Run the city.

Rund is a free iPhone app, coming soon to the App Store, that turns running into a territory game played in the real world. It tracks your GPS route while you run; when your route closes back on itself, the area inside becomes yours on the map. You race your neighbors on a local leaderboard, meet in an anonymous neighborhood chat and become running buddies by mutual consent.

Rund is a free iPhone app built for finding a running buddy nearby. Once you own land in your neighborhood, its chat opens and you talk with the locals through an anonymous persona. If you both choose to reveal your profiles, you become running buddies.

On Rund, you close a loop in your neighborhood to own land there, which opens that neighborhood's chat. You talk with local runners anonymously through a persona. If you both choose to reveal your profiles, you become running buddies and can close one loop together.

Running buddy guide

When you start a run, Rund draws your GPS route. When the route crosses itself to close a loop, or connects back to your own land, the enclosed area becomes yours and is painted onto the neighborhood map. Bigger loops mean more turf. A rival running through your land can take a slice, so keep running there to keep it alive.

Yes. Rund is a free iPhone game where you claim real streets by running. Close a loop and the area inside becomes yours on the map; rivals can take slices of it and you can take theirs. You climb your neighborhood's leaderboard and collect its card with every loop.

Yes. Downloading and playing Rund is free. A free account includes 5 runs and 50 messages every week, and both reset every Monday at 00:00 UTC. Runners who want unlimited runs and messages can choose a monthly or annual Rund Pro subscription.

No. Rund Pro adds unlimited runs and messages plus personalization and social features: starting a new conversation with anyone, seeing who clapped for you and who viewed your profile, and uploading a reviewed custom logo. It never sells territory, reward or ranking power, and it does not include organizer access.

On Rund, every neighborhood has a leaderboard ranked by the area each runner holds right now and by distance run there. Run through a rival's land to take a slice and climb to the top. You can also start a finish-flag race with a buddy or join public races hosted by approved organizers.

On Rund you're anonymous by default: you appear in neighborhood chat under a generated persona and your photo stays blurred. Your real name and photo are shown only when you and another runner both choose to reveal. Your location is used to draw your runs and place you in the right neighborhood.

On Rund, every loop you close adds that neighborhood's collectible card to your Atlas of the Realm, and cards from central streets are rarer. The first runner to claim a neighborhood also earns its permanent founder deed. Cards and deeds are for collection and status only; they never give power in the game.

Rund keeps detailed run stats like distance, pace, time and history, then adds a territory game played on real streets and a neighborhood social layer. Each run's stats appear next to the area you painted on it.

Not at the moment: Rund is built for iPhone (iOS) and is coming soon to the App Store; there is no Android version or separate Apple Watch app. Runs are tracked with your iPhone's GPS. Apple Health is optional: if you allow it, heart rate and workout data appear in your run summary.

You play Rund in the neighborhood where you run: your territory, leaderboard and neighborhood chat attach to your real neighborhood automatically from GPS, whether that's Bondi in Sydney, Brooklyn in New York or Tiong Bahru in Singapore. Rund works in English and Turkish; the App Store page shows the countries where it can be downloaded.

You apply for organizer access in the Rund app: once Rund launches on the App Store, use "Become an organizer" on the Races screen to send your organization's name, type, city, event plan and a phone number. The Rund team usually reviews applications within 2 business days. To talk to us before launch, use the form on the organizer page. A Pro subscription does not include organizer access.

How organizing works

Rund is coming soon to the App Store, free for iPhone; no date has been announced yet. Leave your email on this page and we'll tell you the day it launches.

Rund is for people aged 16 and over. Run on safe, publicly accessible routes, respect private property and follow traffic rules. Rund is a game and activity app, not a medical or emergency service.