Lora vs NextRun
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lora
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Lora is a running coach who actually listens. She uses AI to understand what you tell her and adjust your training. Most training plans hand you a schedule and expect you to follow it no matter what. Lora works the other way around. You tell her how you feel and what happened in your week, and she reworks your sessions to match. A bad night, a trip, a niggle starting up: your plan moves with you instead of guilt-tripping you. What Lora does for you: A plan that keeps adapting. Lora builds your program from your goal, your real level and the time you have, then revises it whenever something changes. A coach who believes you. If you say a session was too hard, Lora takes it seriously and eases off. She never doubles down on a plan that isn't working for you. Connected to your watch. With an Apple Watch, Lora reads your runs, heart rate and recovery straight from Apple Health: one permission, nothing to install. With a Garmin, Coros or Polar, the link goes through Intervals.icu, a free service, and Lora gets the same data. No watch? Tell her how the run went and she adapts just the same. Recovery aware. Lora watches your heart rate variability and your training load to keep you clear of overtraining and injury. Who it's for: whether you're training for your first 5K or a marathon, coming back after a break, or just trying to run better without getting hurt, Lora meets you at your level. Lora offers a subscription for full coaching access. Lora Pro is an auto-renewable subscription, available monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase and renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://lora.run/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://lora.run/terms
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 iOS requirement: Lora at 16.4 against NextRun's 26.5. 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
Both are free to download. Lora sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and NextRun sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Lora | NextRun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Damien Flasse | Christopher Winstanley |
In-app purchases
Lora
- Lora pro - Monthly$14.991 Month
- Lora pro - Yearly$99.991 Year
NextRun
- NextRun Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- NextRun Pro Annual$49.991 Year
- NextRun Pro Lifetime$99.99









