| App | How it coaches | Pushes workouts to | Price | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DomestiqueFree, open-source local cycling planner that adjusts the next sessions from ride data, HRV and readiness via intervals.icu.Cycling | Rule-based adaptive | intervals.icu | unverified | |
| Garmin CoachFree adaptive run, cycling, triathlon, strength and fitness plans inside Garmin Connect that adjust daily from a Garmin watch's performance and recovery data.RunningCyclingTriathlonStrengthOther | Rule-based adaptive | Garmin, Garmin Edge | unverified | |
| JOINAdaptive cycling training plans that re-plan from post-workout RPE, readiness and availability, with workouts pushed to Garmin, Wahoo, Zwift and Hammerhead.CyclingRunning | Rule-based adaptive | Garmin, Wahoo ELEMNT, Zwift, Hammerhead Karoo, Rouvy, Apple Watch, Smart trainer | unverified | |
| RunnaCoach-written running plans from 5K to ultramarathon whose pace targets adjust to completed runs, pushed to Garmin, COROS and Apple Watch.RunningStrength | Rule-based adaptive+ human coach | Garmin, COROS, Apple Watch, Suunto | unverified | |
| SpokedAndroid cycling training plans that adjust daily from time in zone, perceived effort, sleep and freshness.Cycling | Rule-based adaptive | unverified | unverified |
Rule-based adaptive training apps
Rule-based plans re-flow or scale by fixed rules: a missed session shifts the week, a hard RPE eases the next one, a volume target scales with what you completed. Garmin Coach and Runna are the best-known examples. The adaptation is real but bounded, and there is no chat; what you get is predictability and, often, a low price or a free bundle with a watch.
- apps match the rule
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5 apps match this rule as of . 0 of them are not eligible for the shortlist (fewer than six dimensions scored from public evidence, or a score set by the site owner).
Shortlist: Rule-based
- Domestique
Free, open-source local cycling planner that adjusts the next sessions from ride data, HRV and readiness via intervals.icu.
3.83 of 5 · 6/8 scored
- Garmin Coach
Free adaptive run, cycling, triathlon, strength and fitness plans inside Garmin Connect that adjust daily from a Garmin watch's performance and recovery data.
3.14 of 5 · 7/8 scored
- JOIN
Adaptive cycling training plans that re-plan from post-workout RPE, readiness and availability, with workouts pushed to Garmin, Wahoo, Zwift and Hammerhead.
3.00 of 5 · 7/8 scored
Rule: Every app whose vendor describes adaptation by fixed rules and triggers (missed session, RPE, completed volume) without a physiological model or a conversation. Shortlist: the three eligible apps with the highest evidence-based mean score. Evidence mean is over the dimensions scored from public evidence; ties go to more dimensions scored, then the lower monthly price. Eligibility and tie-breaks.
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How this index works
- Facts, cited. Sports, AI level, thirteen coaching capabilities, devices, price: each from the vendor's own page, linked and dated.
- Scores, from evidence. Eight coaching dimensions, 1 to 5, each citing a public page. No evidence, no score: a blank is not a low mark.
- Rules, not opinions. Every shortlist is the printed output of a rule over the data, recomputed on every build. Nobody picks a winner.
Every fact on this page links to the vendor page that states it on the app's own page. Scores follow the published rubric. The compare page shows all eight scored dimensions side by side.