Comparison

Zones for Training vs Training Today

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

Head to head
About

Zones for Training

This app helps you optimize your workouts by monitoring exercise intensity and visualizing it through heart rate zones. It supports over 70 workout types and provides detailed insights into your performance, all accessible on your Apple Watch and iPhone.

Highlights
  • Real-time exercise intensity and heart rate monitoring
  • Time spent in four heart rate zones
  • Total workout dashboard from Apple Health
  • Heart rate zone alerts via Apple Watch taps
  • Recovery heart rate measurement
  • Detailed workout data and insights
  • Widget support for workout summaries
Features
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Get the most out of your Apple Watch! Zones monitors your exercise intensity and visualize it in meaningful ways. Know your activities and be smart about how you work out. Zones supports over 70 types of workouts like Running, Walking, Cycling, Treadmill, Exercise Bike, and Strength Training. Great for outdoor/indoor/gym workouts. Measure it on your Apple Watch, review it on your iPhone. Efficient workouts with Zones! ------------------------------------------------ ■ Features ------------------------------------------------ ◎ Monitor real-time exercise intensity and heart rate during workouts. (Apple Watch only) ◎ Show your time spent in the four Heart Rate Zones. ◎ Display all workouts data from the Apple Health app, so that you can use Zones as a total workouts dashboard. ------------------------------------------------ ■ Training With Heart Rate Zones ------------------------------------------------ Everybody has a different purpose for their training. Someone run for diet, someone ride for improving their cardio endurance. Exercising at the correct intensity can help you get the most out of your workouts. This app shows you your exercise intensity using your real-time heart rate, and it has four heart rate zones to understand your exercise intensity at a glance. • PEAK - for improving performance and speed. • CARDIO - for improving cardio endurance. • FAT BURN - For longer exercise. Predominantly uses fat for energy. • WARM UP - For preparation and recovery. With these four zones, you can start heart rate training very easily and quickly. You don't have to remember your target heart rate or intensity %. ------------------------------------------------ ■ Measuring with Apple Watch ------------------------------------------------ ◎ Heart Rate and Exercise Intensity in real-time • You can easily see which Heart Rate Zone you are in while exercise. • Your Apple Watch taps you on the wrist when heart rate zone changes. • Automatic pause/resume function (Running only) ◎ Review your improvements with Recovery Heart Rate Recovery Heart Rate is the difference between your exercising heart rate and your heart rate one minutes after the exercise has stopped. It is a good indicator to gauge your fitness level! This app measures it automatically right after your workouts. (Over CARDIO intensities only) ◎ Leave your iPhone at home You can leave your iPhone at home when you go for training! ※ Measurement function is only available on the Apple Watch. ------------------------------------------------ ■ Detailed Information of Your Workouts ------------------------------------------------ ◎ Details of Workout • Duration • Active Calories • Distance, Pace, Splits • Time in heart rate zones • Heart Rate and Exercise Intensity (Average, min/max heart rate) • Graphs of heart rate and pace • Show your workout on Widgets ◎ Insights (Graphs & Lists) • Recent Workouts • Weekly Calories Burned • Top 10 Distance • Running Pace ------------------------------------------------ ■ Many Ways to Use Zones ------------------------------------------------ ◎ Supports over 70 types of workouts Running, Walking, Cycling, Core Training, Flexibility, Strength Training... and so on! ◎ Works great with other apps through the Apple Health Zones reads all Workouts data from the Apple Health app, so you can use Zones as a total workouts dashboard. In this way, you can continue using the apps you already love. Of course, you can see your workouts data from Apple Workouts app in Zones. ◎ Upgrade to PRO • Stats (Weekly, Monthly, Yearly) • Create & customize Insights • Change Heart Rate Zones • Create Custom Workouts (5 Zones) • Edit Workout Name ------------------------------------------------ ■ Required Device ------------------------------------------------ Apple Health is required to use. For iPad, please update your OS to iPadOS 17 or higher.

About

Training Today

This app analyzes your Apple Watch health data to provide a daily readiness to train score. It helps prevent overtraining injuries and guides your training intensity, offering insights into your body's recovery and performance potential.

Highlights
  • Calculates daily readiness to train (RTT) score
  • Multi-day RTT score chart
  • Independent Apple Watch app
  • Uses HRV, workout detection, and custom algorithm
  • Automatic data outlier filtering
  • iPhone companion app with tutorial
  • Complication support for quick RTT glance
Features
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Take Readiness to Results. Understand your readiness. Choose training that fits today. Follow your progress over time. Training Today brings readiness and training together for triathletes, runners, cyclists and swimmers. Your Readiness to Train (RTT) score uses HRV readings from Apple Health and your personal baseline to help you decide when to push, keep steady or take it easy. FROM READINESS TO YOUR NEXT SESSION With Premium, explore structured swim, bike and run workouts that adapt to your RTT. Review the session, choose your options and send supported workouts to Apple Watch. Review readiness-based changes on iPhone before updating a workout on your Watch. BUILD YOUR TRAINING WEEK Shape Your Week around your training preferences. Choose sessions, move workouts and review suggestions as your week unfolds. Schedule strength and conditioning alongside your endurance training. CONNECT YOUR TRAINING Share readiness and health metrics with TrainingPeaks, with optional daily sync. Upload completed workouts separately from Workout Analytics after granting workout-upload access. Send supported cycling workouts to ROUVY. Choose power targets when configured, or free ride with heart-rate cues. Connected accounts and the relevant permissions are required. SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE Review recorded activities, readiness and HRV history. Use sleep context, Activity Intensity Score and Overall Fitness Index (OFI) trends to better understand your training. OFI is a personal HRV-based trend indicator, not a direct measurement of performance or VO2 max. START FREE. EXPLORE PREMIUM. Start with your readiness score, recent readiness chart, current sleep and resting heart rate, and recent OFI trends. Premium adds workout planning and the library, recorded activity review, deeper history, customization and integrations. Monthly, annual and lifetime purchase options unlock Premium; available options and local prices appear in the app. Training Today needs suitable Apple Health data to calculate readiness. Wear a compatible Apple Watch regularly, including overnight, and allow access to the health data you want to use. Watch workouts and other features depend on compatible devices and software. Your score supports training decisions: consider it alongside how you feel. Training Today does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy: https://trainingtodayapp.com/privacy

Screenshots

Zones for Training4 screens
Training Today4 screens

Verdict

The call

Zones for Training and Training Today both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 69% of Zones for Training's written reviews are positive against 53% of Training Today's. Zones for Training also leads on ratings volume (19K vs 2.6K). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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

Both are free to download. Zones for Training sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Training Today sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.95 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Zones for Training holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zones for Training has 19K ratings behind it against 2.6K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Zones for Training's written reviews are positive against 53% of Training Today's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zones for Training ships an update every 4 weeks, Training Today every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Zones for Training versus Training Today: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZones for TrainingTraining Today
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (19K ratings) — better4.6 (2.6K ratings)
Positive reviews69.1% of reviews — better52.5% of reviews
Number of ratings19K — better2.6K
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlask LLPBetoli Ltd

Customer experience

Zones for Training

All ratings19,129 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral2.1%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews861 reviews
Positive69.1%
Neutral8.2%
Negative22.6%

Training Today

All ratings2,638 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral4.5%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews314 reviews
Positive52.5%
Neutral11.5%
Negative36.0%

User reviews

Zones for Training

From 19K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Seamless integration with Apple Watch
  • 👍 Helpful for daily stats and weekly/monthly comparisons
  • 👍 Motivating haptic feedback on Apple Watch
  • 👍 Well-designed app with nice interface
  • 👍 Useful for getting fit

Room to improve

  • 🐛 No after-sale support/service
  • 🐛 Inconsistent heart rate tracking
  • 🐛 Widgets not working after update
  • 🐛 Pauses workout when taking screenshots or using Siri
  • 🐛 Glitches causing data loss

Training Today

From 2.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Sync to the workouts app is magic
  • 👍 Helpful tool for understanding when my body needs to recover and when it can push harder
  • 👍 Great visualization helps me keep tabs on my health
  • 👍 Awesome app with a ton of data and an easy to use interface
  • 👍 HRV Trend Tracking provides a weather forecast for your body

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Obscure and buggy with readiness indicators not matching other apps
  • 🐛 Inaccurate data that doesn't match how I feel
  • 🐛 Constantly showing low readiness scores even when I feel great
  • 🐛 Conflicting data between this app and other sleep/recovery trackers
  • 🐛 Calculations for readiness seem better with other apps like TrainingPeaks

Bugs and requests

Zones for Training

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Heart rate not recording properly
  • Workout data not syncing correctly
  • Workouts pausing unexpectedly
  • Inability to delete or edit past workouts
  • Inconsistent calorie/distance tracking

Requested features

9 requests
  • Ability to edit past workouts
  • Option to customize moderate and vigorous intensity zones
  • Widgets for active score and zone time
  • Ability to set zone-specific goals
  • Option to disable zone change vibrations
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  • Dashboard on phone app while tracking on watch
  • Support for Heart Rate Reserve (HRR) zones
  • Large widget for monthly/yearly stats
  • Voice activation for zone changes

Training Today

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes on launch after purchasing subscription
  • Widgets not working after recent updates
  • Discrepancies between data shown on iPhone and Apple Watch
  • Inability to get HRV readings without using the Breathe app

Requested features

6 requests
  • Extend the number of days shown on the chart
  • Add more data points like sleep and oxygen levels
  • Provide more detailed explanations of the metrics and how they are calculated
  • Improve the Apple Watch complication to update more frequently
  • Integrate with other fitness platforms like Garmin and Polar
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  • Add training plans that adapt to HRV data

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Zones for Training

One-time1
  • PRO$7.99
4 purchases

Training Today

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription$2.951 Month
  • Yearly subscription$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Additional charts$5.99
  • Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Zones for Training free?
Zones for Training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Training Today free?
Training Today is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Zones for Training or Training Today?
Zones for Training is rated higher. Zones for Training averages 4.8 out of 5 from 19K ratings, while Training Today averages 4.6 from 2.6K ratings.
Do Zones for Training or Training Today have ads?
Neither Zones for Training nor Training Today shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zones for Training or Training Today?
Zones for Training ships an update every 4 weeks, and Training Today every 6 weeks. Most recently, Zones for Training was updated on October 26, 2026 and Training Today on October 25, 2026.

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