Apex Runner — Convert your runs and walks into XP for your ostrich

How it works

As easy as 1-2-3

No minigames or tasks. Your ostrich levels up on the kilometres you cover.

Move

Hit start and run, or walk. If you'd rather use your own watch or running app, connect it once via Apple Health or Health Connect and those runs will count too.

Claim XP

Every finished run or walk becomes experience. Distance, pace, elevation, and your weekly streak all feed the multiplier, so consistency pays.

Fight

Level up, unlock clothes and equipment, and battle other players alone or with your group of friends.

Features

A real running app with a game to keep you motivated

The app is built for actual running training. The game is a bonus to motivate you to run.

Track runs and walks properly

Full GPS route mapping with splits, charts, pace zones, elevation, calories and average heart rate. Background tracking keeps recording with your screen off — or skip it entirely and bring runs in from the app or watch you already use.

Route map with colour-coded pace
Per-kilometre splits and personal bests
Connect your favourite running app or watch via Health Connect and Apple Health
Walks are tracked and earn XP, not just runs

Run details screen showing a 5.16 km run in 28:44 at 5:34 per kilometre, with a colour-coded route map.

Turn kilometres into levels

Finished sessions land in your Runs tab waiting to be claimed. Each one shows exactly where the XP came from — distance, pace bonus, elevation bonus, and streak multiplier — so progress never feels arbitrary.

Transparent XP breakdown on every session
Weekly streak multiplier for consistency
Unlock accessories and colours for your 3D ostrich
Every unlock is earned by running — none of it is for sale

Runs list showing several completed runs with XP rewards ready to claim.

Train with a plan, or freestyle it

Adaptive plans for eight distances, from your first 1K to a full marathon. Each one is generated around your timeline, your current pace and the days you can actually train — so beginners get a real starting point instead of someone else's schedule.

Eight distances, 1K through marathon
Plans built around your timeline, pace and training days
Voice coach calling out your pace and steps as you run
Custom guided runs — warmups, intervals, rests, target paces
Exercise library for warm-up, stretching and strength work
Monthly and yearly stats for distance, pace and count

14-week 5K training plan showing the week's easy run, intervals and long run.

Guided run builder with warmup, intervals, rests and target pace steps.

Battle, team up, climb

Turn-based squad fights across five classes. Play solo or form a group of up to three players, then take your squad into ranked asynchronous PvP — no waiting for an opponent to be online, so a battle fits around your day the same way a run does.

Turn-based squad combat with five classes
Ranked asynchronous PvP — fight any time, opponents don't need to be online
PvE battles to unlock equipment and level up classes
Solo, or a group of up to three players
Global and country leaderboards

Training Grounds battle screen with ostrich fighters and a turn order bar.

Why it sticks

Motivation to keep coming back

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Walks count

Rest days, recovery weeks, commutes and dog walks all earn XP. You don't have to run hard to keep moving forward.

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Streaks that reward

A weekly streak multiplier means showing up regularly beats one heroic Sunday every month.

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Something to beat

Leaderboards, groups and PvP give your training an opponent — not just a number on a watch.

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Your data, your call

Health and location permissions are opt-in, health data is never used for ads, and you can delete your account any time.

Pricing

Nothing is locked behind money

Training plans should be free. Free players get everything: every plan, every feature, every class, every unlock. The optional Premium subscription removes ads — that is all it does.

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Free players get everything

All eight training plans, guided runs, the voice coach, the exercise library, PvP and every cosmetic. No paywalled features, no pay-to-win.

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Premium only removes ads

If ads bother you, you can pay to turn them off. You get no gameplay advantage, no exclusive gear, and no faster progression for it.

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English and Spanish

Fully localised in both languages — the app, the plans and the voice coach.

Why I built this

A plan alone isn't enough

I built Apex Runner because running training plans should be free, and because a plan alone is not enough. Your ostrich and friends waiting in PvP are a reason to stick to the plan and to not skip a run.

I wrote the plan generators so anyone at any level can start, whether that's a first 1K or a marathon. And I modelled and animated the 3D ostrich so that the kilometres you put in come back to you as something you can see.

— David, developer of Apex Runner

Run in the real world
Level up in the game.