The Program by Bandit Running vs ISRU
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Program by Bandit Running
This app offers a free guided training experience for marathon and half marathon runners. It generates personalized training plans based on your race, goal time, and weekly mileage. Get instant answers to training questions with the integrated coach feature.
- Free guided training plans
- Marathon and half marathon focus
- Personalized plan generation
- Interactive training schedule
- Instant coach answers
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The Program is a 100% free guided training experience for marathons and half marathons powered by Bandit Running. Select your race, goal finish time, and weekly mileage, and an interactive training plan will be automatically generated for you. Plus, access Coach for instant answers to all your fundamental training questions.
ISRU
Engage in creative and athletic challenges designed to foster personal growth. Track your achievements on a leaderboard and your unique ID card. Embrace excellence through participation and find reward in the process.
- Creative and athletic challenges
- Progress tracking
- Leaderboard participation
- Personal ID card
- Focus on excellence through participation
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Welcome to NikeCraft I.S.R.U. Participate in a series of challenges and assignments. Participation will change your life. You have everything you need to be an artist and an athlete. Be both. Download the app, do the work: gratitude for the work is the reward. Track your progress on the leaderboard and on your I.S.R.U ID card. Participation is a form of excellence.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ISRU at 4.6 against The Program by Bandit Running's 3.9. ISRU also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). The Program by Bandit Running's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ISRU holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Program by Bandit Running has 112 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of The Program by Bandit Running's written reviews are positive against 65% of ISRU's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
The Program by Bandit Running ships an update every 2 weeks, ISRU every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Program by Bandit Running | ISRU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (112 ratings) | 4.6 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better | 65.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 112 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Bandit Running | Tom Sachs Studio |
Customer experience
The Program by Bandit Running
ISRU
User reviews
The Program by Bandit Running
From 112 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Excellent training program
- 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
- 🎉 Customizable to user goals
- 🎉 Helpful insights and advice
- 👍 Clean and simple interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Account creation issues
- 🐛 Blank screen on launch
ISRU
From 14 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Exciting challenge
- 💡 Chance to win Mars Yard 3.0
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy app
- 🐛 Lagging pages
- 🐛 Images deleting during daily logging
- 🐛 Incorrect point tallying
- 🐛 Time zone issues
Bugs and requests
The Program by Bandit Running
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
- Account creation problems
Requested features
2 requests- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
ISRU
Reported bugs
2 issues- Can't submit logs
- Sign up is broken
Requested features
2 requests- Seamless user experience
- Properly functioning app
In-app purchases
The Program by Bandit Running
No in-app purchases
ISRU
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is The Program by Bandit Running free?
Is ISRU free?
Which has better reviews, The Program by Bandit Running or ISRU?
Do The Program by Bandit Running or ISRU have ads?
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