Explore the World by Bowflex vs Calorie Tape
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Explore the World by Bowflex
Virtually travel the globe from home while exercising. The app syncs with compatible fitness equipment to adjust video playback to your speed. Track your progress, explore new destinations, and stay motivated on your fitness journey.
- Virtual global destinations
- Adaptive video playback
- Fitness data tracking
- Sync with popular fitness apps
- New destinations added monthly
- Six free premium maps
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FUEL YOUR FITNESS JOURNEY WITH A SENSE OF ADVENTURE The Explore the World™ App allows you to virtually travel the globe from the comfort of home and automatically adjusts in real-time to the speed of your Bluetooth® enabled Bowflex, Schwinn Fitness, and Nautilus fitness equipment. Take control of your journey with dozens of high definition destinations and course lengths to choose from, including 5K’s through the Japanese Countryside, 10K’s through the Scottish Highlands, full marathons through the streets of Prague, and many more. Challenge yourself to travel the entire globe, and stay motivated with new destinations added each month. Plus, Explore the World allows you to track time, distance, speed, calories, and heart rate, helping you stay on top of your fitness journey and celebrating your successes as you beat your best course times. You can even sync your fitness data with other popular apps like Strava®, UA Record™, MapMyRun®, Apple Health, and more. Explore the World™ today! FEATURES INCLUDE: • Dozens of locations from around the world (subscription only) • Six free premium maps for unlimited use • Adaptive video playback that matches your speed • Track and store your data • Sync your data with your Strava or MapMyRun account Note: The Explore the World app is only compatible with Bluetooth® enabled Schwinn, Bowflex, & Nautilus fitness equipment. Subscription necessary to unlock full suite of virtual courses and trails. IN-APP SUBSCRIPTION AVAILABLE - SUBSCRIBE TODAY! Yearly: SAVE with an Explore the World annual subscription at only $59.99 per year - a savings of over $59 compared to the monthly price! Monthly: A monthly Explore the World subscription is only $9.99 per month. Cancellation: You may cancel your subscription at any time and enjoy the use of your subscription through the remainder of your current subscription period, as applicable. See below for additional details. By completing your purchase in the Bowflex JRNY™ app, you are certifying that you are at least 18 years old and that you understand and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Read our full Terms of Use at (https://www.bowflex.com/global-assets/legal/terms-of-use.html) and our Privacy Policy at (https://www.bowflex.com/global-assets/legal/privacy-policy.html). Your subscription, whether yearly or monthly, will renew automatically for another month unless you cancel it at least 48 hours prior to the end of your current subscription period. Your account will be charged upon renewal of your subscription at the current applicable subscription rate. You can manage a subscription purchased in the Bowflex JRNY™ app, including cancelling it, in your Account Settings in the App Store after purchase. Payments will be charged through your iTunes account.
Calorie Tape
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Search a million foods offline. See their nutrients. Track your weight. Share with friends. Private by default. No account required. • Scan a barcode to find a packaged food • Take a photo of a Nutrition Facts label to add a food • Search fixes small typos, like "brocoli" for broccoli • Search your log to see every day you ate a food • Import your log from Cronometer or Lose It! • Save a meal, then add all its foods at once • Add meals of your own, like "Pre-workout", beside Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner • Add yesterday's foods to today in one step • See up to 65 nutrients for each food and for your day • Tap a nutrient to see which foods it came from • When a food doesn't report a nutrient, you see “—” instead of 0 • See your daily average of every nutrient over the last 7 days • Set daily targets for calories, protein, carbs, fat and fiber • Log your weight and see its trend on a chart • Get a suggested calorie target from your weight, height, age and activity • Log symptoms, stools and notes in How You Feel • Export chosen days as text or a spreadsheet • Save your food and weigh-ins to Apple Health WHERE YOUR DATA GOES • Your log and settings stay on your iPhone and sync only through your private iCloud. We never receive them • What Calorie Tape reads from Apple Health stays on your iPhone • Shared Foods and Label Reading use the internet, and each asks first • Shared Foods sends a barcode that isn't on your iPhone to our servers • Label Reading sends your package photos to our servers to read the label. When you save that food, we keep its photos for review and may share its values with other people Every feature is free today. Calorie Tape isn't medical advice. Found a wrong value or a missing food? Email support@calorietape.com. Nutrition data: USDA FoodData Central, and Open Food Facts contributors under the Open Database License (ODbL). Terms of Use: https://calorietape.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://calorietape.com/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Calorie Tape at none against Explore the World by Bowflex's 2. Calorie Tape also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months). Explore the World by Bowflex's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 27.0). On price and ads 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. Explore the World by Bowflex sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Calorie Tape asks for nothing beyond the download.
Explore the World by Bowflex ships an update every 5 months, Calorie Tape every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Explore the World by Bowflex | Calorie Tape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (316 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 19.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 316 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 319 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Treo | Chill Creatures |
Bugs and requests
Explore the World by Bowflex
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes frequently
- Subscription issues and lack of support
- Inaccurate data sync and reporting
Requested features
5 requests- Add more video routes and destinations
- Improve data sync with Apple Health
- Allow background mode and pause/resume
- Integrate heart rate and cadence tracking
- Add audio options like nature sounds
Calorie Tape
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Explore the World by Bowflex
- Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- Annual Subscription$59.991 Year
Calorie Tape
No in-app purchases
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