Ekklo vs LiftRun
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ekklo
This online coaching platform helps fitness professionals manage their clients. It provides tools for personal trainers, fitness experts, and bodybuilders to organize their online coaching business efficiently.
- Online client management
- Tools for personal trainers
- Fitness expert platform
- Bodybuilder coaching support
- Professional coaching management
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Your personalized coaching app. Track your workouts, follow your programs, and stay connected with your coach, wherever you are. Features: - Personalized training programs - Progress tracking - Direct communication with your coach - Notifications and reminders
LiftRun
This app integrates strength training, running, and nutrition tracking in a private, offline experience. It offers features like workout creation, GPS run tracking, calorie and macro goals, and supplement checklists, all without requiring an account or sending data externally.
- Create and launch custom workouts
- Fast set entry with auto-fill
- GPS running tracking with stats
- Calorie and macro goal setting
- Food journal with CIQUAL database
- Supplement checklist and streak tracking
- Visual activity calendar and dashboard
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LiftRun needs no account and no login. All data stays on the device. What's new in 1.4 and how to test it: - Home > "Today" card: daily readiness and suggested workout. Tap it for per-area recovery. - Start any preloaded workout (Workouts tab). The timer icon at the top offers an express version (45/30/20 min); the ⟳ icon next to an exercise suggests equivalent exercises. - Run tab > Hybrid race: timed 8 × 1 km + 8 stations simulation. Run tab > Training plans > Hybrid: 8-week plan (week 1 free, full plan with the Premium in-app purchase). - Siri: "Start today's workout in LiftRun" (App Shortcuts, no setup needed). - Profile > My data: import a CSV export from another workout app, create or restore a backup file. HealthKit: LiftRun writes workouts, runs and nutrition. It reads body weight on request and, only if the user turns on Profile > Apple Health > "Enhanced daily readiness", workouts, sleep and heart rate variability, used on device to compute the readiness score. Nothing leaves the device. Location: used only while a run is being recorded (background location so the run continues with the screen locked). Notifications: end of rest timer, optional workout reminders and an optional morning briefing (at most one per day).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LiftRun at 100% against Ekklo's 59%. LiftRun also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly). Ekklo's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ekklo ships an update monthly, LiftRun every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ekklo | LiftRun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 58.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ekklo | PAUL OLIVIER LECOURT |
Customer experience
Ekklo
LiftRun
In-app purchases
Ekklo
No in-app purchases
LiftRun
No in-app purchases
