Comparison

Workout Maker vs Workout Builder

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

Head to head
About

Workout Maker

Design and track your own fitness routines with a vast exercise library. Log progress with detailed charts and calendars, and share your custom workouts with friends. Automatically generate personalized workouts based on your preferences.

Highlights
  • Create custom workout routines
  • Extensive exercise library
  • Log and track workouts with charts
  • Automatically generate workouts
  • Share workouts with friends
  • Workout timer with audio cues
Features
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Workout Maker is the first and only fully customizable workout app. - Create your own workout routines - Add your own exercises or choose from the extensive exercise library - Time your workouts and enter your weight, reps, distance, rest - Automatically log and track your workouts with charts and calendars - Share your workouts with friends - Automatically generate workouts based on your criteria (subscription) Whether you do weightlifting, physical therapy, calisthenics, cardio, yoga, stretching, personal training, CrossFit, or any other fitness, Workout Maker is perfect for you! The customizable platform allows users to create any type of fitness routine with any exercises. WORKOUTS - Create any number of custom workouts - Workout options include: • Exercises with time, reps, distance, weight, rest • Sets, supersets, circuits • Schedules for your calendar - Start your workouts to use the timer that calls out your exercises to help motivate you and keep you organized AUTO-GENERATED WORKOUTS - Creating your own workouts can be tough, but auto-generate makes it easy! - Enter workout style, duration, and exercise criteria to generate the perfect workout - Random exercises pulled from your exercise library to instantly fill out the workout - Easily edit and modify the workout if it isn't to your liking, or just generate a new one - Unlimited generated workouts with 7 day free trial, then $4.99 per month - This is the only part of the app that requires a subscription and all other features are completely free - Pro tip: generated workouts are random based on your criteria, so they aren't always perfect. Try again or edit until it's perfect. HIIT and Tabata tend to be great instant workouts, while Weight Training, Circuit Training, and Crossfit sometimes need a tiny bit of tweaking. EXERCISES - Library of over 200 major exercises and stretches with pictures - You can create unlimited custom exercises - Sort by body part, equipment or type to find the right exercises for your workouts LOGS - Workouts are automatically logged when the timer is completed - Track your workout PRs with charts - Track specific exercises to see your PR gains over time CALENDAR - Easily see how often you workout and how many days you skip - Set up workout schedules to notify you when it is time to do a workout

About

Workout Builder

Design personalized fitness routines on your iPhone, then seamlessly transfer them to your Apple Watch. Supports a wide range of activities from running and cycling to yoga and strength training, with options for simple goals, advanced intervals, and paced efforts.

Highlights
  • Create custom workouts on iPhone
  • Send workouts to Apple Watch
  • Supports running, cycling, swimming, yoga
  • HIIT & Strength interval training
  • Boxing and skipping interval options
  • Goal-based workouts
  • Advanced interval workouts
  • Paced workouts
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Workout Builder lets you create custom workouts on your iPhone and send them to your Apple Watch. Build advanced workouts like: - Running workouts for tempo runs, intervals, hill sprints - Cycling workouts for intervals, pyramids, and distance efforts - Swimming workouts for specific distances and times - Flow, Yin, Vinyasa yoga - HIIT & Strength training intervals - Boxing and skipping intervals, with rest included - Plus many, many more sports! Workout Builder has three types of workouts you can send to your Apple Watch - Simple, goal-based workouts – set a time, distance, or energy burn goal - Advanced interval workouts – add multiple sets and reps, along with rest, warmup, and cooldown - Paced workouts – set a time and distance goal and pace your workout

Screenshots

Workout Maker4 screens
Workout Builder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Workout Builder at none against Workout Maker's shown. Workout Maker's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (477 vs 20). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Workout Maker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Workout Builder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Workout Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Workout Maker has 477 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Workout Maker's written reviews are positive against 71% of Workout Builder's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Workout Maker ships an update every 3 weeks, Workout Builder fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Workout Maker versus Workout Builder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkout MakerWorkout Builder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (477 ratings) — better4.3 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews — better71.0% of reviews
Number of ratings477 — better20
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCorey DiamantMatthew Palmer

Customer experience

Workout Maker

All ratings477 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral4.0%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews108 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral7.4%
Negative14.8%

Workout Builder

All ratings20 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive71.0%
Neutral16.1%
Negative12.9%

Bugs and requests

Workout Maker

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Workout scheduling issues
  • Exercise images not saving properly
  • Inconsistent behavior when editing workouts
  • Crashes when trying to share workouts

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to move and reorder exercises within a workout
  • Integration with fitness trackers and health apps
  • More customization options for workouts and timers
  • Improved scheduling and calendar functionality
  • Better feedback and progress tracking

Workout Builder

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Workout Maker

Subscriptions1
  • Auto Generate Workouts7 Days trial$4.991 Month
One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
1 purchases

Workout Builder

One-time1
  • Workout Builder Premium$9.99

Questions

Is Workout Maker free?
Workout Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Workout Builder free?
Workout Builder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Workout Maker or Workout Builder?
Workout Maker is rated higher. Workout Maker averages 4.6 out of 5 from 477 ratings, while Workout Builder averages 4.3 from 20 ratings.
Do Workout Maker or Workout Builder have ads?
Workout Maker shows ads; Workout Builder does not.
Which is updated more often, Workout Maker or Workout Builder?
Workout Maker ships an update every 3 weeks, and Workout Builder fortnightly. Most recently, Workout Maker was updated on October 9, 2026 and Workout Builder on September 29, 2026.

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