Runna is an adaptive running-coaching app owned by Strava; RightRep is a live form coach that also records GPS runs. They overlap on running and diverge almost everywhere else — this page compares them side by side, every Runna claim cited to Runna's own materials, and the places where Runna clearly wins listed as plainly as the rest.
What each one is, in its own words — before the side-by-side.
An AI-assisted running race-training coach (launched 2022, London; acquired by Strava in April 2025). Coach-designed plans personalized around your current fitness, adapting when you miss workouts, get sick, travel or run in heat; a race-discovery database ("Train with Runna"); structured workouts pushed to Apple Watch, Garmin, COROS, Suunto and Amazfit. $19.99/month or $119.99/year after a 7-day free trial; the free tier is week 1 of one plan.
A live form coach first: prop your phone, and the camera watches the set — 33 body landmarks per frame measured on the device, faults flagged joint-by-joint, spoken cues mid-rep, a 0–100 score for every completed repetition — plus GPS run/walk/hike/ride recording, an in-app community feed with clubs and challenges, and AI training plans and coach chat. Live form checks are free forever; Pro is $9.99/month or $99.99/year after a 7-day free trial.
The same eight questions, asked of each product.
| Question | Runna | RightRep |
|---|---|---|
| What does it coach? | Running — race plans from 5K to 50K, strength as an add-on, triathlon run-legs | Strength training form (46 bundled Position Profiles + AI-drafted machine profiles), plus running, walking, hiking and cycling recording |
| When does feedback arrive? | Live audio pace cues during runs; AI debrief and briefing before/after workouts | Live spoken cues mid-rep during filmed sets; kilometer split cues during runs |
| What do you get per rep? | Pace targets and splits per kilometer; planned-vs-actual comparisons | A 0–100 score and the exact rule that failed, for every completed repetition |
| How do training plans work? | Adaptive: realignment after missed weeks, illness and holiday adjustments, pace targets moved by evidence | AI-generated multi-week plans from a wizard (sport, goal, days, equipment) — generated once, tick days off |
| What about races? | Races by Runna database — filters, athlete counters, one tap into a plan | Curated events board with "I'm in" joins and a countdown chip |
| Social? | None in-app — the Community tab closed in September 2026; community lives in a Strava club | In-app feed, kudos and comments, clubs, challenges and live run broadcasts |
| Wearables? | Workout push to Apple Watch, Garmin, COROS, Suunto, Amazfit; Fitbit import; no Wear OS | Apple Watch companion streaming heart rate and cadence, Wear OS companion for control and mirroring; any BLE chest strap |
| Health hubs & price? | Apple Health; $19.99/month or $119.99/year, free tier = week 1 | Apple Health and Health Connect; live form checks free forever, Pro $9.99/month or $99.99/year after a 7-day free trial |
Runna column per Runna's own pricing, support center and press pages (sources below). RightRep column per shipped behavior — the features page documents each row.
The honest case for our side — grounded in what the app does today.
Runna's strength add-on shows exercise animations and form tips. RightRep measures the actual set: 33 landmarks per frame, joint angles against the exercise's ruleset, one spoken correction at a time, a 0–100 score per completed rep. That measurement — every set, not just booked sessions — is the product.
Runna shut its in-app Community tab in September 2026 and moved community to a Strava club. RightRep's feed, kudos, comments, clubs, challenges and live run broadcasts run in-app today — your training audience isn't rented from another network.
RightRep exports workouts to Apple Health and Health Connect and ships a Wear OS companion; Runna documents neither. If your phone is Android and your watch isn't a Garmin-class device, the integration math changes.
Runna's free tier is week 1 of one plan, and price is the most common complaint in its Trustpilot reviews. RightRep's live form checks, exercise library, history and GPS runs are free forever; Pro lifts AI quotas and adds sync for $9.99/month or $99.99/year.
The other side of the comparison — because a page that only praises one column is an ad.
Runna's plan engine repairs itself: realignment after missed weeks, a "Not Feeling 100%" mode for illness, holiday blocks, heat-adjusted paces, and pace targets that shift only when your splits justify it. RightRep's AI plans are generated once from the wizard — honest, but static.
Races by Runna lists thousands of races with filters (distance, terrain, price, tags) and athlete counters — 17,768 training for the TCS London Marathon at last public count — and one tap turns a race into a plan with taper and recovery mapped. Our events board is curated, not a database.
Structured workouts land on Apple Watch, Garmin, COROS, Suunto and Amazfit with target paces and interval guidance on-wrist. If your whole training life lives on a Garmin, Runna meets you there; RightRep's companions cover Apple Watch and Wear OS.
Runna is eight languages with native coach voices, regional pricing, 76k+ App Store ratings at 4.8–4.9 and a Strava-sized parent. RightRep ships six locales, is field-testing its first cohort, and its GPS recorder is younger than their plan engine by years.
The honest summary: training seriously for a race with adaptive pacing? Runna earns its price. Getting your squat actually corrected, filmed set after filmed set, with a feed and clubs around it? That's the job RightRep does that Runna doesn't try to do.
What actually happens between "start session" and the summary screen.
An on-device pose model tracks 33 body landmarks per frame. Joint angles are compared against the exercise's Position Profile — acceptable ranges, phase durations, left/right symmetry tolerances. Occluded joints are never scored: hidden is hidden, not guessed.
Profiles are pure data — 46 bundled Position Profiles today, and Machine Scan drafts a new one from a photo of an unfamiliar machine that the same scorer then uses. Every cue and every score traces back to a rule in that profile, not to a model's mood.
GPS sessions (run, walk, hike, ride) with jitter-filtered routes, a steady trailing pace readout, optional auto-pause, kilometer split cues and BLE chest-strap heart rate — published to the feed or broadcast live if you want an audience.
The questions people actually ask before choosing.
Only partly. RightRep records GPS runs with split cues, heart rate and routes, generates multi-week plans and broadcasts live. Runna's plans adapt, its race database picks your next race, and its workouts land on more watches. Where RightRep is unique is the filmed set: if you strength-train to support your running, the camera scores every rep of it.
Different jobs. Runna's plans adapt around missed weeks, illness and heat, anchored to measured fitness — that engine is their product. RightRep's plans come from an AI wizard (sport, goal, days, equipment, limitations) and don't yet adapt after generation; they're strong for structure and honest about being one-shot.
RightRep, by a distance. The live camera form check with per-rep 0–100 scores, spoken cues and the automatic rest timer only exists here; Runna's strength add-on is animations and tips next to your logbook, and its own docs place strength outside the adaptive engine.
Runna pushes structured workouts to Apple Watch, Garmin, COROS, Suunto and Amazfit. RightRep's Apple Watch companion streams heart rate and cadence and starts runs from the wrist; the Wear OS companion mirrors and controls sessions; and any BLE chest strap pairs to the phone. Check your specific device against each app's list.
Runna: $19.99/month or $119.99/year after a 7-day free trial; free tier is week 1 of one plan; a Strava bundle exists. RightRep: live form checks, library, history and GPS runs free forever; Pro — higher AI quotas, cloud sync, no ads — $9.99/month or $99.99/year after a 7-day free trial.
RightRep's live analysis runs on the device — live-check video is not uploaded; sharing a clip or posting to the feed is an explicit action. Runna records with the phone or watch and syncs activities to your Strava if connected; its AI workout insights process training metrics with anonymized third-party assistance, per its own support docs.
Every Runna claim on this page traces to Runna's own materials or named press — checked September 2026.
Runna pricing and free-tier limits: runna.com/pricing and Managing your Runna subscription (support.runna.com). Strava bundle: subscription guide.
Plan catalogue and adaptation: Runna support center (creating a plan, realignment, Not Feeling 100%). Races by Runna: launch release; athlete counters via the Races site. Strength as an add-on: strength training.
Watch platforms: Runna support (Apple Watch, Garmin, device overview). Community shutdown: in-app Community (September 2026). Acquisition and ratings: Strava press, App Store listing. Review sentiment: Trustpilot. AI-insight data handling: Workout Insights (support.runna.com).
Prices and features change; this page is reviewed quarterly and on known Runna pricing changes. RightRep claims describe shipped behavior documented on the features page.
Trainer vs video review vs self-check vs live AI — the method-level comparison this product-level page sits next to.
The skeleton overlay, spoken cues, per-rep scoring, GPS runs, clubs and challenges — the features behind every RightRep claim above.
The gym-logging sibling of this page — routines, load and automatic PRs vs the filmed set, cited the same way, including where Hevy wins.
If something here reads wrong — either column — tell us. This page is meant to be argued with, and gets updated.