Comparison

Veloq vs RunReady

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

Head to head
About

Veloq

Features
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Veloq shows your intervals.icu training on your phone and looks for the routes and sections you repeat. The analysis runs on your device. Record Record rides, runs and other sports with GPS, Bluetooth sensors or a planned workout. Insights Short reads on your training, each opening to its numbers and how they were worked out. Maps Interactive maps with 3D terrain, route heatmaps, and light, dark and satellite styles. Routes and sections Compare every attempt on the routes and sections you repeat, then pin, trim or rename them. Charts Heart rate, power, pace, elevation and cadence on one timeline with the map. Fitness Fitness, fatigue and form with the zones drawn in, plus HRV, resting heart rate and sleep. Strength Your strength sets on a body diagram, by muscle group and exercise. Widgets Home-screen widgets for fitness and form, your last activity and your insights. Notifications A notification naming the route and any personal bests when a new activity arrives. Off until you turn it on. Backups Back up your settings and section decisions to a file, a folder, a cloud drive or a WebDAV server. Privacy Your training data stays on your device, with no analytics and no tracking. Optional push notifications store your athlete ID and a device token on our server for 30 days. Open source under Apache 2.0. Supports cycling, running, swimming, and 20+ activity types. Try the built-in demo mode to explore without an account. Requires an intervals.icu account for live data. Requires iOS 16.4 or later. Not affiliated with intervals.icu.

About

RunReady

Get a daily running readiness score and personalized training recommendations based on your Apple Watch data. Understand your body's recovery and optimize your runs with accurate heart rate zones and training plans.

Highlights
  • Daily readiness score
  • Personalized run recommendations
  • Accurate heart rate zones
  • Automatic run analysis
  • Progress trends dashboard
  • Lock Screen widget
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Should I run hard today, easy, or not at all? RunReady answers every morning with a Readiness Score built from your Apple Watch HRV, resting heart rate, sleep and training load. You also get your run for today: type, duration, pace and heart rate range. YOUR MORNING Open RunReady and see your score in the ring. Tell the app how your legs feel: fresh, normal, tired, or no run today. Your recommendation follows, for example "Easy Steady Run, 40โ€“60 min, pace 6:27โ€“6:47, HR 119โ€“133". One tap sends it to your Apple Watch as a workout with heart rate targets. MEASURED AGAINST YOU RunReady compares every value with your own last 60 days: โ€ข HRV: how well your nervous system recovered overnight โ€ข Resting heart rate during sleep: if it stays well above your average for several nights, RunReady marks it red and, if you like, sends a notification. โ€ข Sleep: duration and stages of last night โ€ข Load: your last 7 days relative to your usual training. Between 0.8 and 1.3 you are in the sweet spot. Tap a value in the ring to see it in detail: the last 30 nights with your normal range, your sleep stages or your training week. ZONES FROM YOUR DATA RunReady calculates your heart rate zones with the Karvonen method: from your highest measured heart rate of the last 12 months and your resting heart rate during sleep. Single measurement spikes don't count. Your Zone 2 fits your body. YOUR WEEKLY PLAN COUNTS Set which days are base, quality, long run or rest, and set your weekly distance goal. RunReady only suggests tempo and intervals when your score allows it. If you like, the app moves a quality session to a later day of the week. EVERY RUN WITH ITS READINESS Your runs arrive from Apple Health automatically, labeled by heart rate pattern: recovery, easy, base, long, tempo, intervals, fartlek and more. RunReady keeps that morning's readiness with every run and shows whether the run matched the recommendation. Plus zone distribution, heart rate with cardiac drift, pace every 200 m, every kilometre with pace, heart rate and cadence, and your effort rating from Apple Fitness. INSIGHTS โ€ข Readiness history over 30 days, 90 days or a year, with a second line to compare โ€ข What moves your score: your mornings after short nights, load jumps and long runs compared with all others โ€ข Pace at the same heart rate: if you run faster at the same pulse, your fitness grows. โ€ข Weekly distance with goal, monthly distance, pace, efficiency and cadence โ€ข Best efforts over 1 km, 5 km, 10 km and half marathon โ€ข Calendar with readiness or kilometres for every day YOUR YEAR FROM DAY ONE With one tap RunReady pulls up to 365 days from Apple Health and calculates their scores. Your history is there right away instead of after weeks of collecting. WIDGETS Readiness, recommendation and weekly plan come in small, medium and Lock Screen sizes, plus a large widget with everything together. See your score before you unlock your iPhone. LIGHT OR DARK RunReady follows your system or stays light or dark. YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR IPHONE RunReady reads from Apple Health and calculates on your device. No account, no cloud, no tracking. No subscription, no in-app purchases. RunReady needs an Apple Watch you wear at night. Without older data in Apple Health, the score needs about 7 days for reliable values. RunReady gives training guidance and does not replace medical advice.

Screenshots

Veloq4 screens
RunReady4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RunReady at none against Veloq's 3. RunReady also leads on price ($1.99 vs $2.99). Veloq's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.6). On update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Veloq costs $2.99 and RunReady $1.99 up front. Veloq sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. RunReady asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Veloq ships an update every 4 weeks, RunReady monthly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
Veloq versus RunReady: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVeloqRunReady
Price$2.99$1.99 โ€” better
Positive reviewsโ€”0.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks โ€” betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
Monetizationโ€”Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 โ€” better18.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size111 MB4 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperEvan ThomasMarvin Blome

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Veloq

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Tip$5.99
  • Big Tip$9.99
None

RunReady

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Veloq free?
Veloq costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is RunReady free?
RunReady costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Veloq or RunReady have ads?
Neither Veloq nor RunReady shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Veloq or RunReady?
Veloq ships an update every 4 weeks, and RunReady monthly. Most recently, Veloq was updated on November 5, 2026 and RunReady on November 5, 2026.

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