Comparison

Workout Sessions vs Calmaria

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

Head to head
About

Workout Sessions

This fitness app helps you track gym visits and workouts, offering detailed insights and progress analysis. Relive your fitness journey with photos and videos, and stay motivated with customizable dashboards and streaks.

Highlights
  • Gym visit tracking with geofencing
  • Detailed workout analysis
  • Add photos and videos to activities
  • Customizable dashboard
  • Workout streaks and year statistics
  • Home screen widgets
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Track every workout, build streaks, and understand your progress with Workout Sessions. Workout Sessions is a workout tracker and fitness diary that turns your Apple Health activity into a clear, motivating view of your training. See your full workout history, review routes, explore heart rate zones, and keep your momentum visible over time. Why people use Workout Sessions: • All your workouts in one place Import sessions from Apple Health and browse running, cycling, gym workouts, walks, and more in one timeline. • Streaks that keep progress visible Track your consistency week by week and stay connected to your routine. • Heart rate zones for deeper workout insight See zone charts, history, and context that help you understand effort across workouts. • Route details and export Open workout routes and export them when you want to revisit or share where you trained. • Gym and venue check-ins Use manual or automatic check-ins to track workouts by place and build a richer fitness history. • Photos and videos in your workout log Add media to sessions and turn your activity history into a personal archive. • ReRun yearly recap Look back on your training year through highlights, patterns, and milestones. Workout Sessions is built for people who want more than a simple exercise log. It helps you track workouts, spot patterns, and stay consistent with a fitness diary designed around progress and reflection. Requires Apple Health access. Location access is optional for venue check-ins.

About

Calmaria

This app guides you through mindful breathing exercises to promote focus, relaxation, and balance. It offers personalized themes, detailed progress tracking, and syncs seamlessly between iPhone and Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Mindful breathing exercises
  • Personalized themes
  • Detailed statistics
  • HealthKit integration
  • iPhone and Apple Watch sync
Features
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Take a moment. Follow your breath. Calmaria brings guided breathing to iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch with a simple, expressive design. Choose a breathing pattern, follow the animation, and make space for a pause in your day. FIND YOUR RHYTHM Choose from 4–7–8 breathing, 5–5–5–5 box breathing, 5–0–5–0 breathing, or 7–11 breathing. Create custom presets with your own phase durations and repetitions. MAKE IT YOURS Explore five visual themes. Turn sound cues and haptic feedback on or off to suit your surroundings. KEEP TRACK Record how you feel after a session and review your breathing history. With your permission, save completed sessions to Apple Health as mindful sessions. BREATHE ON YOUR WATCH Practice from your wrist, with a companion app that can run independently of your iPhone. Keep presets, settings, and session history in sync across your devices. A MOMENT AT A GLANCE Home-screen and accessory widgets show recent session information and follow your selected theme. Calmaria means calmness and tranquility in Portuguese. Just breathe and relax.

Screenshots

Workout Sessions4 screens
Calmaria4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Workout Sessions at 5.0 against Calmaria's 4.7. Workout Sessions also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 91%). Calmaria's advantage is ratings volume (48 vs 4) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Workout Sessions holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calmaria has 48 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Workout Sessions's written reviews are positive against 91% of Calmaria's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Workout Sessions ships an update every 2 months, Calmaria every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Workout Sessions versus Calmaria: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkout SessionsCalmaria
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.7 (48 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better90.9% of reviews
Number of ratings448 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB6 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAlexander GuretzkiSteale LLC

Customer experience

Workout Sessions

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Calmaria

All ratings48 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

In-app purchases

None

Workout Sessions

No in-app purchases

None

Calmaria

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Workout Sessions free?
Workout Sessions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Calmaria free?
Calmaria is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Workout Sessions or Calmaria?
Workout Sessions is rated higher. Workout Sessions averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Calmaria averages 4.7 from 48 ratings.
Do Workout Sessions or Calmaria have ads?
Neither Workout Sessions nor Calmaria shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Workout Sessions or Calmaria?
Workout Sessions ships an update every 2 months, and Calmaria every 7 months. Most recently, Workout Sessions was updated on September 21, 2026 and Calmaria on October 22, 2026.

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