# Orange Zones Workout Tracker — user reviews > 111 indexed App Store user reviews of Orange Zones Workout Tracker by Bred Ventures Inc, rated 4.40/5 from 1,061 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/orange-zones-workout-tracker/id1482990976/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/orange-zones-workout-tracker/id1482990976.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 836 · 4★ 66 · 3★ 36 · 2★ 43 · 1★ 80 ## Is Orange Zones Workout Tracker safe? Orange Zones Workout Tracker appears safe based on user ratings. The AppsHunter Safety Score for Orange Zones Workout Tracker is 88 out of 100. This assessment is based on 1,061 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.4 out of 5. Of 1,061 App Store ratings, 85.0% point to a safe experience, 3.4% suggest some concerns, and 11.6% point to a risky experience. ## Is Orange Zones Workout Tracker legit? Orange Zones Workout Tracker appears to be a legitimate app. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Orange Zones Workout Tracker is 100 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## What do users think of Orange Zones Workout Tracker? Reviews of Orange Zones Workout Tracker are mixed: the Health & Fitness app is rated 4.4/5 from 1.1K App Store ratings. What users like most: seamless integration with Apple Watch, accurate heart rate tracking. Top complaints: subscription model too expensive, connectivity issues with Apple Watch. Summarized from real user reviews. **Pros** - 🚀 Seamless integration with Apple Watch - 👍 Accurate heart rate tracking - 🧡 Matches OTF color zones - 💰 Cost-effective alternative to OTF monitors - 🔋 Works well without additional hardware - 🤖 Responsive customer support **Cons** - 💰 Subscription model too expensive - 🐛 Connectivity issues with Apple Watch - 🔍 Limited data/history tracking - 🧭 Lacks live data on phone app - 🔢 Inaccurate calorie/zone calculations **Commonly reported bugs** - Frequent app crashes - Inconsistent heart rate detection - Sync issues between watch and phone **Most requested features** - Weekly/monthly workout tracking - Customizable display options - Ability to pause workouts - Integration with Apple Health - Social/leaderboard features ## Newest reviews (10 of 111) ### 3/5 — Great for OTF, kind of. *2026-08-21* I started using this app years ago as it allowed me to use my Apple Watch and obtain the Orangetheory fitness-type experience. However, as I continued to focus more on my body and learn about health metrics, I discovered that that OTF uses their own HR Zone scale that deviates from the standard scale used by Cleveland Clinic, Harvard Health, Garmin, Polar, Apple, etc. This app uses the OTF HR Zone percentages rather than using the scientific/health community’s validated HR Zone percentages. The app also doesn’t allow adjustment based on Lactate Threshold. So, if you buy-in to OTF and only plan to focus on their system, this app will closely match OTF’s and you will have a great experience. Personally, I think OTF got it wrong here and this app is following the wrong formula. I’d rather follow my true HR Zone rather than OTF’s custom HR Zones. **Developer response:** Thanks for your review. Based on your feedback and others, Orange Zones now supports a variety of industry standard zone model and even the ability to customize you own model. The latest version with this support is version 1.61.0. We have you will give this a try and let us know what you think. Since it's just been released, it may not be available in your territory yet. If you don't see version 1.61.0 as an option to update to, delete the app on your phone and watch and then re-install it from the App store. This should force an update to the 1.61.0 with custom zones support. Again, thank you for your review. support@pkfitness.com ### 2/5 — Doesnt work. Support doesnt work. Beware of Free Trial trap. I still got charged on 1st day *2025-01-11, version 1.50.15* Didnt work for me. Contacting support doesnt help. Also, I tried it for 7 days but got charged right after signing up for trial. Trial is not really a trial? No way to know. They dont to respond to any support request. ### 2/5 — App doesn’t stay paired during workout *2023-07-20, version 1.43.6* The app keeps dropping off and most times it won’t reflect the calories I’m burning. When I connect the app directly to my treadmill, my tracker works fine. It only doesn’t sync well with the app. ### 1/5 — Would give zero stars if I could *2023-04-08, version 1.43.6* This app is NOT free! You need to pay $10 a month to use any of this app's features. Terrible! Don't advertise as free if it not! I promptly deleted it ### 3/5 — Calories wrong *2023-03-14, version 1.43.6* Love everything about this app except the calorie count. It’s about 70% of what OTF shows for the same workout. It gives me only 5 calories per min whether I’m walking the dog or doing a 30 splat point workout…. Pls fix! ### 1/5 — App is not free! *2023-02-28, version 1.43.6* $10/month is a lot for an app that basically does what your watch already does. And you can’t adjust your HR zones. ### 1/5 — Pointless *2023-02-08, version 1.42.5* It’s silly to charge $90 for a year when you can just buy the OTF belt and save more money over time. The app was great when it was free but now it doesn’t make sense to pay for it. ### 5/5 — $$ saver *2022-12-14, version 1.40.6* This app saves me about $100 a month because I can use this and see where I’m at zone-wise without actually going to OTF. Win win ### 5/5 — Love it! *2022-12-09, version 1.39.3* Use it for every OTF workout - great and don’t need to buy OTF HR monitors (after 2 broke I gave up!) ### 5/5 — The best app ever *2022-09-29, version 1.39.0* I have been using this app consistently for the past 2-3 years!! Won’t do a workout without it! Love how I can adjust my workout based on my zone. Love love love it! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Title: Longtime Customer — You Lost Me *2026-10-06* I’ve been a paying Orange Zones customer for several years and genuinely liked the app, but I canceled my subscription today. Orange Zones had been working perfectly well on my Apple Watch running watchOS 8. Then the Watch app disappeared without me removing it. When I tried to reinstall it, I discovered Orange Zones now requires watchOS 10, meaning I can no longer use a feature I’ve relied on for years. What frustrates me most is that my existing setup worked. I didn’t need new features or a redesigned experience. An update simply made hardware that had been working with Orange Zones unusable. I also own a Garmin that can broadcast heart rate, which would seem like an obvious solution. Unfortunately, despite numerous attempts, I have never been able to get the Garmin’s transmitted HR to connect reliably to Orange Zones on my iPhone. I’ve raised this issue with the developer in the past and received little interest, support, or help troubleshooting it, even though the functionality appears as though it should work. That lack of support is ultimately what bothers me most. I was willing to troubleshoot the problem and find a solution that would allow me to continue using an app I enjoyed. Instead, I’m left with a subscription that remains active until July 2027, an Apple Watch that Orange Zones no longer supports, and a Garmin HR broadcasting solution that I can’t get working despite repeatedly trying to resolve it. I’ve paid for and recommended this app for years. Longtime customers deserve better than having working functionality taken away while legitimate compatibility concerns go largely unaddressed. Support older compatible versions, properly support external Bluetooth/Garmin heart-rate broadcasting, and—most importantly—listen to the customers who are trying to help you identify these problems. Until then, I’m out. ✌️ **Developer response:** Please reach out to us at support@pkfitness.com. If you Garmin watch supports the ability to broadcast as a Bluetooth heart rate monitor, open the Bluetooth settings in the Settings app on your iPhone and connect your Garmin as a sensor there. Once connected, open the Orange Zones app and the sensor should be automatically connected. ### 1/5 — No support *2026-05-17, version 1.60.2* Hi, I’m very frustrated with this developer as I have reached out 3 separate times for assistance with connecting the app on my iPhone to my Garmin watch. As a paying customer I expect better service than this. ### 1/5 — Need subscription *2025-08-25, version 1.54.5* Unable to use without subscription ### 1/5 — Paywall *2024-05-23, version 1.45.26* On the AppStore it seems like this app is free. However, upon downloading, you can only actually set your max heart rate. That’s it. You can’t even start a workout without getting hit with a paywall. I might consider paying a subscription for this app if the prices weren’t so outrageous: $9.99/month or $89.99/year. I mean, in the long run, sticking with a regular OTF beat burn makes more sense: $119 flat fee. In addition, you actually CAN do most of this stuff on the Apple watch for free. Use the HITT workout feature, and orange theory provides your heart rate zones in conjunction with their grey-red zones in their app. Just look at your health data to see your heart rates and you can manually determine which zones your heart was in. ### 1/5 — Started charging *2024-05-02, version 1.45.22* This app was useful when it was free. Might as well buy the OTF monitor instead of paying for another subscription based app. ### 1/5 — It’s not free and Apple Watch HAS the zone feature *2024-02-06, version 1.45.9* I saw a response to a review stating it is not free and the developer said that Apple Watches don’t monitor your zones. They do. Go to workout -> Select High Intensity Interval Training -> you’ll see your calories and heart rate but then slide down one -> your zones. I like the idea that this app uses the orange theory mode strictly and if it were a one time $20 purchase I’d probably buy it. But this costs the same as a heart rate monitor almost for a whole year. ### 1/5 — why did y’all start charging…? *2024-02-03, version 1.45.9* i downloaded this app because of the stellar reviews i heard from OTF members about this awesome free app that is perfect for those who don’t want to use the heart rate monitor and i was so excited…..until I realized it’s apparently not free anymore 😭 immediately removed. very unfortunate! ### 1/5 — Not actually free *2023-09-11, version 1.43.6* This app is no longer free. It has essentially zero functionality unless you pay for a subscription. Users not interested in a subscription model should disregard old reviews that reviewed it when it was free. ### 1/5 — DO NOT pay for this app *2023-08-06, version 1.43.6* I have used this app for years and have loved it until recently. It no longer records my heart correctly, and I have spent the last 2 weeks trying to get in touch with anyone who supports the app. I’ve submitted support tickets via the app as well as sent emails to their support team. No one has responded. I paid for a year subscription, and now I’m left with an app that doesn’t work and no one to help with my issue. ### 1/5 — Not correct *2023-05-19, version 1.43.6* There is no way that is accurate. I was doing high intensity, squat jumps, and it looks like I didn’t do anything. What is wrong with your sensor? I want my money back. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Life changer *2026-05-02* Simple yet powerful. This app has helped me tons! It may not have an amazing UI but the functionality I need is there. ### 5/5 — Loveeeee *2026-04-21, version 1.57.1* Love OTF! Love that I can use orange zones to help me maximize my workouts outside of OTF. We locked in 🔒 ### 5/5 — App is motivating! *2026-02-14, version 1.57.1* This app motivates me to workout harder at the gym, at home or on the trail. It is one of my most used apps on my watch, even more than music or maps! It keeps a record of each workout intensity (time, points, heart rate, steps, calories) on its calendar or a list for easy viewing. I can go back all four years that I’ve used it!! ### 5/5 — Baby it’s cold outside *2026-02-01, version 1.57.1* But not inside. Thanks for a great class John! ### 5/5 — Loveeeee *2025-10-20, version 1.54.5* Love OTF! Love that I can use orange zones to help me maximize my workouts outside of OTF. We locked in 🔒 ### 5/5 — Happy Thanksgiving Day *2024-11-29, version 1.50.15* Thanks for a great class Jon. The playlist, encouragement and coaching was spectacular! ### 5/5 — Great app *2024-04-14, version 1.45.9* Very easy to use with Apple Watch ### 5/5 — A must have for OTF Members with iWatch *2024-01-09, version 1.45.4* Get all of your OTF metrics in real time on your Apple iWatch. ### 5/5 — 🧡🧡🧡 *2023-07-27, version 1.43.6* So thankful for orange zones!! Perfect watch support and motivates me to go hard. Couldn’t be happier 😊🍊🍊🍊 ### 5/5 — Orange Zone *2023-01-12, version 1.40.13* I love this app so that I can easily look down and see that I’m in the zone….the Orange zone! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-10-19.*