Beta groups wanted
Challenge your friends to train for the same race. Everyone gets a plan for their own level, and you score by completing it, not by being the fastest. Whoever finishes last in the group buys everyone dinner.
Pick the race you're all running and invite your group. Big races also get a public group, so you can take on the rest of the start list too.
Runsta looks at your recent runs in Apple Health and builds a plan for the race at your level. First 10K or sub-3 marathon, you play the same game.
Your runs sync by themselves and get matched to your plan. Do your sessions, earn points, climb the leaderboard.
Not by being the fastest. By doing the training you signed up for.
You score for completing your own sessions at your own pace. Someone running 6:30 per km can beat someone running 4:30.
Extra kilometres on top of your plan don't count. Overtraining is how people get injured, so the game never rewards it.
Set a goal time and hit it on race day for a bonus. The bolder the goal for your level, the bigger the bonus, so an honest, ambitious goal beats a safe one.
Make it a bet
Agree on the stakes before the first run. Runsta keeps the score all the way to race day; the dinner is between you. No money goes through the app.
Real screens from the current build.
Why we built it
We were training for a 44 km ultra together. Six people, very different paces, one start line. Every shared plan we tried was too hard for some of us and too easy for others, and the group chat went quiet after a few weeks.
So we built what we wanted: a plan for each of us and one game for all of us. We run with it every week. The beta is for groups like ours.
Beta groups wanted
Tell us about your race and your group. It takes a minute.
Yes, Runsta is free. We may add optional paid extras later; you'll always know before anything costs money.
No. Runsta keeps the score. What the loser owes is up to your group, and it never goes through the app.
iPhone only for now. Android comes later. Choose Android in the form and we'll let you know when it's ready.
Anything that saves your runs to Apple Health: Apple Watch, Garmin, Coros, Polar and most others, as long as their app syncs to Apple Health. Record with Strava? Turn on its Apple Health sync and those runs count too.
It is stored in the EU and only used for your plan, your points and your groups. Never for ads, and never sold. Read the privacy policy
No. Solo runners can join the public group for their race. It is most fun with the people you already run with, though.
This autumn, for iPhone runners in any country. We read every application ourselves and email you when there is a spot for your group.