Spud: Couch to 5K Run Coach
Training Plan & App Blocker
Free · In‑App Purchases
New: see how far you've run as real trips from your town, bring in years of Apple Health runs, and set up any watch in a few taps.
Stop skipping the runs you promised yourself.
Spud is a couch to 5K running coach with a twist: on your training days, the apps that steal your runs stay paused until you've run. Finish the run and they come straight back.
A PLAN BUILT AROUND YOU
• Starts from where you are today, even if that's the couch
• Run-walk first, then real runs: 5K, 10K, half marathon or marathon
• Every session written out step by step, with a cue for every interval
• Outside or on a treadmill
• Spud checks in on how you feel and makes today easier, shorter or a rest day when you need it
THE LOCK THAT GETS YOU OUT THE DOOR
• Pick the apps that eat your evenings
• In your run window they wait until today's run is done
• A heads-up an hour before, and again 15 minutes before your apps lock
• Emergency override is always one tap away
EVERY RUN COUNTS
• Track runs with GPS on iPhone, or on Apple Watch with no phone needed
• Garmin, COROS, Polar, Suunto, Fitbit and more count through Apple Health, with step-by-step setup for each
• Bring in years of past runs from Apple Health
• Pair a Bluetooth heart-rate strap
SEE HOW FAR YOU'VE COME
• Your distance as real trips from your own town
• Race predictor, training load and pace trend
• Streaks, levels and badges, with friends and leaderboards through Game Center
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Your plan and runs live on your iPhone and in your own iCloud. Sign in with Apple if you want them backed up to a new phone. Optional. No ads, no tracking.
SPUD PRO
Spud Pro unlocks the plan, the lock and run tracking. Choose yearly, monthly or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions.
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Spud now coaches you, not just times you.
A COACH THAT CHECKS IN
• Tell Spud how you feel, how you slept and how your legs are. He says go, easy or rest, and one tap makes today easier, shorter or tomorrow.
• Connect Apple Health and he reads your resting heart rate, heart rate variability and sleep too.
• Tap Spud on Today to talk to him. After every run he asks how it felt.
EVERY RUN, STEP BY STEP
• Each workout is written out step by step: warm-up walk, the run, cool-down walk, with paces and times.
• Cues tell you what to do now, what's left and what's next.
• Walks are recorded too, but kept out of your run's distance and pace.
• New named sessions: strides, fartlek, tempo, progression runs and more, with a focus for each week.
• Tailor your plan: long-run day, paces from a race time, and a time limit on weekdays.
TREADMILL MODE
• Pick Outside or Treadmill. On a treadmill every step runs on the clock and tells you the speed to set.
YOUR HISTORY COUNTS
• Bring in years of runs from Apple Health. They fill your records, race predictor and training load from day one.
• New on Progress: race predictor, training load, pace trend and how you've felt.
ANY WATCH, EVERY TAP
• Step-by-step setup for Apple Watch, Garmin, COROS, Polar, Suunto, Fitbit, Amazfit, WHOOP and Oura.
HOW FAR YOU'VE GONE
• Your distance as real trips from your own town: "this week you ran Brampton to Mississauga."
• Progress now has three parts: Training, Journey and Friends.
REMINDERS AND THE LOCK
• A heads-up an hour before your run window, and again 15 minutes before your apps lock.
• A new lock screen: today's run, your streak and when your apps come back.
• Your live run on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island.
• Notes for your week, your month and race countdowns. Never at night.
SAVE YOUR PLAN
• Optional: sign in with Apple to back up your plan and keep it on a new iPhone.
The developer, Matthew Ajayi, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Health & Fitness
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Matthew Ajayi
- Size
- 11.1 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Infrequent
Contests
Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Spud Pro Lifetime $79.99
- Spud Pro Yearly (Offer) $19.99
- Spud Pro Monthly $7.99
- Spud Pro Yearly $39.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Spud

