iSmoothRun

I use iSmoothRun on my Apple Watch as it is much better than Strava. I do export my runs to Strava from iSmoothRun, as Strava gives a lot of options for analysis. The developer is highly responsive and is always open to suggestions.
The voice feedback (even on Apple Watch ) can be customized to whatever the user wants and allows me to run without looking at my watch. The support for the Stryd sensor makes it even better, especially since Stryd now only works with a subscription app from Stryd otherwise.
Keep up the great work!
Boudewijn

Really nice app. Not for the looks but functionally it does what you need to have. Just one very disappointing point: for several months the exchange to garmin connect is not yet adapted to the new api from garmin. That could be a reason for me to stop using it. Garmin remains a key platform for sport fanatics with multi sports profile. Once that gets fixed my rating turns into five stars.

I didn’t use this app for years. Somehow turned to apps like Nike, Polarflow etc. Once I installed this app again I was surprised how well thought it is and extensive the possibilities for tuning it to your own trainings. It presents a lot of interesting data of your exercises. My favorite is the list of music tracks that I ran fastest on.

This is the best running app I’ve ever used, and I used a lot of them. It is clearly mad by runners for runners.
Pros:
flexble (you can program pretty much any run you want, from intervals to long runs with multiple sections, and with some creativity, even fartleks), yu can chose wat you want in your apple watch dashboard during runs, and much more. You can set it the way you want it
Full featured: you can set alarms for nutrition, for specific HR, you can track shoes mileage, and much more. To this day I haven’t found I feature I want and iSmoothRun doesn’t have it
Detailed and complete stats: cadence, step length, HR, best times, even which songs you listened to during your run (and which one was your fastest), weather, its really detailed and complete for the data geek runners (me)
Great value: all this stuff is included on your one time payment. There is a premium option if you have really specific needs, but the standard version is complete and a great value
iSmooth run is not perfect tho.
Cons
The interface is not great. Lots of options are buried 3 menus deep in non intuitive names, theres a lot of inconsistency (eg. the back button sometimes is on the upper left corner, but in the export screen is in the bottom), intervals menu is only accessible when you edit a workout. You can overcome all this with a bit of exploration and clicking, but it would really benefit from a UX overhaul
buggy: well, every software has bugs, I understand that. But some bugs are relly frustrating (leg. “last run stats” button on Apple Watch does nothing, sometimes the audio cues are slow or delayed and requires restarting the watch and phone, which is reaaly annoying when you’re autside, warmed up and ready to start a run). I reported the bugs but the developer never answered
No support. RTFM and figure it out for yourself
Conclusion: with iSmoothrun I don’t miss a Polar or Garmin, I can turn my Apple Watch into a more full featured and with complete stats running watch, for a great value. Recomm

Before the recent premium subscription this app was one of the best open/flexible and easy to use running app with excellent features for the watch.
As all other developers, previously acknowledged value must be destroyed and money is the next step for the future. Great features were included at the time i PAID for this app and suddenly you need to pay again!
If you introduce a premium subscription (which is understandable) use it for NEW features and don’t shift common already existing feature (for which i already paid) to a monthly pay-structure.
Another app i won’t use anymore, until previous features are restored!
[update after dev feedback]
The (old) function to have your own workout visible on the apple watch was there when i bought the app in 2019. It is now only holding the workouts before premium was introduced.
All new workouts created from premium intro date are now not visible on watch anymore.
In the description for premium their is a text that watch sync is a premium function.
So i had a function which is not NEW and now nog working anymore. If this is a mistake of bug please fix this.
I can understand you eventually use premium if there will be new or new advanced functions.
Thx

When I am in the field with my Apple Watch 5 and I want to start a workout, this workout simply will not start. The screen shows data that I do not recognize and metrics don't not start at zero.
When I am at home and my watch is in reach of my iPhone the app on my watch seems to work just fine. Workouts can be started and all metrics start at zero.

I've been using this app for 5 years now and I'm very happy how it works. However since the last Apple iOS update all my runs before the update are blank and I do not see any information. I've sent an e-mail 2 times now for support, but have not received a reaction.

5 stars, because it is the best running app I have ever seen and used.
Nice feature that it is possible to customize the dashboard.
Just a one time buy and use for ever.
To add Dutch Voice support would be awesome.
Het zou alleen nog gaaf zijn als er Nederlandse spraak ondersteuning bij zou komen.

Initially I was using Runtastic but switched to Runkeeper as Runtastic Apple Watch app was after an update working in Watch only mode only (since I have a series 1, I was missing for this reason HR or GPS). After, Runkeeper was working fine but it it was consuming a lot of battery during running with music.
Since a few weeks I started using iSmoothrun and this is an eye-opener! It consumes far less battery in combination with Spotify and it is fully tweakable! Every is configurable to your liking (training sessions, HR zones and setup of phonescreen and watch app)! I like the feature to export your data to Runkeeper as well.
The best runnning app I found on the market and it is without membership fees. It is fully worth the price (€5,50).

Basic functionality is OK, but configuring intervals are very complex. UI is not intuitive.

The Watch app is great, one of the few decent ones with heart rate zone training, may be the only one that allows you to set up all kinds of intervals, etc, on top of that and requires a one time payment only.
The only 2 things that I don’t like, are (a) the interface (I prefer a clutter free interface with bigger numbers and more options to choose how many metrics are shown) and (b) the absence of a complication. I have a watch face where I’ve collected the complications of my health related apps. Now Zones for training is there, because it’s better at these 2 points. (But misses the intervals, etc).

Today I ran a well known route to me and I tracked it with Ismoothrun. To my surprise it tracked 1.5km more than the usual 15.65km (tracked with Apple workout app and Garmin forerunner 620)

Realy love this app! It has got everything a runner needs. Great Apple watch support to.
Bought it for interval training, but now i use it for all my workouts.

By far my favorite running app for Apple watch.
It keeps getting better and better! Awesome updates that a worthwhile!
Just buy it. Worth every cent

This app is great! I tested out several of its competitors but there was always something missing. Reasons I love this app:
- you can train using HR zones
- you can build your own schedule/training plan using HR zones, intervals, etc.
- works very well as stand alone app on AW (including voice coaching, HR zones)
- regular updates adding features or bug fixes
- no monthly fees

Teveel optiesom op te noemen, maar ik geloof niet dat je iets zult missen als hardloper.
Tevens perfecte ondersteuning en regelmatige updates met verbeteringen.
Kortom: super app!

2 jaar geleden scheef ik onderstaand enthousiaste recensie.
Nu heb ik 2 keer gelopen na de laatste update en ik kan nog nauwlijks de nieuwe audio ondersteuning horen, geen vooraf opgenomen stemmen maar Siri, dat volume staat op z’n hardst en ik hoor het nog amper.
Jammer
Na aanschaf van een pebble baalde ik dat runkeeper geen hartslag toont op de pebble.
Deze app kan van alles tonen, helemaal top. Statistieken heel uitgebreid en van alles kunnen exporteren naar diverse andere apps, dus ook runkeeper. 4 sterren omdat de gesproken ondersteuning nog niet in het nederlands is

2 jaar geleden scheef ik onderstaand enthousiaste recensie.
Nu heb ik 2 keer gelopen na de laatste update en ik kan nog nauwlijks de nieuwe audio ondersteuning horen, geen vooraf opgenomen stemmen maar Siri, dat volume staat op z’n hardst en ik hoor het nog amper.
Jammer
Na aanschaf van een pebble baalde ik dat runkeeper geen hartslag toont op de pebble.
Deze app kan van alles tonen, helemaal top. Statistieken heel uitgebreid en van alles kunnen exporteren naar diverse andere apps, dus ook runkeeper. 4 sterren omdat de gesproken ondersteuning nog niet in het nederlands is