Comparison

Coach to Five K vs MapStride

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

Head to head
About

Coach to Five K

This running coach focuses on improving hip, leg, and foot mobility through stretching, breathwork, and personalized drills. It helps prevent injuries and enhance running performance with daily exercises and progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Hip, leg & foot mobility routines
  • Stretching plans for tightness relief
  • Guided breathwork for endurance
  • Stiffness scan for personalized programs
  • Progress tracking and motivation
  • Daily exercises for pain-free running
Features
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Couch to 5K 10K and Coach to Five K running starts with better hips, legs, and feet — your running coach for stretching, mobility, and recovery. RunZen is your Running Trainer for hip mobility, leg flexibility, and foot strength. It combines stretching, breathwork, and mobility drills to help you unlock full movement and prevent running injuries. Whether you're a runner, athlete, or just want to move better, RunZen offers a personalized plan based on your body’s stiffness—developed by a certified flexibility coach and medical animator. Key Features: Hip, Leg & Foot Mobility Routines Stretching Plans to Relieve Tightness Guided Breathwork for Better Endurance Stiffness Scan to Tailor Your Program Progress Tracking & Motivation Tools Quick Daily Exercises to Build a Pain-Free Running Habit Start your journey today. Improve your stride, boost recovery, and experience real results in just 21 days. Move freely. Breathe deeper. Run Zen. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

MapStride

Track your runs, walks, and cycling routes with live GPS mapping. Monitor distance, speed, pace, steps, and calories burned. Review your progress and workout history with a clean, ad-free interface.

Highlights
  • Live GPS route tracking
  • Real-time workout statistics
  • Distance, speed, and pace measurement
  • Calorie burn calculation
  • Weekly progress dashboard
  • Workout history log
Features
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MapStride is a free GPS run, walk and cycle tracker that maps your route, measures your stats and tracks your fitness progress in one clean app. Need a run tracker, walking tracker or cycle tracker? MapStride handles all three without a subscription or paywall, and without the clutter of Strava, MapMyRun or MapMyWalk. No account required to start. GPS ROUTE TRACKING ON A LIVE MAP Every workout is tracked live on a GPS map. Your route appears as you move. Choose from multiple map styles. When you finish, your complete route is saved to review, share or compare. Run it, walk it, cycle it on your workout map. FREE RUNNING TRACKER, WALKING TRACKER AND CYCLING TRACKER IN ONE APP Built for runners, walkers, cyclists, hikers and anyone who moves outdoors. A free running app and run tracker with GPS pace and distance. A walking tracker, step counter and step tracker with calories burned. A cycling tracker and cycle tracker with speed and distance. A hike tracker or hiking tracker for trails and trekking. All in one app. REAL-TIME GPS STATS FOR EVERY WORKOUT • Distance in kilometres or miles • Time, duration and moving time • Current speed and average speed • Pace per kilometre or mile • Steps during walking and running • Elevation gain • Calorie tracker estimates from your profile (height, weight, age and activity) Stats update live. Track running distance, track walking distance and use MapStride as a cardio tracker, distance tracker and outdoor fitness tracker. Plan walking routes on the map as you go. RELIABLE BACKGROUND TRACKING Background GPS keeps recording with the screen off or in other apps. Pause and resume mid-workout. Recover a session if the app closes. Data saves locally even offline. Switch metric or imperial units anytime. GOALS, STREAKS AND PROGRESS RINGS Set goals for distance, steps, calories, duration or workout count: daily, weekly or monthly. Mark a primary goal on home-screen rings. Build a daily streak, celebrate milestones and personal bests, with evening reminders, weekly recap alerts and re-engagement messages. PROGRESS CHARTS, CALENDAR AND WEEKLY INSIGHTS Interactive charts for week, month and year, plus a calendar view. See weekly distance, calories, steps and active time by running, walking and cycling. A fitness tracker and workout tracker focused on improvement, not a social feed. WORKOUT HISTORY, SHARING AND ROUTE REVIEW Every workout saves its GPS route map, time, distance, pace, speed, steps, elevation and calories. Filter by activity. Export shareable workout cards in multiple styles after each outing. GUEST MODE, CLOUD SYNC AND APPLE HEALTH Start as a guest with no sign-up. Local history from session one. Sign in with Apple, Google or email for cloud backup, synced goals and a profile across devices. Optionally connect Apple Health to import or export steps, workouts, distance and calories. PERSONALISATION Light, dark or system theme. Metric or imperial units. Multiple languages. Profile photo and health profile for accurate calorie estimates. OUTDOOR FITNESS WITHOUT THE COMPLEXITY Clean GPS tracking for outdoor run, walk, cycle or hike. No social feed. No premium paywall on core tracking. No subscription required for everyday logging. Looking for a free running app, walking app, walking tracker, cycling tracker, step counter app or Strava alternative? MapStride covers walk, run and cycle in one focused package. FREE TO DOWNLOAD GPS maps, live stats, step counter, steps tracker, calorie tracking, elevation, history, goals, streaks, charts, shareable cards and route review are free to use. Download MapStride free on the App Store. Start your run, walk or cycle. Track it on the map. TERMS OF USE (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Coach to Five K4 screens
MapStride4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MapStride at 5.0 against Coach to Five K's 3.0. MapStride also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). Coach to Five K's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.2). On price, 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. Coach to Five K sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and MapStride sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MapStride holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MapStride has 28 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Coach to Five K ships an update every 3 weeks, MapStride every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Coach to Five K versus MapStride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoach to Five KMapStride
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings228 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB102 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBoonya KitpitakARTEVUS TECHNOLOGIES (PRIVATE) LIMITED

Customer experience

Coach to Five K

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

MapStride

All ratings27 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Coach to Five K

Subscriptions3
  • RunZen: Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
  • RunZen Premium Yearly V2$26.991 Year
  • RunZen Premium Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • RunZen Premium LifeTime V2$2.99
  • RunZen: Premium LifeTime V1$89.99
3 purchases

MapStride

One-time3
  • Support MapStride $1.99$2.00
  • Support MapStride $4.99$5.00
  • Support MapStride $7.99$8.00

Questions

Is Coach to Five K free?
Coach to Five K is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MapStride free?
MapStride is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Coach to Five K or MapStride?
MapStride is rated higher. Coach to Five K averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while MapStride averages 5.0 from 28 ratings.
Do Coach to Five K or MapStride have ads?
Neither Coach to Five K nor MapStride shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Coach to Five K or MapStride?
Coach to Five K ships an update every 3 weeks, and MapStride every 5 days. Most recently, Coach to Five K was updated on October 28, 2026 and MapStride on October 31, 2026.

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