Comparison

Workouts vs LightsOn

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

LightsOn

This app transforms your real-world activity into a thriving virtual city. Burn calories to power your town, attract residents, and watch it grow. Neglect your activity, and the city will dim.

Highlights
  • Activity powers city growth
  • Automatic data import from Apple Health
  • Idle city builder gameplay
  • Earn bonus credits for workouts
  • Build upgrades and factories
  • City grows while you're away
Features
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LightsOn turns your real-world activity into a living city. Every active calorie you burn — walking, running, working out, or just moving through your day — flows straight from Apple Health into your city's battery. Keep it charged and the lights stay on: new residents move in, the streets come alive, and your town grows. Let the battery run dry and the city goes dark — residents pack up and leave. It's a cozy, idle city builder where YOU are the power plant. HOW IT WORKS • Your active energy from Apple Health charges the city automatically — no manual tracking, it just works in the background. • Lights on → residents arrive and your town thrives. • Battery empty → blackout, and people start to leave. • Real workouts earn bonus credits to spend on upgrades. • Build a factory that produces parts for bigger and better upgrades. • Your city keeps running while you're away — come back to see how far it grew. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • A real reason to move: every step and workout has a visible payoff. • Relaxed, no-pressure idle gameplay — perfect for short bursts. • A charming isometric city that's entirely yours to grow. • Clean, dark design that's easy on the eyes. FREE & PRIVATE • Completely free — no ads and no in-app purchases. • No tracking and no data collection — your health data never leaves your device. Move more, build more. How big can your city get?

Screenshots

Workouts4 screens
LightsOn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: LightsOn at every 6 days against Workouts's monthly. Workouts's advantage is iOS requirement (11.2 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Workouts against 4.9 for LightsOn. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 47 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Workouts's written reviews are positive against 97% of LightsOn's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Workouts ships an update monthly, LightsOn every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Workouts versus LightsOn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkoutsLightsOn
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (20 ratings) — better4.9 (47 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better96.7% of reviews
Number of ratings2047 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS11.2 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperakroinJirko Cernik

Customer experience

Workouts

All ratings20 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

LightsOn

All ratings47 ratings
Positive97.9%
Neutral2.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.7%

In-app purchases

None

Workouts

No in-app purchases

None

LightsOn

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Workouts free?
Workouts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LightsOn free?
LightsOn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Workouts or LightsOn?
Workouts is rated higher. Workouts averages 5.0 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while LightsOn averages 4.9 from 47 ratings.
Do Workouts or LightsOn have ads?
Neither Workouts nor LightsOn shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Workouts or LightsOn?
Workouts ships an update monthly, and LightsOn every 6 days. Most recently, Workouts was updated on October 24, 2026 and LightsOn on October 24, 2026.

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