BirdRunner

Find your stride.

A running plan built around your week, and a coach that talks you through every session. For iPhone and iPad.

Coming soonto the App Store

A tempo session broken into warm up, tempo, and cool down, each with a pace target The Today screen: the next run with its distance and time, and this week's distance against the plan The guided run timer with GPS distance, pace, the current step, and a route map
3–5run days a week, your pick
5goals, from a first habit to a marathon
0accounts to sign up for
6colors to make it yours

Guided runs

A coach in your ear.

The timer steps through warm up, reps, and cool down, and reads your target pace aloud. Your music gets quieter while a cue plays.

  • Voice cues
  • Pace targets
  • Mile or km splits
  • Records with your phone locked
The guided run timer: 17:40 elapsed, 1.47 miles, the tempo step with its pace range, and a route map

Built around your week.

Whether you're building a habit or building toward race day.

Plans

A plan that fits your schedule.

Choose your running days and a goal. Add a race date and the plan builds week by week, then eases off before race day.

The plan view with week chips, this week's focus, and its sessions

Progress

See how far you've come.

Weekly distance, streaks, best efforts, race-time estimates, and a journal of every run.

Progress: a weekly distance chart, race estimates, and best efforts

Paces

Paces from your own runs.

Training paces from a recent race or your quickest recent runs.

Apple Health

Bring your runs along.

Import runs from Apple Watch and other apps that save workouts to Apple Health. BirdRunner only reads them.

Adjustments

A lighter week when you need one.

After a missed week or a few tired runs, BirdRunner suggests easing back. Nothing changes until you tap Adjust.

Shoes

Know the miles on every pair.

Add your shoes, pick a pair when you log a run, and watch the distance add up toward the limit you set.

Reminders

A heads-up on run days.

Optional reminders on the days you planned to run. Off until you turn them on.

Pick your running buddy.

Five birds to cheer you on, light or dark mode, and six accent colors.

Robin
Eagle
Raven
Owl
Pigeon

On iPad, too.

The same plan and journal, with room to spread out.

BirdRunner on iPad with the sidebar and the Today screen

Your runs stay on your device.

BirdRunner has no account and no server that stores your data. Export your journal as a spreadsheet or erase it whenever you like.

  • No account needed
  • No ads, analytics, or tracking
  • Apple Health data is read only and stays on your device
  • Location only while you record a run
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Train safely. BirdRunner gives general training guidance. It isn't medical advice and doesn't diagnose or treat any condition. Check with a doctor before starting a new training plan, especially if you have a health condition or injury, or are pregnant. Stop and get help if you feel chest pain, dizziness, or unusual shortness of breath. Stay aware of traffic and your surroundings, and keep your eyes off the screen while you run.