PB vs NextRun
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PB
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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 — 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.
NextRun
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NextRun is a running coach that builds your training plan on your iPhone — and keeps rebuilding it as your running changes. Tell it your goal, the days you can run, and how long you've got. NextRun reads your run history from Apple Health and writes a week-by-week plan that fits the runner you are right now. When a new run lands in Health, the plan adjusts around it. No cookie-cutter PDF, no signing up, no account. PRIVATE BY DESIGN The AI that writes your plan runs entirely on your device. Your health and running data are never uploaded and never leave your iPhone. There's no server to send them to. BUILT AROUND YOUR REAL WEEK • Pick the exact days you run — not just "4 days a week" • Set a time limit per day, so Tuesday's run fits the gap you actually have • Choose your mix: easy, tempo, long, intervals, hills • Light, medium or intensive — you decide how hard the plan pushes A PLAN THAT KEEPS UP • Finish a run and it ticks itself off, matched automatically from Apple Health • Completed weeks stay put; the weeks ahead get reshaped around your recent training • Change a setting and your plan is rewritten to match • Training for a race? The plan tapers into race day and includes it TRAIN FROM YOUR WRIST Send your upcoming runs to Apple Watch as scheduled workouts, so your next session is waiting for you when you head out the door. SEE THE PROGRESS Your recent runs and weekly distance, at a glance. Add Pro for VO₂ max trend tracking and a predicted finish time for your race. GOALS Train for a 5K, 10K, half marathon, marathon or a distance of your own — or skip the race and just build general fitness with a plan that rolls forward week after week. — FREE, AND WHAT PRO ADDS NextRun is free to download and use. For free you get your full onboarding, your generated plan, the Next Run screen, ticking runs off, this week of your training calendar, your fitness assessment, Apple Watch sync, Siri shortcuts, and one from-scratch plan rebuild. NextRun Pro unlocks: • The full training plan calendar — browse every week, not just this one • VO₂ max trend tracking • Your predicted race finish time • Home Screen widgets — small, medium and week view • Unlimited plan rebuilds Changing a training setting always updates your plan, with or without Pro. Pro is available as a monthly or annual subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://doc-hosting.flycricket.io/nextrun-privacy-policy/481740ac-7787-49cd-a2b6-e17ca0b392d2/privacy — NextRun needs access to your Apple Health workout data to build a plan around your running. It's a training tool, not medical advice — check with a doctor before starting a new training programme.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PB at none against NextRun's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. NextRun sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. PB asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | PB | NextRun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.4 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PB-Runner | Christopher Winstanley |
In-app purchases
PB
No in-app purchases
NextRun
- NextRun Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- NextRun Pro Annual$49.991 Year
- NextRun Pro Lifetime$99.99









