GrooveRun
Music tempo, matched to you
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
GrooveRun matches the tempo of your music to your running cadence.
CHANGE THE SPEED OF ANY SONG
Play songs from your device's Music library, or files you import. The pitch stays where it was — only the tempo moves.
The app also ships with 77 tracks prepared for running. (The bundled tracks are AI-generated, and are labeled as such in the app.)
FOUR SCENES, ONE TAP
Set a target cadence for warm-up, hard, jog and cool-down. Switch between them while you run, and the music follows.
INTERVAL TRAINING
Tabata, Norwegian 4x4, 30/30 and more are built in. Step length, target cadence and the track that plays there can all be edited on the screen you start from — and each phase plays at its own tempo.
BEAT GUIDE
Lay a metronome or drum on top of the beat. It gets louder the further you drift, so you can correct by ear alone.
The Lock Screen shows your measured cadence and whether you are fast or slow, with a button to turn the beat on and off.
GPS ROUTE
Your route is recorded with GPS, even with the screen off, until you finish the run. Where GPS is weak, steps fill in the distance. History shows the route colored by how well you stayed on the beat.
Routes are stored only on your iPhone and are never uploaded.
SHARE CARDS
Right after a run, take a photo or a 5-second video and turn it into a share card: distance, time, pace, cadence, sync and your route colored by sync, with stamps and text. Share it to X, Instagram, TikTok, Threads and more. You can hide the area around your start and finish to keep places like your home private.
YOUR TRAINING PARTNER
A voice keeps you going while you run. There are 100 missions to work through; finishing them earns badges and unlocks new coaching styles — including a Spartan mode that does not go easy on you.
APPLE HEALTH
Time, distance, cadence and route stay in the app, and runs can be written to Health as workouts.
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FREE
Bundled tracks, tempo sync, scene switching, intervals, the beat guide, GPS routes, share cards, missions and Health export are all free. Importing your own songs is limited to 5 tracks.
GROOVERUN PREMIUM (one-time purchase)
- Import as many of your own songs as you like
- No ads
A single payment, not a subscription.
NOTES
- Songs from a streaming subscription (Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Spotify and the like) are protected and cannot be imported. The one-time purchase does not change that. What you can import is music you own: ripped from CD, bought outright, or your own audio files.
- Cadence measurement needs Motion & Fitness permission.
- Route recording needs location access (While Using the App). Without it, distance is measured from your steps.
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
- New Lock Screen buttons: tempo −5/+5, pause, beat guide, music on/off and scene switching
- The Lock Screen music controls now skip to the previous or next song (tempo moved to the buttons below)
- Pause your run from the new button at the bottom of the screen, the Lock Screen or your earphones
- Turn the music off and run with only the beat guide
- Choose what to play (all songs, songs for the scene, or a playlist) on the start screen at any time
- The run screen now shows where the music is playing from
- Share cards are laid out so your stats and logo are no longer cropped on Instagram and other apps
The developer, Takahito Umehara, 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 Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Takahito Umehara
- Size
- 267.8 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
- English and Japanese
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Contains
Advertising
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- GrooveRun Premium $4.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Takahito Umehara