Comparison

PB vs Coach Leo

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

Head to head
About

PB

Features
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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 โ€” 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.

About

Coach Leo

Features
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Why do you run? For the silence at 6 AM? To feel something other than your screen? Because the mountains don't care about your job title? Whatever your reason: Leo coaches around it. Leo is an AI running coach that syncs your runs, remembers every conversation, and gets sharper every week. This is coaching, not a dashboard: no charts to decode, no metrics to interpret. You just talk to Leo. A REAL PLAN, BUILT ON YOUR RUNS Tell Leo your goal โ€” 5K, 10K, half, marathon or ultra trail โ€” and he builds a periodized plan anchored to your current fitness, read straight from your real training history (paces, weekly volume, longest run). Real structured sessions: intervals, tempo, long runs, hills, recovery โ€” not a wall of identical jogs. And he's honest about your goal: he'll tell you if it's realistic and what it would take, without ever capping your ambition. HE KNOWS YOUR BODY Most apps track numbers. Leo asks how your legs felt, how you slept, whether that knee is still tight... and turns sensations into decisions you can trust. He watches your training load week by week and speaks up before a breakdown does; not with jargon, but with "take tomorrow off." HE READS THE SCIENCE Built on 150+ peer-reviewed papers: periodization, biomechanics, nutrition, physiology, altitude. Leo doesn't recite research; he applies it to you. He remembers that your left calf acts up after heavy weeks, that you race better with a 3-day taper. MORE THAN A COACH: A RUNNING WORLD From your real training, Leo reveals your running character across 9 dimensions: endurance, speed, mountain sense, consistency and more. Not a quiz: who you actually are as a runner. Join a pack that shares your strengths, chase solo quests and pack challenges, and follow your crew's expedition across the map. Play, don't just train. COACHES WHERE YOU ALREADY ARE Talk to Leo in the app, on Telegram, or right inside ChatGPT, Claude and Mistral (any MCP-compatible assistant). He tracks your shoe mileage and preps you for race day with elevation-adjusted projections. FREE TO START A free plan is fully usable. Coaching โ€” week-to-week adaptation, race projections, the full toolkit โ€” is optional, with a 14-day money-back guarantee. It's your call. Requires a free, read-only connection to your running data. Terms of Use (EULA): https://coachleo.ai/terms Made in the Alps.

Screenshots

PB4 screens
Coach Leo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PB at none against Coach Leo's 3. PB also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). Coach Leo's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.4). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Coach Leo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. PB asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PB ships an update every 5 days, Coach Leo every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
PB versus Coach Leo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPBCoach Leo
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days โ€” betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS26.414.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size17 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPB-RunnerNicolas Angougeard

In-app purchases

None

PB

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Coach Leo

Subscriptions3
  • Coach Leo โ€” Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Coach Leo โ€” Quarterly$24.993 Months
  • Coach Leo โ€” Annual$79.991 Year

Questions

Is PB free?
PB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Coach Leo free?
Coach Leo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PB or Coach Leo have ads?
Neither PB nor Coach Leo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PB or Coach Leo?
PB ships an update every 5 days, and Coach Leo every 5 weeks. Most recently, PB was updated on September 23, 2026 and Coach Leo on September 11, 2026.

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