Runner's World

Name: Runner's World
Rating: 4.4 (2345 reviews)
Author: Hearst Communications, Inc.

By: Hearst Communications, Inc. App

Health & Fitness

Overview

Version:

28.0

Last updated: 2025-05-30

Ranking

#38,302 ▼ 71

Overall

Features & Capabilities

The essential guide for runners of all levels—beginners to marathoners. Runner's World offers training guidance, motivation, and practical tips to help you run faster, farther, and enjoy every mile.

The app supports issue previews, subscription options, and built-in social sharing—clip content and post to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, or save to your photo roll. Requires iOS 10.0+; pricing details and terms of use are included in the app.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Sports News & Magazines

By:

Hearst Communications, Inc.

Rating:

4.40

(2,345) 3 new ratings

Version:

28.0 Last updated: 2025-05-30

Version code:

875175715

Creation date:

2011-10-13

Compatible devices:

Size:

60.18MB

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-06

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 38,302 ▼ 71

Other platforms

Runner's World (v18.0)

20,389 2.98

(62)

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Developed by:

Hearst Communications, Inc.

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/runners-world/id470601468

User Reviews

Readers praise RW’s content quality and motivational value, but the app is plagued by recurring login/activation and paywall issues, weak support, and stability problems. Content remains strong, yet access to paid material is inconsistent, hurting the overall experience for subscribers.

Pros

High-quality, wide-ranging content across running articles that many reviewers value.
Content is motivating and engaging, helping readers stay committed to training and reading about running.
When it works, the app is visually appealing (stunning) and provides a good reading experience.

Cons

Frequent login and subscription recognition issues: the app does not recognize RW+ or paid subscriptions and activation attempts fail.
Paywalls persist even for paying subscribers, with reports of being charged again or unable to access content already paid for.
Customer support is slow or unhelpful, with service requests going unanswered or redirected to outdated FAQs.
App reliability problems: crashes on startup, syncing issues between web and app, and pages failing to load or update.

Recent reviews

This app has the potential to be great but what it’s currently delivering is lack luster. I will be reading an article, and if my finger isn’t glued to my screen, it will populate to the home page and I have to search the article again. The app operates like a webpage with ads. Sometimes when I click a link it takes me outside of the app to my safari page where I’m not signed in.

by *S*****, 2026-07-25

Money came out of my account alright but that’s the only thing this app is good for. Can never sign in keeps asking me to become a member, ffs I am on already. Stay away from this waste of time. Do better, there are free apps that are better than this Paid one