74
BU Score
Strong
Watch to 5K: Couch to 5km plan
✍️ BU Analytics Review
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Watch to 5K: Couch to 5km plan is an iOS app from Spaceman Digital Ltd in the News category, currently rated 4.8★ across 1,071 ratings. Initial signal reads as largely positive sentiment, users highlighting consistency and feature depth.
Our BU Score puts it at 74 — Strong (healthy traction). For a News app, that means healthy traction.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below — live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 10 of 10 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Excellent rating (4.8★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| excellent appREVIEW | +$1,500 | |
| Low install base (1,071 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Established app (5y old)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
💚Sentiment Over Time↑ green = positive · ↓ red = negative
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HISTORYEach bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 19 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.0+🔖 v8.0.1🔄 updated 2w ago🌐 EN📂 News💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2020 (5y old)
📝 About this app
Watch to 5K helps you build up to running 5K in just 9 weeks. It’s designed for absolute beginners and runs entirely on your Apple Watch, so you can leave your phone at home.
The plan includes three runs per week with a rest day between, and a new schedule each week. By the end of the program, you’ll be able to run continuously for 30 minutes.
BUILT FOR THE APPLE WATCH
• Runs independently without the need for your iPhone.
• Watch face complications are included allowing you to monitor your progress and quickly launch the app.
PHONE COMPANION APP
• An iPhone companion app is included to allow you to track your progress.
• View a breakdown of your previous runs, including health data and run route.
• Achievements are awarded as you progress through the plan to celebrate milestones such as running continuously for 5 minutes or running for a certain distance.
APPLE HEALTH INTEGRATION
• Sessions are stored in Apple Health and count towards your activity goals.
• Watch to 5K tracks your route, distance, calories, average speed and heart rate so you can easily track your progress.
• Supports outdoors or indoor runs.
LISTEN TO YOUR MUSIC WHILE YOU RUN
• Works alongside your preferred music player or podcast watch app, automatically ‘dipping’ the volumes so you can hear the instructions and updates on your progress.
• Signals the halfway point, so you know when to head home!
• Easy to follow countdown timer that uses sounds and haptics, so you know how long you’ve got left of each run.
GO AT YOUR OWN PACE
• Ability to repeat runs, allowing you to go at a pace that suits you.
• Start the plan from any week. Perfect if you are coming to Watch to 5K from a different plan/app.
• After completing the 5K plan, challenge yourself with the available 10K expansion plan.
NO SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED
• Watch to 5K is a one time purchase with no ongoing subscriptions.
FEATURED ON
* TechRadar - Top Apple Watch app of 2024 *
* MacRumors - Apps to Check Out *
* Stuff.tv - 40 best Apple Watch apps *
* Coach - The Best Apple Watch Fitness apps *
* Wareable - The Best Apple Watch running apps *
Watch to 5K integrates with Apple Health using HealthKit to store your run activity.
If you have any questions, comments or ideas, you can get in touch at support@watchto5k.com
The plan includes three runs per week with a rest day between, and a new schedule each week. By the end of the program, you’ll be able to run continuously for 30 minutes.
BUILT FOR THE APPLE WATCH
• Runs independently without the need for your iPhone.
• Watch face complications are included allowing you to monitor your progress and quickly launch the app.
PHONE COMPANION APP
• An iPhone companion app is included to allow you to track your progress.
• View a breakdown of your previous runs, including health data and run route.
• Achievements are awarded as you progress through the plan to celebrate milestones such as running continuously for 5 minutes or running for a certain distance.
APPLE HEALTH INTEGRATION
• Sessions are stored in Apple Health and count towards your activity goals.
• Watch to 5K tracks your route, distance, calories, average speed and heart rate so you can easily track your progress.
• Supports outdoors or indoor runs.
LISTEN TO YOUR MUSIC WHILE YOU RUN
• Works alongside your preferred music player or podcast watch app, automatically ‘dipping’ the volumes so you can hear the instructions and updates on your progress.
• Signals the halfway point, so you know when to head home!
• Easy to follow countdown timer that uses sounds and haptics, so you know how long you’ve got left of each run.
GO AT YOUR OWN PACE
• Ability to repeat runs, allowing you to go at a pace that suits you.
• Start the plan from any week. Perfect if you are coming to Watch to 5K from a different plan/app.
• After completing the 5K plan, challenge yourself with the available 10K expansion plan.
NO SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED
• Watch to 5K is a one time purchase with no ongoing subscriptions.
FEATURED ON
* TechRadar - Top Apple Watch app of 2024 *
* MacRumors - Apps to Check Out *
* Stuff.tv - 40 best Apple Watch apps *
* Coach - The Best Apple Watch Fitness apps *
* Wareable - The Best Apple Watch running apps *
Watch to 5K integrates with Apple Health using HealthKit to store your run activity.
If you have any questions, comments or ideas, you can get in touch at support@watchto5k.com
🆕 What's New · v8.0.1
• Meet your new virtual coach, with refreshed audio guidance throughout the plan.
• Clearer, louder coaching prompts for an even smoother run experience.
• Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Happy running!
• Clearer, louder coaching prompts for an even smoother run experience.
• Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Happy running!
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Watch to 5K: Couch to 5km plan
- Developer
- Spaceman Digital Ltd
- Bundle ID
- com.bencallis.WatchTo5K
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- News
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- www.watchto5k.com
- Tagline
- Couch to 5K for your Apple Watch
- Description
- Go from short run-and-walk intervals to a first 5K in 9 weeks with a Couch to 5K plan built for Apple Watch. Train phone-free, track progress, and stay motivated.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
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- Employees
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- Logo
- OG image
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
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- AI revenue estimate / mo
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- AI annual estimate
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- ML model estimate / mo
- $18.9K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US News
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
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Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- Not found
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- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
- Not found
- Public statements
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Funding
- Total raised
- Not found
- Last round
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- Investors
- Not found
- Crunchbase
- Not found
- AngelList
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Press & Links
- Articles found
- Not found
- Listed on
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- Blog
- https://www.watchto5k.com/blog
- Press / News
- Not found
Contacts & Socials
- Socials
- Not found
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- Phone
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- Contact page
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- About page
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📈Ratings growth1,071 ratings+113% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (58 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (36 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Geographic ReachNot ranked
This app is currently outside the top 100 grossing in all 9 countries we monitor (US, UK, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN). Niche or new apps often launch this way — popularity rankings appear once daily revenue clears the regional threshold.
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
