Aspire Tapas vs RunAndGui
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Aspire Tapas
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Aspire is a companion for tapas: a fixed-length commitment to daily yoga practice. It is built on a simple principle: your spiritual practice is nobody's business but yours. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Aspire has no account, no sign-up, no cloud, and no network access at all. It collects nothing: no analytics, no ads, no tracking, no third-party SDKs. Nothing you do in the app ever leaves your device. YOUR PRACTICE, IN PLAIN FILES Everything you create (commitments, daily practice log, reflections) is stored as human-readable files on your device, visible in the Files app. Your practice history is not locked inside a database or a subscription: you can read it, back it up, move it to a new phone, or archive it forever. Delete the app and the data is gone; keep the files and the record of your practice outlives any app. DEFINE YOUR TAPAS Give your practice a name and an intention. Pick techniques from a built-in library of asanas and pranayamas (each mapped to its chakra), or add your own. Set how long each technique is held, or count repetitions instead. Choose the length of the commitment: a week, 21 days, 49 days, or anything you like. PRACTICE, GUIDED Each day, Aspire walks you through the session: an opening consecration, then each technique in turn, with a serene full-screen timer, gentle gongs between techniques, and optional music per technique from your own audio files. Sessions can be paused and resumed, and repetition-based techniques are counted with a tap. STAY ACCOUNTABLE The home screen shows every active commitment and whether today's practice is done. Miss a day and the tapas breaks, unless you allowed recuperation days when you defined it; then you can make up missed days before the commitment fails. A calendar shows every completed day at a glance. REFLECT AND COMPLETE When a tapas ends, record a short retrospective: how it felt, what impact it had, and tags you can compare across commitments. Finished tapas stay in your history, separate from your active practice. ALSO INCLUDED - A standalone meditation timer with presets and gong. - Fully offline. Airplane mode changes nothing.
RunAndGui
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Run&Gui is a running plan that is alive. A training engine with phases generates it, and every week rebuilds itself from what you log: what you trained, what you rested, what hurt, and what you did outside the plan (that bike hour or Tuesday padel counts too). TALK TO YOUR PLAN (PAID PLANS) Ask for changes in the chat, in plain words: "move my long run to Saturday", "I can only train two days this week", "give me intervals on Tuesday", "I need an easy week". The assistant understands; the engine decides and applies. And when a request goes beyond what your phase recommends, it tells you with the numbers in front of you, and the decision stays yours. RULES THE PLAN FOLLOWS The plan follows these rules: at least 48 hours between hard sessions, a growth ceiling per phase and, if you log pain of 4 out of 10 or more that is getting worse (or two reports of 8 or more in one week), the app removes the quality session. If your health questionnaire asks for it, intensity stays on hold until you log your doctor's OK. They are not a diagnosis and do not replace a healthcare professional. YOUR REAL WEEK Mark sessions done in one tap, log effort and aches, or import your runs from Apple Health (if your watch or running app syncs them to Health). On Sunday, the weekly recap reviews your week and the next one is generated from what you logged, not from what was written. WITH A HUMAN COACH, IF YOU WANT With Human coach you can message a real person in the chat, who can read your plan and edit it. The plan is published automatically: nobody reviews it before you see it, and your coach steps in when your message calls for it. Response times are reasonable, not immediate, and it is not an emergency service. YOUR DATA, YOUR RULES Your health data (questionnaire, cycle, aches) is used only to adapt your plan, and is shared with the AI assistant only if you expressly accept it. You can say no and the app works the same. Export or delete your account anytime, from inside the app. WHAT EACH TIER INCLUDES - Free: one free generation of a full 5K, 10K or half-marathon plan, from your profile. - AI trainer subscription: the chat that changes your training and the creation of new plans (both with a daily and monthly limit), the weekly recap and reading your runs from Apple Health. - Human coach subscription: everything above, with a higher limit of changes in the AI chat, plus a human coach you can message in the chat. Run with a plan that listens. SUBSCRIPTIONS - AI trainer: auto-renewing monthly or annual (a single charge per year). The current price is the one shown in the App Store before you confirm your purchase. - Human coach: auto-renewing monthly. The current price is the one shown in the App Store before you confirm your purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; you can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Prices may vary by region. Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Run&Gui Terms: https://runandgui.com/en/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://runandgui.com/en/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Aspire Tapas at none against RunAndGui's 3. RunAndGui's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. RunAndGui sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Aspire Tapas asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aspire Tapas | RunAndGui |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alberto Centelles Hidalgo | Guillermo Centelles |
In-app purchases
Aspire Tapas
No in-app purchases
RunAndGui
- AI trainer$8.991 Month
- Human coach$49.991 Month
- AI trainer, annual$69.991 Year
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