Comparison

V.O2 vs ASHKICKN

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

ASHKICKN

This training app helps users prepare for and complete any endurance event, from 5ks to marathons and triathlons. It removes the guesswork from training, allowing users to focus on achieving their goals.

Highlights
  • Endurance event training
  • Marathon preparation
  • Triathlon training
  • 5k training plans
  • Expert guidance
Features
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ASHKICKN is a training app designed to help you train for and complete any endurance event. Founded by Ashley Paulson, a professional triathlete and runner, Olympic Trials Qualifier in the marathon, ultramarathon champion, wife, and mother of 4. From a 5k to a marathon, or a triathlon of any distance, Ashley takes the guesswork out of your training so you can focus on crossing the finish line.

Screenshots

V.O24 screens
ASHKICKN4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ASHKICKN at none against V.O2's 17. ASHKICKN also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). V.O2's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (6.3K vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. V.O2 sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. ASHKICKN asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for V.O2 against 5.0 for ASHKICKN. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: V.O2 has 6.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

V.O2 ships an update weekly, ASHKICKN every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
V.O2 versus ASHKICKN: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterV.O2ASHKICKN
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (6.3K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6.3K — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Run SMART Project, LLCMatthew Paulson

Customer experience

V.O2

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

ASHKICKN

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

ASHKICKN

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

ASHKICKN

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is V.O2 free?
V.O2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ASHKICKN free?
ASHKICKN is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, V.O2 or ASHKICKN?
ASHKICKN is rated higher. V.O2 averages 4.9 out of 5 from 6.3K ratings, while ASHKICKN averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do V.O2 or ASHKICKN have ads?
Neither V.O2 nor ASHKICKN shows ads.
Which is updated more often, V.O2 or ASHKICKN?
V.O2 ships an update weekly, and ASHKICKN every 6 months. Most recently, V.O2 was updated on October 26, 2026 and ASHKICKN on October 6, 2026.

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