Track Your Running Shoe Mileage with Apple Health

No. Shoe Health works with any running workout that ends up in Apple Health — whether recorded on iPhone, Apple Watch, or imported from a third-party app.

Currently, the app only supports tracking running workouts imported from Apple Health.

The lifespan of a shoe is based on the total running distance from workouts imported from Apple Health. When you pick a shoe from the built-in catalog, a suggested lifespan tailored to its foam and category is pre-filled, which you can adjust at any time.

When adding a shoe, you can pick it from a built-in catalog of popular running shoes, or simply start typing and we’ll detect the model and offer to fill in the brand, model, a suggested lifespan, and recommended run types. Catalog shoes also show a specs section (foam, stack height, drop, plate, and weight) and let the app tailor lifespan and recovery estimates to the shoe’s construction. You can edit anything, and adding a shoe manually still works exactly as before.

They describe how much a shoe limits pronation — the natural inward roll of your foot as it lands. Some inward roll absorbs shock and is normal; rolling in too much (overpronation, common with flat feet or low arches) can strain your ankles and knees. Neutral cushions without correcting your stride — right for most runners, including those whose foot rolls in normally or outward. Stability uses firmer foam on the inner side, raised sidewalls or a wider base to gently slow excessive inward roll — for moderate overpronation. Motion Control is the stiffest, most supportive option, for severe overpronation, very flat feet or heavier runners; it’s rare today, as most brands now cover this with stability models. If you’re unsure, start with Neutral. If a running store or physiotherapist has told you that you overpronate, look at Stability.

The Shoe Finder suggests models from the shoe catalog that suit you. Pick the run types you’re shopping for and it lists the models that fit them best, each with the reasons behind it. Above the list, “Complete Your Collection” shows what your rotation is still missing, and “Replace Soon” shows the pairs that are wearing out. It’s free and works entirely on your device, while finding a replacement for a pair is part of Premium.

Yes. Tap as many run types as you like, for example Daily and Long, and the Shoe Finder looks for models that do well at all of them. When a model is built for exactly what you picked, its reasons say so. At least one run type always stays selected.

It starts with how well each model suits the run types you picked; for long runs, more cushioned models get a small boost. Then it follows your taste: models close in specs to shoes you rated highly move up, and those close to shoes you didn’t like move down. Models you loved and your favorite brands count too. To keep the list varied, it shows only the newest version of each model and spreads its picks across brands.

Rate the shoes you’ve run in for comfort, fit & stability and durability, and note whether you’d buy them again: the more pairs you rate, the better the Shoe Finder knows what you like. Picking your favorite brands and linking pairs you added by hand to their catalog model help too. Your ratings and favorite brands sync with iCloud.

The Shoe Finder leaves out models you already run in, models you rated poorly and older versions of models that have a newer one in the catalog. Models you’ve tried before come back only if you loved them, and it shows its top 30 picks. Your filters can also hide models, so try clearing them. You can always find every model in the shoe catalog.

They’re the brands you like most. Tap the heart next to a brand’s name in the shoe catalog, or pick them in Settings under Favorite Brands. You can then filter the catalog and the Shoe Finder by them, and their models are recommended a little more often. Other brands still show up, so you won’t miss a great shoe.

Find a Replacement is part of Premium. Open it from a pair’s page, from “Replace Soon” in the Shoe Finder, or from the Hall of Fame when you retire a pair. It searches for the run types the pair is built for, which you can change, and for a pair from the catalog it starts from the model itself: models close to it in specs come first, unless you rated it poorly, in which case models built for the same runs that do clearly better at them come first. If the pair didn’t last — because you rated its durability low or retired it well before its expected lifespan — longer-lasting models move up.

For each run type we point you to the pair that’s the best choice right now, so you don’t have to wonder ‘which shoes today?’. The goal is to gently encourage you to rotate between pairs instead of always grabbing the same one. Rotating gives each shoe time to recover between runs, evens out the wear so no single pair breaks down early, and varies the cushioning and feel underfoot slightly from run to run — all things that can help reduce overuse injuries. It’s a friendly recommendation to support healthier running, never a rule you must follow.

Everything that helps protect you and your shoes: how recently each pair was used and whether it’s had time to recover, how worn it is, whether it suits the run you’re planning, and your default-shoe choice when you’ve set one. A rested, lightly worn pair that fits the run is suggested ahead of one you ran in yesterday or one nearing the end of its life, so the load is shared and no pair (or leg) is overworked.

It’s a simple confidence score from 0 to 100 that rolls everything above into one number. A higher percentage means that pair is the better pick right now — rested, in good shape, and well suited to the run. It’s there to make the choice easy at a glance: a helpful pointer, not a hard rule, so listen to how your body and your shoes feel too.

Recovery hours are our estimate of how long it’s ideal to let a pair rest before its next run, so its cushioning can settle and bounce back. We look at your recent runs in that shoe (how far, how fast, and how hard compared to its usual pace), how long ago you last wore it, how worn it is, and — for shoes from the catalog — how it’s built. Treat it as a gentle nudge, not a strict rule: while a pair still shows hours left, it’s a good moment to reach for a different shoe. Resting a pair lets the foam recover and spreads the pounding across your rotation instead of one shoe, which helps look after your legs and makes each pair last longer. It’s guidance to support good habits, not a guarantee or medical advice.

A default shoe allows you to quickly assign workouts by long pressing on new workout notifications, without navigating through the app. When a new workout is logged in Apple Health using another app, Shoe Health will notify you and let you assign it to the default shoe or any other shoe of your choice.

A default shoe is not mandatory, but the app will remind you if a Daily default shoe is not set. Other categories are not mandatory, but it is recommended to have at least a Daily default shoe set for convenience.

You will receive notifications about new workouts available for shoe assignment and updates on your shoes’ wear condition after assigning workouts to them.

Yes, the free version of the app allows you to add up to 3 shoes. To add more, you can upgrade to the Premium version.

Premium unlocks unlimited shoes (the free version includes up to 3) and the Long, Tempo, Race, and Trail run types (Daily is always free). You can set default shoes for those extra run types, assign them straight from new-workout notifications, and show them in widgets. It also brings smart rotation suggestions, which point you to the best pair for each run type based on wear and recovery, and Find a Replacement, which suggests the models that can take a worn pair’s place.

A pair is locked when you have more pairs than the free version allows. It stays in the app with all its runs, and you can still retire or delete it. Until you upgrade to Premium, you can’t edit it, add runs to it, change its run types or find a replacement for it.

If you switch back to the free version, all shoes you added while using Premium will remain in the app, but they will be restricted. You won’t be able to edit them, add workouts, or set them as default shoes. You will only have access to up to 3 shoes. These 3 shoes are selected by specific rules in the following order: the default Daily shoe is included first (if set), followed by the most recently used shoes and then the most recently added shoes until the limit of 3 shoes is reached.

Only what it needs: running workouts, walking + running distance, step count, heart rate (display only), and running power (optional). You grant or revoke each permission anytime in iPhone Settings → Health → Shoe Health.

Your health and shoe data stays private: running workouts from Apple Health are processed on your device and never written to a database or sent to a third-party server, and your shoe profiles live on your device and in your private iCloud. Separately, the app uses standard marketing-attribution tools (including the Meta SDK) to measure which ads and campaigns bring runners to the app — this concerns app installs, not your health data, and you can limit it in iPhone Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking. Full details are in our Privacy Policy.

Your shoe profiles live on your device and in your private iCloud container. Apple Health data is processed in-memory only — never written to a database, never sent to any third-party server.

Your shoe data is stored in iCloud and will automatically restore when you open the app after reinstalling, as long as you are signed in with the same Apple ID in the system settings.

Yes. Everything runs locally on your device. iCloud sync happens in the background when a connection is available.

Yes. Mark any pair as retired and Shoe Health keeps its full history visible under the Retired filter, separate from your active rotation.