Workout Beacn vs GPS Workout Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Workout Beacn
This app helps you track your progress during running, biking, or walking workouts. It offers features like voice cues, private live tracking, and accident detection with automated SMS alerts. All data is stored locally and can be exported.
- Progress tracking (time, distance, speed, calories)
- Private live tracking
- Accident detector with SMS alerts
- Heart rate monitoring and warnings
- Workout plans
- Siri integration
- GPX file export
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For biking, running, or walking exercise workouts. Track your progress (time, distance, elevation, speed, calories, cadence and heart rate) with voice cues and special security & privacy features: ** No account required ** ** Private live tracking on a password protected website - Public tracking is optional ** ** Accident detector with automated SMS of your current location ** ** Heart rate limit warning ** ** Heart rate zones ** ** Apple Watch ** ** Workout plans ** ** Music Playlists ** ** Siri Integration ** ** Sync between devices** ** No registration required! All data is stored locally and can be transferred by email as GPX files ** Compatible with Bluetooth heart rate monitors Compatible with Cadence Bluetooth sensors Syncs with Health App - Integration by sharing your activity type, energy, start and end dates Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
GPS Workout Tracker
Easily track your outdoor fitness activities like hiking, biking, and running. View detailed statistics and access your past workout history without needing an account. Optimized for various outdoor adventures to help you achieve your fitness goals.
- Effortless outdoor workout tracking
- Detailed statistics for progress
- Access to past workout history
- Optimized for hiking, cycling, running, walks
- No account required
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Track outdoor workouts without creating an account. Choose an activity, wait for GPS and start. • Record your route, distance, duration, pace or speed, elevation and estimated calories • Pause and resume, recover interrupted workouts, and view recording status in Live Activities • Review route maps, charts, history, calendar, weekly progress and personal records • Export GPX or CSV • Optionally save newly completed workout summaries to Apple Health Workouts are stored on your device and sync with your private iCloud account when available. Data is shared only when you export, share or enable Apple Health. GPS tracking may increase battery use. Apple Health export is off by default and requires permission.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Workout Beacn at none against GPS Workout Tracker's shown. Workout Beacn also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Workout Beacn sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and GPS Workout Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Workout Beacn against 4.8 for GPS Workout Tracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 102 and 183 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Workout Beacn's written reviews are positive against 65% of GPS Workout Tracker's.
Workout Beacn ships an update every 2 months, GPS Workout Tracker every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workout Beacn | GPS Workout Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (102 ratings) | 4.8 (183 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 65.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 102 | 183 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emidio Cunha | Tevfik Yucek |
Customer experience
Workout Beacn
GPS Workout Tracker
In-app purchases
Workout Beacn
- Unlock$2.99
GPS Workout Tracker
- Remove Ads$2.99
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