunch.” Makro understands meal times and logs them the way you said them. Built for real days See today’s progress, swipe between days, or open the calendar to jump anywhere. Build a logging streak that keeps you consistent. Stay in control Set daily calorie and macro goals. Optionally sync meals to Apple Health. Type when you need to Prefer the keyboard? Add meals by text anytime voice isn’t convenient. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GetMakro at 100% against Run With Hal's 65%. GetMakro also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). Run With Hal's advantage is ratings volume (2.9K vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.1). 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
Both are free to download. Run With Hal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and GetMakro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
GetMakro 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Run With Hal's written reviews are positive against 100% of GetMakro's.
Run With Hal ships an update monthly, GetMakro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Run With Hal | GetMakro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.9K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.9K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Peaksware, LLC | Vishwa Ranjan |
Customer experience
Run With Hal
GetMakro
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
GetMakro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Run With Hal
- 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
GetMakro
- Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Yearly$14.991 Year
