Comparison

RunNerd vs SimpleGym

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

Head to head
About

RunNerd

This AI running coach provides personalized weekly training plans that adapt to your actual performance. Get hands-free audio analysis after each run and a coach that can answer your running-related questions. Integrates with various popular sports watches and Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Adaptive weekly training plans
  • Post-run audio coaching
  • Mile-by-mile performance splits
  • Race-aware planning
  • Conversational AI coach
  • Apple Health integration
  • Supports multiple sports watches
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RunNerd reads the runs you've already done and tells you what they mean. Same pace, lower heart rate. Faster, but working harder. Cadence slipping on the long ones. The things your numbers say when someone actually reads them. KNOW WHY EVERY RUN FELT THE WAY IT DID Every run gets a name, a read, and a receipt. Two short paragraphs from the coach on what happened and why, then elevation and pace on one chart with your heart-rate zones coloured along the hill. Tap a mile to see what it cost you. A PLAN FOR YOUR RACE DATE Tell the coach the race and the date. The plan builds around it, reads every run you finish, and adjusts the next one. Move a run, your plan adjusts. PRs WITH THE WHY A new personal record shows the old mark, how long it took, and what changed: heart rate at pace, cadence, conditions. Not just a time. YOUR WEEK AND MONTH, THE MORNING AFTER Weekly and monthly recaps on Home: miles, adherence, your best efforts, and one line on what the data says. Share any of it as a clean image. ASK ANYTHING A coach you can talk to. Why last week felt hard, what to do on today's run, whether you're on track for the race. WORKS WITH YOUR GEAR Apple Watch, Garmin, intervals.icu, and anything that writes to Apple Health. Your running history comes with you. NEW TO RUNNING? Pick a first goal, run your first mile or your first 5K, and let your phone guide the run out loud with run/walk intervals. No watch required. WHAT YOU GET - Named runs with a plain-English read on each one - Elevation and pace on one chart, heart-rate zones included - Personal records with what changed since the last one - Weekly and monthly recaps - Shareable receipts for runs, PRs and recaps - Race plans that adapt week to week - Easy, interval, long, and run/walk workouts - Guided runs with spoken cues - Weather-aware run recommendations Built by a lifter who became a runner and got tired of staring at numbers that didn't explain anything.

About

SimpleGym

Features
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SimpleGym is a clean, no-nonsense workout tracker. Create routines, log your sets and reps, track your progress over time, and back up everything to the cloud. No ads, no clutter — just your workouts.

Screenshots

RunNerd4 screens
SimpleGym4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: RunNerd at 15.1 against SimpleGym's 18.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
RunNerd versus SimpleGym: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunNerdSimpleGym
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAaron MarrJesper Ferdous Ellesson

In-app purchases

None

RunNerd

No in-app purchases

None

SimpleGym

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RunNerd free?
RunNerd is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SimpleGym free?
SimpleGym is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RunNerd or SimpleGym have ads?
Neither RunNerd nor SimpleGym shows ads.

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