5K to 10K 4+

I’m only rating 4 stars because compared to the couch to 5k app there are no prompts during your run. There’s nothing telling you how long you’ve been running, how long is left, when you’re halfway or nearly done.

The app also gets you doing tempo runs (it doesn’t really explain what this means) for some sections of the main run, however as before it doesn’t actually prompt you when this tempo run has started or finished, I had to carry my phone and keep checking the timer to see when the tempo run is due to start/stop and to see how long is left, really inconvenient went I don’t have my device in hand and instead carrying it in a belt.

If you’ve just finished Couch to 5km then this is absolutely the right step if you want to push on towards 10Km, can’t rate it high enough.

Really sensible progression. Removing walks and introducing tempo runs (which the app does explain in the settings). But also includes rest weeks which are also really important.

The app does prompt you mid run, for section changes and half way point - but it’s true it can be a bit tricky to get the audio through - I suggest unmuting and changing phone settings to allow this app to interrupt you.

It includes distance and pace tracking. Meaning you don’t need to use additional tracking apps (though I do use strava also).

It also tracks and store multiple sets of data for each run, so if you repeat runs or the whole programme like I have two years apart you can track progression in the app.

And it’s free!

And negative would be that’s the community side of it clearly hasn’t been maintained for 6 years but that’s not really what I need it for.

And it might be a negative to people that there are no celebrity voiceovers but as this isn’t a coaching app like C25k is thé it’s not that necessary in my opinion.

Long story short - download this app now!

I really like this app! It gives you a separate average for the time spent running. I didn't give it a 5-star rating because of the voice prompts which didn't always seem to work. I read another review which said that it doesn't give voice prompts at all which is not quite true . I had a similar problem on some of the days so I wonder if it was missed out by accident? The last couple of weeks have been fine (weeks 4-6). So glad I didn't delete! Hopefully the creators can do a quick check and send out a quick fix. Overall great!
I am amazed at how easy moving up to 10k had been with this app.
Thank you.