One app, two optional extras
The free plan
is the app.
Kinoku is a private training app for lifters, runners, and hybrid athletes. Pro and Elite are optional extras for people who want more. Nothing basic sits behind a paywall. Google Play handles billing and local prices.
The whole app
Free
A complete training app with good defaults, not a teaser.
Free forever
- + Unlimited workouts, routines, and history
- + 1,300+ exercises plus your own custom ones
- + Muscle map, stats, achievements, and rewards
- + Coach: Today's Focus and Weekly Recap
- + Live run cues for pace, hills, and heat, each with its own toggle
- + GPS runs, Health Connect, and Wear OS
- + Weather, air, pollen, and UV notes on every run (opt-in Open-Meteo)
- + Shoe mileage tracking with swap reminders
- + Warmup tool, plate calculator, and share cards
- + 17 themes included
- + Backup and CSV import
Your core logging, routines, history, and tools stay free.
Optional extras
For people who want more depth. The app works without them.
An optional extra
Pro
Deeper planning and run analysis, if you want more than the basics.
$39.99 / year
or $5.99 / month
Save 44%
- + Run Analytics, Zone Training, a route heatmap, and a fitness score from your runs
- + A training calendar with planned workouts, active programs, and Smart Today notes
- + Quick Log, Circuit and HIIT, custom Scenes, and as many Daily Pulse Metrics as you want
- + A Today card with a recovery-colored body and clear tips when muscles need rest
- + Volume Landmarks (MEV / MAV / MRV), scheduled rest days, and richer challenge notes
Plus more planning, recovery, and coach depth across the app.
Prefer to buy once?
Pro Lifetime
$99.99 one-time
About 2.5 years of yearly Pro
For people who skip subscriptions on principle and know Kinoku is their long-term app.
No renewal. Lifetime means the lifetime of Kinoku as a product.
The deepest optional extra
Elite
The adaptive layer and the full analytics hub, for people who want all of it.
$69.99 / year
or $11.99 / month
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- + Readiness from sleep, HRV, and load, plus auto set tuning and weight tips
- + Tomorrow’s Focus, Smart Fatigue Swap, a height-aware fitness score, and the smart coach layer
- + Unlimited programs, custom plans, cycle links, and deep step notes
- + A 6-tab Elite Analytics Hub with Training Load, Race Predictions, and Strength Standards
Plus the rest of Kinoku’s deeper analytics and smart layer.
Prefer to buy once?
Elite Lifetime
$199.99 one-time
About 3 years of yearly Elite
For people who already know Kinoku is their long-term app.
No renewal. Lifetime means the lifetime of Kinoku as a product.
Compare the tiers
Core tracking stays free. Paid tiers add planning, richer charts, and a deeper layer.
| Feature | Free | Pro | Elite |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation | |||
| Workouts, routines, history | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Follow-along video routines (YouTube / Vimeo) | Included | Included | Included |
| Exercise library (1,300+) | Included | Included | Included |
| Custom exercises | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Progress photos | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Warmup generator | Included | Included | Included |
| Plate calculator | Included | Included | Included |
| Bodyweight Total Load with biomechanics | Included | Included | Included |
| Trash & 30-day undo | Included | Included | Included |
| Backup, CSV import, and Strava import | Included | Included | Included |
| Daily training depth | |||
| Coach surface | Focus + Recap | Adds Alerts + Intel | Adds Patterns + Tomorrow's Focus |
| Live audio coaching during runs | Cadence + hill + heat cues | Cadence + hill + heat cues | Cadence + hill + heat cues |
| Exercise intelligence | - | Top 3 exercises | Up to 6 exercises |
| Pulse insights per day | 1 | 3 | 5 + exclusives |
| Smart Today + Rotation Groups | Today pick | + Rotation groups + body figure | + Readiness easy-day |
| Today's muscle impact (post-workout) | Included | Included | Included |
| Daily Pulse Metrics | 3 active | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Scenes | Built-in | Built-in + custom | Built-in + custom |
| Cycle-aware training | Base logging | Predictions + full symptoms | Correlations + per-exercise |
| Steps | Today + 7-day history | Full dashboard | Adaptive goals + AI insights |
| Rest Day tracker | Manual + unmark | Scheduled-ahead | Auto-detection from readiness |
| Forecast insights + Why? panel | - | Base forecasts | Overreach cross-domain class |
| Training Form curve on Coach (Fresh / OK / Tired read) | Chart + state pill | + forecast tails | + AI narrative |
| Customization and sharing | |||
| Themes | 17 themes | 17 themes | 23 themes |
| Share system | 16 card types | 16 card types | 16 card types |
| Generative data-art styles | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Hero presets (auto-detected) | 10 auto / 11 total | 10 auto / 11 total | 10 auto / 11 total |
| Photo overlay and sticker share | Included | Included | Included |
| Achievements | 130 across 13 categories | 130 across 13 categories | 130 across 13 categories |
| Your Story (year-end story deck) | Included | Included | Included |
| Languages | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Planning and progression | |||
| Training calendar | Basic (≤14d, ≤10 plans) | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Recurring schedules | - | Included | Included |
| Drag-to-move, day-copy | - | Included | Included |
| Program templates | - | 13 templates | 13 templates |
| Active programs | - | 4 | Unlimited |
| Volume landmarks (MEV / MAV / MRV) | - | Included | Included |
| Named programs (5/3/1, GZCLP, nSuns) | - | Included | Included |
| Quick Log (text + voice) | - | Included | Included |
| Circuit & HIIT | - | Included | Included |
| Social Bets | - | Included | Included |
| Challenges | Core tracking | Insights + composites | Projections + What-If |
| Run depth | |||
| GPS run tracking | Included | Included | Included |
| Run Analytics dashboard | - | Included | Included |
| Run Studio (interactive deep-dive) | Full screen + marks | + Replay | + Ghost compare + notes |
| Zone Training (polarized 80/20) | - | Included | Included |
| Pace-colored routes (on maps + share cards) | Included | Included | Included |
| Route heatmap (multi-run overlay) | - | Included | Included |
| Weather, AQI, pollen, UV on run summary (opt-in) | Included | Included | Included |
| Heat-stress pace estimate | - | Included | Included |
| Swim training | Included | Included | Included |
| Advanced intelligence (Elite Analytics Hub) | |||
| Elite Analytics Hub (6 tabs) | - | - | Included |
| Training Load screen (90-day Banister chart + form-bucket badge) | - | - | Included |
| Race Predictions: VDOT + Riegel for 5K/10K/HM/FM | - | - | Included |
| Power-based TSS, HR-based TRIMP | - | - | Included |
| Altitude-corrected VO₂max (sea-level equivalent) | - | - | Included |
| Strength Standards: DOTS, IPF GL, Wilks, FFMI | - | - | Included |
| Form Band tab in Elite Analytics Hub | - | - | Included |
| Strength trajectory with 95% CI + milestone forecast | - | - | Included |
| PR timeline & velocity | - | - | Included |
| Compound lift ratios (H:Q, bench:OHP, push:pull) | - | - | Included |
| RPE drift detection | - | - | Included |
| Muscle balance radar (run-augmented) | - | - | Included |
| Frequency overlay (lift + run + step days) | - | - | Included |
| Exercise efficiency & effective volume | - | - | Included |
| Peak performance windows | - | - | Included |
| Plateau detection + substitution suggestions | - | - | Included |
| ACWR (acute:chronic workload ratio) | - | - | Included |
| Readiness score (sleep + HRV + load) | Pulse readiness signal | + Health trend + suggestions | Full score + auto adjustments |
| Autoregulation (RIR-based set adjustment) | - | - | Included |
| Weight progression suggestions | - | - | Included |
| Custom periodization model | - | - | Included |
| Smart Fatigue Swap (recovery-aware tomorrow plan) | - | - | Included |
| Cycle tab: per-exercise phase sensitivity | - | - | Included |
No tricks
The free plan is the app.
Most apps pay servers for every user. That bill pushes them to squeeze the free tier. Kinoku runs on your phone, so there is no bill to chase. The free plan stays whole.
- + Zero ads, on every tier.
- + Workouts, routines, history, and runs have no caps.
- + No countdown sales or fake discounts. Prices just sit there.
- + The app never nags you to upgrade after a workout.
- + Want to try the paid layer? Train often and the Rewards system grants Pro time. No card.
How does this stay alive? People who want the deeper layer pay for it. That funds everything else.
A few notes
- + Google Play handles billing and shows the price in your local currency.
- + Pro and Elite lead with the yearly price. Monthly is a lighter option.
- + The yearly Pro and Elite plans start with a 14-day free trial. Cancel anytime before it ends.
- + Pro and Elite each have a quiet one-time Lifetime buy, not the default pick.