Runked vs TrainingPeaks
Runked is a running app built around a rank: every run earns trophies scored on effort, your trophy total places you in a league from Bronze to Olympian, and 5K to marathon training plans, race predictions, Runner DNA and fitness and fatigue analytics come in the same subscription, at $59.99 a year after a 7-day free trial or $11.99 a week. TrainingPeaks is a training platform with load analytics: CTL/ATL/TSB on the Performance Management Chart, a marketplace of 1,500+ human coaches, multi-sport planning across running, cycling and triathlon, and a full web/desktop app, at $134.99 a year or $19.95 a month (14-day trial).
Runked vs TrainingPeaks at a glance
| Runked | TrainingPeaks | |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking/progression | Rank earned in trophies, Bronze to Olympian across 20 leagues; can fall | No rank. Fitness, Fatigue and Form (CTL/ATL/TSB) trend lines instead, meant to be read by the athlete or a coach |
| Competition | Trophy Road: one ladder of every ranked runner, trophies scored on effort, a weekly goal per league above Bronze | None: no comparative leaderboard or league system |
| Training plans | Personalized 5K–marathon plans, generated automatically, included | Workout-by-workout plan builder and a training-plan marketplace across running, cycling, triathlon and more; self-built or delivered by a marketplace/coached-tier coach, not auto-generated |
| Race predictions | Included, across 5K to marathon | Not a built-in feature: forecasting typically comes from a coach's read of the Performance Management Chart, not an in-app prediction |
| Tracking | Built-in GPS run tracking, plus Garmin/Apple Health import | No built-in GPS or accelerometer tracking: pairs with 100+ watches, bike computers and apps (Garmin, Wahoo, Polar, Coros, Suunto, Zwift and more) to record or import workouts |
| Device sync | Garmin Connect, Apple Health | 100+ devices and apps, including Garmin, Wahoo, Polar, Coros, Suunto, Apple Health, Zwift and Strava |
| Social | Leaderboards only; no feed, kudos or followers | Coach-athlete messaging and shared calendars; no public feed or leaderboard |
| Platforms | iPhone (iOS 17+) | iOS, Android, and a full web/desktop app |
| Languages | 11 languages | Available in multiple languages beyond English (varies by platform, includes French, German, Italian, Japanese and Portuguese) |
| Price | $59.99/yr after a 7-day free trial, or $11.99/wk. One subscription, everything included | Premium $134.99/yr (~$11.25/mo) or $19.95/mo, 14-day trial; human-coached plans on top run $149–$359/mo |
| Free tier | None. 7-day free trial on the yearly plan | Basic (free): workout upload, device sync, workout summaries, limited planning; no Performance Management Chart (CTL/ATL/TSB) |
What Runked does that TrainingPeaks doesn't
Runked tracks a chronic training load (fitness), an acute training load (fatigue), a training balance (fitness minus fatigue) and a load ratio that flags injury-risk spikes, labeled in plain language (Starting to Exceptional for fitness, Fresh to Very High for fatigue, Very Rested to Overloaded for training balance) instead of raw CTL/ATL/TSB numbers. It generates a personalized 5K-to-marathon plan automatically and includes race time predictions, which TrainingPeaks doesn't offer as a built-in feature. It has built-in GPS from the first run, with no pairing required, and costs $59.99 a year against $134.99 for TrainingPeaks Premium.
Every run also earns trophies scored on effort relative to your own fitness, and your trophy total is your running rank, which rises or falls with every run. The Trophy Road puts every ranked runner on one ladder, with leagues that have a weekly trophy goal. TrainingPeaks has no rank or league system.
What TrainingPeaks does that Runked doesn't
TrainingPeaks plots Fitness, Fatigue and Form on a Performance Management Chart as raw CTL/ATL/TSB trend lines. It is multi-sport: running, cycling, triathlon, swimming, strength and more share one calendar. It has a marketplace of over 1,500 coaches searchable by sport, location, language and ability level, a Coach Match service, and coached tiers that bundle human coaching on top of Premium. It runs on iOS, Android and a full web/desktop app, and it has a free Basic plan. Garmin acquired TrainingPeaks on July 22, 2026; it still operates as its own platform and, for now, syncs with Wahoo, Polar, Coros and Suunto alongside Garmin's own watches. Runked has none of those: it is a subscription app for running, on iPhone.
Which should you pick
- Pick Runked if you run on iPhone and want a rank that moves with every run, competition scored on effort, an automatic plan instead of a builder, and race predictions and plain-language load labels in one subscription.
- Stay with TrainingPeaks alone if you want the raw CTL/ATL/TSB numbers, you work with (or are shopping for) a human coach, you train multiple sports, you need Android or a web dashboard, or you want a free tier.
Find out where you stand
Runked is free to download and starts with a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan. Connect your watch or track your first run, and meet your Runk.
Download on App StoreFrequently asked questions
What does TrainingPeaks Premium cost?
$19.95 a month, or $134.99 a year (about $11.25/month, roughly 44% cheaper than paying monthly), with a 14-day free trial. TrainingPeaks also has a free Basic tier for uploading and syncing workouts, but the Performance Management Chart (CTL/ATL/TSB) is Premium-only. Human-coached plans on top of Premium run separately, from about $149 to $359 a month depending on coaching tier.
Does Runked track training load?
Yes. Runked tracks the same fitness/fatigue model TrainingPeaks built its Performance Management Chart on: a chronic training load (fitness), acute training load (fatigue), and training balance (fitness minus fatigue). It's labeled in plain language (Starting to Exceptional for fitness, Fresh to Very High for fatigue, Very Rested to Overloaded for training balance) instead of raw CTL/ATL/TSB numbers, alongside a load-ratio injury-risk warning.
Which for self-coached runners?
Runked builds a personalized 5K-to-marathon plan automatically and shows fitness, fatigue and training balance as plain-language labels, at $59.99 a year. TrainingPeaks gives a self-coached athlete a dashboard (CTL, ATL, TSB, a workout-by-workout plan builder) to read and act on, or one of its 1,500+ marketplace coaches to do that for you, with Premium at $134.99 a year. Runked has no human coaches.
Overkill for a 5K runner?
Runked gives a runner training for one 5K an automatic plan, a race prediction and a rank/league layer, at $59.99/year. TrainingPeaks is built for multi-sport athletes and coached training blocks across a full season, with a dashboard of CTL/ATL/TSB trend lines, at $134.99/year for Premium. TrainingPeaks also has a free Basic plan and Runked does not, and a human coach or multi-sport tracking is only available on TrainingPeaks.