Comparison

The Program by Bandit Running vs Laktic Pace Calculator

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Free guided training plans
  • Marathon and half marathon focus
  • Personalized plan generation
  • Interactive training schedule
  • Instant coach answers
Features
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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.

About

Laktic Pace Calculator

Calculate heat-adjusted running paces for training and racing. Input your personal records and current weather conditions to receive adjusted threshold zones and per-mile ranges. Coaches can manage athlete rosters and share workout boards.

Highlights
  • Heat-adjusted threshold paces
  • Race PR and track/road pace calculation
  • Temperature and dew point adjustment
  • Rep length scaling for heat penalty
  • Athlete roster management for coaches
  • Workout board sharing
  • Session logging and performance comparison
Features
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Today's threshold paces, adjusted for the heat. Enter a race PR, track or road, and get LT1, Sub-T and LT2 ranges slowed for the temperature and dew point at your track, now or at practice time. Coaches: add your roster, write a note, and share the board as a card. Enter a 5000m, 3200m, 3000m, 1600m, mile or 1500m PR, or a 5 mile, 10K, half marathon or marathon PR, and the app computes the Track and Road Performance training zones: Easy, Long Run, Steady, and the three threshold zones LT1, Sub-T and LT2, with race-pace rows for road distances. Miles or kilometres, your choice. Get today's temperature and dew point for your location, pick a practice time for that hour's forecast, search a city or ZIP, or type the numbers yourself, and every pace is slowed by the heat penalty. The adjustment is scaled by rep length. Short threshold reps with recovery build less heat load than continuous running, so 1–3 minute reps take half the penalty, 4–6 minute reps three-quarters, and 7–10 minute reps and continuous runs the full amount. Within each threshold zone, short reps sit at the fast end of the range, medium reps in the middle, and long reps at the slow end. Every pace shows the per-mile range and the seconds-per-400 m split, so it goes straight to the track. For coaches: keep a roster of athletes on your phone and build a workout board for today's conditions. Pick a zone and rep length and see every athlete's heat-adjusted range, fastest first, filtered by group. Write a note on the board and share it as a card, along with today's paces, the heat, a new PR or a finished session. Log a session: type your reps and see hit, hot or cold against today's band. Export the roster as a file, import one from an assistant coach, or copy a share link that opens the same roster in the web version. How the heat model works: heat score = temperature °F + dew point °F. At 100 or below there is no adjustment. The penalty rises to 10% at 180. Above 180 the app tells you running is not recommended and shows paces at the cap for reference only. Privacy: your location is used only to fetch the weather and the town name. Athlete names and PRs stay on your device unless you export or share them; share cards are drawn by our server from the numbers on screen and are not stored. Sign-in is optional. No tracking, no ads. Training guidance, not medical advice. Use judgment in extreme conditions. Pace engine: Track and Road Performance. Weather data by Open-Meteo.

Screenshots

The Program by Bandit Running4 screens
Laktic Pace Calculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Laktic Pace Calculator at 5.0 against The Program by Bandit Running's 3.9. The Program by Bandit Running's advantage is ratings volume (115 vs 2). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Laktic Pace Calculator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Program by Bandit Running has 115 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Program by Bandit Running ships an update every 2 weeks, Laktic Pace Calculator every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
The Program by Bandit Running versus Laktic Pace Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Program by Bandit RunningLaktic Pace Calculator
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (115 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings115 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBandit RunningTravis Mahoney

Customer experience

The Program by Bandit Running

All ratings112 ratings
Positive72.3%
Neutral0.9%
Negative26.8%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.3%

Laktic Pace Calculator

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Laktic Pace Calculator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

The Program by Bandit Running

No in-app purchases

None

Laktic Pace Calculator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Program by Bandit Running free?
The Program by Bandit Running is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Laktic Pace Calculator free?
Laktic Pace Calculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Program by Bandit Running or Laktic Pace Calculator?
Laktic Pace Calculator is rated higher. The Program by Bandit Running averages 3.9 out of 5 from 115 ratings, while Laktic Pace Calculator averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do The Program by Bandit Running or Laktic Pace Calculator have ads?
Neither The Program by Bandit Running nor Laktic Pace Calculator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Program by Bandit Running or Laktic Pace Calculator?
The Program by Bandit Running ships an update every 2 weeks, and Laktic Pace Calculator every 9 days. Most recently, The Program by Bandit Running was updated on October 22, 2026 and Laktic Pace Calculator on October 11, 2026.

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