# Workout Live - Heart Rate Zone — Treadmill & Gym HR Display

> Real-time Apple Watch workout data streaming and heart rate zone monitoring. (iPhone/iPad app by Anh Nguyen.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/workout-live-heart-rate-zone/id1599604990 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Anh Nguyen](https://appshunter.io/developer/1516242081)
- Category: Health & Fitness
- Price: $2.99 with in-app purchases
- Rating: 3.90/5 from 67 App Store ratings · 49 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.1 · 4 MB
- Languages: Korean, German (Germany), European Spanish, American English, Italian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified, China), Brazilian Portuguese, French (France)
- Released: 2021-12-11
- Data updated: 2026-09-12
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/workout-live-heart-rate-zone/id1599604990/reviews.md

## What is Workout Live?

Prop your iPhone on the treadmill, bike or rower and read your Apple Watch heart rate from across the room. Huge numbers, color-coded zones, and a screen that never sleeps.

WHAT YOU SEE
- Live heart rate, active calories, distance and elapsed time, streamed from your Apple Watch to your iPhone.
- Color-coded heart rate zones: five colors from four thresholds you set yourself, so you know where you are without reading the number.
- The iPhone screen stays awake for the whole workout.
- 27 workout types, from HIIT, running and cycling to yoga, boxing, tennis and rowing.
- Your units, your way: miles or kilometers; Calories, kilocalories or kilojoules.
- Workouts are saved to Apple Health and appear in your Apple Fitness history.

HOW IT WORKS - PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU BUY
Workout Live records the workout itself. Start the workout in Workout Live on your Apple Watch, and keep Workout Live open on your iPhone to watch it live.

Workout Live cannot display heart rate from other workout apps. If you start your workout in Apple's Workout app, Nike Run Club, Strava or anything else, Workout Live has no way to read it, because only one app at a time can own a workout session on Apple Watch.

An Apple Watch paired to your iPhone is required.

PRIVACY
- No personal information is collected.
- No ads, no tracking, no profiles.
- No account and no sign-up.
- Your data stays on your device and in Apple Health.

## Key features

- Live workout data streaming
- Real-time heart rate monitoring
- Dynamic heart rate zone colors
- Customizable heart rate zones
- Unit customization (miles/km, calories/joules)
- Local data storage in Apple Health

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: $2.99.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Small Tip | $0.99 | one-time |
| Medium Tip | $2.99 | one-time |
| Large Tip | $4.99 | one-time |
| Generous Tip | $8.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Workout Live?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Seamless Apple Watch integration
- 👍 Large, easy-to-read display
- 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
- 👍 Live heart rate monitoring
- 👍 No subscription required
- 👍 Works well for cardio machines
- 👍 Keeps phone screen on
- 👍 Integrates with Apple Health

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent disconnections
- 🐛 App stops working after a short period
- 🐛 Does not save custom heart rate zones
- 🐛 Troubleshooting links are broken
- 🐛 Cannot be used with other workout apps
- 🐛 Drops connection to watch
- 🐛 Does not track distance well
- 🐛 Does not upload to Strava
- 🐛 Limited workout options
- 🐛 Age-based heart rate zones are inaccurate
- 🐛 Requires app to be in the forefront
- 🐛 Does not reset BPM correctly
- 🐛 Age is fixed and cannot be changed

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App keeps disconnecting
- Age is fixed at 20 years
- Does not want to reset bpm
- Keeps starting from reading that does not coincide with watch
- Troubleshooting link is 404
- Quit working after 2 weeks
- Stopped connecting to workouts
- Poor connection to Apple Watch
- Does not stop with workout stops on Apple Watch
- App keeps dropping connection
- Troubleshooting link leads to camera app site
- Unresponsive developer contact link
- Buggy, doesn't save changes to custom heart rate zones
- Often loses connection with watch
- Can't get it to work again

**Most requested features**

- Add ability to see elapsed time in each heart rate zone
- Add heart rate alerts (above/below certain range)
- Add option for pickleball workout
- Allow choice between kJ and calories
- Add support for iPad
- Add active calories burned
- Add ability to add more workouts
- Add option for elliptical workout
- Add option for rowing workout
- Add timer functionality for HIIT workouts
- Add complication for Modular watch face
- Add lock screen view
- Add ability to save heart rate zones
- Add personalized heart rate zones
- Add ability to track time in each heart rate zone

## Recent user reviews (10 of 49)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/workout-live-heart-rate-zone/id1599604990/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Impossible to use

*2026-07-09*

Age is fixed at 20 years and the app keeps disconnecting thus making it unable to do what was designed for.

### 5/5 — Just what I was looking for

*2026-01-01*

I spent a couple of weeks on and off looking for an app that would save me continuously checking my watch when trying to use my cross trainer. Silly as it sounds I’m using it for cardio so heart rate is important and constantly taking my hand off the machine to flick my wrist and wait for the heart rate to display was annoying. I looked in loads of places for a heart rate monitor that could be displayed permanently during my exercise period. Long story short this is a gem on a find. Syncs seamlessly with my Apple Watch, displays the heart rate and where I am on the cardio scale, which is set for my age group. Stays open while I’m using it so the checks are instant, even has a guess at the calories burnt ( needs to tweak that up a bit ;) All round exactly what I needed and I paid £1.99, I had been considering £100 for a decent chest strap and App.

**Developer response:** Thank you for taking the time to leave this - for a small app it makes a real difference.

Keeping Workout Live simple and readable at arm's length is the whole design brief, so hearing that it works is the best feedback we get. If you ever hit something that does not behave, we would rather hear about it than lose you: https://www.anh-app.com/workout-live/troubleshooting.

### 4/5 — Great for live HR monitoring.

*2025-12-12*

Great app for monitoring heart rate live on full screen. Works well with Apple Watch. Need to sort out saving the heart rate zones to make it complete.

### 1/5 — Bad Experience

*2025-12-11*

Apple should not allow anyone to sell app without trial period. This app does not deliver what it promised. Useless.

### 1/5 — Stupid app

*2025-12-04*

Stupid stupid app 
Waste of money

### 1/5 — Does not want to reset bpm

*2025-11-23, version 1.22*

Can’t get it to start a new session. It keeps starting from reading that does not coincide with what is in the watch.

### 5/5 — THE UNSUNG BEAUTY!!

*2025-11-10*

Read the description. Carefully. Read again.
You will get EXACTLY what is shown there. 

Exceptional integration with the iOS 26.1 in both the Apple Watch Ultra3 and the phone.
Epitome of simplicity! The watch and the phone communicate seamlessly!

If something doesn’t work in your hands-please contact the developers! The App Support responds immediately!

To the developers:
Outstanding Work! Bravo!

**Developer response:** This is a genuinely lovely review to read - thank you.

You put your finger on the thing we care most about: read the description, and get exactly that. It is why the newest update states the app's one real limitation on first launch as well, so nobody arrives expecting something Workout Live cannot do.

Thank you for telling people to contact support rather than give up. We do read everything, and reviews like yours are what keep a small app going.

### 5/5 — THE UNSUNG BEAUTY!!

*2025-11-04*

Read the description. Carefully. Read again.
You will get EXACTLY what is shown there. 

Exceptional integration with the iOS 26.1 in both the Apple Watch Ultra3 and the phone.
Epitome of simplicity! The watch and the phone communicate seamlessly!

I only wish there was a complication for the Modular face. Asked the developer about - they never got back to me.

Nevertheless, it’s a Five-Star app all right!

### 4/5 — Almost perfect

*2025-10-26*

The only thing missing is the detailed heart rate zones and the time spent in each of them, they aren’t recorded in the native exercise app after the workout.

**Developer response:** Thank you - and you are not alone. Time spent in each heart-rate zone is the single most requested thing we get, and it is the feature we most want to add next.

We are not going to promise a date we might miss, so all we will say is that it is at the top of the list rather than politely filed away. Heart-rate alerts for going above or below a range are noted too.

Thank you for describing it concretely enough to actually build from - that is genuinely more useful than a star rating.

### 1/5 — Worked once

*2025-09-22*

Can’t get it to work again and the troubleshooting takes me to a page no longer available. Super disappointed

**Developer response:** The troubleshooting page experienced an issue that caused it to go offline for a short period. I have already resolved the problem, so please try accessing it again.

## Frequently asked questions about Workout Live

### What does Workout Live do?

Workout Live allows you to view real-time workout data, such as heart rate, calories burned, and distance covered, streamed directly from your Apple Watch to your iPhone. It provides an easy-to-read display and visual cues based on your heart rate zones.

### How does the heart rate zone feature work?

The app dynamically adjusts text color based on your current heart rate zone, making it easy to monitor your intensity at a glance. You can also customize these heart rate zones to match your personal fitness levels and goals.

### Is Workout Live free to use?

The app is free to download and use, offering core functionality for monitoring your workouts. Additional features or customization options may be available through in-app purchases.

### Where is my workout data stored?

Your workout data is securely stored locally within the Apple Health app on your device. Your workout history is also readily accessible through the Apple Fitness app, ensuring your information is private and integrated with your existing Apple ecosystem.

### What devices is Workout Live compatible with?

Workout Live is designed for iOS devices and requires an Apple Watch to stream live workout data. Both the iPhone app and the Apple Watch app need to be open simultaneously to view the live data feed.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.23 — 2026-09-07

Workout Live now speaks your language.

- The app is translated into German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Simplified Chinese, alongside English.
- First launch now asks your age, so your heart rate zones are right from the start. You can still set them by hand in Settings.
- Onboarding is clearer that Workout Live records the workout itself: start it in Workout Live on your Apple Watch and keep the app open on your iPhone.
- Fixed pausing a workout clearing the workout type, times and elapsed time from the iPhone.
- Live metrics no longer freeze or jump backwards when your Apple Watch and iPhone briefly lose contact.
- Your workout summary reaches the iPhone even if the devices were out of range when you finished, and an old summary can no longer reappear.
- A failed save to Health is reported clearly instead of showing an empty summary.

### 1.22 — 2025-10-18

Various bug fixes and improvements.

### 1.21 — 2024-11-13

Various bug fixes and improvements.

### 1.20 — 2024-09-25

Various bug fixes and improvements.

### 1.19 — 2024-04-25

In this version, we've added the ability for you to set your preferred units of measure.
You can now choose your preferred units for displaying workout data such as distance and calories. Whether you prefer miles or kilometers, calories or joules, this update allows you to customize the units to best suit your needs.

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