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The bigger change was the difference per state, nearly double. (I paid it 100% out of pocket after I left my employer)

My apologies, let me clarify. We guarantee that we will provide value by offering a money-back guarantee in the first 7 days. If you don't find value, you don't need to pay. Many g…

Great question. We built the app in Native Swift, with UIKit, since when we started SwiftUI was not yet available. Since the release of iOS 13, we've built all of our new screens i…

Pre-ordered one on Kickstarter. Still have no idea what I'm going to do with it, but the tagline got me. Hope it's awesome!

From a company perspective, that's our main goal. If we don't give you value, you don't say subscribed. If we do give value, we have runners that stay with us for years. While clas…

Great points. Ideally, we want to target all three phases. When training for a race, we want to offer classes that fit well into your training schedule. When you're not training an…

Great feedback. I completely understand that the price point may not be for everybody. We've done our best to keep the pricing competitive while still being able to pay our coaches…

We do offer an On-Demand option if you'd like to see what it's like on your own! If you're someone who prefers running by themselves, this may be the best of both worlds. You can s…

I agree, purchasing it was not the hard part. It was the cost changing by state, specifically for Illinois. I was previously employed by a company in the state of Michigan, and to …

We do require an injury waiver for all users to agree to before accepting to hearing coaching advice

To be totally honest, health insurance has been awful as a contractor, and as a start-up entrepreneur. I was working for this large company for over a year, but because I was label…

This is exactly it. I love Strava, however, if I want to feel like i'm connected with people. I'm definitely not a marathoner, and I'm someone who needs the motivation to put on my…

Regarding Android, you hit the nail on the head. Nearly all of our customers were coming from word of mouth. Runners wanted to have their whole club do a run together, and not havi…

Thank you for the kind words. As of right now, we don't have an option to meet-up through the app, but we do have many users that are organizing their own meet-up groups via our Fa…

As a developer, I would love to have this! However, after talking to our users, the biggest thing that we consistently hear is that they love the community, and the coaches. For ex…

Great points. We do use the accelerometer and pedometer data in the phone to give the coaches many key parts of data such as cadence, average pace, stride length, and more. Regardi…

We're streaming the audio through a server that tracks which song is played, and records each one. We actually use the same technology that powered internet radios back it the Wina…

Great point, thank you. We have one that we're working on now!

Each running coach is choosing the music, and adjusting things like tempo based on what the specific workout is. Regarding copyright, we keep track of each song played, and the num…

We actually have several run clubs that run with Charge Running. You can share which class your joining with your Run Club and see everyone on that same leaderboard and chat room. …

Wow, thank you so much for the kind words. I'd love to chat more! Feel free to email me at matthew (at) chargerunning dot com

Great point, thank you! Because this is a live experience with a coach in your ear, there is a cost involved

Hi HN, I’m Matthew Knippen, a 10 year iOS dev turned CEO for Charge Running (www.chargerunning.com). We built a mobile app that allows you to run with others from all over the worl…