Comparison

Marathon training vs Trackside Training

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

Head to head
About

Marathon training

This AI-powered running coach offers personalized and adaptive workout suggestions for any distance. It learns your abilities to predict your pace and endurance, syncing directly to your Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • AI-powered personalized training plans
  • Adaptive workout suggestions
  • Predicts pace and endurance
  • One-tap Apple Watch syncing
  • Supports various running distances
Features
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Discover the future of training with RunRight, your AI Running Coach. Our advanced AI technology gets to know your abilities and predicts for any distance how fast you can run and how far you can go. RunRight creates personalized and adaptive workout suggestions that you can schedule to your Apple Watch in one tap. Join RunRight and experience smarter, tailored training that evolves as you do. Running has never felt so right. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Trackside Training

Features
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Trackside Training is an AI running coach for the watch you already own. Ask it about your own training, free. When you want a plan, Premium builds one around your race date and your recent running, rebuilds it every two weeks from what you actually ran, and changes it when you tell it what changed. Free to start. ASK YOUR COACH, FREE • A coach that reads your synced training: weekly volume, quality sessions, personal records, any run's laps and heart rate • "What's my marathon equivalent of a 22:30 5K?" • "How much should I slow down at 75°F with a 65° dew point?" • "How did my last four weeks compare?" • Race equivalents, heat, dew-point and elevation adjustments, fueling rate and pace math • Charts drawn right in the chat A PLAN THAT KEEPS UP (PREMIUM) • Race plans for 5K, 10K, half marathon, marathon and ultra • Your plan arrives as a draft: review it, ask for changes, then accept • Tell your coach what changed: move a session, shorten intervals, set this week's mileage, add an easy run, take a day off • Your plan is rebuilt every two weeks from what you actually ran • Pick your rest days, long-run day and workout days WORKS WITH YOUR GEAR • Automatic sync from Garmin, Polar, Suunto, Wahoo and Apple Health • Apple Health brings in up to 180 days of past runs. Garmin, Polar, Suunto and Wahoo runs appear from your next sync after you connect • Send structured workouts to Garmin, Suunto, Wahoo and the Apple Watch Workout app (iOS 17+), free • Trackside on Apple Watch: run your Premium plan's structured session step by step, with auto-laps and optional spoken splits • Upload .fit, .tcx or .zip files KNOW YOUR TRAINING • 12-week trends and acute:chronic training load • Splits, laps, routes, elevation and running dynamics for every synced run that includes them • Every synced run is analyzed automatically HONEST BY DESIGN We don't sell your data. Coaching replies and plans are generated by third-party AI providers using your training data, your profile details (including your name and email address) and your messages, and the app asks before the coach uses them. Sign in with Face ID or Touch ID. We encrypt your data in transit and at rest. MEMBERSHIP Trackside is free to start. Monthly memberships unlock plan generation, plan changes by chat and automatic rebuilds. Subscriptions renew automatically until canceled and can be managed anytime in your App Store settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.trackside.training/privacy Questions? gdugger@fair-weather-athletics.com · trackside.training

Screenshots

Marathon training4 screens
Trackside Training4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Trackside Training at 15.0 against Marathon training's 17.0. On price, update cadence, 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. Marathon training sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Trackside Training sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Marathon training ships an update fortnightly, Trackside Training every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Marathon training versus Trackside Training: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarathon trainingTrackside Training
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB77 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJean-David Morgenstern-PeiroloFair Weather Athletics

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Marathon training

Subscriptions2
  • RunRight+ Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • RunRight+ Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
8 purchases

Trackside Training

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Subscription$12.991 Month
  • Athlete$24.991 Month
One-time6
  • Base Building / Maintenance Package$34.99
  • 5K Training Plan$34.99
  • 10K Package$45.99
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  • Half Marathon Package$56.90
  • Marathon Package$68.99
  • Ultra Package$91.99

Questions

Is Marathon training free?
Marathon training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trackside Training free?
Trackside Training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Marathon training or Trackside Training have ads?
Neither Marathon training nor Trackside Training shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Marathon training or Trackside Training?
Marathon training ships an update fortnightly, and Trackside Training every 2 weeks. Most recently, Marathon training was updated on October 8, 2026 and Trackside Training on October 13, 2026.

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