Comparison

V.O2 vs Takeover Game

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

Head to head
About

V.O2

This app provides adaptive training plans and personalized coaching for runners of all levels. It assesses your fitness, offers custom paces, and syncs with popular devices. Train intelligently to achieve measurable improvements and become your best runner.

Highlights
  • Adaptive training plans
  • VDOT fitness assessment
  • Personalized training paces
  • Sync with Apple Health, Coros, Garmin, Strava
  • Real-time guidance on Apple Watch, Coros, Garmin
  • Training adaptation based on improvement
  • Coach communication and training adjustments
Features
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Coaching app for athletes looking to take their running to the next level. How it works Athletes: Get an invite from a coach or choose one coaching option. • Adaptive Trainer (14-Day Free Trial) • Goal Race Plan • Match with a Private Coach Coaches: Start your 30-day free trial and learn how to manage your athletes at https://vdoto2.com/vdotcoach Popular Features • Assess your current running fitness (VDOT) • Built-in personalized training paces • Sync training calendar with GPS data from Apple Health, Coros, Garmin or Strava • Sync workouts/pace targets to Apple Watch, Coros or Garmin for real-time guidance • Adapt your training based on your improvement • Work with your coach, communicate and adjust training Truly Personalized Unlike most running apps, VDOT knows you. It understands the type of runner you are, what you're training for, and how to maximize your efforts. It also gives you more control over your training, leveraging your feedback to deliver real-time data which fine tunes your training and leads to continuous progression. With fully automated, truly personalized and highly-adaptive training, VDOT helps you achieve measurable improvement — all in an effort to make you the best runner you can be. Intelligent Training With a focus on training over tracking and coaching over running, VDOT offers access to the highest quality, Olympic-style training for runners of all levels-right from any mobile device. Designed to help runners train correctly and more intelligently, VDOT elicits maximum benefit while reducing the required effort. These high-quality workouts promote healthy, responsible, and beneficial sessions while simultaneously preventing overtraining. Olympic Pedigree V.O2 was built from the foundation of a scientifically-validated training methodology. Based on former Olympian, author, and legendary running coach Jack Daniels’ exercise science principles, the methodology not only benefits runners of all ages and abilities when it comes to improving their running fitness but it also serves as the best measure of running economy across a variety of runners and events, making it an ideal way to compare performances. High-school, college, Olympic and non-elite runners have all trained, ran, and succeeded with the VDOT methodology. -”Dr. Jack Daniels has had a bigger influence on training-for-running than anyone. He might be considered the Albert Einstein of the sport." - Runner’s World Magazine

About

Takeover Game

Engage in a real-time, location-based game to conquer the world with friends. Utilize your device's GPS to capture real-world spaces and compete for global domination.

Highlights
  • Real-time gameplay
  • Location-based world capture
  • Multiplayer with friends
  • Global competition
  • Augmented reality elements
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Capture the real world space using your device's location! Play with your friends in real-time for world domination, anywhere in the world!

Screenshots

V.O24 screens
Takeover Game4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Takeover Game at none against V.O2's 17. V.O2's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 17 months). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. V.O2 sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Takeover Game asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

V.O2 holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: V.O2 has 6.3K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of V.O2's written reviews are positive against 75% of Takeover Game's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

V.O2 ships an update weekly, Takeover Game every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
V.O2 versus Takeover Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterV.O2Takeover Game
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (6.3K ratings) — better4.6 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews71.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6.3K — better11
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 17 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Run SMART Project, LLCSuperfort

Customer experience

V.O2

All ratings6,278 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral0.9%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews176 reviews
Positive71.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative21.0%

Takeover Game

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

V.O2

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Apple Watch app issues and lack of functionality
  • Problems with syncing Garmin runs to the correct workouts
  • Inconsistent elevation and GPS data
  • Bugs and crashes when using the app

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to duplicate and edit workouts
  • Improved Apple Watch and Health app integration
  • More advanced adaptive training and automation
  • Expanded cross-training and workout modalities
  • Better user interface and workflow for coaches
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  • Keyword-based search for notes and workouts

Takeover Game

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

16 purchases

V.O2

Subscriptions2
  • Adaptive Training Subscription14 Days trial2 variants$12.991 Month
  • Adaptive Training - Annual14 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time14
  • Base/Fitness - 8 weeks$44.99
  • Half Marathon - 12 weeks$54.99
  • 10 Km - 12 weeks$54.99
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  • 5 Km - 12 weeks$54.99
  • 1500m - 12 weeks$54.99
  • 3 Km - 12 weeks$54.99
  • Marathon - 15 weeks$69.99
  • Half Marathon - 15 weeks$69.99
  • Marathon - 18 weeks$79.99
  • Half Marathon - 18 weeks$79.99
  • Jack's Elite Marathon - 18wks$79.99
  • Jack's First Marathon - 18wks$79.99
  • Jack's Boston Marathon - 18wks$94.99
  • Marathon - 24 weeks$99.99
None

Takeover Game

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is V.O2 free?
V.O2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Takeover Game free?
Takeover Game is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, V.O2 or Takeover Game?
V.O2 is rated higher. V.O2 averages 4.9 out of 5 from 6.3K ratings, while Takeover Game averages 4.6 from 11 ratings.
Do V.O2 or Takeover Game have ads?
Takeover Game shows ads; V.O2 does not.
Which is updated more often, V.O2 or Takeover Game?
V.O2 ships an update weekly, and Takeover Game every 17 months. Most recently, V.O2 was updated on October 24, 2026 and Takeover Game on October 4, 2026.

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