I should say this up front: I built one of the apps on this list, so weigh what I say about Mass in Motion accordingly.
I have tried to be straight about where the other apps are better, because they are better at some things, and you would figure that out in a week anyway.
If you mostly run
Start by looking at Runna. It builds plans for everything from a first 5K to an ultramarathon, adapts them as you go, and syncs with Apple Watch, Garmin, Coros, and other watches. It also adds strength sessions that fit around your running.
Where it is thinner: the strength side is built to support running. If you care about your squat or your bench as much as your 10K time, you will probably want a real lifting program on top of it.
If you already wear a Garmin, try Garmin Coach before you pay for anything. It is free with the watch, adapts to your training and recovery data, and covers running, cycling, and triathlon. Garmin also offers separate strength plans.
V.O2 is built around training paces. It estimates your current running fitness, sets your paces from it, and adapts the plan as you improve. You can also buy a one-off race plan or work with a private coach through it.
TrainingPeaks is strongest when a coach is writing your training, or when you buy a plan from one, and it is built around endurance sport, triathlon included.
If you mostly lift
Hevy is hard to beat as a lifting log. The free version covers most of what you need, Pro is cheap, and Pro adds Trainer if you want it to build a program for you.
Strong is a simple, fast log. It does not write programs, so it suits people who already follow one and just want to track it.
Boostcamp has a huge free library of coach-designed lifting programs, so you can run a proven program without paying. Pro adds personalized programs and more analytics.
Caliber gives you structured strength plans in its Plus tier, along with nutrition targets, and offers one-on-one coaching as an upgrade. It does not log food itself.
JuggernautAI is built for powerlifting and powerbuilding. If your squat, bench, and deadlift are the whole point, it is very focused on that. It is the most expensive app here at $34.99 a month.
MacroFactor Workouts is a standalone lifting app from the team behind MacroFactor. It builds strength and hypertrophy programs from your goal, experience, and equipment, and adjusts them as you progress, using rules rather than generative AI. It does not plan running.
MacroFactor, the original nutrition app, is still what that team is best known for. Its calorie targets adjust to what you eat and how your weight trends, which is the right way to do it. The two apps share bodyweight and body metrics, and you can buy them together for $89.99 a year.
If food tracking is the main thing
MyFitnessPal is the food logger most people have already tried. Premium adds barcode scanning, meal scan, and voice logging.
Cronometer goes deeper on nutrients than most, which matters if you care about micronutrients and not just protein, carbs, and fat. Gold adds photo and voice logging and a fasting tracker.
Neither one plans your training, so you would still pair it with a lifting or running app.
If you do both
This is where it gets harder, because most apps are good at one side and treat the other as an add-on.
The problem with stacking a running app on top of a lifting app is that neither one knows what the other scheduled. Your running app can put intervals the day after your heaviest squat session. Your lifting app has no idea you ran 16 miles on Sunday. You end up doing the scheduling in your head.
Edge puts strength, running, and HIIT into one weekly plan. If you want conditioning work programmed alongside the running and lifting, it is built around that.
MARCHON runs coach-led programs for strength, running from a 5K to a marathon, Hyrox, and hybrid training. If you race Hyrox, it is built for that.
Mass in Motion is what I built for this. It writes the lifting and the running as one week, so hard runs and heavy leg days get spaced apart instead of stacked. It reads recovery data from Apple Health, WHOOP, Strava, or Health Connect when you have it, and it includes a full food logger with calorie and macro targets. It also works if you only do one side: a hypertrophy, powerbuilding, traditional strength, or conjugate-style program with no running, or a 5K, 10K, half marathon, marathon, or base-building plan with no lifting.
Where it is weaker, honestly:
- It is newer. It is in closed beta on iOS and Android right now, not in the app stores yet.
- It does not program HIIT or conditioning classes. The plans are lifting and running.
- The community is a lot smaller than Runna's or Hevy's.
Price is the smaller problem, though. The bigger one is that separate apps never agree on one week. I wrote about that in one app vs. a stack of apps.
The full comparison
| App | Lifting programs | Running plans | Food tracking | US price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runna | Partly. Strength sessions built around your running | Yes. Adaptive plans, 5K to ultra | No. No food tracking | $19.99/mo or $119.99/yr |
| Garmin Coach | Partly. Separate strength plans | Yes. Running, cycling, and triathlon plans | No. No food tracking | Free with a Garmin watch |
| V.O2 | No. No lifting programs | Yes. Adaptive training, race plans, personalized paces | No. No food tracking | $99.99/yr adaptive training; one-off race plans from $44.99 |
| TrainingPeaks | Partly. Strength workout tools in Premium | Yes. Plans from coaches, sold separately | No. Not its focus | $19.95/mo or $134.99/yr |
| Hevy | Yes. Workout log, plus Trainer programs in Pro | No. No running plans | No. No food tracking | Free; Pro $23.99/yr or $74.99 lifetime |
| Strong | Partly. Logs routines you build; does not write programs | No. No running plans | No. No food tracking | Free; PRO $4.99/mo, $29.99/yr, or $99.99 lifetime |
| Boostcamp | Yes. Free program library; personalized programs in Pro | No. No running plans | No. No food tracking | Free; Pro $14.99/mo or $59.99/yr |
| Caliber | Yes. 120+ structured plans in Plus | No. Cardio syncs in; no running plans | Partly. Nutrition targets in Plus; no food logger | Free; Plus $12/mo or $72/yr; coaching extra |
| JuggernautAI | Yes. Powerlifting and powerbuilding programs | No. No running plans | No. No food tracking | $34.99/mo |
| MacroFactor Workouts | Yes. Programs for your goal and equipment | No. No running plans | No. Food is the separate MacroFactor app | $11.99/mo or $71.99/yr; $89.99/yr with MacroFactor |
| MacroFactor | No. Lifting is the separate Workouts app | No. No running plans | Yes. Adaptive calorie and macro targets | $11.99/mo or $71.99/yr; $89.99/yr with Workouts |
| MyFitnessPal | No. Logs workouts; no lifting programs | No. Logs steps and exercise; no running plans | Yes. Barcode, meal scan, and voice logging in Premium | Free; Premium $19.99/mo or $79.99/yr |
| Cronometer | No. No lifting programs | No. No running plans | Yes. Calorie and nutrient tracking; photo and voice logging in Gold | Free; Gold $10.99/mo or $59.99/yr |
| Edge | Yes. Strength in the weekly plan | Yes. Running in the weekly plan | No. Food tracking not listed | $29.99/mo or $119.99/yr |
| MARCHON | Yes. Strength and hybrid programs | Yes. 5K to marathon programs, plus Hyrox | No. Food tracking not listed | Core $29.99/mo; Pro $39.99/mo or $229/yr |
| Mass in Motion | Yes. Hypertrophy, powerbuilding, strength, conjugate-style | Yes. 5K to marathon, or base building | Yes. Food logger with adaptive targets | Free logging; $12.99/mo or $89.99/yr |