Sportlyzer Player vs Marathon Training
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sportlyzer Player
Manage your sports club activities, including training schedules, competition events, and attendance tracking. Stay connected with coaches, view invoices, messages, and test results, and easily report illnesses or injuries.
- Training and competition schedules
- Attendance tracking
- Coach communication
- Invoice and message viewing
- Test result access
- Illness/injury reporting
- Modern profile interface
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Sportlyzer Player is an app designed for athletes, players, and their parents involved in their sports clubs. It combines the functionalities of our previous player apps and adds many new features to enhance your club experience. You can access your training, competition, and event schedules within your club, track attendance, and stay connected with your coaches—all in one place. In addition to these core features, the app now allows you to view your invoices, messages, and test results. Reporting illnesses or injuries is made simple, ensuring timely communication with your club. Navigating your training plan and history is effortless with our new and improved calendar. The app also has a fresh, modern design with an updated profile interface for a better user experience. Logging in has been simplified with the addition of a one-time PIN code option, providing an easier alternative for users who prefer it over the traditional login link.
Marathon Training
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A calm race training plan, built entirely on your phone. Run 42 generates a personalised 8–24 week plan from seven simple questions — no account, no ads, no servers, no nonsense. WHAT YOU GET • Plans for marathon, half marathon, and 10K — calibrated to your goal time • Phase-based progression: Base, Build, Peak, Taper, Race • Four pace zones: Easy, Race pace, Threshold, VMA • Every session laid out: distance, duration, pace target • Long-run progression scaled to your distance • Smart cutback weeks built in PROVEN STRUCTURE Each plan applies the same training principles a coach would: aerobic base, quality build, race-specific peak, proper taper. The algorithm is deterministic and explainable — no AI, no black box. TRACK YOUR ACTUAL RUNS Connect Strava and every session shows planned vs actual: distance, duration, average pace. Add a private journal note to each session. The app never grades you — it just keeps the record. ONE PAYMENT, KEEP IT FOREVER A single €24.99 unlocks the full app for life — no subscription, no auto-renewal. Premium includes calendar sync, daily reminders on training days, and full backup/restore. DESIGNED FOR RUNNERS WHO DON'T WANT MORE NOISE No streaks. No confetti. No social feed. No leaderboard. Just a thoughtful plan in a quiet interface that respects your time and your phone's storage. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your plan, paces, goals and notes never leave your phone unless you explicitly choose to share. We can't see them. We can't lose them. There's no cloud, no analytics, no tracking. LANGUAGES English and French. For marathoners, half marathoners, and 10K runners — first race or fifth. Terms of Use: https://run42.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sportlyzer Player at none against Marathon Training's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Marathon Training sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sportlyzer Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sportlyzer Player ships an update every 6 days, Marathon Training every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sportlyzer Player | Marathon Training |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sportlyzer OU | GEOFFREY TEVA BERNICOT |
In-app purchases
Sportlyzer Player
No in-app purchases
Marathon Training
- Run42 Pro$22.99
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