Comparison

V.O2 vs Majorbound

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 personalized adaptive training plans for runners of all levels. It assesses your fitness, syncs with popular GPS devices and wearables, and allows communication with coaches for real-time adjustments. Achieve measurable improvement with intelligent, scientifically-validated training.

Highlights
  • Adaptive training plans
  • VDOT fitness assessment
  • Personalized training paces
  • Sync with Apple Health, Garmin, Strava
  • Real-time guidance on wearables
  • Coach communication and 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

Majorbound

Plan your participation in major marathons worldwide. Track completed races, manage upcoming events, and access entry route details. Compare course profiles and stay updated on important dates.

Highlights
  • Runner profile creation
  • Race completion tracking
  • Upcoming race management
  • Entry route details
  • Course profile comparison
  • Important date calendar
  • Strava integration
Features
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Majorbound helps runners plan their journey through the world’s major marathons. Build your profile once, mark the races you’ve completed, entered or want to pursue, and keep the useful information in one place. See where each race stands, understand the available entry routes, keep important dates in view, and compare course profiles before race day. YOUR MAJOR JOURNEY Track your progress across Tokyo, Boston, London, Sydney, Berlin, Chicago, New York and Cape Town. KNOW YOUR NEXT MOVE See what matters now, from upcoming race dates and application windows to the next opportunity to enter. FIND YOUR WAY IN Review published entry routes including ballots, qualification, charity and tour-operator options, with source links and verification dates. DATES WORTH KNOWING Keep application openings, deadlines, results and race dates together in one simple calendar. COMPARE THE COURSES Explore elevation profiles and useful race-day context across the Majors. OPTIONAL STRAVA CONTEXT Connect Strava to add lightweight recent-running context and help identify marathon-distance activities for you to confirm. Majorbound does not require an account. Your runner profile and journey details are stored on your device. Race information can change. Majorbound links to organizer sources and shows when guidance was last checked. Always confirm final entry requirements, deadlines and race instructions with the relevant organizer. Majorbound is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Abbott World Marathon Majors, the individual race organizers, or Strava.

Screenshots

V.O24 screens
Majorbound4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Majorbound at none against V.O2's 10. V.O2's advantage is ratings volume (6.3K vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 10 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Majorbound 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 Majorbound. 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, Majorbound every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
V.O2 versus Majorbound: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterV.O2Majorbound
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (6.3K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6.3K — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Run SMART Project, LLCScott Hannan

Customer experience

V.O2

All ratings6,304 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral0.9%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews176 reviews
Positive71.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative21.0%

Majorbound

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

Majorbound

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

V.O2

Subscriptions2
  • Adaptive Training Subscription14 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Adaptive Training - Annual14 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time8
  • 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
  • Marathon - 15 weeks$69.99
  • Half Marathon - 15 weeks$69.99
  • Marathon - 18 weeks$79.99
  • Marathon - 24 weeks$99.99
None

Majorbound

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is V.O2 free?
V.O2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Majorbound free?
Majorbound is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, V.O2 or Majorbound?
Majorbound is rated higher. V.O2 averages 4.9 out of 5 from 6.3K ratings, while Majorbound averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do V.O2 or Majorbound have ads?
Neither V.O2 nor Majorbound shows ads.
Which is updated more often, V.O2 or Majorbound?
V.O2 ships an update weekly, and Majorbound every 3 days. Most recently, V.O2 was updated on November 1, 2026 and Majorbound on October 31, 2026.

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