Comparison

Ranner vs Steps League

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

Head to head
About

Ranner

This AI-powered coach creates personalized running plans that adapt daily to your sleep, recovery, and schedule. It offers voice and text interaction, integrates with wearables, and includes strength and nutrition guidance.

Highlights
  • AI-generated adaptive training plans
  • Voice and text coaching interaction
  • Workout syncing to smartwatches
  • Integration with health trackers
  • Strength and nutrition guidance
  • Recovery and progress tracking
Features
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Ranner is an AI running coach that plans your training around your real life. Tell it your goal, connect your watch, and it builds your plan day by day, then adjusts it to how you slept, how your last run went and how busy your week is. A COACH YOU CAN TALK TO Ask anything, by text or voice. "My calf is tight, should I run today?" "Move my long run to Sunday." "What should I eat before a half marathon?" Ranner knows your training history, your recovery and your goals, and answers like a coach who has followed every session. A PLAN THAT ADAPTS EVERY DAY - Plans for 5K, 10K, half marathon, marathon and trail - From your first runs to beating your personal best - Easy runs, intervals, tempo and long runs with paces and heart-rate zones - Bad night? Busy week? Your plan changes automatically - Injury comeback and return-to-running plans WORKOUTS ON YOUR WATCH Send today's workout to Apple Watch, Garmin, COROS or Suunto and follow it step by step on your wrist. CONNECTS WITH YOUR DEVICES Apple Health, Garmin, COROS, Polar, Suunto, Strava, Fitbit, Oura, Whoop, Zepp and Wahoo. Runs, heart rate, sleep and HRV sync automatically. STRENGTH AND NUTRITION - Strength and mobility sessions built for runners - A nutrition plan that matches your training load - Log meals by photo or text RECOVERY AND PROGRESS Sleep, HRV and readiness in one place, plus reports on how your fitness is improving. Available in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German and Dutch. Try every feature free for 5 days, no card needed. After that, Ranner needs a subscription (monthly or annual). Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Steps League

Features
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Turn your daily steps into a friendly competition. Steps League lets you create private leagues with friends, family or coworkers and compete on what you already do every day: walking, sleeping well and working out. Your activity syncs automatically from Apple Health, so there's nothing to log by hand. LEAGUES WITH YOUR PEOPLE • Create a league in seconds and invite others with a link or QR code • Rankings by steps, sleep and workouts, daily and weekly • See who won each week in the winners history • Reorder your leagues by dragging them POINTS, COINS AND STREAKS • Hit your daily goals to earn points and collect coins • Keep your streak alive and unwrap the streak gift for double points • Track everything you've earned in your points history DUELS • Challenge a friend one-on-one with a countdown • React with animated emojis and share the result YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE • Steps, sleep, workouts and coins, each in its own card • See where you stand globally compared to everyone else FAIR PLAY Steps entered by hand don't count, so every league is decided by real activity. PRIVACY FIRST Steps League only reads the health data you allow (steps, sleep and workouts) and never uses it for advertising. You can delete your account and all your data at any time from Settings. Have an idea or found a bug? Tell us from the "Write to us" section in your profile. Steps League is free, with no ads and no in-app purchases.

Screenshots

Ranner4 screens
Steps League3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Steps League at none against Ranner's 5. Steps League also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Ranner's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). On price 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. Ranner sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Steps League asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ranner ships an update daily, Steps League every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ranner versus Steps League: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRannerSteps League
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB41 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperROBERTO KALINOVSKYY KALINOVSKYYRuben Medina

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Ranner

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Ranner AI Running Coach7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • 6 Months Plan$49.996 Months
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  • Yearly Plan$79.991 Year
  • Ranner AI Running Coach7 Days trial$79.991 Year
None

Steps League

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ranner free?
Ranner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Steps League free?
Steps League is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ranner or Steps League have ads?
Ranner shows ads; Steps League does not.
Which is updated more often, Ranner or Steps League?
Ranner ships an update daily, and Steps League every 3 weeks. Most recently, Ranner was updated on November 6, 2026 and Steps League on October 31, 2026.

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