Runstra is a small running app for people who want to start, not break records. It works for runners and daily walkers in the same way: open the app, look at your week, and try to show up. We do the counting.
Whatever your phone’s health app already records counts. You don’t tap “start.” You don’t pick a workout type. Walk to work, jog around the block, take the stairs, all of it lands in your week.
The six leagues
Every week (Monday to Sunday) you sit in one of six leagues, based on your weekly step total. Hit the threshold and you promote. Fall short and you drop one tier, your streak stays safe either way.
Recalc happens every Monday at 04:00. Everyone who hits their threshold promotes, there are no caps and no “only the top 5” rules. The shape of progress is climbing tiers, not chasing splits.
Daily and weekly challenges
Two slots live on your home screen. The first keeps your streak alive (a target tuned to your seven-day average). The second is a bolts slot, push a little past the streak target and you bag bolts. Both reset at 02:00.
On top of that, every Monday morning you get a weekly challenge. Clear it by Sunday and you bag +700 bolts. One per week.
Bolts: the in-app currency
Bolts are how Runstra rewards showing up. You earn them from placing well in your league, clearing challenges, and winning races. You can’t buy them. You spend them by wagering on H2H races against friends. No real money, no IAP, the economy is purely earned.
H2H: race a friend in 72 hours
Pick a friend. Pick a distance , 1K, 5K, or 10K. Stake some bolts , 200, 500, or 1,000. You both have 72 hours to log a time from your phone’s health app. Fastest wins. Bolts go to the winner.
Friends and reactions
You see your friends’ weeks. They see yours. Tap a small reaction on theirs , that’s the whole social loop. Quick, light, and out of the way.
The honest bit
Runstra is built by one person on the side. There’s no team, no investors, no roadmap deck. Some things work really well today, leagues, H2H, group runs, walks counting, streaks. Others aren’t built yet, live GPS tracking, richer reactions, profile customization, Android. iOS first because that’s what I own to test on; Android comes when Google’s Health Connect is mature enough.
What you see on your home screen is what’s done. Not what’s promised.
How to start
- Install Runstra and connect your phone’s health app.
- Walk or run today. Anything counts.
- Open it tomorrow. Watch the week build itself.
That’s the whole onboarding. Show up most days, most weeks. Promotions and bolts will follow on their own.