Runvas2.5 - App Store

Your run. Your canvas.

Runvas turns running into an act of expression. Sketch any shape, trace a word, or let the app compose a route that fits your pace, then go run what you drew.

This isn't another tracker that just counts miles. Runvas is the first running app built for people who want their route to mean something. Paint a heart through your neighborhood. Spell your kid's name across the park. Sign the city.

- WHAT YOU CAN DO -

. DRAW ANY SHAPE
Tap, drag, or trace freehand. Runvas snaps your sketch onto real streets using walkable, runnable routes, with no illegal shortcuts through buildings.

. WRITE WITH YOUR FEET
Type a word and Runvas plots each letter across the map, sized to your target distance.

. CHOOSE FROM A LIBRARY OF SHAPES
Hearts, dinosaurs, lightning bolts, peace signs. Pick a shape, drop it anywhere, and it auto-sizes to hit your goal mileage.

. TRAIN FOR YOUR RACE
Pick a race (5K, 10K, half, marathon, or ultra), set your date and experience level, and Runvas builds a week-by-week plan. Each workout is a real route, drawn as the shape you'll trace. Skip a day and it redistributes the mileage across the week. Run two plans at once if you're training for more than one race.

. SURPRISE ME
Out of ideas? Tap once and Runvas drops a random shape on your city, then turns it into a route.

. ADAPTIVE MUSIC
Pace-matched soundtracks that follow your cadence as you run. Speed up and the BPM rises with you.

. CINEMATIC RUN PREVIEW
Watch your planned route animate before you step outside, with a globe-to-street flyover and a few camera modes. You'll know where you're going and how long it'll feel.

. GPX EXPORT
One tap sends your route to Strava, Garmin Connect, Apple Health, or your watch. Your art, your stats, everywhere you want them.

. LAYERS
Design a whole session. A warm-up letter, a main-event shape, a cool-down loop, stacked, saved, and runnable in any order.

- WHY RUNVAS? -

Most running apps ask you to care about splits. Runvas asks you to care about what you leave behind.

Every route you run is a brushstroke on a map that nobody else will ever run the same way. You're not logging miles, you're making something. And when you're done, you've got a shareable piece of your city, traced in your own footsteps.

- BUILT FOR -

. Runners who've plateaued on the same 5K loop and want variety
. Strava artists who want the drawing tool as good as the run itself
. Anyone who runs for fun more than for finish times
. Parents, couples, and friends who want to run meaningful routes for each other
. Coaches and trainers looking for a creative way to hit weekly mileage

- FREE. ADS BETWEEN GENERATIONS. OPTIONAL ONE-TIME UPGRADE. -

Runvas is free to use, forever. A brief ad appears between every few generations. If you love it, a single one-time purchase removes ads for the lifetime of your account. No subscription. No surprises.

- PRIVACY -

Your routes live on your device and sync to your account, and that's it. We don't sell your location and we don't share your data. You can run Runvas without creating an account at all.

- START PAINTING -

Your city is waiting to be drawn on. Download Runvas, sketch something, and go run it. It's that simple.

Questions, requests, or a cool route to share? Reach us at hello@runvas.app or @runvas on Instagram and TikTok.

Version History This update adds training plans.

TRAINING PLANS
Pick a race (5K, 10K, half, marathon, or ultra), set your date and experience level, and Runvas builds a week-by-week plan. Each workout is a real route, drawn as the shape you'll trace on the map. Skip a day and it redistributes the mileage across the week. Run two plans at once if you're training for more than one race.

SURPRISE ME
Tap once and Runvas drops a random shape on your city, then turns it into a route.

CINEMATIC RUN PREVIEW
Your planned route now animates with a globe-to-street flyover and a few new camera modes, so you can see the whole run before you head out.

ALSO IN THIS RELEASE
Custom shapes traced from a photo come out much sharper. Shape-to-street snapping is smoother. Plan Run mode, route renaming, and a tidied-up route menu round it out.

Requires iOS 17 or later.

Found a bug or want a shape added? Email hello@runvas.app. 2.5 Jun 5 Smoother routes, snappier hearts. Squashed a few bugs along the way. 2.3 May 2 Plan Run — tap to drop pins and auto-snap a runnable route. Out-and-back, loop, undo, and save anytime.
Rename routes — give each one a meaningful name.
Faster tapping — only new segments snap, so building stays smooth.
Unified menu — rename, style, hide, share, save, or delete from anywhere. 2.2 May 1 Drop a custom shape and its photo appears inside the route on the map. Tap the eye on any route or tray shape to toggle visibility.

You can now share routes as 1080×1080 cards in five styles: Map, Canvas, Forest, Ink, and Poster.

Location access is only requested when you tap My location.

Also included: type-mode fixes, pinch zoom up to 10×, tap-to-delete in the shape tray, drag ghosts that match the final color, and a smarter starting zoom. 2.1 May 1 Welcome to Runvas.

This is v2.0 — the day we flip the switch on a new way to run. Here's what's in the box:

• Draw any shape, word, or freeform path on the map
• Routes that snap cleanly to real streets
• A library of pre-made shapes (hearts, letters, animals, more)
• Run preview — watch your planned route animate before you step out
• GPX export to Strava, Garmin, and Apple Health
• Layers for designing full sessions
• Night-mode map styles with smooth glass-UI overlays

Go paint something. 2.0 Apr 29 Bug fixes and performance improvements 1.0.1 10/02/2023 1.0 09/18/2023