Standalone Interval Running App - not sure what to use

[nola111]

Hi everyone - first-time poster here.

I'm wondering if someone can help me find the right Interval running app for my Apple Watch - I've read several blog reviews and there are too many out there to know what's right for me.

I have the Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE. I have 4 requirements:

1. Voice Prompts
2. Can be used without phone
3. Allows you to define your own intervals
4. Reports to Apple Health

For what it's worth, I've been using Running For Weight Loss on my iPhone for months. I really like it, but I'm ready to start leaving my phone at home. Running for Weight Loss fails on requirement #2 which is a big problem obviously.

The one thing I haven't been able to find yet in a standalone HIIT watch app is item # 1 - voice prompts.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[nola111]

Just as a follow-up in case it helps anyone, I used the Nike+ app today and it fits the bill very nicely. I think I will be using this one going forward.

 

[iso667]

Hey Nola,

sorry for the late response. I am very keen on this too because I have started preparing my half-marathon and I have to train some intervals from now on.

I have been looking on the market and I have found a couple of interesting applications:

- iSmoothRun: It seems that with this APP you can program your own interval training and use it without the iPhone.
- Intervals: Is another app that seems to do the same. It seems to be less complete but more concrete on interval training.

Can I ask you what did you do finally? Are Nike app covering your needs?

Thanks!

ISO

 

[fishes234]

Hey Nola,
- iSmoothRun: It seems that with this APP you can program your own interval training and use it without the iPhone.
SO

I've used iSmoothrun pretty consistently for the past two or three years, from back in the days that it used Pebble as a display. I think it's a single developer, but they update it regularly and I find the watch app to work really well, although I rarely use it standalone as I've got a series 2 that obviously doesn't have a barometer in the watch.

The watch app doesn't have some of the phone features like HRR measurement, but the display is good and heart rate zones work well. I particularly like the fact that the data sits on your phone and you decide if you want to export to Strava, Runkeeper or whatever...

 

[KarimLeVallois]

When I learnt to run I used Runmeter to set run/walk plans and it would split the run and give voice prompts at each stage. Was a really good app to be honest.

 

[cmbauer]

Runkeeper works for mixed intervals. I do a 4 min warm up and then 400m then 2:30pm cooldown x8 and it works well