Comparison

RunV vs Vici Run

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

Head to head
About

RunV

This AI-powered running coach creates personalized training plans that adapt to your life, whether you miss sessions or exceed expectations. It offers live audio guidance during runs and integrates with popular fitness trackers and smartwatches.

Highlights
  • Adaptive AI training plans
  • Live audio coaching
  • Multi-distance race plans
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Syncs with Garmin, Strava, Fitbit
  • GPS run tracking and analysis
  • Virtual challenges and groups
Features
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The plan adapts. You show up. RunV is the AI running coach that builds your training around your life – and rebuilds it every time life happens. Miss a week, catch a cold, smash a long run: your plan recalibrates overnight so tomorrow's session fits the runner you are today. WHY RUNNERS SWITCH TO RUNV A PDF plan doesn't know you had a deadline or a newborn. Miss week three and every week after it is wrong – and that's where most runners quit. RunV's plan doesn't break. Every run you finish or skip feeds back into your coach, and your paces, distances and rest days are rebuilt for the week ahead. A COACH IN YOUR EAR, MID-RUN Live audio coaching on pace, heart rate and effort while you run. You'll be pushed when you've got more and pulled back before you blow up – like a coach running beside you, adjusting the plan on the fly. 5K → 10K → HALF → MARATHON → ULTRA • Coach-built plans for every distance, or "Run for fun" if there's no race in sight • Built from real coach and athlete data – intervals, tempo, long runs, recovery • Taper, pacing strategy and a predicted finish time, engineered backwards from the start line • Arrive at the corral knowing your goal splits RUNV ON APPLE WATCH Start, run and review from your wrist. Pace, distance, heart rate and splits at a glance – and every workout lands back in your plan automatically. WORKS WITH THE GEAR YOU OWN Garmin, Apple Watch, Strava, Fitbit, Polar and Apple Health. Push workouts to your watch, run, and sync the results straight back. Two-way, no manual entry. EVERY RUN, REVIEWED Live GPS tracking with distance, pace, splits, cadence, heart-rate zones, elevation and calories. After each run: your route map, pace chart and trends. Weekly insights show what improved, what's at risk and next week's focus. RUN WITH OTHERS Public groups, virtual challenges and badges to keep you accountable – with runners at your level. FREE TO RUN. FIRST WEEK ON US. GPS run tracking is free for life. Premium coaching – your adaptive plan, live audio coaching and weekly insights – is free for your first week. After that, choose Monthly, Quarterly or Annual, priced in your currency. Cancel anytime. WHAT RUNNERS SAY "Two weeks off with a chest infection used to mean restarting from scratch. RunV just re-ramped me – and I still ran a half-marathon PB six weeks later." – Sarah M., half marathon 1:52 "Being told to ease off in the first kilometre is the only reason I had anything left at the finish." – Dean R., 10K 44:31 Download RunV, answer a few questions about your goal, and your plan is ready before your shoes are laced. Built in Scotland by runners and coaches. Every mile measured, every plan adapted. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://runv.app/privacy-policy/ Support: https://runv.app/support/

About

Vici Run

This AI-powered running coach adapts to your fitness level and life schedule, offering personalized training based on exercise science. It aims to provide elite-level coaching to all runners, moving beyond generic plans and fitness trackers.

Highlights
  • AI-powered adaptive coaching
  • Personalized training plans
  • Based on exercise science
  • Learns user's fitness
  • Adapts to user's life
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We're building an AI running coach that actually learns you. Not a training plan generator. Not a fitness tracker. A real coach that understands your fitness, adapts to your life, and helps you become the runner you want to be. The best runners in the world have coaches. The rest of us have been left with generic plans, expensive subscriptions, or figuring it out alone. We're changing that. Vici brings elite-level coaching — built on real exercise science and personalized to you — to every runner, for free. Founded by two competitive runners and longtime friends, Vici was born from a simple frustration: nothing we tried actually worked. So we built the coach we couldn't find.

Screenshots

RunV4 screens
Vici Run4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vici Run at none against RunV's 3. RunV's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. RunV sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Vici Run asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RunV ships an update every 5 days, Vici Run every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RunV versus Vici Run: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunVVici Run
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size165 MB32 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperVorlichVici Performance Inc.

Customer experience

RunV

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Vici Run

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

RunV

Subscriptions3
  • RunV Monthly1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • RunV Quarterly3 Months trial$26.993 Months
  • Runv Annual1 Year trial$79.991 Year
None

Vici Run

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RunV free?
RunV is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vici Run free?
Vici Run is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RunV or Vici Run have ads?
Neither RunV nor Vici Run shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RunV or Vici Run?
RunV ships an update every 5 days, and Vici Run every 3 weeks. Most recently, RunV was updated on November 4, 2026 and Vici Run on October 30, 2026.

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