Comparison

Workout vs Simple Run

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

Head to head
About

Workout

Discover a wide variety of radio streams tailored for your fitness training. Avoid repetitive playlists and find the perfect energetic sound to power your workouts.

Highlights
  • High energetic music radios
  • Perfect sound for fitness training
  • Variety of radio streams
  • Avoid repetitive playlists
Features
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Tired of listening to the same playlist again and again during your workout session? This app gives you a lot of radio streams, playing the perfect sound for your fitness training.

About

Simple Run

Features
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Every run, walk, hike and ride you've done, drawn on paper. Scribble Run reads your workouts from Apple Health and draws each route in ink on a plain notebook page. That's it. – Tap a drawing to look closer: distance, pace, time. – "So far" puts every route on top of each other. Pick a year, or put them on a map. – Choose how many drawings fit on a row. – Write with ink, pencil or biro. – Widgets: your last run, so far, a logbook, this week. – Opens like a book on iPhone Duo. No account. No ads. Scribble Run only reads from Health. It never writes. Everything is free and nothing is locked. If it makes you smile, pay what you want.

Screenshots

Workout3 screens
Simple Run3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Workout at none against Simple Run's 4. Workout also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 27 months) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Simple Run sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Workout asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Workout ships an update every 4 months, Simple Run every 27 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Workout versus Simple Run: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkoutSimple Run
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (143 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings143 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 27 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGrizzly Creative GmbHAppRise Ventures Oy

In-app purchases

None

Workout

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Simple Run

One-time4
  • Lifetime Cheap$0.99
  • Premium Plan$2.99
  • Lifetime Medium$5.99
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  • Lifetime High$9.99

Questions

Is Workout free?
Workout is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Run free?
Simple Run is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Workout or Simple Run have ads?
Neither Workout nor Simple Run shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Workout or Simple Run?
Workout ships an update every 4 months, and Simple Run every 27 months. Most recently, Workout was updated on October 24, 2026 and Simple Run on October 24, 2026.

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