Comparison

Intervals Pro vs My Run Plan

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

Head to head
About

Intervals Pro

Create and follow custom interval training routines for various fitness activities. This app offers extensive customization for intervals, alerts, and goals, with seamless integration for Apple Watch and Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Highly customizable intervals (time/distance)
  • Spoken interval names and prompts
  • Standalone Apple Watch workouts
  • Workout history with Apple Health
  • Home screen widgets for quick launch
  • Bluetooth heart rate monitor support
  • Siri Shortcuts integration
Features
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Custom Interval Training at its best for iPhone, Apple Watch and iPad. Featured by Apple and recommended by fitness instructors, personal trainers, marathon runners, and coaches. Let Intervals Pro guide you through any type of interval workout: HIIT, running, strength training, yoga, stretching, circuit training, boxing, MMA, elliptical, rehabilitation, meditation, 7-minute workouts, and many more. FEATURED BY • Apple - App of the Day in 132 Countries • Apple - Workout with Apple Watch, Quick HIIT Workouts • Women's Health Magazine • COACH Magazine • SixColors.com HIGHLIGHTS • Highly Customizable • Home Screen Widgets to quickly launch timers • Spoken interval names and prompts • Customizable alert sounds • Standalone Apple Watch workouts. Leave your iPhone at home! • Workout History using Apple Health data • View an Apple Watch workout live on your iPhone! • Run in the background with the screen locked • Play music or podcasts using the app of your choice • Bluetooth heart rate monitor support for Apple Watch or iPhone • Fill your Activity Rings • Siri Shortcuts • Share timers with friends • Time and Distance Goals • Running Pace and Heart Rate Targets • Auto pause and resume • Send completed workouts to Strava • Confetti! PERSONALIZE YOUR WORKOUT • Customize the Name, Duration, Alert, and Color for each interval • Customize Alert Sounds and Voice Prompts to guide you through your workout • Set a Countdown Alert and vibrations when the interval is about to end • Optional halfway alert • Set target heart rate ranges for each interval • Set time and distance goals FLEXIBLE INTERVAL DURATIONS • Time based (e.g., 45 seconds) • Distance-based (e.g., 0.5 MI or KM) • Count up intervals keep running until your ready for the next interval • Estimated time or distance. Count down time or distance to zero and then continue the interval, counting up until you're ready to move on. THE BEST APPLE WATCH INTERVAL TIMER • Leave your phone at home with our standalone Apple Watch app • Control your music or podcasts on the "Now Playing" screen • View an Apple Watch workout live on your iPhone • Alert Sounds and Voice Prompts to guide you through your workout • Configurable haptic alert countdown that taps you on the wrist when the interval is ending • Track heart rate, calories, distance, and pace • Route tracking for running, walking, and cycling • Workouts contribute to the Apple Watch Activity Rings WORKOUT HISTORY USING APPLE HEALTH • Intervals Pro has the best Apple Health integration of any interval training app • Track heart rate, calories, distance, and pace • Route tracking for running, walking, and cycling • Detailed stats for every interval • All your data is safely stored in Apple Health GREAT FOR RUNNING AND CYCLING • Interval duration can be set to either a specified time or distance • Display current pace, pace for the interval, or pace for the entire run • Configure heart rate ranges per interval • Analyze each interval of your run in the workout history MULTIPLE VOICES AND LANGUAGES • Select the language and voice to use for all spoken alerts. • Spoken alerts are localized to 10 languages. Chinese (simplified), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish, and Swedish. Get Intervals Pro today, and your workouts will never be the same! SUBSCRIPTION INFO Intervals Pro is free to download and has a free timer. To create multiple timers and unlock all the features of the app, you may choose between a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription option. Upon confirmation of the purchase, payment will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the subscription period. Subscriptions can be managed and auto-renewal turned off in Account Settings in the App Store app. Privacy Policy and Terms of Service: https://intervalspro.com/privacy-policy.html

About

My Run Plan

This app creates personalized running training plans based on your goals, schedule, and fitness level. It uses a patented algorithm to optimize your progression and prepare you for races. The app also offers coaching support and syncs with popular fitness trackers.

Highlights
  • Personalized training plans
  • Adaptive schedule adjustments
  • Coach support for training and nutrition
  • Syncs with activity trackers
  • Race day preparation
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My Run Plan designs a training plan for you based on your personal goals, preferred workout schedule, and current level of activity and fitness. Using a patented algorithm, which has been proven to increase fitness and improve race times, My Run Plan will build an appropriate training progression and get you to the start line feeling fit, fresh, and ready to run your best. With My Run Plan you can: ● Tweak your schedule if you miss a workout. See the plan automatically adjust when you make a fitness breakthrough or run a PR. ● Get help from experienced coaches for questions on training, nutrition, racing and injury prevention. ● Sync with your popular activity trackers and training watches, including Garmin, Apple Watch, Strava, Fitbit and Runkeeper. My Run Plan will help you unleash your fitness potential! The My Run Plan application is free to download. After completing registration, you will be prompted to subscribe to My Run Plan. The auto-renewing subscriptions to My Run Plan are $9.99 USD monthly, $49.99 USD semiannually, or $64.99 USD annually which all include a two-week free trial at the start of your first subscription. Your iTunes account will be charged after your two-week free trial, and subscriptions will automatically renew at their respective price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Subscriptions can be managed or cancelled at any time by visiting your iTunes account settings. Auto-renew may be turned off by going into your account settings. If a subscription is purchased before the end of the trial period, any unused portion of the trial period will be forfeited. For more information, please review our privacy policy (runcoach.com/privacy) or terms and conditions (runcoach.com/toc). This app integrates with Apple HealthKit, so that My Run Plan can access training data recorded by HealthKit. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

Intervals Pro4 screens
My Run Plan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Intervals Pro at 84% against My Run Plan's 32%. Intervals Pro also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (14K vs 182). My Run Plan's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Intervals Pro sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and My Run Plan sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $39.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Intervals Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Intervals Pro has 14K ratings behind it against 182, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Intervals Pro's written reviews are positive against 32% of My Run Plan's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Intervals Pro ships an update every 8 days, My Run Plan monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Intervals Pro versus My Run Plan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIntervals ProMy Run Plan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (14K ratings) — better3.9 (182 ratings)
Positive reviews84.3% of reviews — better31.9% of reviews
Number of ratings14K — better182
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.510.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB90 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIntervals, LLCFocus-N-Fly

Customer experience

Intervals Pro

All ratings13,699 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral1.7%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews1,085 reviews
Positive84.3%
Neutral4.9%
Negative10.8%

My Run Plan

All ratings183 ratings
Positive70.5%
Neutral5.5%
Negative24.0%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive31.9%
Neutral7.2%
Negative60.9%

User reviews

Intervals Pro

From 14K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Customizable timers and intervals
  • 🚀 Seamless Apple Watch integration
  • 💪 Helps with fitness goals and training
  • 🔍 Detailed workout tracking and analytics
  • 🎨 Intuitive and user-friendly interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional sync and connectivity issues
  • 🔍 Lack of clear guidance and documentation
  • 💰 Paid version required for full functionality

My Run Plan

From 182 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 📅 Effective personalized training plans that adapt to performance
  • 🎯 Customizable workout schedules with flexible run day assignment
  • 💪 Comprehensive cross-training guidance with instructional videos
  • 📱 Good integration with fitness devices like Garmin and Strava
  • 👨‍🏫 Responsive coach support with quick email responses

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Subscription screen lock preventing app access despite active subscription
  • 💳 Deceptive pricing model - subscription required only revealed after data entry
  • 🚫 Difficult or impossible to cancel subscription
  • 💰 Expensive subscription cost ($9.99-$65) without free trial option
  • 🔄 Recurring renewal glitches that lock users out periodically

Bugs and requests

Intervals Pro

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Workout data not syncing correctly
  • App crashes or freezes on certain devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More customization options for interval displays
  • Ability to batch delete or manage workout history
  • Integration with more third-party fitness apps

My Run Plan

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Subscription screen lock - app stuck on subscription page despite active subscription
  • Login loop - unable to register or login properly
  • App crashes during runs, losing workout data
  • Deleted runs reappearing automatically
  • Training plan randomly removes goal races and resets fitness progress
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  • Manual edits overwritten by Apple Health syncing
  • Auto-pause function unreliable
  • GPS signal alerts without recovery notifications
  • Expired or invalid token errors
  • App won't load beyond a few weeks of training plan
  • Subscription selection not working for monthly plans
  • Account creation page missing done button
  • Slow performance after updates
  • Timeouts and daily activity screens not matching month view
  • Drill video links not working

Requested features

14 requests
  • Apple Watch app for starting workouts from watch
  • Ability to manually enter race events
  • Indoor activity tracking options
  • Trail running and terrain-aware features
  • Terrain and elevation acknowledgment in training
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  • Manual time input instead of spin dials
  • Improved Fitbit sync to prevent duplicate logging
  • Better Apple Health integration without overwriting manual edits
  • More flexible training plan options
  • Free tier with limited functionality
  • Better accessibility features for blind and disabled runners
  • Weather and attire advisor features
  • Ability to view full training plan beyond a few weeks
  • Dynamic pace adjustments based on actual performance

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Intervals Pro

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Membership7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Membership7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time6
  • Generous Tip$0.99
  • Awesome Tip$1.99
  • Massive Tip$4.99
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  • Amazing Tip$9.99
  • Intervals Pro (Legacy)$69.99
  • Lifetime Access$69.99
3 purchases

My Run Plan

Subscriptions3
  • My Run Plan14 Days trial$39.001 Month
  • My Run Plan14 Days trial$219.006 Months
  • My Run Plan14 Days trial$399.001 Year

Questions

Is Intervals Pro free?
Intervals Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My Run Plan free?
My Run Plan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Intervals Pro or My Run Plan?
Intervals Pro is rated higher. Intervals Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 14K ratings, while My Run Plan averages 3.9 from 182 ratings.
Do Intervals Pro or My Run Plan have ads?
Neither Intervals Pro nor My Run Plan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Intervals Pro or My Run Plan?
Intervals Pro ships an update every 8 days, and My Run Plan monthly. Most recently, Intervals Pro was updated on October 24, 2026 and My Run Plan on October 23, 2026.

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