Run Buddy AI vs PB

Run Buddy AI helps you choose, run, and understand the workout that matters today. Start a Free Run, follow a structured workout, or use the coach recommendation when Apple Intelligence or your personal AI provider is available. You can add a GPX route to any kind of run. It remains an optional reference and never replaces workout targets, steps, or distance. TURN YOUR RUNS INTO ROUTES Create a route from a run recorded in Run Buddy. Keep the full trace or, when a repeated loop is clearly recognized, one lap with or without the approach and return. Your original run is preserved. Explore the map, distance, and elevation profile when the data is reliable. Rename the route, export it as a GPX file, select it for your next run, or delete it without losing past workouts. DURING THE RUN Audio coaching announces starts, transitions, recoveries, and effort changes. During sufficiently long blocks and free phases, the coach can interpret your recent effort, consistency, completed kilometres, and elevation actually observed. Pace messages remain steady when you run close to the target. Choose an Apple voice for each language and preview it before running. Voxtral voices also offer previews when that engine is configured. AFTER THE RUN Review consistency, history, and coach analysis in a clear progression view. Run Buddy also builds pace references from the blocks you actually completed. They describe observed performance rather than mandatory zones. At the end of a workout, say whether it felt too easy, about right, or too hard, and optionally add a written comment. The coach includes this feedback in its recap, and you can edit it later from the run details. If you choose, Run Buddy AI connects to Apple Health to bring together runs recorded with the app, Apple Watch, or another compatible watch. Available heart-rate data can enrich the analysis. SIMPLE AND PRIVATE • Free Run always within reach • Structured and saved workouts • References grounded in your real runs • Optional GPX routes • Audio coaching during the effort • Optional written post-run feedback • Unified RunBuddy and Apple Health history • Optional AI analysis and recommendations No Run Buddy account is required. The workout engine, GPS tracking, and essential cues work locally. Apple Intelligence stays on device when available. A personal provider key stays in Keychain and is sent only to the provider you select. Run Buddy AI is free, with no subscription and no Run Buddy server.

PB-Runner is a running app that records your runs with the full depth your watch/phone can capture - pace, distance, splits, heart rate, and running-form metrics like power, ground contact time, vertical oscillation, stride length and cadence - and shows them in detail with route maps. - Record runs on Apple Watch (standalone, phone left at home) or on iPhone. - Garmin Support with PB-Runner ConnectIQ app - Detailed run breakdowns, route maps, and splits. - Create custom training schedules with AI you can follow on your wrist/phone with audio and haptic cues. - Recovery context from Apple Health (resting heart rate, sleep, HRV, VO2max). - An analytics dashboard on the web at pb-runner.com. - Share your run with a built-in editor for sharing your runs — stats over the map or your photo, dragged into place and styled to match. Bring your own AI (optional): connect an AI you already use - Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or another - to your own training data and build your Athletes Profile so it can analyse your runs and help plan your sessions based on the athlete you are, not a generic runner in an age group . PB-Runner is the connector; the AI is your own separate subscription, and the app works fully without it. PB-Runner is free while we launch - record runs, sync across your devices, and see your stats. Connecting your own AI is included free for now but will become a paid option later; your recording and history stay free. Privacy: your health and location data is used only to run the features you use, never for advertising, and never sold. It is only shared with an AI when you explicitly choose to connect one.