Rivals for iPhone
Changelog
New ways to run. Small things made better.
Every Rivals release, newest first.
Rivals has a new home at joinrivals.app, friends' runs show on a real map, and race codes are safer.
New
- Rivals lives at joinrivals.app now. Invite, race and watch links use it, and old rivals.talix.app links still work.
Better
- Runs in your Friends feed show on a map, the same as the runs on your Profile.
- Tapping Strava or Units in Settings opens its options right under the row, and the arrow shows whether it's open.
- New race codes are 8 characters, so nobody can find your race by guessing. Codes you already shared still work.
- Once a race is over, its code only opens it for the people who were in it.
Fixed
- Too many wrong race or invite codes in one day now pauses code lookups until the next day, so codes can't be guessed at scale.
A profile that shows your running, and bigger races: up to 10 runners, with up to 50 friends watching live.
New
- Profile has three tabs. Overview shows your personal records, top trophies and top rival. Runs lists everything you've run. Trophies holds the full set.
- Runs replaces the History tab. Each run is a card with a map of your route, your distance, time and pace, under a heading for its month. One menu filters by races, time trials, runs, workouts or Strava.
- Race any of your personal records as a ghost, straight from Profile.
- Trophies have a new look. Racing, ghost, best and distance trophies each get their own shape, and bronze, silver and gold their own color. Each trophy shows once, at the best level you've earned. Tap one to see every level and what's left.
- New to Rivals? Profile shows three first trophies to go after, then the ones you're closest to.
- A friend's page shows your record against them, their bests as challenges you can race with the gap to your own best, and their trophies.
- A race now takes up to 10 runners, up from 8, and up to 50 friends can watch it in the app, up from 20. Update the app to join as runner 9 or 10.
- Choose whether you appear by name on a watch link. You're listed as Runner until you share the link or turn on Show me on the watch page.
Better
- Settings has its own screen behind the gear on Profile, with Edit profile at the top.
- Headings and numbers use a plainer typeface, and numbers line up in columns.
- Your Strava totals now sit at the bottom of Training, apart from your Rivals numbers.
- Friends see your trophies. Trophies from personal bests follow Share runs, and distance and streak trophies also need Share training.
- Full races stay live: standings still update every second with 10 runners and 50 people watching.
- The watch page picks itself back up after a bad connection instead of freezing, and runners 9 and 10 get their own colors.
- Invites to a new race only go to friends, and offensive race names are refused.
- Turning location off for a race now keeps your route out of friends' feeds too.
- Turn location on partway through a race and others only see your route from that point. You still keep the full route.
- Friends' predictions leave out runs you keep private. A friend can only race a private run as a ghost if it holds one of your personal bests.
- Blocks still apply if someone deletes their account and signs up again.
- A friend request you decline can't be sent to you again for 30 days. You can still add each other in person.
- You stay signed in on this phone only. Moving to a new phone from a backup asks you to sign in again.
Fixed
- Training has even spacing between your goals, the month card and the cards below.
- Profile no longer scrolls under a see-through header.
- A runner whose phone goes quiet now shows as having lost signal, however busy the race is. Before, they could keep showing as running.
- Your run no longer loses a few seconds of GPS if something goes wrong while it's being saved.
- Blocking someone during a race with voice chat stops them hearing you, even if the first attempt is rate limited.
- Signing out stops this phone getting your notifications.
- Signing in on a phone someone else used removes their unsent runs from it.
- Opening a link to create a race can no longer add someone who isn't your friend.
- Watch links stop showing your last position after ten minutes without a fresh location.
- One runner with bad altitude readings can no longer stop a race from finishing.
- Races can be up to 50 km, or 12 hours for a time race. Longer ones couldn't keep counting everyone's distance to the end.
Workouts that explain themselves, and screens that no longer hide under the header.
Better
- Workouts are easier to scan: each one is a row with its time, distance and target. Every tab and every Library group says in a line what it's for.
Fixed
- Workouts, Plans, Training and friend invites open with everything below the header, so the Library, Mine and Plans tabs are no longer hidden.
- On New race, the Distance and Time tabs stay put when you scroll instead of sliding over the distance buttons.
See how far you've come: personal records, achievements, a weekly friends board and a monthly recap.
New
- Personal records: your best 1K, mile, 5K, 10K and half, with your top three at each, a pace chart over time and "Race this ghost" on every one. 2 mile, 15K, 10 mile and marathon records count too.
- After a record run you'll see "Your fastest 5K ever" and how much faster it was, with a medal on the map where it happened.
- Achievements for wins, podiums and win streaks, beating your own ghost or a friend's, new bests and weekly streaks. Find them in your trophy case on Profile. Races need at least two runners to count.
- A weekly leaderboard on Friends shows who ran the most this week, and tells you when a friend passes you.
- Predicted times for 1K to the half, from your recent runs. In a race lobby, see everyone's predicted finish.
- A suggested weekly goal based on your last four weeks, and your top rival on Profile.
- Month in Rivals: a recap of your month, ready to share, plus this month against last month on Training.
Better
- Profile puts Training, Goals and your settings right under your name. Edit your profile from the pencil at the top.
- Streaks, monthly totals and recaps follow your own time zone.
Fixed
- Distance is more accurate in cities and on weak GPS, so runs no longer come up short when your phone briefly loses its signal or speed reading.
Make your profile your own, and find every setting faster.
New
- Edit your profile: your name, your city and a photo. Take one or choose one from your library.
- Friends see the photo you add. Your Strava photo still stays private, and you can remove yours any time.
Better
- Profile is now a short page with your details up top. Settings, Privacy, Notifications, Heart rate & sensors, Audio coach, Goals, Training and About each have their own page.
- The Race tab scrolls more smoothly.
Train with a purpose, from your next session to your next personal best.
New
- Training is its own mode. Start with a target pace, a workout or today's plan session.
- Set a target pace and a Tight, Normal or Relaxed band. A pace ghost leads the way, and spoken cues tell you when you drift.
- Follow intervals, tempo, easy and long workouts with pace or heart rate targets. Use the workout library and 5K, 10K or half marathon plans, or build your own.
- Race your last matching training session as a ghost, even offline, and compare your time at the same distance.
- Set weekly and monthly distance or run goals. Track streaks, or choose a target time and see the pace you need.
Better
- The Race tab puts live races and upcoming sessions first, with quick starts for a race, run, time trial or Training.
- Filter History by races, time trials, runs, Training or Strava. Your training sessions can also become time trial ghosts.
- Friends see your training session's name, like Intervals 6 × 800 m, with your run stats. Your training report and heart rate stay private. Turn it off in Profile and friends see an ordinary run.
Your feed routes appear sooner, with a cleaner view on wider phones.
Fixed
- Route traces draw as soon as a feed card appears, without waiting for the full route to load.
- The glow on the home screen no longer cuts off on wider phones.
Follow your friends, cheer their runs and let people watch you live.
New
- See finished races, time trials and runs in a friends feed. Cheer or comment, report a comment or a person, or block someone.
- Choose whether to share your runs and route maps with friends.
- Share a watch link so anyone can follow your race, time trial or run in a browser. Location sharing stays your choice, and links expire 24 hours after the finish.
Better
- Ghost finishes now read "Dead level" on results and in notifications when you tie.
- Race invite notifications use your preferred units.
- Crash reports, with personal data removed, help us fix problems faster.
Fixed
- Personal bests agree across your stats and Bests, including best efforts inside longer runs.
- Runs and race finishes recover more reliably after an interrupted save, and a failed notification can no longer interrupt a finish.
- Ghost links keep your selection through sign-in. A failed settings change no longer undoes other settings you changed.
The topographic background now shows across the app.
Fixed
- The topographic lines stay visible on every screen.
A clearer activity header and a new topographic backdrop.
Better
- A run or race's name now shows in the title bar of its detail screen.
- A subtle topographic background brings the same look across the app.
Find a friend's ghost and make each time trial your own.
New
- Race a friend's ghost from their profile: their bests at each distance, plus recent races and time trials.
- Set a custom time trial distance from 100 m to 50 km.
- Choose a one to ten second countdown for runs and time trials, or turn it off.
Better
- Build a time trial on one screen, with a searchable ghost picker and Strava runs grouped by month.
- Music dips for spoken cues and returns afterwards. Runs and time trials use less battery, especially while paused.
- Rivals now sends anonymous feature counts, with personal data removed. The privacy policy explains what's collected.
Just go for a run, then see how your training adds up.
New
- Record an open-ended run with pause, resume, spoken splits and a summary. Start and finish without signal, and the run uploads once Rivals is back online. Every run you finish is saved, even a short one or one without a GPS fix.
- See time, distance and pace on your lock screen and in the Dynamic Island. Pause or resume a run there, and follow your place and gap in races and trials.
- Track weekly, monthly and yearly totals, streaks, run days and personal best progress in your training log.
- Find your fastest 1 km, mile, 5K, 10K and half marathon inside longer runs and races. Race those best efforts as ghosts.
Rivals arrives on iPhone. Different streets, the same starting gun.
New
- Race friends live over a distance or a set time. Follow their pace, place and gap, hear spoken cues and talk with push-to-talk voice chat.
- Add friends by link, code, name search or an in-person QR scan. Keep head-to-head records and start a rematch.
- Run a time trial solo or against a ghost of your best, a friend's best or one of your own recent Strava runs.
- Sign in with Apple or Strava. Connect Strava for your run history and optional syncing of finished races.
- Connect a heart rate monitor or Apple Health, and save finished races as Apple Health workouts.