Comparison

Tymewear vs Informed Running

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

Head to head
About

Tymewear

This app analyzes your heart rate and ventilation data to identify personalized training zones. It provides a tailored training profile and suggests workouts to help you improve your fitness.

Highlights
  • Personalized training zones
  • Heart rate data analysis
  • Ventilation data analysis
  • Personalized training profile
  • Workout recommendations
Features
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Tymewear is the next-generation of wearable technology that helps you train smarter by identifying your personalized training zones. Powered by ventilation and heart rate data from the Tymewear VitalPro chest strap, the app delivers a personalized training profile and recommends workouts tailored to what you need to improve.

About

Informed Running

Features
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Informed Running is an AI running coach built on a simple rule: every number comes from your real training, or it does not appear. EVERY MORNING Connect Garmin, Strava, or Apple Health and the app reads your overnight recovery (heart rate variability, resting heart rate, sleep) against your own baseline, not population averages. You get one clear verdict for the day: proceed as planned, or adjust, and exactly why. YOUR NUMBERS, MEASURED Training zones and thresholds are calculated from your actual runs, not age formulas. As you get fitter, the app re-measures and your plan re-paces itself. Every value shows its provenance (measured, observed, or estimated) so you always know how much to trust a number. A PLAN THAT ADAPTS Tell it your race, or just that you want to get fitter. Your plan is built from your demonstrated volume, your long-run history, and 80/20 polarized structure with deloads and a proper taper. When life happens, the coach proposes changes and you decide. Nothing is ever silently rewritten. AFTER EVERY RUN Completed workouts are graded against what was prescribed: did the easy day stay easy, did the intervals hit their zones. Check in with how it felt, and the next days adjust. RACING Before race day: a race brief with course strategy, pacing, and fueling targets. In the final two weeks: a taper watch that projects your race-day freshness. Afterward: a debrief that captures how it went and feeds your next training block. A REAL COACH, IF YOU WANT ONE The coached tier adds a human coach who personally reviews your plan and your training, every week. YOUR DATA Your training data is used to coach you. It is never sold and never used for advertising. Informed Running works best with a heart rate source (watch or chest strap) and a few weeks of running history, but it can start from zero and learn you as you go.

Screenshots

Tymewear4 screens
Informed Running4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Informed Running at every 2 days against Tymewear's every 10 days. Tymewear's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.5). On price, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tymewear ships an update every 10 days, Informed Running every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tymewear versus Informed Running: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTymewearInformed Running
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (35 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews59.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB10 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperTyme Wear, IncSean Campbell

In-app purchases

None

Tymewear

No in-app purchases

None

Informed Running

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tymewear free?
Tymewear is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Informed Running free?
Informed Running is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tymewear or Informed Running have ads?
Neither Tymewear nor Informed Running shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tymewear or Informed Running?
Tymewear ships an update every 10 days, and Informed Running every 2 days. Most recently, Tymewear was updated on October 19, 2026 and Informed Running on October 9, 2026.

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