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Running for beginners, on iPhone

Start running, one easy minute at a time.

Kanvify is a running coach for your iPhone, made for real beginners. Follow a gentle walk-run plan while a friendly voice tells you when to run and when to walk.

Coming soon to the App Store

Kanvify 1.0 will be free. No account, no ads.

  • 4 levels
  • 48 sessions
  • 60 minutes non-stop
Kanvify’s Today screen in the light Pine theme: “Good morning, Alex”, today’s session “Smooth and calm” (29 minutes) with its run-walk strip and a Start session button, and this week’s three sessions below.
The run screen in the dark Volt theme during a run: a large countdown of 0:58 inside a coral progress ring, “Run, step 6 of 13”, up next “Walk, 1:30”, and the time remaining, distance and pace.

Everything you need to start

Made for your very first run, and for every run after it.

  • Walk-run plans

    Four levels and 48 sessions take you from one-minute runs to running an hour non-stop. Every session starts with a warm-up and ends with a cool-down.

  • A voice coach

    It tells you when to run and when to walk, counts down each minute and lets you know when you’re halfway. It keeps going with the screen locked, over your music.

  • GPS runs

    Outdoors, Kanvify measures your distance, pace and route. On a treadmill, it uses your iPhone’s motion sensors instead.

  • Lock Screen and Dynamic Island

    A Live Activity shows the current step and the time left, so you can check without unlocking your phone.

  • Apple Health

    If you want, save each run to Apple Health as a workout, with its route. It’s optional, and you can turn it on or off in Settings.

  • Light and dark themes

    Pick one of five color themes, then choose light, dark or follow your phone.

  • English and Spanish

    Use the app and hear the voice coach in English or Spanish. Switch any time in Settings.

  • Private by design

    No account, no ads and no tracking. Your runs stay on your iPhone.

A look inside

Pre-launch preview — the app may still change.

  • The session screen in the light Pine theme: “Smooth and calm”, Level 1, week 2, session 5, with 29 minutes in total, 12 minutes of running and 13 steps, and a timeline that starts with a 5-minute warm-up followed by alternating runs and walks.
    Your session, step by step
  • The Level 1 plan in the dark Volt theme: the goal is to run 20 minutes in total, over 4 weeks with 3 sessions a week, with done, current and upcoming sessions laid out week by week.
    Your plan, week by week
  • The session summary in the light Pine theme: “Session 5 complete”, a map of the route, the time, distance and average pace, and a Save run button.
    A summary after every run
  • The Activity screen in the dark Volt theme: a map with run locations, this month’s runs, distance and time, and a bar chart of minutes per week.
    Your activity over time
  • The Plans screen in the dark Volt theme: Level 1, run 20 minutes in total, in progress with 4 of 12 sessions done, and Level 2, run 30 minutes in total.
    Four levels to grow into
  • The Appearance and theme settings in the light Pine theme: choose Light, Dark or Follow phone, set the run screen to always dark or to match, and pick a theme such as Pine or Ember.
    Light, dark and five themes

Your runs stay on your iPhone

Kanvify works without an account and keeps what you do on your phone.

Read the privacy policy

  • No account, no servers

    There’s nothing to sign up for. Your runs, plan progress and routes are saved only on your iPhone.

  • No ads, no tracking

    No ad identifiers and no third-party analytics. We never sell your data.

  • You’re in control

    Share or export a run only when you choose. Delete everything from Settings at any time.

What’s new

  1. Meet Kanvify

    The app has its name and icon: Kanvify, with a K drawn like a route, from an open start ring to a finish dot. The iPhone app is coming soon.

Your first run can be mostly walking.

That’s the idea. Kanvify starts gently and adds a little more each week, until running for an hour feels possible.

Coming soon to the App Store

Kanvify 1.0 will be free. No account, no ads.