Nemeko
Nemeko is a Swiss iOS app for runners: film a short running video with a smartphone and its AI returns joint angles, movement patterns and key metrics, plus personalised exercises and a comparison of your analyses over time.
What is Nemeko?
Nemeko is an iOS application that analyses running form from a video, published by Nemeko GmbH in Brittnau, Switzerland. Its promise on the home page is deliberately narrow: A short running video is all it takes. Our AI analyses your biomechanics and shows you how to run more efficiently. You film yourself running from the side, upload the clip in the app, and the analysis comes back automatically — the FAQ puts the wait at anywhere from sixty seconds to a few minutes, depending on the length and quality of the footage.
The home page organises the product around three blocks. Analyze renders joint angles, movement patterns and key metrics directly on the runner's body. Improve turns those findings into personalised exercises aimed at the specific technique issues found. Track places successive analyses side by side so you can see whether anything has actually changed. To make the numbers readable, anonymised analysis data is passed to a large language model operated by OpenAI, which writes the text summaries; a chatbot is also referenced in the privacy policy.
The method claimed is an AI-supported algorithm that combines biomechanical principles with current scientific findings, published studies and validated reference values. The tone matters as much as the method: the publisher states that its classification is not intended to be judgmental, but rather supportive. A four-post blog on cadence, ground contact time, filming technique and marathon training cites four papers by DOI, which is unusual at this price point. The team is introduced on the home page by first names only — Patrick, Roman, Michael, Peter — with backgrounds in machine learning, data science, medical imaging and management, and all of them runners.
In practice, no specialised equipment is needed: a smartphone or a camera is enough, and it works on a treadmill, in a park or on the road. Distribution is through the App Store alone; the app requires iOS 17.0, weighs about 184 MB, sits in the Sports and Health & Fitness categories, and ships in German and English. Its first release on the Swiss storefront was 30 January 2025 and the current version is 2.0.16. The limits are stated by the publisher itself: this is not medical advice, it does not replace a physiotherapist or a coach, and the results are guidance rather than a prescription.
What it does
- Analyse a running video shot on a smartphone and get an automatic biomechanical read-out
- See joint angles and movement patterns drawn directly on the runner's body, alongside key running metrics
- Read a plain-language summary of the findings instead of a raw score
- Follow personalised exercises targeted at the technique issues detected
- Compare successive analyses to track how your form changes over time
- Ask follow-up questions through the in-app chatbot
- Export a PDF analysis report and annotate it with drawing and marking tools
When to use Nemeko / When not to
A quick filter to help you decide if Nemeko is the right fit.
When to use Nemeko
- Recreational runners who want to understand their own technique without a gait laboratory, force plates or wearable sensors
- Experienced amateurs looking to refine their form between coached sessions, using a measurement they can repeat whenever they want
- Running coaches, who can export a PDF analysis report and annotate it with the drawing tools added in versions 2.0.15 and 2.0.16
- Sports physiotherapists and athletic trainers wanting a quick video-based movement screen that needs no specialised equipment
- iPhone owners who train on a treadmill, in a park or on the road and can have someone film them from the side
When not to use Nemeko
- Android users: the Google Play badge published on two blog posts points to a listing that does not exist
- Anyone seeking a medical opinion, since section 2 of the terms states that Nemeko does not diagnose or treat injuries
- Runners expecting a replacement for a physiotherapist or a coach, which the publisher's own FAQ rules out
- Businesses planning commercial use: section 8 of the terms restricts the app to private, non-commercial purposes unless prior written agreement is obtained
- Teams needing an API, a web version or an older device, as the app is iOS-only and requires iOS 17.0 or later
How to use Nemeko
A typical end-to-end flow, from setup to results.
- Download Nemeko from the App Store — iOS 17.0 or later, around 184 MB
- Register with your name and an email address
- Warm up for about ten minutes before filming
- Pick flat, even, well-lit ground: a park path or a running track
- Set the phone or camera on a tripod or a stable surface roughly 7 metres from your running line, and leave it still — do not pan to follow the runner
- Switch the camera to 60 FPS and 4K, since the analysis works frame by frame
- Film from the side, running in a straight line parallel to the camera, naturally and without exaggerating your stride
- Keep the clip short: four to seven seconds is enough
- Upload the video in the app and wait — the analysis runs automatically, in sixty seconds to a few minutes
- Read the summary, work through the personalised exercises, then film again later and compare the two analyses
Pros & Cons
Pros
- No specialised equipment: a smartphone stands in for the gait laboratory this kind of analysis normally requires
- The method is tied to published literature, with four papers cited by DOI on the blog, and the output is framed as supportive rather than judgmental
- Findings are delivered as readable text rather than as a bare score
- Fast turnaround: sixty seconds to a few minutes per analysis
- Free to download, with a single optional subscription at a low price — USD 2.99 per month on the US storefront
- Data is stored and processed on servers in Germany, and analysis data is anonymised before it reaches OpenAI's language model
- The filming protocol is documented publicly and precisely, and development is active — version 2.0.16 shipped on 31 August 2026
Cons
- iOS only, and misleadingly so: the Google Play badge published on two blog posts leads to a listing that does not exist
- The website publishes no pricing whatsoever — not a price, not a subscription, not a trial — so the only source is the App Store listing
- Both legal documents are published with list items missing: unresolved translation keys appear where the text should be, in all four languages of the site, so specific legal commitments are literally absent from what you agree to
- Site upkeep is patchy: the footer links to the terms and the privacy policy return an HTTP 500 error on every page, and the French and Italian versions translate only the navigation, leaving the legal pages in English
- The publisher declares that it trains its AI models on user data, and documents no opt-out mechanism
- No data processing agreement, no list of sub-processors, no EU Article 27 representative, no minimum age, and no figure for how long videos are kept
- Internal contradiction: the terms restrict use to private, non-commercial purposes while the release notes advertise features built for B2B clients
Pricing & Plans
The website itself publishes no pricing: none of its pages mentions a price, a subscription or a trial. All pricing information comes from the publisher's App Store listing. The application is free to download, listed at 0.00 on the US, Swiss, German and British storefronts, and carries a single in-app purchase: a monthly subscription named Premium Monthly (Premium Monat in German) at USD 2.99 per month on the US storefront, the only one the website links to. The published equivalents on the other storefronts are CHF 3.00, EUR 2.99 and GBP 2.99. No free trial is announced anywhere, and neither the website nor the store listing describes what the free tier actually includes.
- Free — the application is free to download from the App Store
- with no stated time limit
- neither the website nor the store listing describes what this tier includes
- USD 2.99 on the US storefront
- CHF 3.00 in Switzerland
- EUR 2.99 in Germany
- GBP 2.99 in the United Kingdom
Data, GDPR & hosting
A consolidated view of how Nemeko handles your data.
GDPR overview
Nemeko GmbH nowhere claims GDPR compliance for itself. The single mention of the GDPR on the site qualifies a third party: Your data is stored and processed on servers located in Germany by a cloud provider that complies with GDPR requirements. The privacy policy does, however, grant the standard set of data subject rights — access, rectification, erasure, objection, restriction of processing, withdrawal of consent and data portability — all exercised by writing to info@nemeko.ch. The document carries the line Last updated: February 9, 2025. No data protection officer is named, no data processing agreement is offered, no list of sub-processors is published, and no EU representative under Article 27 is designated even though the publisher is established in Switzerland, a third country. The terms place the contract under Swiss law, with jurisdiction in Aarau.
Who owns the data?
The privacy policy names Nemeko GmbH, represented by Patrick Stähli (info@nemeko.ch), as the data controller responsible for all processing. Neither the policy nor the terms contain any ownership clause covering the running videos you upload: section 7 of the terms claims intellectual property over the content of the app itself, not over user data. The policy states that data is, as a rule, not shared with third parties, and adds explicitly that your data will not be shared with third parties for marketing or advertising purposes. The publisher does, however, reserve the right to use that data to train its own AI models, and no mechanism is offered to refuse.
Reuse rights
Section 2 of the privacy policy lists what is collected: running videos, personal data (name, email address, registration details) and usage data. A fourth item of that list is not published at all — an unresolved translation key is served where the text should be, in all four locales — so part of the declared collection is missing from the document itself. Section 3 sets out the purposes: delivering the analysis and personalised training recommendations, and improving the services, particularly for training our AI models to deliver more accurate analyses; a fourth purpose in that list is unpublished in the same way. The distinction the policy draws is between raw and anonymised data. To produce the readable text summaries, only anonymised analysis data — joint angles, for example — is transmitted to a large language model operated by OpenAI, and section 7 adds that chat inputs travel alongside that anonymised data. Nothing states that the videos or the account data are anonymised before the publisher's own use, model training included. Section 5 covers information emails about new features, with an unsubscribe link.
Data retention & training
Hosting summary
The privacy policy is precise on jurisdiction and vague on the provider: Your data is stored and processed on servers located in Germany by a cloud provider that complies with GDPR requirements. Germany is the only country named; no region is given, the provider is not named, and the GDPR compliance asserted in that sentence belongs to the provider, not to Nemeko GmbH. Independently, the public website resolves to an address in Frankfurt, Germany (139.162.164.203, Akamai Connected Cloud / Linode), which is consistent with the declaration — though that is the hosting of the marketing site, not necessarily of user data. One flow leaves this perimeter: anonymised analysis data is transmitted to a large language model operated by OpenAI to generate the text summaries, and no hosting country is stated for that processing. The publisher itself is established in Switzerland, so the data crosses at least two jurisdictions before a summary comes back.
Things to keep in mind
Risks and trade-offs to weigh before adopting Nemeko.
- Legal commitments are missing from the published documents: in all four languages of the site, unresolved translation keys stand in for list items in the privacy policy (under What Data We Collect, How We Use Your Data, and Storage and Processing) and in the terms (limitation of liability). You cannot read everything you are agreeing to
- The footer links to the terms and the privacy policy return an HTTP 500 error on every page of the site; only the language-prefixed addresses work
- The publisher declares that it trains its AI models on user data and documents no way to opt out, so uploading a video of your body is also a contribution to the product
- No figure is given for how long videos are kept — only for as long as necessary — and no minimum age is stated, although the app processes full-body video of a person
- The terms restrict use to private, non-commercial purposes while the release notes advertise features for B2B clients, and no B2B pricing is published to resolve the contradiction
- The Google Play badge published on two blog posts leads to a listing that does not exist, which can easily be read as an Android version already available or imminent
- Ratings rest on a handful of reviews — eight on the best-rated storefront — far too small a sample to judge, and a running-form score can become an anxiety of its own: the publisher itself warns that no universally perfect running style exists
Setup & Integrations
Technical difficulty
Very low. You download the app from the App Store — iOS 17.0 or later, around 184 MB — and register with a name and an email address. There is nothing to integrate, nothing to configure and no hardware to buy. The only real requirement is the filming protocol: side view, camera held still about 7 metres away, 60 FPS, 4K, four to seven seconds of running. Getting that right takes more care than the software does. The publisher's own promise is Take 5 minutes and get running.
Deployment
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Behind Nemeko
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Frequently asked questions
Do I need any special equipment to use Nemeko?
Which languages does the app support?
Does it work anywhere, or do I need a running track?
Does Nemeko replace a physiotherapist or a running coach?
How long does an analysis take?
How reliable are the results?
How should I film the video?
How much does Nemeko cost?
Is there an Android version?
Is my data used to train the AI?
Should you pick Nemeko?
Nemeko does one thing, and does it with unusual discipline: it takes the kind of gait analysis that used to require a laboratory and puts it behind a smartphone camera. The method is tied to published biomechanics, the blog cites its sources by DOI, and the app is careful to present its findings as supportive rather than judgmental — a rare register in a market that sells running scores. The entry price matches that modesty: free to download, USD 2.99 a month for Premium on the US storefront.
The reservations are real, and most of them concern upkeep rather than the product. The app is iOS-only, and the Google Play badge published on the blog leads nowhere. The footer links to the terms and the privacy policy return a server error, and both documents are published with list items missing — unresolved translation keys appear where the text should be, in every language of the site — which means specific legal commitments are simply absent from what has been published. The French and Italian versions translate only the navigation. The publisher declares that it trains its AI models on user data and documents no way to opt out, and no figure is given for how long videos are kept.
Behind the app is a young and very small Swiss company: five partners, CHF 20,000 of share capital, and an App Store rating built on fewer than ten reviews. None of that is a reason to dismiss it. It is a reason to read the numbers it produces as a starting point for your own judgement rather than as a verdict, and to remember that the legal framing around your videos is thinner than the analysis inside them.
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