Comparison

Run Half Marathon vs Run Roulette Marathon Training

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

Head to head
About

Run Half Marathon

This app provides a structured 18-week training plan to help beginners run a half marathon. It guides users through alternating walking and running intervals, tracks progress with GPS, and offers motivational features. Users can log and share their runs, and receive audio cues for when to run or walk.

Highlights
  • 18-week zero to half marathon training schedule
  • Alternating walk/run intervals with audio cues
  • GPS tracking for running routes
  • Automatic training log saving
  • Share training logs via social media/email
  • Motivational cups and reminders
Features
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Follow the schedule of Run Half Marathon, just need 18 weeks, 3 days a week, about 50 minutes for first half training and 100 minutes for the second half training, you can becoming a Half Marathon Runner from ZERO. No matter if you want to lose weight, get in shape, meet running goals, start jogging training or improve fitness, Run Half Marathon can help you to make it easy and well organized. Run Half Marathon includes alternate walking & running, and advises when to walk or run, keeps you motivated. GPS will track your routine, you can keep your training logs and share log by Facebook, Twitter, or email, all you need to do the take Run coach with you and start running. Key features: ⁃ From zero to Half Marathon training schedule, 18 weeks, 3 days a week, about 50 minutes for first half training and 100 minutes for the second half. ⁃ Alternate running and walking. ⁃ Human voice, alert sound and vibrate to advise when to run and when to walk. ⁃ Automatically save your log after finishing each training. ⁃ GPS to track the route of your running. ⁃ User friendly display distance, time used, time remaining, counting down time of each set and current speed. ⁃ Share your training log by Facebook, Twitter, or email. ⁃ Beautiful cups as encouragement after you finish a particular plan. ⁃ Listen to your own music in your iPod list. ⁃ Set a reminder to alert you running. ⁃ Support running in background and lock screen. ⁃ Support Mi and Km. ⁃ Supports universal version (available on both iPhone and iPad). Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. If you have any question, please email to linklinksapp@tom.com.

About

Run Roulette Marathon Training

Discover personalized running workouts tailored to your race goals and current fitness level. Get adaptive training advice from a smart coach and log your progress to stay motivated. Offers over 500 unique workouts with tips and quotes from professionals.

Highlights
  • Personalized run generation
  • Adaptive smart coach
  • Race-specific training plans
  • Workout logging and progress tracking
  • Running streak monitoring
  • Garmin device integration
  • Strava sync
Features
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Find your next run with Run Roulette! Spin to find a run that’s tailor-made for the race you are training for and your current ability, or discover a random workout to keep your running fresh and exciting. Run Roulette has over 500 unique workouts with training tips and quotes from professional runners and coaches to keep you motivated in your running and looking forward to each new run day. With a simple click each workout can be adjusted to be easier or harder in order to curate runs to accommodate every runners’ ability and desired effort. If you aren’t 100% excited about the run you spin for, no worries, you can save it for tomorrow or spin to find a completely new run. Once you do find your run, you can easily send it to your Garmin device for running and pacing instructions in real time. MEET SMART COACH Smart Coach is Run Roulette’s innovative training coach designed to help you get the most out of your training. Like any other coach, Smart Coach helps optimize your training to reach your goals with weekly-mileage suggestions, planning a healthy and gradual long run progression and reviewing your recent training to recommend beneficial next runs. What sets Run Roulette apart from many other fitness and training apps is that while Smart Coach provides adaptive suggestions for your training based on current running metrics, the choice of what to run each day is up to YOU! You are no longer stuck with a static training plan that doesn’t take into account your busy schedule or how you’re feeling on a specific day. Smart Coach is there to help you as you need but you can also take control of how you want to train. TRAINING PLANS Do you have a race on the horizon? Run Roulette can help plan your weekly mileage buildup and specifically suggest runs and workouts to complement training for race distances from the 3K to Marathon. ‘Smart Coach’ will also give race-specific training advice along the way. Running isn’t only about race training. Choose one of the non-race running plans for: beginning runners, runners returning from injury, injury prevention, increasing fitness or speed training. LOG YOUR RUNS After completing a run, proudly record your hard work. Use Run Roulette as a running log to track your completed runs, note how you’re feeling each day and monitor your progress throughout your training plan. Strava users can easily upload a synced workout straight to Run Roulette. RUNNING STREAKS Track your running streak with Run Roulette and easily share your accomplishments to social media and Strava. Taking a day to recover and rest is an important component of any training plan, don’t compromise your training and become injured to keep your streak alive. Run Roulette has short-run options (runs lasting 30 minutes or less) or you can save your streak with Run Roulette’s ‘Day Off’ feature. RUN REMINDER NOTIFICATIONS Find accountability and consistency in your training with Run Roulette’s running reminders. Choose the days for Run Roulette to send you a reminder to find your next run and stay on track with your running plan. All notifications are easily adjustable for day of the week and time of day and can be turned off at any time.

Screenshots

Run Half Marathon4 screens
Run Roulette Marathon Training4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Run Roulette Marathon Training at 5.0 against Run Half Marathon's 4.2. Run Roulette Marathon Training also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 12 months). Run Half Marathon's advantage is ratings volume (119 vs 3). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Run Half Marathon sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 6 months and Run Roulette Marathon Training sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Run Roulette Marathon Training holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Run Half Marathon has 119 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Run Half Marathon ships an update every 12 months, Run Roulette Marathon Training every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Run Half Marathon versus Run Roulette Marathon Training: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRun Half MarathonRun Roulette Marathon Training
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (119 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings119 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB232 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLINKLINKS LTDRunning Apps & Fitness Plans LLC

Customer experience

Run Half Marathon

All ratings119 ratings
Positive77.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative8.4%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive71.1%
Neutral18.1%
Negative10.8%

Run Roulette Marathon Training

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Run Half Marathon

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • App cuts off when taking calls
  • App glitches on time
  • App sometimes stops running
  • App doesn't restart after a call
  • App sends notifications late or at wrong times
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  • App freezes or crashes
  • GPS signal drops
  • App won't stay open in background
  • Timer gets screwed up when paused
  • Timer gets glitchy
  • App keeps resetting to week 1 day 1
  • Map addition only tracks road running
  • Voice notifications have glitches
  • App crashed when trying to use it
  • Countdown chimes are arrhythmic and random
  • Reminders on wrong days and cannot be changed

Requested features

12 requests
  • Apple Watch app needed
  • Link up with Garmin account
  • Add distance or time tracking manually
  • Dark mode option
  • More detailed coaching or pace guidance
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  • Option to skip warm-up
  • Half-way cue for runs
  • Integrate with other tools like Fitbit
  • Ability to share runs via social media
  • Total workout time displayed
  • Larger font for interval clock
  • Better placement of ads

Run Roulette Marathon Training

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Run Half Marathon

Subscriptions1
  • Premium - 6 months7 Days trial$2.996 Months
One-time5
  • Map$1.99
  • 5K$1.99
  • 10K$1.99
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  • Marathon$1.99
  • Remove ads$2.99
7 purchases

Run Roulette Marathon Training

Subscriptions3
  • Month Subscription$4.991 Month
  • 25% Off 6 Month Subscription3 Days trial$29.996 Months
  • 50% Off Annual Subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time4
  • 2 Premium Spins$1.99
  • 5 Premium Spins$2.99
  • 10 Premium Spins$4.99
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  • 20 Premium Spins$7.99

Questions

Is Run Half Marathon free?
Run Half Marathon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Run Roulette Marathon Training free?
Run Roulette Marathon Training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Run Half Marathon or Run Roulette Marathon Training?
Run Roulette Marathon Training is rated higher. Run Half Marathon averages 4.2 out of 5 from 119 ratings, while Run Roulette Marathon Training averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Run Half Marathon or Run Roulette Marathon Training have ads?
Run Half Marathon shows ads; Run Roulette Marathon Training does not.
Which is updated more often, Run Half Marathon or Run Roulette Marathon Training?
Run Half Marathon ships an update every 12 months, and Run Roulette Marathon Training every 4 days. Most recently, Run Half Marathon was updated on October 21, 2026 and Run Roulette Marathon Training on October 20, 2026.

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