adidas Running: Walk & Run App Reviews

Update:
after the most recent update, the voice alerts during runs either don't work or became too soft (even with phone on maximum volume) so they cannot be heard. I can no longer tell when I have completed half the run and need to turn around. I checked the help section in adidasRunning but the search field it opens in the browser doesn't work either (I can type in the search terms but clicking "Done" or the magnifying glass does nothing). I guess I shouldn't use automatic updates on adidasRunning.

Old review :
I have only used it for a few weeks and likely only basic features compared to others, but it has been fantastic so far. A really nice feature it has that my previous app did not is to set a workout goal, in duration, distance, or other, and during the workout it will let you know when you are halfway done (very useful during a run so I know when to turn around). It also tells you the pace periodically. It download the map when I have access to internet and adidasRunning works when I lose wifi during a run. I haven't looked at the history data yet but so far it has everything I was looking for

Overall its a pretty good app that has helped me get on a regular regimen with goals and something to compete against (myself and my times). I use it multiple times per week and it helps me immensely but it has a few issues.

Problems:
1. Accuracy: Lately the gps signal has been great until I start a run and then it gives me a message that my signal is low and as a result my distances and times are often inaccurate. I run the same 2 routes every run but its off by as much as .2 miles sometimes. Somedays, on the same route i have no gps signal issues and everything is great but because of the accuracy issue with the gps, my pace and such are often way off.

2. I put my shoes in to adidasRunning to keep track of miles on my shoes (excellent idea for a feature) but it only logged one run to those shoes and I just checked after a month of 2-3 mile runs, 3-4 times weekly, it only has logged 2 hours. On paper its a great feature if it worked.

3. The voice notification speaks too quietly if listening to music while running. If my music is off I can hear it but otherwise its too quiet. It would be great if a) it could automatically turn down your music while it gives the pace notification louder than the music. And b) you could set the pace notification to more often than a mile

Other than that its great and my running journey would have likely ended long ago had it not been for adidasRunning

It does almost everything right but there are a few things I think are missing and one thing that I feel is wrong.

What's missing:
1. The option to have app state your pace at certain intervals aside from when it completes a mile. I currently have to keep Runkeeper open and running simultaneously to get those numbers.

2. When you're looking at your stats after the run, you can't get exact numbers on the graph like you could on the web interface when running your finger/pointer over it. Let's bring that to adidasRunning if the we interface is going away.

What's wrong:

I'm not sure how this isn't the default action but why does the timer not hard stop when you've completed the task? If I set the distance for 5k , the timer/activity should stop when I hit the 5k. That is not what happens! The voice says you completed it but the timer continues into you manually end the activity. That's unacceptable for those of us who are constantly trying to beat a time. We need to know the time it took us to run the distance, not how long it takes us to run the distance, take the phone out of our arm holder, unlock, and swipe to pause. Seconds matter.

Autopause isn't a worthy substitute because it takes a moment to register you stopped moving but then unpauses when you're trying to get your phone free.

Give an option to have the time stop when a duration/goal is complete and I'll give this a five star.

I am going to be updating this as I use it longer. My first review is not a positive one. Yes , I paid for the premier version. Today I was supposed to do a 40 minute run. I start up adidasRunning on my Apple Watch and to my disappointment the Runtastic app only works with your watch if you have your phone on you. Not a chance am I carrying my phone while I run (iPhone 7). So that's a big disappointment so far.

The Runtastic app in general (on the watch) freezes way to often. Too many glitches.

I will keep updating as I go, not sure if the money I paid for this is worth it yet. Time will tell.

Oh, I cannot find my initial test results anywhere!! I know I entered them but they are nowhere to be found on adidasRunning .

Update 2:

I have the new watch and it’s been a while since I’ve used adidasRunning .

So far I’m doing the 5k intermediate training plan and everything is going really great.

Pros: easy to sync between my watch and phone.
Person talks to you and provides count downs.
Music controlled within app.

Cons:
I still think that adidasRunning only works while your phone is with you. For example,’I don’t think I can start my plan for my 5k with my watch alone, I have to navigate to it with my phone and then have my phone on me. The watch simply mimics my phone.

Data read back could be better. In addition to seeing my pace a cross each mile. I would love to see what my pace is for the timed intervals.

That’s it for now. Will keep updating.

It’s not as accurate as it used to be. I run the same route everyday but my distance can vary as much as .4 of a mile each time. Also it freezes quite often and loses contact with my watch quite often. When it freezes it loses track of where I am and then the distance really gets messed up. I get that straight line others have mentioned that connects where it lost communication and where I manually resumed tracking. When I try to track my bike rides the distance is way off. This was a fantastic app when it was runtastic, and was a good app before the recent updates. I hope they fix the problems before I give up and find a new tracker.

Update- I dropped it to 1 star because not only is it not improved but instead of making it better based on the reviews, the developer gives te he same response to all of the negative reviews. Everyone is making the same complaints, notify tech and fix adidasRunning !

Update- Now music controls are gone. It’s a shame that a once great app is about to be deleted.

adidasRunning is unnecessarily cumbersome. The integration of accessing iTunes from within adidasRunning is nice, but I don’t need immediate access to my camera or some of the other features. The fact that it took two full runs before I started to see it record any data was a bummer, and 4 runs before I was able to find a way to get it to record from my Apple Watch when I didn’t have my phone with me. I generally don’t do shorter runs (under 7 miles or less than an hour) with my phone. I had to do a deep search just to find where the setting was located, and it was not accessible while adidasRunning was active/recording activity. I have 4 runs that were either not tracked, or only partially tracked. Nike Run Club (NRC), or the Apple activity app are far more user friendly and just worked without any fiddling. I tried adidasRunning because of a Creators Club contest that Adidas was running, giving away a pair of Adizero Adios Pros, but it didn’t even record my runs to be able to qualify.

I have been using adidasRunning since 2012. Not a runner, and don't need/use the coaching features. I mainly use adidasRunning to track my running leading to and during my annual fitness test and i never had this issue before.
The problem I have is that there is no way to stop/end an activity. I have to double tap home and close adidasRunning , reopen adidasRunning , to get the option to end activity. That is the only way to stop it. Trying to figure this out and to do this while running slows me down and gives me an inaccurate idea of my running time is. It only happens after 1 mile.
Took screenshots that i can share if needed.

I use an iPhone 6S+ running the latest updated versions of iOS 13 and the Adidas app. For the last week, adidasRunning unexpectedly pauses without informing me while I’m running. So my data is not being saved. I ran 7 km this morning but adidasRunning paused at 1.3 km.

I knew adidasRunning was not working because I wasn’t getting feedback while running. Not that I can do anything about it till my run is over, at which point, it informs me that there is an incomplete run and asks if I want to save it or not? Duh! I ended up manually saving my run. adidasRunning is unusable as of now. Besides, the feedback option within adidasRunning doesn’t actually have an option to give feedback, which is why I’m writing here. Grr!

I still give adidasRunning 4 star review because I have been using it for many years without any issues, while it used to be called Runtastic.

I really wanted to like adidasRunning, especially since you get to earn points towards Adidas while doing a normal run activities. However, it lacks so many things that make it functional for tracking your runs. First, it never tracks the correct distance. Often times off by a significant amount such as running 1 mile but only tracking at you did .1 miles. But my biggest grape is that it says it works with the Apple Watch but it does not. 70% of the time it does not display your current stats on the watch while running which is the whole point of having a watch while running. So you can’t keep track of your current pacing, heart rate, etc.I’ve gone through all of the recommended steps such as uninstalling adidasRunning on both my watch and phone and restarting my devices and still it has the same problems.

Developers of adidasRunning please take a look at apps like RunKeeper to see how your app should work.

First I will say in general I absolutely love adidasRunning. It gives really good feedback on not only your running but basically you can choose any activity you do and store them separately so you can keep track of your Biking, your walking, your jogging or whatever you do..... BUT:

There is one absolutely huge issue. To stop your run you have to slide at the very bottom of the page to the right in a very small area.

When you’re finishing your run strong and wanting to finish at an exact time this is a huge issue! 50% of the time I either don’t swipe on the right spot and it moves me to another screen which means I basically have to stop running and go back and then stop which obviously messes up my time.

Also sometimes it will slide to another app because I’m sliding to the right! Now once again I have to stop go back and do the slide which again some of the time messes up so it even makes it worse! Can you give different options of how to stop your exercise? I want something super easy so I can be running hard with my phone in my hand and push a button or slide a huge area to pause. If you make that change then you have basically the best running out for free I can find.

PLEASE MAKE THIS UPDATE! :)

adidasRunning has gotten worse over the years since it was MiCoach. I would drop adidasRunning and my still, but I don’t want to loose all my past runs and the data why the developers have removed the ability to customize training, doing an assessment, even small things like the training week in adidasRunning ends on a Saturday. My last training day ends on a Sunday, it makes it harder to accurately track your progress when the developers of adidasRunning are gigging against you! Let me tell you when my week starts, let me tell you (like I used to be able to) what days I run for my training schedule. Tell me how many miles each day to run in the schedule. None of this, run easy for 40 minutes. That tells me nothing, that’s not a training schedule, that’s a generalized recommendation. I actually should give adidasRunning a 1 star because of how good it used to be and how bad Adidas has made it.

Yes I still miss micoach. I used both runtastic and micoach for years before they merged but runtastic always was kind of my backup tracker. Micoach was awesome because of the coaching feature. Now I just use my watch but I still uploaded everything to runtastic. Now the web version is gone - ok fine. But now when I upload (one at a time by the way), it just assumes everything is a run (even though a simple algorithm could probably check the file name which says what it is!), fine I’ll change all the activity types for the walks and hikes. And now, if I change the activity type it doesn’t count for challenges. I really don’t know why I use this anymore because it’s mostly just frustrating but I guess it’s my backup...

Tracks speed, time, distance, elevation... it’s a good app for keeping track of your runs so that you can hold yourself accountable. It also shows your hot zones so you can see where you took a rest and where you were killin it. It uses GPS so it does effect your battery, but not as bad some other apps. It does what it says it does and it does it well, more than you can say about a lot of apps.
It also gives you updates when you hit each mile marker. Extremely helpful for days when you just want to run a couple miles, you can hit it right on the nose.
Highly recommend for a regular runner.

I have used adidasRunning for 3 years as a paying premium member, and have loved it. Today I was logged out of my account. (no big deal). Attempts to log back in and reset my password on both adidasRunning and website have failed. There is no customer support contact for login help, as you must log in to submit a support request. Please reply to this so I can change my review and continue using your great product.

Update: Took 5 days to get a support response email. Since then, I have received 4 emails from support with canned fixes like “install the latest version” or “ follow this link to reset your password”. I am now 15 days out from the initial problem and still can’t access the account I am paying for as a premium subscriber. Average turnaround email is about 48 hours... to solve a login issue!!! You can do better.

RESPONSE TO DEVELOPER: Yes I contacted support. It says it in my review. Stop copying and pasting generic responses.

I can’t believe you can’t set adidasRunning to stop the timer when you’ve hit your distance goal. You can set a 5k but it will keep going after you’ve hit that distance, resulting in extra seconds as you fumble to make it stop. This would even be fine if it kept timing but still captured the time you hit 5k. What is the point of even setting a goal? Next, if you do not share your photo immediately, you can’t share it later. Even though your photo is in there, you can only use their default photos. Tech support finally admitted it wasnt possible after I sent them a screencast of me following the process they gave me and not being able to use my photo.

The developer wrote me in German for some reason just directing me back to the support article that does not work. This is not a user issue. These 2 things do not work. I sentence screencast showing me following the directions to a T.

I can’t believe you actually charge people for this. This seems like a beta test. Did you even consult one runner when developing this? Nike Run Club is much better and free.

I recently reviewed adidasRunning which I’ve been using since 2013. I was disappointed because I could no longer access my personal 8 year history of running and other exercise events. 8 years!! It had also stopped recording my run times accurately. Since writing that review, I am now able to retrieve all of my history and the timing is back on track and I’m officially back to loving adidasRunning! I appreciate our 8 year relationship and hope it continues to stay on track by keeping me on track! Thank you!!

I have the paid/premium version of adidasRunning . Without that it doesn’t store much data. Even without I can’t sort the data to look at what I want, which is basic. For example if I want to track my pace over a few months I can’t do that without going into each run event. I can see the distances and total time... but not the pace. Sure I could math it out but... they could just put it in there. I can do that on the under armor app. It’s things like that which make adidasRunning average. For a free app look elsewhere. If you like adidas and the creators club, you need adidasRunning though as each mile logged gets you points. That’s literally the only reason to choose adidasRunning over better, less expensive options.

I’m more or less a big fan of adidasRunning. I find it invaluable when trying to stay in shape to play soccer as a 44 year old or to recover from injury or not let the wings and beer add up over the years. The data the free version provides is great and it’s fairly intuitive to use. My big hangup is the lack of accuracy with the satellite data. I run the same route fairly regularly, and I have seen some wild variances on distance covered and the trace of my route on the map. Also, I’ll include the standard spoiled westerner critique and say I wish I didn’t have to pay for some of the other data; but that’s capitalism. Overall, it’s quite nicely done. It’s just that without accurate distance and mapping, it starts to defeat the purpose. With that fixed it’s a sold 4.5 in my book.

I’ve used adidasRunning for several years. It was tracking my distance by gps on my phone accurately until the last 6 months. Now it tracks my pace at 80 seconds faster than it should. I tried the fixes suggested with no luck.

It was tracking on my Apple Watch accurately so I stopped using adidasRunning on the phone while running and was using adidasRunning only on the Apple watch. But now adidasRunning isn’t tracking accurately on my watch. It tracks my pace at 60 seconds slower than it should .

Before anyone purchases a promembership, I’d suggest they test the free version to make sure gps tracks distance accurately on the phone/watch. For me it did accurately for years, but not lately.

I’ve been using adidasRunning for over a year, and up until now I’ve been really satisfied. However, the last several times I’ve used adidasRunning , the location technology has been glitching, giving me inaccurate distances. These are my regular running loops, so I know the accurate distances by heart. It’s showing on my distance map that I’m running far more than I actually am, which messes up my average mile times, which I am trying to regularly track for training purposes. I love adidasRunning , but not so much recently due to these distance inaccuracies.

adidasRunning is fine. I have a premium account. But I can’t help but miss what I loved about it when it was Micoach. 1)TRAINING ZONES You did a little assessment test and it adjusted your training for you. I became a better runner because of that. adidasRunning would tell you to speed up or slow down into your zone based on the initial assessment. adidasRunning does not assess you. It tells you to “ run at a comfortable pace” and then walk. This doesn’t work for someone like me that does not consider herself a runner. I need guidance and I don’t get that here. 2) DEADLINES- I used to be able to tell adidasRunning what day I was training for. For example, a 10k in December and it would adjust my training days. So a further out date might have less trainings per week than a date that was coming up. No option for that now. You can only pick a training plan based on time. Ex- I want to be able to run 30 minutes in 6 weeks. I also want to be able to run faster in those 30 minutes at the end of those 6 weeks. 3)HALFWAY MARKER- notification that I was halfway done with my workout so that I knew when to turn around. What I’m doing for that now is setting a timer on my watch. I’ve downloaded a few other apps but none gives me what I had with Micoach and this seems to be the one I like second best as I keep coming back to it.

It syncs well with my Apple Watch and I like that. I also like the auto pause feature.

Signed up for the 7-day trial as adidasRunning does not allow all features (eg: “Plan” features that allows for preparing to run marathon ) unless you sign up for the premium/subscription. Even after signing up for the Premium subscription when you try to use the Plan feature for running marathon adidasRunning does not allow you to start the plan right away. Instead it only allows you to start the plan a week later. So, essentially even though I had signed up for the premium subscription I still couldn't use the feature until my 7-day trial ended.

To make things worse, I don't see any place within adidasRunning where I can cancel the 7-day trial subscription before it auto renews.

Based on my experience so far, I do not trust adidasRunning or the developer. First adidasRunning is in "trial" mode ; however not all features are enabled in the trial mode. Then in order to use the apps full functionality, you have to sign-up up for the Premium. Even after signing up you can't use the Plan because it doesn't allow you to start the Plan right away until the trial expires. Finally, by the 7th day adidasRunning auto charges for the entire year. Once the annual subscription has started you can not cancel our request refund. I hate to say this but I think adidasRunning is a scam. Be aware!

I used this to train for and complete my first marathon. The gps tracking, even when I did not have internet while running in other countries, is my primary draw. I also love that it gives the interactive map with pacing. One thing to keep it from 5 stars is the planning feature. It is not customizable enough to be really helpful. For example, it should have you set a date and then back track a plan for you, rather than determine when you are done. Also, I trained for my marathon intensely for 7 weeks, and although I know that’s not advised, it was what I did, so I would have liked the option to shorten the time. Instead, I found internet training plans and used adidasRunning as active tracking, which it did exceptionally well.

Update 5/4

Still love adidasRunning! Awesome improvements.

I have been using adidasRunning for about three years when I first started training for a mini. I have been a premium user for quite some time and I enjoy all the features and like it more now that I have an iwatch! It there a way to view average running pace from phone or watch? I like getting the notification of pace at each mile but when I view watch, it’s typically displaying a slower time than what I am running. Overall it does the job and I love the other apps available! Ps....for yearly mile goals...can I please enter a number rather than the slide bar? 🙂. Looking forward to another year of running! adidasRunning has helped me tremendously!

I’ve used adidasRunning for many years. It’s easy to download, connect and go. I listen to my music the whole time and there is no interruption. When you reach your milestones it lets you know so it’s a nice little motivator to keep going. My wife and I both use it to have playful competition to see who ends the week with the most activity. This world is not the same anymore and it’s easy to lose focus with all the stresses coming at you every day. We start with runtastic to keep us connected to our main purpose- to be present and enjoy life!

Download and go get em.

I love adidasRunning. It’s not just a passive tracker, it gives you really insightful articles on nutrition, recovery and cross training. It motivates me to be better while giving me the information to do so. With ever present challenges and multiple activities there’s something for everyone at every level who wants to get active. There’s also a great sense of community. With The goal feature creates a sense of progress and accountability. I wish they would bring back the percentage of your goal accomplished along with the weekly miles you need to accomplish it back though.

adidasRunning used to be pretty good. You could run, track your progress, and then see the saved data. There were lots of added bonus features if you paid for them. Like a personalized couch, encouragement, a very detailed run and workout plan. It was worth it for people to buy the extra stuff.
Now all they have is track your run, and an overview at the end. You can’t even see old runs unless you pay for them! That is ridiculously greedy. Almost every other free running app you can see previous runs! This is not good marketing or planning. I don’t even want to pay for the extra added on content like I used to because that is just wrong to not have a basic level of running and then what you did in the past.
Runtastic you lost another customer!

I have been using adidasRunning for about a month now and I’m really enjoying the results. I have never been a runner. When I signed up with the Results app Runtastic came as a part of it so I figured why not give it a try. The interval training has helped me to increase my time little by little. I love the challenge.

The only thing that I would like to see is treadmill tracking. I don’t run outside so the distance and calorie numbers are way off. If I edit those numbers then it will make it ineligible for the challenges that I am in the process of doing. Hope that this will become an option in the near future.

I love adidasRunning. I use it to track my stats and see improvement over time. I like the leaderboard feature so I can see how I stack up with my friends. And it has a good variety of statistics available that it measures for you automatically, which is nice.

One feature I wish it had, though, is a better route planner. I still use Map My Run to get suggested routes when I’m traveling or when I’m bored with my usual routes. I wish Runtastic either let me easily pre-plan where I should go (and then see my path on the map while I am running) and/or suggested routes that other people in my area have done, like Map My Run does.

The new look is amazing. I like the reminders adidasRunning sends almost everyday regarding running, work outs, etc. Their blog posts are awesome too, pretty short to read and contain value. I’ve never used the GPS system though, so can’t comment on that. Overall, I really like this particular running app compared to others. I’ve seen many advertisements in other apps’ free version which are very minimal, or perhaps, unnoticeable in adidasRunning. And moreover, adidasRunning motivates you with free one year premium if you complete certain challenges. Great work Adidas.