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Back on Google Play • July 2026

It’s back.
And now it’s free.

RunDouble — the Couch to 5K coach that talked over two million downloads’ worth of beginners into becoming runners — has returned, rebuilt for modern Android and extended to your wrist. Every plan and every feature, free for everyone. No subscription. No premium tier.

Get it on Google Play Free forever · Android 10+
Wear OS companion included
RunDouble home screen showing the next Couch to 5K workout
Week 1 • Day 1 — where everyone starts
Run Walk

Run for sixty seconds, walk for ninety. That’s everything week one asks of you — and nine weeks later, you’re running 5K.

The comeback

Six years of “is it coming back?”

RunDouble became the quiet favourite of people who didn’t think of themselves as runners: a calm voice in your ear telling you when to run and when to walk, three sessions a week, over your own music. Then, in 2020, the updates stopped — and the reviews filled with a single question from runners who refused to uninstall it: is it coming back?

It’s back. Rebuilt for today’s Android, wrapped in a new design, extended to Wear OS — and, for the first time in its history, completely free.

“Somewhere out there right now is someone who’s decided this is the week they finally get off the couch. They’re nervous, they’re not sure they can do it, and they’re staring at a wall of fitness apps demanding eighty pounds a year before they’ve run a single step. I didn’t want price to be the reason anyone stays on the sofa. So now it’s free — all of it, for everyone.”
What it does

A coach in your ear, not a screen in your face

Spoken cues, not screens

RunDouble tells you when to run, when to walk, and when a change is coming — so you can relax, get outside, and just move.

Your music keeps playing

Cues duck under whatever you’re listening to — music, podcast or audiobook — and never take over your player.

GPS recorded, not distracting

Route, pace and splits are tracked in the background and shown afterwards. Deliberately, there’s no live map mid-run — the run stays about running.

On your wrist

The new Wear OS companion shows your interval, time, distance and heart rate at a glance — with pause and skip from the watch. It installs itself alongside the phone app.

Heart rate, three ways

Bluetooth and ANT+ chest straps, or the sensor already in your Wear OS watch. Train in the right zone with no extra hardware.

History, bests and Strava

Every interval is saved with real distance and time, personal bests are tracked automatically, and finished runs share to Strava in one tap.

The app

A fresh coat of paint on an old friend

Home screen with the next workout ready to start An active run showing the current interval and time remaining Training plan list from Couch to 5K to half marathon Completed run details with intervals and splits Route map shown after a finished run Run history with personal bests
Free, in a market that isn’t

Every plan. Unlocked. For everyone.

Popular running apps routinely charge £50–£120 a year and lock their beginner plans behind trials. RunDouble’s answer is deliberately old-fashioned: the whole app, free, forever — for the people who need the lowest possible barrier to starting.

Couch to 5K FREE 5K Improver FREE Five to 10K FREE Zero to 10K FREE 10K Event Training FREE Half Marathon FREE

Repeat a session, redo a week, or jump ahead — you choose exactly which workout to do, whenever you like.

For press

Covering the relaunch?

High-resolution screenshots, the app icon, feature graphic and Wear OS imagery are available on request. Martin Long, RunDouble’s founder, is available for interview about the relaunch, the decision to go free, and building a beginner-first running app as a solo developer.

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