Runna alternatives

Price: free inside the Garmin Connect app (checked 10 October 2026). You need a compatible Garmin watch.

Garmin says it offers free adaptive training plans on Garmin Connect for a 5K, 10K or half marathon. Each plan comes from one of three coaches, Jeff Galloway, Greg McMillan or Amy Parkerson-Mitchell, and the workouts sync to your watch.

Pick it if you already own a compatible Garmin and your race is a half marathon or shorter. For a marathon, check what your watch supports first; we cover that in Runna vs Garmin Coach.

Price: free on halhigdon.com (checked 10 October 2026). An interactive version with daily emails runs through TrainingPeaks; we did not verify its price.

Hal Higdon publishes free marathon schedules from Novice to Advanced, including his 18-week Novice 1 plan for first-time marathoners. The free versions are schedules on a web page, so moving sessions around is up to you.

Pick it if you want a long-established plan for nothing and are happy to adjust it yourself.

Price: free, with no in-app purchases on its US App Store listing (checked 10 October 2026). On iPhone and Android.

It includes training plans, among them a 12-week marathon plan, and audio Guided Runs. Nike notes that training plans are available in the US, the UK and several other countries.

Pick it if you are training for a first race and want a free plan with coached audio runs. Runna vs Nike Run Club goes into the difference in detail.

Price: $12.99 a month after a 7-day free trial (checked 10 October 2026 on our App Store listing). Monthly only, with no annual plan and no free tier. iPhone only. The terms are on our Runsy pricing page.

Runsy builds the plan from your Apple Health history, and when you miss a run the week rebalances rather than restarting. Garmin, COROS and Strava runs count when they sync to Apple Health. You can also message a coach about the plan.

Pick it if you are on iPhone, want to pay month to month for a race block, and want the plan built from the runs you have actually done. Over a full year it costs more than Runna's annual plan: $155.88 against $119.99.

Price: free tier; Premium is $9.99 a month or $101.99 a year on its US App Store listing (checked 10 October 2026). New sign-ups get a 21-day free Premium trial with no card required. Web, iPhone and Android.

According to its pricing page, the free tier includes a 7-day detailed plan, a 14-day summary plan and training for a single goal race. Premium extends the plan view to 21 and 42 days and adds heart-rate workouts and weather adjustments.

Pick it if you want a plan that costs nothing to start, and seeing one to two weeks ahead is enough.

If price is the reason and you will train most of the year, change Runna to the annual plan rather than changing apps. $119.99 a year is about $10 a month, less than Runna's own monthly plan or Runsy. Stay too if you are on Android and want one app across phone and watch, or if you pay for Strava anyway, in which case the $149.99 Strava + Runna bundle covers both (see Runna vs Strava).

The full breakdown of what Runna costs, and what stays free after the trial, is in how much Runna costs.

Prices are US prices before tax, checked on 10 October 2026, from each company's own pages: Runna's pricing page, Garmin's blog, Hal Higdon's marathon page, Nike Run Club's App Store listing, Runsy's App Store listing, and TrainAsONE's App Store listing and pricing page. We list options alphabetically and do not score or rank them, because we make one of them.