The Program by Bandit Running vs Get Aktiv
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.
Get Aktiv
This app allows users to share their physical activities, such as runs and workouts, to earn rewards. Users can then use these rewards to purchase new gear from an integrated marketplace. Personalized gear recommendations are also provided based on wearable data.
- Share activities like runs and workouts
- Earn rewards for sharing
- Receive personalized gear recommendations
- Purchase new gear in the marketplace
- Link activities with gear from locker
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Aktiv is a platform where you can share your activities—like runs, workouts and outdoor adventures—earn rewards, and receive personalized gear recommendations based on your wearable data. You can easily earn money by sharing your activities and linking them with gear from your gear locker. All money earned can be spent on new gear in the Aktiv Marketplace.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Get Aktiv at 4.1 against The Program by Bandit Running's 3.9. Get Aktiv also leads on device support (3 vs 1). The Program by Bandit Running's advantage is ratings volume (115 vs 9). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
Get Aktiv holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Program by Bandit Running has 115 ratings behind it against 9, 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 67% of Get Aktiv's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Program by Bandit Running | Get Aktiv |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (115 ratings) | 4.1 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 115 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bandit Running | Aktiv Insights, Inc |
Customer experience
The Program by Bandit Running
Get Aktiv
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
Get Aktiv
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Program by Bandit Running
No in-app purchases
Get Aktiv
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is The Program by Bandit Running free?
Is Get Aktiv free?
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