Ismoothrun App Reviews

I’ve been using iSmoothRun for years and it continues to be the best workout tracking app... ESPECIALLY if you want to own your data and NOT be dependent on third-party services... but you can export to ALL of those too... even at the same time! Props to the devs. Love all the sensor support too!

Like the simple yet powerful design. Would be great if this can also record workout on rowing machine(concept 2)

Sorry, after reboot both devices it started work )

The app can’t be programmed to automatically finish a workout after reaching the goal distance. It keeps going until you manually stop recording. So your 10k run will come out at 10.02k or whatever.

But right now it’s just barely cutting it. The watch + iPhone setting just does NOT work. The watch app in watch only mode works as expected. Any time I try to start the watch + iPhone (from the watch) it just displays no info on the watch and the iPhone app sits at the start run screen. Don’t cut and paste your standard check your settings faq either. I’ve checked them all. Smashrun... I love your website but you might want to consider a “ymmv” statement when recommending this app right now. Update: I got the watch and iPhone app working together by starting the outside runs from the phone NOT the watch as shown in the faq. However, treadmill plus this app = fail. It constantly repeats stats, goes to auto pause when auto pause is disabled and doesn’t record the pace or distance correctly on a treadmill. The watch is recording the correct info and can be seen in the watch records. It’s the app.. right now it’s working ok for outside runs and that’s it. I’ll still use it over Nike’s nightmare though. It sad that the Apple Watch is such a running tool failure.

I read great reviews and bought this app. I’ve used it twice on my watch. Both times the mileage and pace were way off. My last run showed 4.5 miles, but I’d only gone 3.

I was expecting this to have some premade routines. It's empty. You have to make your own. It would be great if there was a collection of workouts to download.

Doesn’t work as advertised. Haven’t been able to get a structured workout to work from my Apple Watch. When the app tells me my pace it is often off by several minutes. Bummed, and I haven’t been able to get a refund.

I bought this for the walk run intervals. The first two times I used it it worked fine. The next time I stopped the app and when I went back in I couldn’t get any voice or music audio. I couldn’t even get the music from phone to play when app was not active. Disappointed in the glitch.

If you value accuracy and intuitiveness don’t purchase this app. The first problem is it doesn’t accurately record information. The app recorded an indoor 3+ mile run at 30 minutes as .01 miles for 7:00, laughable. Further, the watch auto pauses mid workout, even with the auto pause feature turned off. The user interface is just as bad and makes it painful to create structured workouts. Wouldn’t trust this app to record anything accurately.

I couldn’t find anything else that could replace it. Frankly, this is one of the reasons why I’m staying with Apple, because of this app and the Apple Watch. If iSmoothRun were to be available in the google play store there’s a big chance I’d probably switch over.

I've tried other running apps, and this one is the best out there.

This is by far the best running app I have ever used. It allows you to program any type of workout that you can think of and then sequence them to optimize your performance. I use this app to run the FIRST training program and it is like having a personal coach. I can’t recommend this app enough.

Disappointing. After reading a number of good things I gave it a shot and have been really underwhelmed. There is a lot of functionality, but much of it has not worked properly. The interface isn’t intuitive and the help/setup guide is severely lacking. Ive asked for help with my issues and the only time I got any response was when I followed up with multiple inquiries. Even then we never got the basic functionality to work and there was no real interest in getting things resolved. Look elsewhere. There are better options out there and the charge is not justified.

This is the app for runners or those wanting to run. So customizable- wish I could change the font color, but just about everything else is. And love the watch app!

I recently bought an Apple Watch Series 4 and wanted to see how well it tracked my walks and runs. I started iSmoothRun and walked for 4 hours with GPS and cellular enabled. I ended my walked 12 miles later with 77% battery remaining! This app works great on my Apple Watch Series 4. Thank you!

I have been using a Garmin 910XT for years and love it. However, the lack of LTE capabilities meant that I had to either carry a phone while running, or be unable to communicate during long runs. The stock fitness App on the Apple watch was insufficient for me, but this ismoothrun app on the Apple watch has the features that I need for marathon training and racing. 1) Start / pause (or lap) by pressing the crown and button on the Apple watch. (Garmin has more hardware buttons, but one hardware button feature is enough for me.) 2) Download complex interval workouts to the watch (even easier than Garmin Connect workouts) 3) Accurate GPS (as good or better than Garmin during my tests) 4) Easy export to Garmin Connect 5) Good enough battery life, more than 50% battery remaining after a 3 hour workout. I was ok with the Garmin interval beeps and vibrations, but I do prefer the voice commands from ismoothrun. If not for this ismoothrun app, I would have bought the new Garmin LTE watch. But with ismoothrun, the Apple watch becomes about as good as a Garmin for a marathoner, and a much more capable device overall. The only reason I would use a Garmin now would be for ultra running training or races that require more than 5 hours of battery life. For everything else, I am using the Apple watch and that's because ismoothrun is so good. I rarely write reviews, but this app is so useful for me that I wanted to share my positive feedback.

Of all the apps I have tried this is the worst. Stick with Strava, or Garmin. Even Beginnertriathelete is much friendlier to use. i purchased this to see if it might work well with my iWatch, and it doesn't. Functions at a low level if I carry my phone

Buyer beware! Trying to use with Apple Watch and 9 out of 10 times this app does not work, goes for 4-5 seconds then pauses for no reason.

Update (December 2017) This continues to be an excellent running app. I can program in my workouts, get audio cues and the developer was super responsive to questions. Just started using iSmoothRun and am really enjoying it. What I like about it: - Very easy to set up workouts, including intervals by distance or time - The Pebble app is awesome - I can see everything on my Pebble - Very responsive customer service - Logs all workouts (with everything you wanted to know, including some extras that you may not have thought of) - Integrates with numerous other programs; I use RunKeeper - so all my stuff is also on the web and I can review there. I am looking forward to my running improving as I am better able to plan and track my workouts.

I so wanted this to work but after serval attempts I am throwing in the towel. 1 the heart will not register you have to open the heart app on watch leave it open then start iSmoothRun run on watch. Not a big think but does not register the heart rate during run unless you open the heart rate app while running. 2. Music does not auto start. Again open music pick your song list then it will work. Again not huge but still an extra step. 3. GPS data is off. Showed me running over roof tops. The Apple app for running no issues but this app draws straight lines. 4. Customer service is a zero. Sent emails via the feed back in the app no response. This app has potential just not there. I have asked Apple for a refund.

I run Apple Watch only and have found this app to be the most consistent one. I was mainly using Strava, but found that it glitched from time to time. I have not had any glitches with this one yet. And then I can export my run to Strava, Runkeeper, etc. I wish Nike+ would open their API back up so I could export there. I am having a problem though trying to authenticate MapMyRun. When I try to login via Facebook, I get an error every time. The only other request for the watch app is a chance to put the watch in waterproof mode right from this app. You can do that in Strava.

Been using this app for my runs and I’m afraid it’s not meeting my expectations due to the fact it’s reading my elevation wrong, cadence is read wrong and the map is all over the place; I tried uninstalling, installing the app and things haven’t changed; I use the app with my Apple Watch ⌚️ series 2 in “watch only” mode. Very disappointed. I also using the iPhone se

I have used this app for a few years. It is excellent! It has dropped one or two runs over the years, however they could have been a problem with my iPhone 6s or user error. It used to sync my runs to Nike+, however that seems to be broken. That is Nike+ not being friendly to other apps. This app has been solid. Love that I can export it to several other apps.

I bought this app to make my own intervals. All the other interval apps were too basic for what I needed or required a monthly subscription. I was pleased to find an app that I only had to pay for once. It took me a hot minute to figure out how to set up the intervals but once you get the hang of it, it’s a breeze! I usually run with just my watch, and even with a series 1 it works wonderfully. My only complaint is that I have to “wake up” the watch screen fairly often to allow the workout “clock” to catch up… if that makes sense. It leaves off where the screen went blank and only catches up once you wake it up, meaning the interval ended 10 seconds ago but I didn’t know because it hadn’t caught up yet. Otherwise I have no complaints! I’d love to see this become an optional complication to add to my watch face too!

Excellent app

The auto pause keeps turning my runs on and off but at least I could that feature off in the settings. Although it would’ve been nice if it worked properly. GPS never tracked any of my runs accurately. It was hard to hear the walk/run intervals. And if you want to hear your music playlist then it turns your music app and it runs continuously despite pausing or even ending the run. I’ve asked for a refund but haven’t heard back :(

Does not sync with other apps as advertised consistently. Currently, no authorization approved for Garmin Connect despite multiple attempts to sync the apps. Also, no support or way to contact the company / app developer to remedy customer inquiries or requests.

I’ve used this app for about 2.5 years and most issues have stayed the same. Starting a run from my apple watch series 1 was almost impossible but even with the series 3 it still takes on average 20-30sec. While it doesn’t matter on training runs, it’s certainly upsetting during races. At times the app will also auto pause my workout while running and then switch back right away. I do love the ability to customize your workouts exactly the way you want to which may take some time initially but is definitely worth the effort. I hope the developers will at least fix the delay/synchronization issues btw apple watch and iPhone.

I can only hear my indicators I put speaker of my phone right up next to my ear. For five dollars, seriously?!!!

iPhone + Watch simply doesn’t work. It keeps locking up, and it’s super problematic.

This is one of the best running app on iPhone and Watch. Customizable display on both devices, no gimmicks, no stealing your data. I’ve had some hiccups tracking shoe mileage (shoe miles not updating on watch, but they are correct on iPhone where data lives) but the app works quite well. And the developer is very responsive to questions/input.

Unable to configure correctly a interval workout. Unsuccessful trying to configure a 300 mts. X 12 with 45 seconds rest between reps and with 15 minutes of warm-up and cool down. The app keeps on changing the set parameters. Also unable to contact ismoothrun.

I have been very disappointed with iSmooth Run since the most recent update. The only way I could get it to work (starting a workout from my Apple watch) was to delete the app and reinstalling. This wiped out my history, of course. It only worked once. Now I start a workout and it just sits there displaying information from previous workout. I've tried turning off auto-pause, but that hasn’t helped, either. It is good this app is free, because I would be screaming for my money back if I paid a dime for it. Their “online support” is not at all responsive.

I’ve tried many running apps, paid and free. This one is almost perfect. Furthermore, it is a one-time purchase for a great price, and you own your own data; contrast with expensive subscription apps that own (and likely abuse) your data. Many thanks to the developers.

I have used it for over a year and really like it.

I switched to iSmooth Run after the Nike Run app spontaneously stopped on me several times during my long runs. Overall I am significantly happier with the reliability of iSmooth Run and find it easy to use. My biggest complaint is with the auto pause. It takes too long to pause and then if I am not perfectly still it resumes. Would be nice to be able to set it to pause at a certain speed and restart at a certain speed. Love being able to upload workouts to Garmin connect. Love weekly logs. Overall meeting my needs.

Finally an app that makes it easy to create interval and fartlek workouts of any type and have them available on Apple Watch without the iPhone. Combine that with ability to export Gpx files for use elsewhere and this is definitely the best of the many running training apps I’ve tried.

Lost ability to upload to Nike+, but it seems to be because Nike wants to be exclusive, in the bad way. I love that I can leave my phone at home and just use my watch, that I can integrate a Wahoo Tickr Run with the iSmoothRun app on my watch, and that I can use my Bluetooth headphones all at the same time. I also love that I can create custom workouts to follow as I go. It may be my misuse, but sometimes the Tickr Run syncing to the watch makes the iSmoothRun app not show distance, which makes it basically useless until I sync with my phone again to see how far I ran. Sometimes it seems to work and sometimes it doesn’t. I’m still troubleshooting.

Does everything I wanted. Allows me to code intervals and then announces them so I do not have to look at the watch. Exports to Strava contain the data I want. One thing to note, if you are having troubles getting the app to work, try restarting your watch. On my series 4 it would not work correctly until I restarted the watch, no problems since then. Support was responsive, answering my question within 24 hours.

Have used this app for years and love but it stopped exporting this month. Also has stopped recording runs in list view of log. Not getting social media support from friends is a bummer but not reporting accurate history for runner is huge problem! Was supposedly fixing with recent update but it didn’t work.

A distance tracker with time keeping. No ads or requests to upgrade. There is more to it, but I have not got into it, e.g. Interval training and custom workouts.

Super helpful settings so you can change when and how often you are updated on progress of the run

I saw the star ratings and read the reviews then purchased the app without a flinch. Eager to leave my garmin at home and use my Apple Watch Series 3 LTE for workouts. The main feature combination that I want to use doesn’t work: (Custom Workouts using Heart Rate Zones). This feature is documented to work but has never worked for me. Is this a known issue? Will this issue be solved in a future update? I’ve tried many many times to get the iSmoothRun app on my Apple Watch to use the watch’s heart rate monitor and it never works. I have given all health permissions and still. I want to leave my garmin and phone at home. I reached out to support via email and haven’t received a response.

Have used for years now. Best running app ever. I pair with viiiiva hrm which accepts my foot pods ant+ stream and the hrm converts to one Bluetooth stream to the iPhone. Then auto uploads to my favorite websites, including smashrun. If you haven’t checked our smashrun - do! Cool ways of displaying unique info about your runs.

I tried multiple tests and had multiple failures. This feels like a bad alpha version. Phone + watch doesnt work at all. HR from watch wont display on phone. In fact setting any workout from phone doesnt display on watch, its like they dont communicate. I can actually start a workout on the phone and watch and it doesnt know they are the same workout. Display that i create wont display on watch. I am not sure what i paid for. They should offer a trial version so people could see this becore they test. Back to using apples apps.

The more I use this, the more I like it. It took awhile to figure out a few of the quirks but everything seems to work well and be correct. Just having cadence alone is worth the 5 bucks. Very happy. I had some issues and customer service seemed to be right on it. Good job!