Nike Training Club vs Nike Run Club
Nike Training Club is the better choice for general fitness and strength training due to its diverse workout content and free access, while Nike Run Club is a solid option for runners but suffers from more significant tracking and syncing issues.
Nike Training Club (NTC) offers a wide variety of free, guided workouts for all levels, including strength, yoga, and bodyweight options, though it has some usability and technical glitches. Nike Run Club (NRC) provides excellent guided runs and community features, but users frequently report issues with inaccurate tracking, syncing, and app stability.
Head to head
Evidence note: Both apps are free, so the negativity often stems from friction experienced by non-paying users expecting premium performance. While NTC's issues are more around access and video playback, NRC's problems directly impact core functionality like run tracking, which is a more critical flaw for a running app.
Frequently asked
Is Nike Training Club completely free?
Does Nike Run Club accurately track runs?
Can I use Nike Training Club offline or on an iPad?
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.
- [R1] Nike Training Club Better basics: Bring back better basics!!!
- [R2] Nike Training Club The best: The best health/workout app by far!
- [R3] Nike Training Club Good, and could be great!: Great workouts especially the class format. Love the body weight workouts that do not require any equipment. Please improve app flow and usability and get rid of the request for notifications pop up after every workout.
- [R4] Nike Training Club No longer travel friendly, no offline options: In previous versions you were able to download workouts, if you are traveling or if you don’t have WiFi at your gym, or hotel (because many hotels have a daily surcharge for the use of WiFi) it was amazing to be able to still use the workouts offline. Please Nike bring it back.
- [R7] Nike Training Club Has no landscape format on IPad, Languages switch incorrectly: It used to display landscape on IPad but not anymore with the app updates. Also Unable to switch the Audio Track to English when the original audio is Spanish. The Audio track shows as ‘English’ when the video is playing in Spanish and no options to switch.
- [R9] Nike Training Club Suggestion: I like the app but don’t like the current way workouts are grouped. Would suggest that a filter is added by “target areas” such as glutes, legs, core, arms, back, etc
- [R14] Nike Training Club Perfect for everyone: It’s hard to not mention right away that this is a free app because that’s not the coolest thing about this app. If you are not in shape, but trying to get there, this is for you. There are a variety of workouts clearly labeled from beginner to expert and if you just need some momentum… Pick a 5 to 10 minute workout. You don’t have to commit your whole afternoon, just a few m
- [R10] Nike Training Club Won’t work: Wanted to try this app again after a while, but there is no way to get the videos for the workouts to play essentially making the app completely useless. Also there is virtually no app support. So looks like I will continue to not use this app.
- [R12] Nike Training Club Persistent Login Issues & Lost Progress: I’m frequently logged out of my account, which is frustrating on its own, but the bigger issue is that when I log back in, the app often loses my progress in the program I was following. This makes it difficult to stay consistent and track workouts over time. I really enjoy using Nike Training Club when it works, but these recurring login and progress-sync
- [R13] Nike Training Club What the heck: So I put every one of my emails in and it says “not eligible for registration” and every one that I tried it ether says this or you have to pay. BAD
- [R16] Nike Training Club Need a fix asap!: I have done everything to watch a workout video play fully. From disconnecting my beats, my Apple Watch, and even turning off Bluetooth. The videos will freeze and I have to get out the app and back in to start again. It’s getting so irritating. My update is current so I have no idea what it is.
- [R8] Nike Training Club actually best workout app: favorite workout app bc everything is free and good
- [R26] Nike Training Club How is this free?!: I recently got back into working out and didn’t want to pay for something in case I didn’t stick to it. NTC makes it so easy. They have programs you can follow and coach led classes. You can do little to no equipment or a full gym. They have yoga, endurance, and strength. NTC also has levels of experience making classes easy to chose and filter to pick what’s best for you. Love
- [R44] Nike Training Club Good workouts: Free and guided workouts that motivate you and get you that sweat you need
- [R43] Nike Training Club Won’t Let You Register: App says I’m not Elia’s to register. There is zero reason for this. Online reviews say the app glitches terribly. Told me to contact customer support. I’m not contacting customer support for an app that has not even gotten my @** off the couch yet. Go elsewhere.
- [R64] Nike Run Club 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
- [R73] Nike Run Club 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.
- [R61] Nike Run Club 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
- [R79] Nike Run Club 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
- [R94] Nike Run Club App doesn’t properly track distance any longer: 0 out of 5! App no longer tracks my actual distance I go. Thought it was a once or twice thing, but it’s been doing it for about 3 or 4 months now. I tried it again today and it said I went .11 while my Apple Watch said I went 1.52. Find another app that works!
- [R97] Nike Run Club Wildly wrong distances: Used to be ok. Now it tells me I’ve run a mile at the 3/4 mark. Consistently inaccurate on every route
- [R25] Nike Training Club Doesn’t Work in Landscape on iPad: As the title says, the app doesn’t work in landscape mode on the iPad. It worked before, now it doesn’t. I have a whole screen in landscape and it is just using a small part of the screen in portrait mode. Absurd and unusable.
- [R40] Nike Training Club iPad format: I hate the iPad format. The video doesn’t just play through like on my phone and it’s not widescreen.
- [R19] Nike Training Club Verification.: I downloaded this app, was signing in, but at the verification part, where I put in my email, it didn’t work, it didn’t send me my code! I tried on my iPad and my phone, but it didn’t send. Please fix this.
- [R28] Nike Training Club The app isn't working properly: The app isn't working properly. I want to subscribe, and it says it's sending the code to my email, but it never does. I tried several times.
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store