Comparison

The Ultimate Workout vs Air Workouts

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

The Ultimate Workout

Design custom exercises, workouts, and training programs with 3D animated guides. Schedule and track your fitness journey using an integrated calendar. Voice guidance provides real-time instructions during sessions.

Highlights
  • Create custom exercises
  • Build personalized workouts
  • Design training programs
  • 3D animated exercise guides
  • Voice-guided workouts via Siri
  • Workout scheduling and tracking
Features
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The ultimate workout app helps you to create your own exercises, workouts and training programs. Its great for working out at home or the gym. Male and Female motion captured 3D animations allow you to rotate around the 3D models for a better view of the exercises. Siri talks you through the workouts. Siri will tell you what exercise to do and for how long. Create your own workouts. You can create new workouts using exercises that you created. Create your own exercises. You can create new exercises and add them to your workouts. Create your own training programs. You can create new training programs by adding daily workout routines to the calendar. Use the calendar to schedule and track you workouts and training programs.

About

Air Workouts

This app uses AirPods motion sensors to track exercises like push-ups and sit-ups. It calculates calories burned and workout duration, providing daily and weekly statistics. Users can participate in challenges and sync data with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • AirPods motion sensor tracking
  • Calorie and workout time calculation
  • Daily and weekly statistics
  • Workout challenges
  • Apple Health integration
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Air Workouts is a workout app that records your exercises such as push-ups or sit-ups through AirPods' motion sensors. It calculates your burnt calories and time spent on workout. Returns you daily and weekly statistics. You can attend challenges and test yourself to see how many push-ups you can do in 2 minutes. Your workout data is shared with the Apple Health App. Only works with AirPods Pro, Max or 3rd Generation.

Screenshots

The Ultimate Workout4 screens
Air Workouts3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Air Workouts at Free against The Ultimate Workout's $2.99. Air Workouts also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). The Ultimate Workout's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Air Workouts is free to download; The Ultimate Workout costs $2.99 up front. Air Workouts sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Ultimate Workout asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Ultimate Workout holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Air Workouts has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Ultimate Workout ships an update monthly, Air Workouts weekly. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
The Ultimate Workout versus Air Workouts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Ultimate WorkoutAir Workouts
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size201 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSean OHaraYasin Onur

Customer experience

The Ultimate Workout

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Air Workouts

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

The Ultimate Workout

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Air Workouts

One-time1
  • Lunges$0.99

Questions

Is The Ultimate Workout free?
The Ultimate Workout costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Air Workouts free?
Air Workouts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Ultimate Workout or Air Workouts?
The Ultimate Workout is rated higher. The Ultimate Workout averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Air Workouts averages 3.8 from 5 ratings.
Do The Ultimate Workout or Air Workouts have ads?
Neither The Ultimate Workout nor Air Workouts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Ultimate Workout or Air Workouts?
The Ultimate Workout ships an update monthly, and Air Workouts weekly. Most recently, The Ultimate Workout was updated on July 7, 2026 and Air Workouts on September 10, 2026.

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