VO2 Max vs MeandR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VO2 Max
Track your body's oxygen absorption at peak effort with detailed insights and performance estimates for running and cycling. Visualize trends, compare personal bests, and understand your cardio fitness level with a redesigned dashboard and Apple Watch integration.
- VO2 max estimation for running and cycling
- Performance estimates (W/kg, FTP)
- Redesigned dashboard with trends and personal bests
- Interactive charts with customizable date ranges
- Apple Watch complications and iPhone widgets
- Cardio fitness level comparison by age and sex
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VO₂ Max shows how much oxygen your body can absorb at peak effort. The redesigned dashboard puts the latest measurement, rolling averages, and your personal best in one view so you immediately see how training affects cardio fitness. ESTIMATES FOR RUN & BIKE - New tab turns VO₂ max + weight + power into W/kg and FTP estimates for running and cycling. - Compare modeled race times and power against your actual HealthKit FTP/power. NEW DASHBOARD - Trend cards highlight the 7-day average, any selected range, and your best value with percentage deltas. - The interactive chart responds to 1W, 2W, 1M, 3M, 1Y, or All filters and animates every new HealthKit reading. - Entry tiles list the test type, source, and timestamp so you can compare prediction and max-exercise tests. INSIGHTS & GUIDANCE - The info sheet matches your value with the correct age and sex bracket to explain whether it is poor, good, or superior. - Manual refresh, HealthKit warnings, and empty states keep permissions and sync issues obvious. - Trial countdown and subscription access stay a tap away. APPLE WATCH + WIDGETS - All complication families are supported, so your latest VO₂ max is available on every watch face. - iPhone Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets follow the dashboard range you selected. - The Widget Showcase walks you through pinning widgets or complications and previewing layouts. HOW VO₂ MAX IS CAPTURED 1. Wear Apple Watch for at least 24 hours, then record several Outdoor Walk, Outdoor Run, or Hiking workouts with heart rate and GPS. 2. Apple may need several qualifying workouts and passive measurements before the first VO₂ max estimate appears. 3. Give this app read access to Cardio Fitness (VO₂ Max) in Apple Health so the dashboard, widgets, and complications can display the data. Requires Apple Watch Series 3 or later. VO₂ Max makes it easy to see if your cardio fitness plan is working today, over the last weeks, and all time. Terms and conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
MeandR
This app motivates you to get outside and stay active by generating random walking routes. Track your distance, time, and steps, and review your progress over time. Customize routes or let the app create them for you.
- Random route generation
- Customizable route creation
- Progress tracking (distance, time, steps)
- Route history and replay
- Map view (standard/satellite)
- GPX file export
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Keep fit and get outside more with Meandr! "The best iPhone apps of 2022, 2023" - TechRadar "Make perfect walking and running routes" - Tapsmart.com "Whether you're a seasoned walker or just starting out, why not take MeandR for a spin?" - iMore.com Whether you want to get fit or just need some motivation to get outdoors, Meandr can help. There is no pressure, just choose a distance and pace that suits you. Go as fast or as slow as you want, or just enjoy the walk! You don’t even have to decide where to walk, as MeandR will automatically generate a random route at the distance you choose. Be adventurous and discover new routes around you! Each attempt is recorded, including the distance, how long it took and how many steps. Look back at your stats and track your progress over time. AUTOMATIC CHALLENGES Choose how far and how fast and let Meandr generate a route at that distance. You can choose a circular route or you can choose a straight out route to a target. CUSTOMISE THE ROUTE For circular routes you can drag the waypoints around to create your own route. For straight out routes, you can choose where to put the target. Drag the start point to wherever you want and MeandR will generate a circular route from there. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Each challenge is recorded. Look back through the history to see how you did, or look at the activity summary stats to see totals of distance and steps over the last 7 and 30 days, or all time. Each route you take is recorded so you can look back at it on a map. * No pressure - choose a distance and pace that suits you * Simple, fun interface designed to get you going in three taps * Tracks the distance, time and number of steps for each challenge * If you didn't finish a challenge, just find it in the history and replay it * Unit of measurement can be set to kilometres or miles * Map easily toggled between standard or satellite view * Keep an eye on the gauges that show the timer and distance to the target * As you walk, the route is plotted on the map in realtime * As you get to each waypoint, you’ll get a notification and see it ticked off on the map * Save your favourite routes with a name to recall later * If you can't make it to a waypoint for any reason, but you're within 100 metres, just tap it on the map and head to the next one * Generate a GPX file of your route that you can save or share
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: VO2 Max at Free against MeandR's $1.99. VO2 Max also leads on ratings volume (127 vs 11) and device support (3 vs 1). MeandR's advantage is review sentiment (69% vs 27%) and rating (4.3 vs 3.8). On update cadence, 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
VO2 Max is free to download; MeandR costs $1.99 up front. VO2 Max sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and MeandR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MeandR holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VO2 Max has 127 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of VO2 Max's written reviews are positive against 69% of MeandR's.
VO2 Max ships an update every 10 days, MeandR fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VO2 Max | MeandR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.8 (127 ratings) | 4.3 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.6% of reviews | 68.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 127 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bernhard Hering | Good Binary Ltd |
Customer experience
VO2 Max
MeandR
In-app purchases
VO2 Max
- Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$17.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$79.99
MeandR
- Meandr Premium$1.99









