How much does Runna cost, and is it worth it?

Runna is a good app at a high monthly price. The plans are built by its coaches, it covers 5K to ultramarathon, and its App Store listing carries a 4.8 rating from about 35,000 US ratings. Whether it is worth it for you mostly comes down to how many months a year you will use it.

Worth it if

• You train toward races most of the year, so the $119.99 annual plan (about $10 a month) is the price you pay.
• You want strength and conditioning sessions and the run plan in one app.
• You use Android, or a Garmin or COROS watch, and want each workout sent to the watch.
• You would pay for Strava anyway, so the $149.99 bundle covers both.

Not worth it if

• You need one plan for one race and would pay monthly: a 16-week block is $79.96.
• You are new to running and only want a first 5K. Since 5 June 2026 Runna’s beginner plans are part of the paid subscription, and free beginner plans exist elsewhere.
• You already own a Garmin that supports Garmin Coach, which has free race plans.
• You want to see the full plan while paying monthly. Monthly shows four weeks ahead.

Free options are compared in Runna alternatives.

Every Runna Premium plan includes the same things. You can’t pay less to get less.

• Plans from 5K to ultramarathon, plus custom distances, from 8 to 26 weeks long (Runna’s features page).
• Strength and conditioning routines alongside the runs, and live yoga and Pilates classes (Runna’s App Store description).
• Watch sync with Apple Watch, Garmin, Fitbit and COROS, and a Strava connection (pricing page). On Garmin, workouts go to Garmin Connect and on to the watch, and completed runs sync back (Runna’s Garmin page).
• Partner discounts and events from nutrition, apparel and event brands.

The most common complaint in reviews is that the plans have too much speed work. Runna’s answer is Training Preferences: you set the plan to Challenging, Balanced or Comfortable, and can cap the number of hard runs a week and the length of long runs. It is not available on the New to Running, Return to Running and Path to parkrun plans.

No. Runna is free to download and the first 7 days are free, but the training plan is paid. Runna’s help center says that if you skip or cancel the trial you keep “free access to Week 1 of any plan”, plus recording runs, importing activities and viewing completed workouts. Planned workouts beyond Week 1 need Runna Premium.

That now includes the beginner plans. From 5 June 2026, Runna made its Path to parkrun, New to Running and Return to Running plans part of the subscription; older reviews that call them free predate the change.

The trial is typically 7 days, or 2 weeks with a referral code, which is why so many reviews include one. Cancel at least 24 hours before it ends or it turns into a paid subscription. New Strava users can instead get a 30-day free trial of the Strava + Runna bundle, which then bills $149.99 for the year.

Twelve monthly payments come to $239.88, and the monthly price has gone up: reviews from 2023, such as TechRadar’s, quote $17.99 a month against $19.99 today. The annual plan is $119.99, so it pays for itself once you would have paid for a seventh month: six months at $19.99 is $119.94.

The two plans also show you different amounts of your training. Runna's help center says the monthly plan shows the workouts in the next 4 weeks, while the annual plan shows your entire training plan. Switching means cancelling, waiting for the paid period to end and subscribing again.

For a single race block the arithmetic changes. A 16-week marathon plan paid monthly is four payments, $79.96. Paid annually it is $119.99, with about eight months left that you may not use.

We make Runsy, so weigh this accordingly. If you are on iPhone or iPad and want a plan for one race block without committing to a year, Runsy is $12.99 a month after a 7-day free trial: four months is $51.96, against $79.96 on Runna’s monthly plan. If you train most of the year, Runsy’s annual plan is $79.99, against $119.99 for Runna’s. Runsy builds the plan from your Apple Health history and reads Garmin, COROS and Strava runs through Apple Health. It builds your first week from your Apple Health runs and shows it to you before you pay. It runs on iPhone and iPad only and has no free tier. The terms are on our Runsy pricing page.

If you are weighing other options too, see Runna alternatives, Runna vs Nike Run Club and Runna vs Garmin Coach.

Strava owns Runna. It announced the deal on 17 April 2025, and Runna's App Store listing now names Strava Inc. as the seller. Since July 2025 Strava has sold both apps together for $149.99 a year in the US. The bundle is annual only and is sold through Strava's website or app, not through Runna.

Whether it saves you money depends on whether you would pay for Strava anyway; the sum is below. If Strava’s free tier is enough for you (it records your runs and includes the community), Runna alone is $30 less than the bundle. We go through that choice in Runna vs Strava: do you need both?

One criticism we will not make is that Runna falls apart when you miss a week. Its help center describes Plan Realignment: after more than three missed workouts or a missed week it offers to skip or rearrange them, and after longer gaps to extend the plan or rebuild it to the same end date. Runsy handles this differently, rebalancing the week automatically, but both apps plan for missed runs.

All prices are US prices before tax, checked on 10 October 2026; Runsy’s own prices on 15 October 2026, as on our pricing page.

Every page we used is listed under Sources at the foot of this page, each linked, so you can check them.

We have not trained on a Runna plan for this page. Everything about Runna here comes from Runna’s and Strava’s own pages. Prices change and vary by region; the price your store shows before you confirm is the one you pay.