5x5 Workout Tracker vs RunFast Training
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
5x5 Workout Tracker
This app guides beginners through a proven weightlifting program focused on major barbell exercises. It tracks your progress, suggests weight increases, and provides explanation videos for each movement to build strength and confidence.
- Beginner weightlifting program
- Progress tracking
- Weight increase suggestions
- Exercise explanation videos
- Full-body workout structure
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The 5x5 workout is the ultimate beginner's weight lifting program. The program helps you build a solid foundation of strength with 5 major barbell exercises. Get started with a proven program and build a full-body foundation and get used to using a barbell. This workout program is perfect for beginner weightlifters because it starts with low weights, introduces you to the major barbell movements, and helps build confidence and strength. The 5x5 app tracks your progress so you know when to add more weight and lift heavier. The app guides you through each exercise with explanation videos so you know exactly what to do. Stop messing around in the gym and start a full-body workout program to structure your workouts and guide you through getting stronger. See the terms of service here: https://www.appfactoryfitness.com/terms-of-service/5x5-terms-of-service
RunFast Training
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RunFast builds you a real training plan. Periodised, individualised, and shaped around the days you can actually run. Then keeps you honest about following it. No account. No ads. No tracking. Everything stays on your iPhone. BUILT FOR YOUR GOAL Pick a race — 5K, 10K, half or full marathon — with a date and an optional target time. Or simply choose to get fitter, or to hold the fitness you have. Tell RunFast which days you can train, how much you're running now, and how fit you are (from a recent race time, or a self-rated level), and it generates a full week-by-week plan in seconds. PACES THAT FIT YOU Every session comes with its own target pace range, derived from your current fitness using Jack Daniels' VDOT model: Easy, Marathon, Threshold, Interval and Repetition zones. No more guessing whether "tempo" means 4:40 or 5:20 for you. A PLAN, NOT A TO-DO LIST • Base → Build → Peak → Taper, progressing into race week • Around 6–10% weekly volume growth, capped for your level and your goal • A deload week every fourth week, with volume cut by about a quarter • Roughly 80% easy running, with 0–2 quality sessions a week depending on phase • One long run per week, capped so it never swallows your training • Sessions placed only on days you said you're free — and the long run prefers a weekend ONE TAP FROM APPLE HEALTH Already ran today's session? RunFast finds the matching run in Apple Health and offers to complete it for you, with distance, time, pace, heart rate and calories filled in. You can also pick from your recent runs, or log a session by hand with distance, time, perceived effort and how it felt. STAY ACCOUNTABLE A streak, weekly adherence, a race countdown, planned-versus-completed volume for every week, and your completion rate by training phase. Plus one optional daily reminder, at a time you choose. WHEN LIFE GETS IN THE WAY Ill, injured, travelling, or simply out of road? Tell RunFast you can't train and say roughly how long — today, a few days, the rest of the week, or open-ended. Those days stop counting against your adherence, your streak pauses instead of resetting, and the daily reminder goes quiet until you're back. A bounded break picks up on its own, so there is nothing to remember and nothing to make up. YOURS TO KEEP Export any plan as a file to back it up or pass it on, and import plans the same way. Your training is not locked inside someone else's service. GOOD TO KNOW • RunFast plans and logs your training — it does not record runs with GPS. Use your watch or favourite tracking app for that, then complete the session straight from Apple Health. • Kilometres or miles. RunFast follows your iPhone's region, and you can switch at any time in Profile — your plan updates instantly, no rebuilding. • Apple Health access is optional. The app works fully without it, only ever reads, and never writes anything back to Health. • Requires iOS 17 or later. iPhone only. RunFast is a training planner, not a substitute for professional coaching or medical advice. Talk to a doctor before starting a new training programme.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RunFast Training at none against 5x5 Workout Tracker's 4. 5x5 Workout Tracker's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. 5x5 Workout Tracker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. RunFast Training asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 5x5 Workout Tracker | RunFast Training |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (219 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 219 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | App Factory, LLC | Marco Rico Gomez |
Bugs and requests
5x5 Workout Tracker
Reported bugs
4 issues- Rest timer does not work consistently
- App freezes and shuts down when clicking calculator button
- Weight Used/Total Lifted buttons overlap Workout B button in analytics tab
- App can be glitchy
Requested features
7 requests- Option to buy upgrades instead of subscription
- Include 55 lb plate options in calculator
- Fix Rest Timer functionality
- Automatically increase weights by 5 lb for next workout
- Option to delete history
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- Improve UI for fixing typos
- Fix overlapping buttons in analytics tab
RunFast Training
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
5x5 Workout Tracker
- Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
- Monthly Premium$3.991 Month
- Premium Annual$19.991 Year
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- Premium Annual$29.991 Year
RunFast Training
No in-app purchases
Questions
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