Comparison

Muse vs Workout Buddy

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

Head to head
About

Muse

This app offers a collection of ambient sounds to help you focus, relax, or sleep. Create custom sound mixes to suit your mood, with features like seamless looping and an autopause timer.

Highlights
  • 15 ambient white noises
  • Customizable sound mixing
  • Seamless looping
  • Autopause timer
  • Minimalistic design
Features
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Muse is an app that will drown out the noise of the street and allow you to concentrate on the work at hand, increasing your productivity. On the other hand, it can also set the mood for a romantic evening or lull you to sleep, ensuring that you will dream soundly all night long. An ambient sound equalizer app for creating a mixture of ambient sounds. Features: • 15 enchanting ambient white noises; • Ease of choosing and blending the ambient sounds into a mixture that will perfectly fit your mood; • Minimalistic design; • Sounds are played in a seamless loop; • Support rotation device; • Added autopause timer; 15 Ambient sounds: October Rain, Coffee House, Thunderstorm, Campfire, Winter Wind, Sea Waves, River Stream, Summer Night, Sunny Day, Deep Space, Sailing Yacht, Inside Train, Farm, Wind Chimes, Blue Whales Now! Let's Muse:)

About

Workout Buddy

This app provides a simple, fast weekly checklist for tracking exercises like gym sessions, runs, or yoga. Easily log completed workouts with a single tap and review your history at a glance. Customize your week's start day and retain or reset progress effortlessly.

Highlights
  • Weekly exercise checklist
  • Tap to log workouts
  • Workout history calendar
  • Customizable week start day
  • Notes for each workout
  • Private and ad-free
Features
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Your workout app should not become another workout. Workout Buddy is a fast weekly exercise checklist for the gym, a run, a walk or the yoga mat. Add each workout once, tap the days you did it, and get on with your day. NEW IN 3.0: YOUR WEEK, YOUR WAY Start your week on Monday or Sunday. Keep your checkmarks from one week to the next, or have every new week begin with empty boxes. Both settings are one tap away in the ⋯ menu, and every day you already checked off stays on its date. SEE EVERY DAY YOU SHOWED UP Tap a workout’s name to open its Workout History, a month calendar with a blue dot under every day you checked it off. Swipe sideways or use the arrows to look back month by month. It fills in by itself, week by week, from the week you start. YOUR WHOLE WEEK IN ONE LOOK Every workout gets its own row with seven boxes, one for each day, starting on Sunday or Monday. Today’s box is tinted blue, so one glance tells you where your week stands. ONE TAP BETWEEN YOU AND DONE Did your squats today? Tap the box and feel a haptic tap back. Boxes stay checked until you tap them again, so a slip of the thumb is one tap to fix. Keep last week’s checks as your plan for this week, or let each new week start fresh. JUST ENOUGH DETAIL Each workout has room for a short note right under its name. Keep your current weight, your sets or a form cue where you will see it at the gym. Tap the name to edit the note or rename the workout. YOUR ROUTINE, YOUR ORDER Put your workouts in the order you actually do them, and remove the ones you have moved on from. Workout Buddy always asks before it deletes anything. PRIVATE BY DESIGN There is no account to create and nothing to sign in to. No ads, no subscriptions and no in app purchases. Your workouts, notes and history stay on your iPhone, which is why the App Store privacy label reads Data Not Collected. SIMPLE ON PURPOSE Workout Buddy leaves out everything that turns a quick check into homework: • No set by set or rep logging • No timers to babysit • No charts to interpret • No streaks to guilt you • No social feed to keep up with • No prescribed plans or coaching What is left is fast, calm and yours. COMFORTABLE FOR EVERYONE Text grows with Dynamic Type, every control is labeled for VoiceOver, and it looks right in dark mode and in landscape. BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO ALREADY KNOW HOW THEY WANT TO MOVE Lifters with a simple split. Walkers, runners and yoga regulars. Anyone keeping up a stretching or rehab routine at home. Anyone who wants to know, at a glance, whether this week is on track. If you want a coach, a plan or a wall of stats, there are apps for that. If you want to tap a box and get on with your day, welcome.

Screenshots

Muse4 screens
Workout Buddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Muse at Free against Workout Buddy's $0.99. Muse also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.5). Workout Buddy's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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

Muse is free to download; Workout Buddy costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Workout Buddy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Muse ships an update every 13 months, Workout Buddy every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Muse versus Workout Buddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMuseWorkout Buddy
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWebhunter Co.,Ltd.Benjamin Staab

Customer experience

Muse

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Workout Buddy

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Muse

No in-app purchases

None

Workout Buddy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Muse free?
Muse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Workout Buddy free?
Workout Buddy costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Muse or Workout Buddy?
Workout Buddy is rated higher. Muse averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Workout Buddy averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Muse or Workout Buddy have ads?
Muse shows ads; Workout Buddy does not.
Which is updated more often, Muse or Workout Buddy?
Muse ships an update every 13 months, and Workout Buddy every 2 days. Most recently, Muse was updated on October 12, 2026 and Workout Buddy on October 30, 2026.

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