Nike Run Club

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R1] 5/5 · US The best: I always end up back here
2. [R8] 2/5 · US Potential not met: I want to write a good review. The training sessions can help newer runners find motivation. But I cannot ignore the shortcomings. The app is buggy sometimes crashing and losing the entire run. When that is a long run in marathon distance and there is no way to restore or remake it? That sucks. Some portions of the app (rate run effort lock up and won’t let you press the checkb
3. [R10] 5/5 · US Changed my running completely: Used to hate running. Totally chore for me. Nike Run Club turned it into something I truly enjoy. Thank you so much!
4. [R13] 5/5 · US Best Low Pressure Running App: If you want low pressure, guided runs, and you really want to go from couch to runner... Get this App! Simplistic. It made me enjoy running.
5. [R14] 5/5 · US Something for Everyone - &Free: Nothing to pay, there is nothing - it’s about Community. I think I’ve run almost every guided run, except the Pregnancy Runs. So many great dialog to build your runs. All you have to do is decide to start. Start with a 1min or 5min run; do those until you’re ready to move to the next; it’s about starting easy, easy, and the rest will grown. Listen to Head S
6. [R49] 5/5 · US Excellent Running App: Nike Run Club has helped me stay motivated and consistent with my running goals. The guided runs, training plans, and progress tracking are easy to use and very helpful. I love being able to track my distance, pace, and achievements all in one place. Highly recommended for beginners and experienced runners alike.
7. [R82] 3/5 · US Does not accurately track my runs: This has now happened to me multiple times. I really like this app, I like that it’s free, I like that it’s human. I like having real coaches in my ear when I’m running and I love the rapport between Coach Bennett and D.E. However, today I did the 9K run that’s part of the 10k training plan. I was tracking it on my Whoop band at the same time as I was using the
8. [R6] 5/5 · US Becoming a Runner: I like the ability to compete and motivate my friends. I’m super proud of my progress during this season
9. [R19] 5/5 · US My Favorite Running App: I have been using the Nike Run Club app since 2018. I love almost everything about it, especially the badges and challenges, the social elements, the metrics, and even the fact that Masami Nakada has cheated his way to the top of every single challenge leaderboard going back to at least May 2018 (currently July 2026). My only recommendation to the developers would be a
10. [R57] 4/5 · US Awesome Tracker, Poor Social Aspect: I absolutely love this app overall, almost to 900 miles total logged on it. The guided runs are second to none, and the interface is freaking awesome - very user friendly! Literally my only qualm with this app, is that sharing anything to social media is like a 4th grader designed it. The graphics are scratchy, you can’t share individual runs, and the stats ar
11. [R94] 3/5 · US Stop the automatic pauses: I really like the app, the challenges and tracking are good, I like knowing where I’m at compared to my peers. A pain point of this app is the constant automatic pauses. It will often, not always, pause when I’m running and searching for music, not stopping and searching but running. Today I did not realize that the app paused while I searched for music and it missed alm
12. [R3] 5/5 · US Nike: This app should work with having to update Apple Watch or buy a new Apple Watch .
13. [R107] 1/5 · US No longer works with Apple Watch: The new update on Nike Run Club removed the app from my watch. My Apple Watch does not support the OS11. But the watch still works great. There is no need to buy a new one yet so I’m very frustrated that I can no longer use the Nike run app on it.
14. [R115] 1/5 · US Stopped working on Apple Watch: This is no longer compatible with the Apple Watch, so I can only use the app on the iPhone. I have been using this for years to track runs, so this is very frustrating.
15. [R121] 1/5 · US stopped supporting older apple watches: I have an SE and I am literally unable to use my watch with the app because it cannot update to IOS 11. My watch works perfectly fine, and there is literally no need to upgrade outside of just getting a newer watch. This is a disgrace from Nike. I bought this watch not even 5 years ago, and now this app will not work with it.
16. [R4] 2/5 · US Doesn’t calculate right: It doesn’t calculate the correct way. I’m using three apps at the same time when I go walking my StepsApp says I did over 9000 steps. Nike run app says I did put 39 miles in nine minutes. The apple think heart health app says I need it close to the 9000 or something steps all right I have pictures of this so I’m hoping they ask for them but this needs to be fixed soon. Peo
17. [R24] 1/5 · US Run wasn’t calculated for today it combined a run from a week ago with today somehow: Run was merged with a run from last week so I don’t know how many miles I ran today
18. [R27] 1/5 · US Only gains I’m getting is frustration: The app doesn’t save runs. I’ve deleted and reinstalled the app so many times but nothing seems to fix the issue. At first after downloading, the app works like expected. However after the initial run, it no longer saves runs/data. So you either forego saving workout information or you uninstall and reinstall with every use. As you can imagine, that means t
19. [R22] 2/5 · US Disappointed: I was very disappointed in the lack of integration with Apple Watch. There were so many quirks I had to look up online, such as: If you do a treadmill workout, you have to start the run on your watch or keep your phone on you or it won’t track pace or distance. It doesn’t show your pace on certain types of runs like recovery runs. You can’t access your training plan on the watch
20. [R34] 4/5 · US Best Running App: This app is absolutely fantastic for all levels of runners. It’s smooth, engaging, intuitive and works with all other running apps extremely well. The only issue I have is the syncing with the watch version. The phone and watch don’t speak very effectively and the watch with sometimes, often randomly, desync from the run on the phone. Back to the app. They have somehow gameified
21. [R39] 4/5 · US Great but buggy: Coaching is awesome but it’s so buggy, constant conflicts with apple fitness and doesn’t log the completed runs like 90% of the time.
22. [R7] 4/5 · US Coaching: The coaching is great cause it makes me feel like I’m never doing this alone, & sometimes they can be too long winded to where it starts to throw me off.
23. [R20] 3/5 · US Please update: This is a useful app for tracking runs. I’ve been using it for years but for the love of god please update it. I’m so sick of hearing the same Mo Farah encouragement for the last 5 years.
24. [R58] 1/5 · US Coach Bennet is my mortal enemy: FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, SHUT COACH BENNET UP on the interval runs. It’s the cringiest stupidest god forsaken pep talks. You have Reddit threads going back SIX YEARRRRSSS asking to shut him up. Every time I download this app I remember how idiotic it is and have to delete it again. I just want someone to count be off at each minute HOW IS THAT SO HARD TO ASK FOR
25. [R90] 1/5 · US Volume: I use this app for years, but have a persistent issue with the app overriding volume in my podcast or whatever else I listen to to where I can barely hear it while I’m running. This has made me stop using this app and I’m really irritated and disappointed because this is what I used to track my mileage on my shoes.
26. [R15] 3/5 · US Guide turns off: The guided portion turns off if I pause, even if part of the workout. So annoying!!
27. [R55] 3/5 · US Unwanted Pauses: My run keeps pausing during the rest sections and it’s very frustrating. This app should be reworked so that it only pauses a run when you manually do so. I’m training for my first 5K (yay!) and it’s messing up my pace time so I’m getting very inaccurate results.
28. [R87] 2/5 · US Auto pause causes run glitch: This app is significantly helping me improve my running. However its very frustrating when the auto pause causes the guided runs to glitch. I was most of the way through a guided run when I stopped for genuinely 2 seconds. The entire run glitched after that- the spoken parts played immediately one after another, causing the timing to be completely off. I could not rec
29. [R29] 2/5 · US Indoor treadmill runs don’t track distance, please fix: I use NRC to follow a running program, but every time I run on the treadmill I have to toggle “indoor” location tracking and skip the guided run so I can listen to my own music and just get into my own flow. The coaches are genuinely great, I just don’t always want a guided session. The problem: when I finish a treadmill run (recently did
30. [R41] 4/5 · US Great app, not perfect: Nike Run Club is probably the best running app available if you don’t have a smartwatch. On the track or trail, it does an excellent job tracking distance, giving audio updates at whatever interval you choose, and the guided runs are a great way to keep your mind engaged when you want to mix things up. That said, there are a few things that feel overdue for improvement, esp
31. [R61] 4/5 · US Please fix the starting challenge mile count.: Love the app, new to running and I’m starting on treadmill. Is that cheating? Idk, but it’s still running, I’m doing my miles on the treadmill, doing the starting challenges as the “first run” the “next run” and so on, but for some reason is not registering the miles ran per session. Checked the set up for the run and made sure was on “indoors” but st
32. [R23] 1/5 · US Constantly signs you out: About every other week I get signed out of the app and have to log back in. My runs stop getting uploaded and the watch app becomes unusable. This has been happening for the past 2 years.
33. [R125] 1/5 · US No longer Compatible - WATCH OS 10: The app is no longer compatible with Watch OS 10. Many Apple Watches, such as mine, cannot update to OS 11. Please fix the compatibility
34. [R38] 3/5 · US Not accurate when completing runs: This app is really helpful when it's working, and I’ve been using it for my runs under the apps plan. Even when it tells me to press STOP at the end, it sometimes doesn't show as completed on my plan. It might be a small software glitch or maybe user error. I’m hopeful it will be fixed soon so I can enjoy it without any hassle.