Runscope vs Level Up Run
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Runscope
This app provides personalized running training plans and AI coaching, analyzing your performance data to offer insights into your running form, age, and progress. It offers detailed run analysis, goal setting, and progress tracking without manual data entry.
- Personalized training plans
- AI coaching and insights
- Detailed running performance analysis
- Running Age and Training Load tracking
- Live Activity and home screen widgets
- Shoe management and comparison
- GPS route tracking and map visualization
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Your personal training plan. Calibrated to your real performance — not to a textbook table. Plus Running Age, Live Activity on the Lock Screen and 5 new widgets that show where you stand right now. Cadence, stride length, ground contact time, heart rate and more get tracked on every run. Runscope makes those hidden treasures visible — with analyses that are actually fun. GET MORE FROM YOUR RUNNING DATA • Which training plan really gets you to a 10K PR? • How old does your body run, based on your Health data? • In which shoes are you actually faster? • How has your running form evolved over months? • How realistic is your marathon goal — based on real data? • Is your training load too high? Or could you push more? Runscope answers exactly these questions. Straight from your Health data. No manual entry — just go run. START FOR FREE • Dashboard with weekly stats, running streaks and weekly goals • Personal records for 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon • 5 Home Screen widgets: Plan-Today, Streak, Weekly Goal, Last Run, Stats Overview • Live Activity "Training Day": weekly status on the Lock Screen • Start a run by voice ("Hey Siri, start a run in Runscope") • World map: every city and country you've run in • Shoe management with mileage • First achievements and your personal Runner Score PRO — FOR RUNNERS WHO WANT MORE Personal Training Plan • Plan for 5K, 10K, half marathon or marathon — calibrated to your real performance • Phases from base to taper, smart long runs and pace zones from your latest runs • Every session explained: why, what, how • Get a plan suggested by AI, apply with one tap • Pause your plan, assign individual runs after the fact, or skip them Training Load & Running Age • ACWR load gauge warns about over- and undertraining — with smart notifications • Your Running Age the ACSM way, from VO₂max and a 30-day median • Race prediction for 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon Deep per-run analysis • Color-coded km splits: pace, heart rate, power — kilometer by kilometer • 5 customizable heart rate zones with time distribution • Running form analysis: cadence, stride length, ground contact time over time • Intervals and stride workouts are detected automatically • AI Insights: 4 AI providers — Apple Intelligence (on-device), OpenAI, Claude or Gemini • Workout comparison: overlay two runs split by split • Shoe comparison: find your fastest shoe More tools for runners • 24 achievements in 9 categories with Hall of Fame • Training log with tags (interval, tempo, trail, race...) and ratings • GPS routes with elevation profile and share cards for social media • Training heatmap, distributions, correlations • CSV export, streak pause for injuries • Configurable dashboard — reorder by drag & drop YOUR DATA. YOUR DEVICE. Runscope works 100% on your iPhone and iPad. No account, no cloud upload, no tracking, no ads. Your fitness data stays where it belongs — with you. Available in 18 languages. Subscription options for Runscope Pro: monthly and yearly. Privacy: https://www.filios.de/runscope/privacy.html Support: https://www.filios.de/runscope/support.html
Level Up Run
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Level Up Run is your personal running coach. A training plan that adapts to you, your goals, and your schedule, week by week. Whether it is your first run or your next personal best, every week is built for where you are right now and adjusts to how your training actually felt. WHAT YOU GET • A full weekly training plan with sessions tailored to your level and goal • Structured build up and peaking for your races, or just train for health and fitness • Feedback that fine tunes your paces and volume • Pick your training days and change them whenever life changes Made by runners to make genuinely good training accessible to everyone at a fair price SUBSCRIPTION Level Up Run is an auto renewing subscription that includes a free trial. Choose monthly or annual billing. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://lvlup.run/terms Privacy Policy: https://lvlup.run/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Runscope at weekly against Level Up Run's monthly. Level Up Run's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Runscope sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Level Up Run sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Runscope ships an update weekly, Level Up Run monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Runscope | Level Up Run |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Georg Filios | Level Up Running AB |
In-app purchases
Runscope
- Runscope Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- Runscope Pro Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
Level Up Run
- Monthly14 Days trial$11.991 Month
- Yearly14 Days trial$99.991 Year









