Comparison

5K Runmeter Run Walk Training vs Run Half Marathon

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

Head to head
About

5K Runmeter Run Walk Training

This app is a comprehensive fitness computer for your mobile device, offering detailed tracking, customizable training plans, and performance analysis for various activities. It provides maps, graphs, splits, and interval training to help you achieve your fitness goals.

Highlights
  • Workout recording and analysis
  • Customizable training plans
  • Interval and zone training
  • Map and graph visualization
  • Workout sharing and import/export
  • Heart rate and sensor integration
Features
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5K Runmeter is the most advanced application for training ever designed for a mobile device. Built from the ground up for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and iCloud, it makes your iPhone a powerful fitness computer — with maps, graphs, splits, intervals, laps, announcements, zones, training plans and more. • Obsessively complete... a killer app — Wired • Records a wealth of data — Macworld • Clean, easy-to-use — New York Times Experience core features and dependability for free, then upgrade to Elite to add advanced features. iPhone powered • Records an unlimited number of workouts — years of workouts only take up the space of a few songs. • No website login required. • Swipe across the stopwatch to see pages of stats, maps, and graphs - completely configurable. • View your workouts on a calendar, and by routes and activities. • View bar and pie charts summarizing all your workouts. • Analyze your workouts on your iPad, updated with your latest data using iCloud. Plan • Includes 5K, 10, half, and marathon running plans. • Design your own training plans. • Synchronize your plan with your iPhone calendar and your online calendars. Track • Exclude stopped time with automatic stop detection. • View terrain and traffic maps with Google Maps. • Record heart rate, bike speed, bike cadence, and bike power with sensors. • Records steps all day and cadence during workouts. • Automatically record the weather. • Start and stop with your earphone remote. Train • Supports cycling, running, walking, skating, skiing, and many other activities. • Keep on track with extremely configurable interval training, zones, and targets. • Set up repeating intervals, pyramid intervals, or tempo workouts. • Hear announcements that keep you in the zone. • Analyze your split, interval, and zone performance. Hear • Select from more than 120 configurable announcements including distance, time, speed, elevation, and heart rate. • Hear stats automatically at time or distance intervals, or on-demand with your earphone remote. Race • Compete against your previous workouts along a route. • See your virtual competition on a map and in graphs. Analyze Online - See abvio.com/explorer • View the Workout Explorer on your computer or on your iPhone. • Shared by email, Twitter, Facebook, Strava, or MyFitnessPal. • View within the app on any Info page for a workout. • View your graph, splits, intervals, zones, and more. • Select a zone to see your map path drawn with zone colors. Share • Uses HealthKit to export or import your workouts in the Health app and to read heart rate and biometric data. • Use email, Facebook, Twitter, Strava, and MyFitnessPal to share your workouts online. • Automatically keep family and friends notified of your location and progress. • Share your workout calendar with your friends and coaches. Import/Export • Import by tapping on a GPX, TCX, FIT or KML link or file in Mail or Safari. • Export detailed CSV, GPX, TCX, FIT or KML files for use in maps, graphs, and social fitness sites. Apple Watch enhanced - See abvio.com/applewatch • Set up, start, stop, lap and finish a workout all from the Apple Watch. • Intensely configurable pages track any of more than 220 statistics. • Splits and laps/intervals pages keep you seeing the trends. • Force touch to start, stop, lap, or access settings from any page. Your Elite subscription contributes to ongoing development and our responsive customer support. Payment will be applied to your iTunes account on confirmation or at the end of trial. Subscription will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime in your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. Terms and Conditions: https://abvio.com/terms

About

Run Half Marathon

This app provides a structured 18-week training plan to help beginners run a half marathon. It guides users through alternating walking and running intervals, tracks progress with GPS, and offers motivational features. Users can log and share their runs, and receive audio cues for when to run or walk.

Highlights
  • 18-week zero to half marathon training schedule
  • Alternating walk/run intervals with audio cues
  • GPS tracking for running routes
  • Automatic training log saving
  • Share training logs via social media/email
  • Motivational cups and reminders
Features
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Follow the schedule of Run Half Marathon, just need 18 weeks, 3 days a week, about 50 minutes for first half training and 100 minutes for the second half training, you can becoming a Half Marathon Runner from ZERO. No matter if you want to lose weight, get in shape, meet running goals, start jogging training or improve fitness, Run Half Marathon can help you to make it easy and well organized. Run Half Marathon includes alternate walking & running, and advises when to walk or run, keeps you motivated. GPS will track your routine, you can keep your training logs and share log by Facebook, Twitter, or email, all you need to do the take Run coach with you and start running. Key features: ⁃ From zero to Half Marathon training schedule, 18 weeks, 3 days a week, about 50 minutes for first half training and 100 minutes for the second half. ⁃ Alternate running and walking. ⁃ Human voice, alert sound and vibrate to advise when to run and when to walk. ⁃ Automatically save your log after finishing each training. ⁃ GPS to track the route of your running. ⁃ User friendly display distance, time used, time remaining, counting down time of each set and current speed. ⁃ Share your training log by Facebook, Twitter, or email. ⁃ Beautiful cups as encouragement after you finish a particular plan. ⁃ Listen to your own music in your iPod list. ⁃ Set a reminder to alert you running. ⁃ Support running in background and lock screen. ⁃ Support Mi and Km. ⁃ Supports universal version (available on both iPhone and iPad). Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. If you have any question, please email to linklinksapp@tom.com.

Screenshots

5K Runmeter Run Walk Training4 screens
Run Half Marathon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: 5K Runmeter Run Walk Training at every 10 days against Run Half Marathon's every 12 months. 5K Runmeter Run Walk Training also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.2). Run Half Marathon's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 56%). On price, ratings volume, 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. 5K Runmeter Run Walk Training sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Run Half Marathon sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 6 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

5K Runmeter Run Walk Training holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 110 and 119 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of 5K Runmeter Run Walk Training's written reviews are positive against 71% of Run Half Marathon's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

5K Runmeter Run Walk Training ships an update every 10 days, Run Half Marathon every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
5K Runmeter Run Walk Training versus Run Half Marathon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter5K Runmeter Run Walk TrainingRun Half Marathon
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (110 ratings) — better4.2 (119 ratings)
Positive reviews56.4% of reviews71.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings110119 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 12 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbvio Inc.LINKLINKS LTD

Customer experience

5K Runmeter Run Walk Training

All ratings110 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral4.5%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews94 reviews
Positive56.4%
Neutral8.5%
Negative35.1%

Run Half Marathon

All ratings119 ratings
Positive77.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative8.4%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive71.1%
Neutral18.1%
Negative10.8%

User reviews

5K Runmeter Run Walk Training

From 110 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy interval setup
  • 👍 Good for beginners
  • 💪 Helps achieve fitness goals
  • 🗺️ Maps runs accurately
  • 🎶 Plays own music

Room to improve

  • 👎 Free version lacks alerts
  • 👎 Requires payment for essential features
  • 👎 Ads in paid version
  • 👎 Run history erased
  • 👎 Voice prompts missing/poor

Run Half Marathon

From 119 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use and follow
  • 👍 Great for beginners
  • 👍 Offers multiple training programs (5K, 10K, Half M, Full M)
  • 👍 Motivating and keeps users on track
  • 👍 Good for building pace and strength

Room to improve

  • 🗣️ Voice prompts too quiet
  • 🐛 App sometimes cuts off or glitches
  • 🐛 App stops running unexpectedly
  • 🐛 Inconsistent timer or countdowns
  • 🐛 Display is small and hard to read

Bugs and requests

5K Runmeter Run Walk Training

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • App crashes
  • App freezes
  • Workout data erased
  • Run history gone
  • App won't open
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  • Calendar sync crashes app
  • Apple Watch app data lag
  • Syncing issues between devices
  • Login screen freezes
  • Advertisement screens freeze
  • Ads cannot be closed
  • Voice prompts missing
  • Timer stops unexpectedly
  • App doesn't track runs correctly

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add Topo maps
  • Add offline map downloads
  • Improve indoor trainer usability
  • Allow pre-planning routes
  • Add more voice options
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  • Improve Apple Watch data synchronization
  • Allow skipping ahead in training plans
  • Add dark mode
  • Improve UI/UX for easier navigation
  • Add more workout types
  • Better integration with other fitness apps

Run Half Marathon

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • App cuts off when taking calls
  • App glitches on time
  • App sometimes stops running
  • App doesn't restart after a call
  • App sends notifications late or at wrong times
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  • App freezes or crashes
  • GPS signal drops
  • App won't stay open in background
  • Timer gets screwed up when paused
  • Timer gets glitchy
  • App keeps resetting to week 1 day 1
  • Map addition only tracks road running
  • Voice notifications have glitches
  • App crashed when trying to use it
  • Countdown chimes are arrhythmic and random
  • Reminders on wrong days and cannot be changed

Requested features

12 requests
  • Apple Watch app needed
  • Link up with Garmin account
  • Add distance or time tracking manually
  • Dark mode option
  • More detailed coaching or pace guidance
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  • Option to skip warm-up
  • Half-way cue for runs
  • Integrate with other tools like Fitbit
  • Ability to share runs via social media
  • Total workout time displayed
  • Larger font for interval clock
  • Better placement of ads

In-app purchases

6 purchases

5K Runmeter Run Walk Training

Subscriptions5
  • Elite Upgrade$4.991 Month
  • Elite Upgrade4 variants$9.991 Year
  • Elite Upgrade$14.991 Year
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  • Elite Upgrade7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Elite Upgrade14 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Elite Upgrade4 variants$9.99
6 purchases

Run Half Marathon

Subscriptions1
  • Premium - 6 months7 Days trial$2.996 Months
One-time5
  • Map$1.99
  • 5K$1.99
  • 10K$1.99
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  • Marathon$1.99
  • Remove ads$2.99

Questions

Is 5K Runmeter Run Walk Training free?
5K Runmeter Run Walk Training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Run Half Marathon free?
Run Half Marathon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 5K Runmeter Run Walk Training or Run Half Marathon?
5K Runmeter Run Walk Training is rated higher. 5K Runmeter Run Walk Training averages 4.5 out of 5 from 110 ratings, while Run Half Marathon averages 4.2 from 119 ratings.
Do 5K Runmeter Run Walk Training or Run Half Marathon have ads?
Both 5K Runmeter Run Walk Training and Run Half Marathon show ads.
Which is updated more often, 5K Runmeter Run Walk Training or Run Half Marathon?
5K Runmeter Run Walk Training ships an update every 10 days, and Run Half Marathon every 12 months. Most recently, 5K Runmeter Run Walk Training was updated on October 29, 2026 and Run Half Marathon on October 21, 2026.

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