Comparison

GPS Ally+ vs Workout Reader

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

Head to head
About

GPS Ally+

This app connects your phone to a compatible GPS device, offering real-time navigation, ride syncing, and route management. It allows for easy customization, data import, and automatic sharing of your cycling activities to popular platforms and social media.

Highlights
  • Device customization
  • Wireless ride syncing
  • Route loading and mapping
  • Import .tcx and .gpx files
  • Save, store, and review rides
  • Auto-sync to third-party apps
  • Live ride tracking
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Part of our complete GPS ecosystem, the Lezyne Ally app is the key link between your phone and your Lezyne GPS device. The free app features the latest interactive and real-time technologies designed to enhance your cycling experience. Once paired to one of our GPS devices, you'll enjoy easy device customization, wireless ride syncing, route loading and mapping, and so much more. Experience effortless navigation, import .tcx and .gpx files, and connect cycling routes directly through the application. Additionally, the app is an easy-to-use resource to instantly save, store, and review rides from the palm of your hand. Activities can then be auto-synced to third party apps such as Strava, Komoot, Relive, TrainingPeaks, and more, as well as shared to popular social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter. With the Lezyne Ally app, you can also take advantage of our Lezyne Track feature. When enabled, simply create a list of email addresses in the app and those recipients will then be notified every time you start a ride. These notification emails will include a link to our live tracking website where coaches, friends, and loved ones can keep track of where you are and see all of your ride metrics. This app is for use with Lezyne Y10 and newer GPS Devices (2017 Model Year and newer). Please use the Ally V1 app with Y9 GPS devices (With a silver bezel). Lezyne -- Engineered Design

About

Workout Reader

Features
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Workout Reader puts a structured training plan on your Apple Watch. Send it a .workoutplan file — from the share sheet, AirDrop, Files or “Open in” — and the app shows you what is inside: warm-up, intervals, targets, cool-down, one card per session. Pick a time for anything the file left undated, tap Add to Apple Watch, and the workouts appear in the Workout app on the watch, ready to start with one tap. No copying steps by hand, no tapping intervals into a small screen. WHAT IT READS • Interval workouts: warm-up, repeated blocks, work and recovery steps, cool-down • Single-goal workouts: open, distance, time or calories • Pacer workouts: a distance in a target time • Triathlon: swim, bike and run in one session • Targets by heart-rate zone, pace, speed, power or cadence • Running, cycling, swimming, strength, rowing, HIIT and the other activities the watch records AN OPEN FORMAT .workoutplan is plain JSON with a published specification and a JSON Schema. A coach can write one, a spreadsheet can export one, a script can generate one, an AI assistant can produce one. This app is one reader of the format, not its owner, and nothing about your training is locked to it. A CLAUDE SKILL, BUNDLED The Create tab hands you a ready-made skill for Claude Code. Install it once, ask for a training week in plain language, and a .workoutplan comes back for the app to put on the watch. It is one packaged way to write a file, not the only one. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account, no sign-in, no server, no analytics, no ads. Plans stay on the iPhone. The only thing that leaves the app is the workout you ask it to hand to your own watch. English and Russian. Scheduling needs an iPhone with a paired Apple Watch. Reading and previewing a plan works anywhere.

Screenshots

GPS Ally+4 screens
Workout Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: GPS Ally+ at 12.3 against Workout Reader's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
GPS Ally+ versus Workout Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGPS Ally+Workout Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (29 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews16.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings29 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.3 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLezyneAndrey Durymanov

Bugs and requests

GPS Ally+

Reported bugs

23 issues
  • App crashes when creating routes
  • Bluetooth disconnects during rides
  • Cloud upload stuck at 99%
  • Cannot login to account
  • Routes not syncing to GPS device
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  • Rides not saving properly
  • Strava auto-sync not working
  • Temperature data calculation errors (showing 200+ degrees)
  • Map disappears during navigation
  • App freezes during operation
  • Notifications not working between phone and device
  • GPS device shows update available when already updated
  • Keyboard not appearing in text input fields
  • Rides showing zero kilometers
  • Ride data corrupted or lost
  • SSL certificate expired preventing cloud sync
  • Incompatibility with iOS 18.4 and newer
  • App crashes when opening saved rides
  • Segments failing to load
  • Connection drops when phone camera is used
  • Incorrect ride time calculations (millions of hours)
  • Offline maps download status unclear
  • App crashes on login with email/password

Requested features

15 requests
  • In-app language selection option
  • Dark mode toggle within app
  • Cyrillic character support for international users
  • Offline mode for saved routes without internet
  • Better route planning with bike path recognition
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  • Apple Watch integration with cellular support
  • Google Maps or alternative map source option
  • Standard share sheet for exporting rides
  • Improved navigation with better rerouting
  • Max heart rate field tracking
  • Calories burned logging and weekly analysis
  • Better elevation data display (metric/imperial options)
  • Live segment support improvements
  • Notifications from phone to device reliability
  • WiFi-based device updates instead of USB cable

Workout Reader

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

GPS Ally+

No in-app purchases

None

Workout Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GPS Ally+ free?
GPS Ally+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Workout Reader free?
Workout Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GPS Ally+ or Workout Reader have ads?
Neither GPS Ally+ nor Workout Reader shows ads.

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