Watch to 5K - Couch to 5K plan 4+

Brilliant app

This app is brilliant and so easy to use. You can simply walk out your front door, press start on your Apple Watch and the app does the rest.
I found this app after being frustrated by having an expensive subscription to a well known couch to 5k app that was always a hassle to get to work on the watch (it usually didn’t). This app is so much better than all the others if you want to use your watch rather than taking your phone for couch to 5k runs.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the glowing review. I'm glad you are enjoying the app. Best of luck with the running.

Good app, some limitations, but it gets the job done efficiently

The runs are well spaced out, the program is easy to follow and builds up at a good level.

The app itself is easy to use on my watch and great for the haptics/sounds it gives.

The only thing I really have an issue with is that when it adds to my Apple daily exercise tracker it only adds the predetermined times. E.g if I pause midway through and have a longer walk break, or have a 5 minute warm up walk first, it doesn’t record these. Yesterday we went for a 40 minute exercise outing, including a warm up walk, a cool down walk, and a break in the middle for me to get my breath back, and the app only recorded the 20 minutes of running/walking that it lays out for us as the program.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. We are planning to include the warmup and cool down walks within the app in a future release. We will make these optional so they can be skipped if you wish to do a different form of warmup.

Unfortunately when the session is paused we need to stop tracking activity or it will interfere with the stats (such as speed and calories) of the session.

I hope this helps. Good luck with the running!

Update: Warm-up and cool down walks have been added to the app in the latest version (2.0).

Fabulous app

I love this app. Workouts are perfectly spaced, and build up at an appropriate pace. The voiceovers are pleasant and not an annoyance and best of all I can just hit play on my watch and go, without the need for my phone. I’m looking forward to testing out the latest update and tweaking my watch face complications to have it right under my fingers any time I want to go for a run. Thanks for the great work on the app and keep it up!