Ruut is your personal training coach — a system that builds smart, personalized plans to help you perform better, recover faster, and reach your goals.
WHO'S RUUT FOR?
- For anyone starting their fitness journey and looking for clear guidance.
- For those getting back into training after a break.
- For athletes working toward a specific goal — a distance, a time, a personal best.
- For anyone who wants to stop guessing and start following a plan that actually fits their life.
Take a short quiz about your goals, experience, and schedule — and Ruut builds a plan around you. Every session, every rest day, every week has a purpose.
CHECK OUT OUR APPROACH:
- Personalized plan
Your plan is shaped by your goal, your current level, and your schedule. Ruut uses a phased training structure — the same approach used by professional coaches — to build you up progressively, with recovery built in from day one.
- Daily guidance
Open the app, see what to do today, and go. No second-guessing. Your Today tab shows this week's schedule, today's session, and handpicked content relevant to your current phase.
- Visible progress
Track your training week by week. Watch your plan unfold through phases, check off completed sessions, and see your total volume and performance grow over time in your Profile.
- Learn as you train
Explore articles on technique, recovery, injury prevention, nutrition, and more — organized by what matters most at your stage of training so you always know the why behind your plan.
- Smart training structure
Every week in your plan builds on the last — balancing effort and recovery, increasing load gradually, and peaking at the right time so you're ready when it matters.
- Warmup and cooldown routines
Every session includes guided preparation and recovery exercises to help you move better, reduce injury risk, and bounce back faster between workouts.
SUBSCRIPTION AND TERMS
After you decide to start training with Ruut and download the app, you can unlock all features by subscribing to a premium plan.
If you choose to purchase a premium subscription, payment will be charged to your Apple account, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time in your App Store settings after purchase.
Privacy Policy: https://signup.ruutlabs.com/privacy-policy
Terms of Use: https://signup.ruutlabs.com/terms-of-use
Subscription Terms: https://signup.ruutlabs.com/subscription-terms
I love having a trainer in my ear telling me it’s okay to take it easy. I wish the voice was more natural. Doing the intermittent running during build phase makes miles feel easy. Content is great as it always cites science. While running I can’t see the whole run schedule and when I pull it up sometimes it skips an interval, I don’t know what I’m accidentally touching to make it do that.
Developer Response
Thank you so much for the detailed feedback — really glad the trainer cues and content are landing well! 🙌On the voice — noted, we’re planning to make it more natural in future updates.On the skipping intervals — we haven’t seen this reported before and want to look into it. Could you reach out to us at support@ruutlabs.com with a bit more detail? It would really help us track it down and fix it.
Not for returning or new runners
Lola Phalange
I’d stay away from this app, it’s a recipe for injury - especially if you’re new, returning, and/or older (basically anyone looking to use an app to start running). The marketing makes it look personalized, but it started me off running at way too fast a pace, four days in a row, with fast increases in mileage. It doesn’t include a walking warmup or cooldown, and it couldn’t connect with my devices - so it couldn’t accommodate running on a treadmill. All of these things are basic to other running apps. I made the mistake of signing up for membership, used it a single time, spent a good hour trying to figure out if I just didn’t understand the app’s features, and realized it wasn’t going to work for me. Unfortunately they’re only willing to give a 50% refund. So that’s lame - but my own fault for not paying attention to other reviews. There are much betters apps out there. This one unfortunately spent its startup money on marketing, not functionality or coaching expertise.
Developer Response
Hi Lola, thank you for the detailed feedback — we’re genuinely sorry the experience was so frustrating, especially after putting in the time to try and make it work.We want to address a few of the points you raised:On pace and mileage — all runs in the plan are time-based, not pace- or distance-based. The pace and distance shown are just general recommendations to help you plan your route, not targets you need to hit. We’re working on making this clearer in the app.On running days in a row — you can adjust the number of days and which days you run at any time by going to your Plan tab and tapping Manage Plan.On warmup and cooldown — the app does include warmup and cooldown exercises for each session. If these didn’t appear for you, something may not have worked as expected and we’d love to look into it.On device connection — this is something we’re actively working on and we understand how important it is.Regarding the refund, please reach out to us directly at support@ruutlabs.com — we’d like to look into this and do right by you.
Amazing first run!!
Kat_mart
The after run feeling is night and day. I actually feel excited to do it again tomorrow. I always felt so discouraged when I tried running in the past but having a clear goal and the on the run cues and encouragements from the app makes such a difference. I actually feel satisfied with my effort and optimistic about reaching my goal of running a 10k in July!!
Developer Response
This is exactly why we built Ruut — thank you so much for sharing this, Kat! 🥹That after-run feeling is everything, and knowing you're already excited to go again tomorrow makes our day. You've got a clear goal, the right plan, and the right mindset — that 10k in July is well within reach. We're rooting for you every step of the way! 🏃♀️
Connectivity
Fager21!
I made an assumption that all of these types of apps would connect to Apple products, this one doesn’t. I have to have my phone with me while I run, Ruut doesn’t connect to Apple Watch. I stopped needing to carry my phone on a run a few years ago, how can this app be that far behind??
Developer Response
Thanks for the feedback. We completely understand the expectation — Apple Watch support is actively in development and is one of our top priorities. We know carrying your phone on a run isn't ideal, and we want to change that. If you'd like us to let you know when it's ready, reach out at support@ruutlabs.com.
Bug fixes and performance improvements
Version 1.1.4
The developer, Shalitone Limited, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Location
Contact Info
Identifiers
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Health & Fitness
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
Shalitone Limited
Size
156 MB
Category
Health & Fitness
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17 or later.
Location
This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.