Comparison

alto.run vs Runnerd

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

Head to head
About

alto.run

This app analyzes your past running performance using your Strava data to offer insights and help you improve. It acts as a personal coach, guiding your progress.

Highlights
  • Personal running coach
  • Comprehensive run analysis
  • Performance improvement insights
  • Strava data integration
  • Historical run analysis
Features
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alto.run is your personal running coach. it provides comprehensive analysis of your historical runs to help you improve your performance. based on your Strava data.

About

Runnerd

This app analyzes your running data from Apple Health to provide insights into your training, readiness, and performance. It offers detailed run breakdowns, season timelines, and coaching advice without requiring an account or subscription.

Highlights
  • Readiness Score calculation
  • Detailed run analysis
  • Performance Management Chart
  • Season timeline view
  • Three coaching tones
  • Shoe mileage tracking
  • Personal bests tracking
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Runnerd is a running coach and a serious analytics app in one. It builds a plan around your goal, explains every recommendation and works with the runs you've already logged. No subscription. No account. No compromises. HOW IT WORKS Connect Apple Health and Runnerd reads your past runs, whether they came from your Apple Watch, your iPhone or another running app. No blank slate: Runnerd knows where you stand from day one. Keep tracking with whatever you use today. Set a goal, like your next half marathon, and pick a coach. The Patient One builds up carefully, The Ambitious One pushes harder, and The Balanced One sits in between. The difference shows up in your plan, not just in the tone. Runnerd maps out every week until race day and schedules more of the run types you enjoy. You can add your own runs whenever you like. Each morning, your coach checks the plan against your readiness. After each run, it reviews how it went. Ahead of your goal? It'll tell you. Goal asking for more than your coach allows? It'll tell you that too. FOR NERDS WHO RUN Fitness, fatigue and form, running economy, intensity, training load: Runnerd shows whether your training is working and explains every term along the way. It's all built on proven sports science, not AI: Banister for fitness and form, Daniels VDOT for training paces and predictions, Karvonen for heart rate zones. IPHONE AND MAC Check in on your iPhone, dig deeper on your Mac with a native Mac app. Your data syncs through your private iCloud. Runnerd collects nothing and runs no servers. AND THE DETAILS Shoe mileage with a heads-up before a pair wears out. Personal bests, spotted automatically. Running partners. Widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Share runs, weeks and personal bests as images. FREE, WITH A ONE-TIME PRO UPGRADE Runnerd is free to use. Pro adds race predictions, running technique analysis, GPX export and The Ambitious One. One purchase covers iPhone and Mac.

Screenshots

alto.run4 screens
Runnerd4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Runnerd at 5.0 against alto.run's 2.0. alto.run's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.2 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Runnerd sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. alto.run asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Runnerd holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
alto.run versus Runnerd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameteralto.runRunnerd
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnton PodviaznikovNorma Steller

Customer experience

alto.run

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Runnerd

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

alto.run

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Runnerd

One-time2
  • Runnerd Pro$7.99
  • Support a Nerd$17.99

Questions

Is alto.run free?
alto.run is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Runnerd free?
Runnerd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, alto.run or Runnerd?
Runnerd is rated higher. alto.run averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Runnerd averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do alto.run or Runnerd have ads?
Neither alto.run nor Runnerd shows ads.

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