Comparison

parkrun Official vs NextRun

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

Head to head
About

parkrun Official

Enhance your parkrun journey with this app. Track your results, discover new events worldwide, and monitor your progress towards milestones. It also facilitates volunteering and provides event information.

Highlights
  • Result history tracking
  • Global event course information
  • Event planner
  • Milestone progress tracker
  • Digital barcode
  • Volunteer role sign-up
Features
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Further your parkrun experience with the parkrun app! What is parkrun? parkrun is a free, community event where you can walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate. parkrun is 5k and takes place every Saturday morning. junior parkrun is 2k, dedicated to 4-14 year olds and their families, every Sunday morning. parkrun is positive, welcoming and inclusive, there is no time limit and no one finishes last, as each event has a volunteer Tail Walker. Everyone is welcome to come along. Why use the parkrun app? Result History: Check out your own or your family/friends' result history whether that be volunteering or finishing. Keep track of your Personal Bests, events you’ve attended, volunteer roles you’ve fulfilled and more. Course Info: Want to try a new event? Read the course description, check for cancellations and more by using the event map to view every parkrun event across the world. Planner: With so many parkruns to choose from, try our planning tool to help keep track of your up and coming events. Milestones: Track your progress towards your next finisher or volunteering milestones as you strive to join thousands of others in our various milestone clubs. Barcode: Use the barcode feature to help you on the day at events! Volunteering: All parkruns are delivered by volunteers so we've made volunteering easy. Simply pick an event, view the list of available roles and quickly send an email to the event organiser to put your name down or get more information.

About

NextRun

Features
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NextRun is a running coach that builds your training plan on your iPhone — and keeps rebuilding it as your running changes. Tell it your goal, the days you can run, and how long you've got. NextRun reads your run history from Apple Health and writes a week-by-week plan that fits the runner you are right now. When a new run lands in Health, the plan adjusts around it. No cookie-cutter PDF, no signing up, no account. PRIVATE BY DESIGN The AI that writes your plan runs entirely on your device. Your health and running data are never uploaded and never leave your iPhone. There's no server to send them to. BUILT AROUND YOUR REAL WEEK • Pick the exact days you run — not just "4 days a week" • Set a time limit per day, so Tuesday's run fits the gap you actually have • Choose your mix: easy, tempo, long, intervals, hills • Light, medium or intensive — you decide how hard the plan pushes A PLAN THAT KEEPS UP • Finish a run and it ticks itself off, matched automatically from Apple Health • Completed weeks stay put; the weeks ahead get reshaped around your recent training • Change a setting and your plan is rewritten to match • Training for a race? The plan tapers into race day and includes it TRAIN FROM YOUR WRIST Send your upcoming runs to Apple Watch as scheduled workouts, so your next session is waiting for you when you head out the door. SEE THE PROGRESS Your recent runs and weekly distance, at a glance. Add Pro for VO₂ max trend tracking and a predicted finish time for your race. GOALS Train for a 5K, 10K, half marathon, marathon or a distance of your own — or skip the race and just build general fitness with a plan that rolls forward week after week. — FREE, AND WHAT PRO ADDS NextRun is free to download and use. For free you get your full onboarding, your generated plan, the Next Run screen, ticking runs off, this week of your training calendar, your fitness assessment, Apple Watch sync, Siri shortcuts, and one from-scratch plan rebuild. NextRun Pro unlocks: • The full training plan calendar — browse every week, not just this one • VO₂ max trend tracking • Your predicted race finish time • Home Screen widgets — small, medium and week view • Unlimited plan rebuilds Changing a training setting always updates your plan, with or without Pro. Pro is available as a monthly or annual subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://doc-hosting.flycricket.io/nextrun-privacy-policy/481740ac-7787-49cd-a2b6-e17ca0b392d2/privacy — NextRun needs access to your Apple Health workout data to build a plan around your running. It's a training tool, not medical advice — check with a doctor before starting a new training programme.

Screenshots

parkrun Official4 screens
NextRun4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: parkrun Official at none against NextRun's 3. parkrun Official also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.5). On price and ads 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. NextRun sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. parkrun Official asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
parkrun Official versus NextRun: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterparkrun OfficialNextRun
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (1.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size207 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerparkrun Global LimitedChristopher Winstanley

Bugs and requests

parkrun Official

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login/account issues when switching devices
  • Incorrect event number display on map
  • Data sync failures

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add ability to search for events by location name
  • Include volunteer roles in challenges
  • Add option to graph run times with date spacing
  • Implement separate female/male fastest times lists
  • Add filter to view completed and planned events together
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  • Provide an Apple Watch app version

NextRun

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

parkrun Official

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

NextRun

Subscriptions2
  • NextRun Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • NextRun Pro Annual$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • NextRun Pro Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is parkrun Official free?
parkrun Official is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NextRun free?
NextRun is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do parkrun Official or NextRun have ads?
Neither parkrun Official nor NextRun shows ads.

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