BulkForged automates progressive overload on Android and Garmin, and logs the exact reps and weight behind…
Category: Indie Spotlight
Connecting runners with the best third-party apps, devices and tools for Garmin and beyond. Small developers and indie projects are listed free — larger companies, contact [email protected] to get included. Articles are not endorsements of the products or services as some articles are written by the developer and edited by the5krunner.
Tiles Turns Past Workouts Into a Map to Explore
Tiles brings Apple Health workouts and GPX, FIT and CSV files together on one private map…
Back My Run: GPS-Triggered Voice Notes for Race Day
Back My Run uses background GPS, offline audio and distance triggers to play supporter voice notes…
Cinder: An Apple Watch Recovery App That Shows Its Calculations
Cinder computes recovery, strain, and sleep scores from Apple Watch data, with the full formula published…
Beatrunner Pro: When Your Running Music Follows Your Pace
Beatrunner Pro uses real-time time-stretching to match music to running cadence, with Manual and Workout modes…
Loamcast: Is Your Trail Still Muddy After the Rain?
Loamcast estimates whether each section of your GPX route is Dry, Wet, Muddy or High risk…
Vertical AI Coach: Build Your Training Partner
Vertical is an adaptive AI running coach that builds your season plan, cites the sports science,…
Reps: A Recovery Score That Rewrites The Workout, Not Just The Dashboard
Reps is an iPhone and Apple Watch app that reads your recovery, sets an intensity ceiling,…
Train to Mountain: Adaptive Mountaineering Training Built for the 3,000 to 5,000m Athlete
Adaptive mountaineering training for 3,000 to 5,000m peaks. Train to Mountain models mountain fitness, descent load…
Why Runners Should Track the Gym as Carefully as the Miles
BeanFit combines set-level strength logging with cardio, heart-rate, and VO2 analytics in one private iPhone app.
RiversideArt: Eighteen Garmin Apps Built Against the Subscription Tide
A one-person Connect IQ shop shipped 18 Garmin apps in a month, all free or one-time…
Structured Swim Training for Runners Who End Up in the Pool
AquaPlan builds periodized swim plans and sends structured sessions to your Garmin — built for runners…
Negative Split: Free Local Strava Running Analytics
Negative Split adds rTSS, GAP, zones, race predictions and a free Year in Sport to Strava,…
My Running Dashboard – Beta: Analytics Built From One Runner’s DNF
A free running dashboard built after a marathon DNF: CP-anchored fitness, race predictions and a Time…
Garmin battery alert app: five indie Connect IQ apps
Perry S's wife kept running her Venu 3S flat, so he built her an app that…
Pace It: Running Analytics That Show Whether Your Training Is Actually Working
Pace It turns your run history into pace-at-effort trends, personalised training paces, and a running fitness…
