4 free apps for runners on iOS and Android

Two best companions on the run, besides your friends, are a good set of earphones that will accompany you with your favorite music, and an app that will help you keep track of your results and successes. If you still haven’t found the best earphones, you can check out our blog for an article on the best earphones or headphones for running. But, if you haven’t found the right app, here are some suggestions for running apps that you might want to consider taking with you on the next run.

 

Runkeeper

One of the most wholesome apps you can get is Runkeeper. It contains almost everything you might need from an app. It will track the routes you ran and then you decide if you perhaps want to save it or, discover new routes around your city. Besides this, it also offers you the ability to engage with other users and your friends, you can take part in virtual races and get rewards as well as do group challenges and work as a team on your fitness. Runkeeper lets you access your data and shows you the progress you’ve made and if you want to step up your game, it can even give you a personalized running routine that would fit your schedule and fitness level. On top of this, you can sync it with Spotify or iTunes and it will play you the music whose mood fits your tempo. Oh, and it gives you audio cues on your distance, time and pace.

Runkeeper is free for both iOS and Android users.

 

Strava

Even though it can be used for numerous different sports, Strava app is one of the most recommended running apps you can come across. It is intended as “Social Network for Athletes” and for all runners that need a stronger social element in their workout, this is what you should consider as it has a pretty large community already.  It provides you with a feed on which you can share your personal races and workouts, as well as photos, and where you can see your followers’ workout progress and achievements. You can leave comments and cheers to keep each other motivated. Besides all of this, it also keeps tracks of all the runs you have been on and, if you decide to repeat them, how well did you do in comparison. Strava works well with many different GPS tracking devices and it will also give you a variety of measures and levels with different achievements.

Strava is free for both Android and iOS users but there is a premium version with a bit more features.

 

Charity Miles

If you wish to make an impact on the society while you run and improve your fitness, Charity Miles is a running app intended just for that. Your motivation to keep running is helping a good cause. When you start up the app, you will be offered a list of different charity organizations like World Wildlife Foundation, ASPCA, Wounded Warrior Project etc. and then you are set to go. As you go further, the app keeps track of the distance and then converts it so that for every mile you go, it gives $0.25 to the charity you chose. This app is not something you would pick to keep track of all your progress and routes but if you are a leisure runner that goes for a run often, you would enjoy it.

Charity Miles is also free for both iPhone and Android users and does not require you to donate to any charity through it, just run.

 

Running for Weight Loss

Many people decide to take up running as means of getting their life healthier and their bodies fitter, and Running for Weight Loss is an app just for that. Besides keeping track of your run, meaning pace, time and distance, it also keeps track of burned calories and aids your fitness routine and diet with a goal of weight loss. The app comes also with audio coaching that you can refer to as well as music that will keep you company on the run. Additionally, you will get diet plans with recipes as well water consumption tracker so you stay hydrated for the whole day.

You can connect with your friends and also unlock different achievements on your way to your goal. It is interactive when it comes to suggesting your further workout by asking to rate each run so that it can set you on something you will succeed at and yet push you further.

Running for Weight Loss is also free for all users: iOS and Android, even though there is a paid version without ads and with more differentiated meal and workout plans.

Read also: 4 best earphones and headphones for running

 

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