Comparison

Workouts vs Route Extractor

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

Head to head
About

Workouts

Visualize your fitness journey with detailed progress tracking. See your workouts by date, week, month, or year through intuitive visual displays. Seamlessly integrates with Apple Health and Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Track progress by date, week, month, year
  • Visual workout displays
  • Integrates with Apple Health
  • Supports Apple Watch workouts
  • Filter by workout type
  • Customizable unit types
Features
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Workouts enables you to track your workout progress by date or grouped by week/month/year to make it easier to see your progress over time. It also offers a more visual way of displaying your workouts to further simplify comparing your weekly/monthly/yearly progress. You can track workouts by using any of the health & fitness apps from the App Store or by using your Apple Watch Workout app. You can also filter workouts by workout type and pick your favourite unit type. The app shows all workouts from your Health/Activity app.

About

Route Extractor

Features
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View the workout routes recorded in the Fitness app on several map services, and export them as GPX files. - Save workouts recorded on Apple Watch and other devices to your workout routes. - View routes on map services other than Apple Maps (Google Maps, OpenStreetMap). - Export saved workout routes as GPX files. - Import GPX files from other apps into your workout routes. - Sync with iCloud and see the same routes on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. - Available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac — one in-app purchase covers all your devices. In-app purchase (one time) - GPX / TCX files that include heart rate, speed, and running power (outdoor runs). - TCX export — ready to use in Garmin Connect, Strava, and others. - KML export — in the OGC KML standard or the Google Earth extension format. - Export with a track point interval of Original, 2, 5, or 10 seconds. - Export several workout routes at once, and import several GPX files at once. - New workouts in the Fitness app are imported automatically when you open the app.

Screenshots

Workouts4 screens
Route Extractor3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Route Extractor at every 4 days against Workouts's monthly. Workouts's advantage is iOS requirement (11.2 vs 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Workouts ships an update monthly, Route Extractor every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Workouts versus Route Extractor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkoutsRoute Extractor
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS11.2 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperakroinCode Tech (KR)

In-app purchases

None

Workouts

No in-app purchases

None

Route Extractor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Workouts free?
Workouts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Route Extractor free?
Route Extractor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Workouts or Route Extractor have ads?
Neither Workouts nor Route Extractor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Workouts or Route Extractor?
Workouts ships an update monthly, and Route Extractor every 4 days. Most recently, Workouts was updated on October 9, 2026 and Route Extractor on September 30, 2026.

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