TEMPR vs RunnerMate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TEMPR
This app provides coach-written triathlon training plans for various distances and levels, personalized to your fitness. It includes a knowledge hub for training advice, community features to connect with other athletes, and exclusive partner discounts.
- Coach-written training plans
- Personalized workouts
- Knowledge hub with training advice
- Community features
- Exclusive member discounts
- Flexible scheduling
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TEMPR brings coach written triathlon training plans for sprint, standard and 70.3 distances into one modern app alongside tracking, community features and a knowledge hub to make triathlon feel more accessible, fun and community centered. _________________________ COACH-WRITTEN TRAINING Experienced coaches design the training methodology. The app personalises how you execute it — using your heart rate zones, running pace, cycling power and perceived effort. You get the structure of real coaching without the complexity. Plans for Sprint, Olympic and 70.3 distances across Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced levels. Every session is adapted to your current fitness, with flexible scheduling when life gets in the way. _________________________ THE TEMPR HUB In-app content built into your training to help you train smarter and race better — race day tips and tactics from experienced coaches, Olympian-led guidance on building water confidence, plus nutrition, recovery, pacing and gear advice you can read between sessions. _________________________ MEMBER DISCOUNTS Exclusive partner discounts for TEMPR members — on the gear, nutrition and race entries you already need. _________________________ COMMUNITY Train with real people near you. Find other TEMPR athletes in your local area, organise training sessions, discover local triathlon events and share the journey to race day together. _________________________ WHO IT'S FOR First-time triathletes wanting a clear, confident path to race day. Self-coached intermediate athletes who need structure without a full-time coach. Age-group athletes looking for serious programming in a modern app. Training shouldn't be a guessing game. TEMPR gives you the plan, the personalisation, the community and the confidence to show up to race day ready. _________________________ Privacy Policy: https://tempr.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TEMPR-PRIVACY-POLICY.pdf Terms of Use: https://tempr.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TEMPR-TERMS-AND-CONDITIONS.pdf Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Access to structured training plans and personalised workouts is available through an in-app subscription.
RunnerMate
This app creates a personalized 8-week training plan to help you run a 5K, adapting to your current fitness level and progress. It uses on-device AI to adjust your workouts and integrates seamlessly with Apple Health and Apple Watch for effortless tracking.
- Personalized 8-week 5K training plan
- Fitness scoring based on Apple Health data
- On-device AI for adaptive workouts
- Apple Watch integration for guided runs
- Automatic run tracking via Apple Health
- Privacy-focused with no accounts or servers
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Most Couch to 5K plans assume you're starting from zero. RunnerMate doesn't assume — it checks. With your permission, RunnerMate reads 28 days of your Apple Health data — steps, walking distance, exercise minutes, recent runs, resting heart rate — scores your fitness, and generates an 8-week plan calibrated to where you actually are. If you're already walking 10,000 steps a day, you won't be told to alternate 60-second jogs with 90-second walks. A PLAN THAT ADAPTS An on-device AI advisor watches how your runs go and recommends where to pick up next — repeat a week when you need it, skip ahead when you're flying. Three runs a week, each about 30 minutes. MADE FOR APPLE WATCH Your next workout is scheduled to your Watch automatically — it's waiting at the top of the Workout app when you're ready. Intervals, warm-ups and cool-downs are guided on your wrist. EFFORTLESS TRACKING Finished runs are matched to your plan automatically from Apple Health — no manual logging. Home Screen widgets show your week at a glance, and milestone runs earn shareable certificates. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your health data never leaves your iPhone. RunnerMate has no accounts, no sign-up and no servers — fitness scoring and AI coaching all happen on-device. RunnerMate is free, supported by unobtrusive ads. Requires an iPhone with iOS 26. Apple Watch optional but recommended.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RunnerMate at none against TEMPR's 9. TEMPR's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). On price, ads 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. TEMPR sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. RunnerMate asks for nothing beyond the download.
TEMPR ships an update every 6 days, RunnerMate every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TEMPR | RunnerMate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TEMPR APP PTY LTD | Vipul Delwadia |
In-app purchases
TEMPR
- Founding Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Month
- TEMPR Affiliate Monthly14 Days trial$39.991 Month
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- One Month Free Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$39.991 Month
- TEMPR Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$249.991 Year
- Founding Yearly Subscription$249.991 Year
- TEMPR Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$299.991 Year
- TEMPR Affiliate Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$299.991 Year
RunnerMate
No in-app purchases









