Reviews
Of course we believe the app is brilliant, but the question is who you should really believe: us or the runners?
That’s why we let our users do the talking. Real stories from real runners.
That’s why we let our users do the talking. Real stories from real runners.

Esther Helgers
I have been a runner for a long time, sometimes a fanatic one and sometimes less fanatic. The distances varied and it had been years since I had really challenged myself with longer distances like a half marathon. The thought of a marathon started to grow on me and running with a goal and a plan works better than just doing something.
I came to Trenara on the advice of a friend who was also training for the marathon. I was a bit skeptical at first: there weren’t a lot of reviews out there and a lot seemed to be ‘in development’. But my thought was: sometimes you have to give a smaller player in this app market something, so let’s give it a try!
I think I reset my goal 20 times to see what changed with more workouts, another marathon date, different training days, or if I cheated on the calibration. Nice to see that the plan changed every time!
Finally I chose a marathon, trained for it three times a week and was able to shift my training days, very nice feature! Something I wasn’t looking looked forward to was entering the training sessions in my watch, but guess what, if you have a Garmin and a subscription, the app just does this for you! Saves me a lot of hassle. For that reason alone, you’d take Peak Pro and buy a Garmin.
What I really like are the messages you get before and after a training session. I’m always curious to see what comes up. Things like ‘Tip: don’t use LSD before/after this LSD 💊’ still makes me laugh out loud. I personally find it really handy to shift my training days. And during my holiday in a mountainous areas I was able to adjust the terrain so that I could continue training with a small adjustment in tempos.
I also like the fact that personal contact is possible with the coach/developers. Don’t expect 24/7 service, they run themselves and have a life :), but you always get an answer if you have a question. The week before the marathon, for example, I had a whole conversation about carb loading – I really couldn’t figure it out with Google, but with Christophe I did. That personal contact just gives this app an extra touch.
The marathon is now over for me and there is a recovery plan programmed that I haven’t started yet. On beforehand I thought I’d probably cancel my subscription immediately after the marathon, but I’m still here! Thinking about my next goal, I keep “playing” with the features a bit every now and then and I’ll see what I’ll do.
I like the fact that I am relieved of the typical ‘what am I going to do today?’ question and that is why I keep the app on my smartphone. In addition, I simply grant it to the coach/developers, so much effort and time is put into it and the more subscribers they have, the faster these developments can take place… until the app is 100% optimal.
I came to Trenara on the advice of a friend who was also training for the marathon. I was a bit skeptical at first: there weren’t a lot of reviews out there and a lot seemed to be ‘in development’. But my thought was: sometimes you have to give a smaller player in this app market something, so let’s give it a try!
I think I reset my goal 20 times to see what changed with more workouts, another marathon date, different training days, or if I cheated on the calibration. Nice to see that the plan changed every time!
Finally I chose a marathon, trained for it three times a week and was able to shift my training days, very nice feature! Something I wasn’t looking looked forward to was entering the training sessions in my watch, but guess what, if you have a Garmin and a subscription, the app just does this for you! Saves me a lot of hassle. For that reason alone, you’d take Peak Pro and buy a Garmin.
What I really like are the messages you get before and after a training session. I’m always curious to see what comes up. Things like ‘Tip: don’t use LSD before/after this LSD 💊’ still makes me laugh out loud. I personally find it really handy to shift my training days. And during my holiday in a mountainous areas I was able to adjust the terrain so that I could continue training with a small adjustment in tempos.
I also like the fact that personal contact is possible with the coach/developers. Don’t expect 24/7 service, they run themselves and have a life :), but you always get an answer if you have a question. The week before the marathon, for example, I had a whole conversation about carb loading – I really couldn’t figure it out with Google, but with Christophe I did. That personal contact just gives this app an extra touch.
The marathon is now over for me and there is a recovery plan programmed that I haven’t started yet. On beforehand I thought I’d probably cancel my subscription immediately after the marathon, but I’m still here! Thinking about my next goal, I keep “playing” with the features a bit every now and then and I’ll see what I’ll do.
I like the fact that I am relieved of the typical ‘what am I going to do today?’ question and that is why I keep the app on my smartphone. In addition, I simply grant it to the coach/developers, so much effort and time is put into it and the more subscribers they have, the faster these developments can take place… until the app is 100% optimal.