Changelog
What's new at NexRex
A high-level look at how the platform has grown — new features, smarter coaching, and the milestones along the way.
July–October updates below are confirmed iOS App Store releases. Dates are shown in UTC; availability on other platforms may differ. View iOS release history
- New
Race routes, with sharing you control
· iOS 8.4.0
See routes on a map in a race’s Runner Feed. Choose whether runners in that race can see your run summary, and change that choice at any time.
- New
Today’s workout, complete
· iOS 8.4.0
Finish a scheduled workout and Home shows the run you completed, with its route, distance, pace, heart rate and photos.
- Improved
Your member card, your style
· iOS 8.4.0
Customize your member card in Settings. Join with a friend’s invite code and follow them in the same step.
- New
A home for your challenges
· iOS 8.3.9
Find featured challenges, your races and team competitions in the Challenge tab. Race pages bring information, standings and the Runner Feed together.
- Improved
Revisit your running cities
· iOS 8.3.9
Runner’s Atlas lights up the cities you have run in on a 3D globe. Tap a city to revisit your runs there.
Existing Runner’s Atlas web preview; the iOS interface differs.
- Improved
Smoother live group runs
· iOS 8.3.5
Coaches can finish a live group run and start another without getting stuck on a blank screen. Preparation and countdown screens display Chinese correctly.
- New
Competition results you can follow
· iOS 8.3.4
See team standings, member scores and rosters, with scoring rules and clear provisional, settling or final result states.
- Improved
Find your group on the map
· iOS 8.3.4
Use the live-run participant list to follow a runner on the map. Names, avatars and your own marker are clearer, and location sharing reflects the actual connection.
- Improved
Clearer training progress
· iOS 8.3.3
Group plans show the correct completion percentage. Adjustment-review notifications open the review screen directly.
- New
Small habits, timely reminders
· iOS 8.3.0
Set reminders for hydration, post-run fueling, winding down or a morning weigh-in. Today’s reminders appear on Home, ready to complete or skip.
- Improved
Ready before you run
· iOS 8.3.0
Set the metronome, auto-pause and auto-lap from the preparation screen. Coaches can browse daily workouts across dates and see each athlete’s personalized pace.
- AI
Choose your AI assistant
· iOS 8.2.0
Choose Rex, Joy or an assistant provided by your team in Settings. Your choice carries through chats, activity summaries, weekly reviews and daily tips.
- Improved
A clearer training week
· iOS 8.1.0
A redesigned calendar offers compact and spacious views, quick plan switching and easy access to weekly summaries and coach reminders. Home adds a summary of your primary plan.
- New
Track recovery alongside training
· iOS 8.0.0
Log water and weight from Home. Mark soreness on a body map and review recovery trends, with water, weight and recovery logging also available on Apple Watch.
Check-ins and recovery trends · Paper product design preview; illustrative values. - New
More context for every run
· iOS 7.5.2
Add photos, video or voice to activity comments. Activity details include interval metrics, and weekly summaries include fueling and nutrition insights.
- New
Training notes with privacy choices
· iOS 7.5.1
Write a reflection on an activity and share it with your coach, or keep it as a private note only you can see.
- Improved
Easier everyday food logging
· iOS 7.5.1
Scan several meal photos at once, set nutrition and weight goals, and track progress from Home. When a barcode is missing, photo-label recognition provides another way to log food.
Daily nutrition at a glance · Paper product design preview; illustrative values.
- AI
Runner Lifecycle Intelligence
Rex now recognizes where you are in your running journey — new, returning, building or peaking — and tailors its coaching to match.
- AI
A more human Rex
A redesigned reasoning loop, lasting memory of your goals and preferences, and weekly check-ins you can edit and correct.
- New
Proactive weekly adjustments
Rex reviews your week and proposes plan tweaks for your coach to approve before they reach you.
- New
Food Journey
Log meals by photo or barcode scan and see your whole week of nutrition at a glance.
Nutrition trends and meal history in Web Console · Paper product design preview; illustrative values. - New
Card-free Pro trial
Start a full-featured trial with no credit card required.
- Improved
Mobile-friendly console & privacy
A redesigned, fully responsive web console plus finer controls over who can see your data.
- New
AI nutrition plans
Personalized fueling plans plus barcode and photo food scanning for everyday meals.
- New
Race Explorer
Browse races with personalized recommendations and world-major highlights.
Browse races at a glance. Existing app screenshot; not a release-day capture. - New
Group plan sub-groups
Organize a squad into tiers within a single group training plan.
- Improved
Time, units & language
Smarter handling of dates, distances and language so everything reads correctly wherever you are.
- Improved
Reliable activity sync
FIT-file upload and Garmin re-connection improvements keep your runs flowing in.
- New
Coach-reviewed weekly summaries
Rex drafts your weekly review; your coach edits and approves it before it reaches you.
- New
AI Assistant Style
Choose the tone and personality of your AI training companion.
- New
Coach Sunday digest
A weekly email that keeps coaches on top of every athlete.
- Improved
Proactive coaching foundations
Rex watches your readiness and suggests adjustments at the right moment.
- AI
One consistent Rex voice
A single, unified voice across every summary, chat and notification — now signed by name.
- AI
Rex remembers
Episodic memory and weekly consolidation so coaching builds on your history, not just today.
- New
Japanese support
Full Japanese across the app, joining English and Traditional Chinese.
- Improved
Richer AI context
GPS routes, readiness signals and monthly stats now inform Rex's advice.
- New
Group insights & trends
Trend-analysis dashboards that give coaches and clubs the full picture.
- New
Enterprise wellness reporting
ESG and wellness reports for organizations running with NexRex.
- New
Organization subscriptions
B2B subscriptions with built-in billing management.
- Improved
Instant activity backfill
Two months of history sync automatically the moment you connect Garmin or Strava.
- New
Coach–athlete messaging
Direct messaging between coaches and their runners.
- New
Group training plans
Build a plan once and assign it to your whole group.
- New
Workout library
A searchable library — pick from saved workouts while building plans.
Inside a workout: warm-up, intervals and cool-down. Existing website product preview. - Improved
Sharper plan generation
Garmin lap splits and workout-preference-aware AI plan generation.
A training week in the app. Existing website product preview.
- New
Athlete profiles & races
Athlete profiles, race recommendations and automatic race-completion detection.
- New
Clubs & organizations
Club invitations and organization management.
Explore clubs and request to join. Existing website product preview. - AI
Traditional Chinese Rex
Rex now coaches in Traditional Chinese.
- Improved
Account essentials
Email password reset & verification, plus platform-wide error monitoring.
- New
Conversational onboarding
Set up your training profile just by chatting with Rex.
- New
Daily & weekly summaries
AI summaries that make sense of your training at a glance.
- New
Subscriptions & notifications
In-app subscriptions and push notifications arrive.
- New
NexRex launches
Connect Garmin or Strava and sync your runs automatically.
- AI
AI activity analysis
Every run is enriched with AI-powered analysis.
- New
Leaderboards
Compete with your community on the leaderboards.