Last few days to get RunKeeper Pro for free

Through-out the month of January 2011, Runkeeper are giving away the Pro version of their mobile client (Android and iPhone iOS) for nothing, a saving of $9.99 for each version.

I’ve been using the free version of Runkeeper on my Nexus One for the past 9 months and have been very impressed with the service in comparision to some of the other training trackers on the Market and the Polar based gear that i’ve uses for years before now.  The things that have impressed me the most have been the social networking side of the website, the general look and feel of both the mobile apps/website and the ongoing enhancement of the size; like the recent addition of heartrate monitoring.

Downloading the pro verison now whilst it is free give you access to additional features like:

• Manual activity posts (something that used to only be done via the website) for those times on the gym machines
• Audiable coaching / pace information as you are training
• Custom playlists whilst you exercise

Depending on how far you want to take the usage, Runkeeper also has a yearly ($19.99 USD) subscription service for their Elite functions that provides a greater level of statistical data about your fitness activities and helps to generate taylored training progams to help achieve that next milestone or race event.  Something that I really like the sound of but have yet to try is Runkeeper Live, which allows you to stream live information to their website for people to follow your progress, real-time.

Download your copy from iTunes or the Market now, whilst it’s FREE!

UPDATE 1/Feb/2011: RunKeeper have seen a massive increase in the number of people registering to use their application since it was made free for the month of January.  Despite being listed as one of Apple’s top grossing apps for 2010, the team as decided that from what they have learnt and their future plans, they will continue to provide the Pro version of the RunKeeper mobile app for free.

Tags: Android, Applications, iOS, Review

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