Just Workout vs Walking Desk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Just Workout
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Just Workout is the no-frills training app. Its purpose is to guide you through the 85 exercises and 21 workouts. Features * 85 well known exercises * 8 workouts for beginners (without equipment) * 10 full-body workouts (without equipment) * 3 workouts with dumbbells * Each workout takes between 20 - 40 minutes * Disable workouts you don't like * No account needed * No data collection * No lifestyle app * No super food recipes * No ads * No social media * No health tracking * Just workout
Walking Desk
Manually log treadmill desk activity into Apple Health. Record steps, distance, calories, and duration to create walking workouts. View recent activity totals from the past week.
- Record steps, distance, calories, and duration
- Save sessions as walking workouts in Apple Health
- View last 7 days of activity totals
- No account required
- No ads or analytics tracking
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Walking Desk helps you record treadmill desk sessions in Apple Health. Enter the numbers from your treadmill display: • Steps • Distance in miles • Calories • Workout duration Walking Desk saves that session to Apple Health as: • Step count • Walking or running distance • Active energy burned • A walking workout The app also reads your recent Apple Health totals so you can see the last 7 days of activity in one place. No account. No ads. No analytics tracking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Walking Desk at every 6 weeks against Just Workout's every 20 months. Just Workout's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Just Workout ships an update every 20 months, Walking Desk every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Just Workout | Walking Desk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Simon Gaus | Michael Haren |
In-app purchases
Just Workout
No in-app purchases
Walking Desk
No in-app purchases
