Comparison

RiseOverRun vs Workout Wanderer

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

Head to head
About

RiseOverRun

This app helps users track elevation gained during workouts like runs, walks, and hikes. Set elevation goals and monitor your progress by syncing with Apple Watch or other HealthKit-compatible apps. It integrates with Strava and Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Track elevation gained in workouts
  • Set elevation gain goals
  • Sync with Apple Watch
  • Integrates with HealthKit
  • Connects with Strava
  • Monitor progress
Features
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When training for a big race, I believe elevation gained is as important as distance travelled. I created RiseOverRun to help keep track of elevation gained in workouts and to set goals around how much elevation you've gained. Simply create a target elevation and complete run, walk, or hike workouts with Apple Watch or any 3rd party workout app that saves to workout data to HealthKit. Then check rise over run to see your current progress. RiseOverRun can integrate with either Strava or HealthKit and the Apple Health app.

About

Workout Wanderer

Features
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Workout Wanderer turns the workouts already in Apple Health into interactive route maps, then shows you where on the route you sped up, climbed, pushed your heart rate or lost your form. Workout Wanderer doesn't record workouts. Keep using Apple Watch or your favorite workout app: anything that saves workouts to Apple Health shows up here. HEAT MAPS ON YOUR ROUTE Eight heat maps color the route itself: • Heart rate, by zone • Pace • Grade-adjusted pace • Elevation • Cadence • Running power • Vertical oscillation • Effort, from power and body weight On iPad, drag the legend anywhere on the map, and it remembers its spot for each heat map. DEEP WORKOUT ANALYSIS • Kilometer or mile splits with pace, heart rate, elevation and cadence, with your best and worst splits highlighted • Elevation profile and pace chart • Time in each heart-rate zone, based on your age or a maximum heart rate you set • Compare workouts side by side: performance, heart rate, power, route similarity and insights TRENDS AND PERSONAL RECORDS Workout Wanderer analyzes your whole workout history on your device and follows your trends for each activity. Personal records include longest distance, fastest 5K, fastest 10K, most elevation gain and fastest average pace. EVERY ROUTE ON ONE MAP See all your routes together, then pick one to dig in. NOTES, FAVORITES AND EXPORT • Add a note to any workout • Favorite the workouts you keep coming back to • Filter your history by activity, date, distance and favorites • Export a workout as GPX, CSV or JSON, or share a route summary WIDGETS AND SIRI • Home Screen widgets for your last workout and this week's totals • Ask Siri "What was my last workout in Workout Wanderer?", "Show my week in Workout Wanderer" or "Show my records in Workout Wanderer", or have it open your last route BUILT FOR IPHONE AND IPAD On iPad, browse your history in the sidebar while the map and workout details sit side by side. ACCESSIBLE VoiceOver labels throughout, support for large text sizes, and Reduce Motion respected. Available in English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Spanish, in kilometers or miles. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your workouts are analyzed on your device • No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking • Read-only access to Apple Health: Workout Wanderer never writes to or changes your Health data Works best with GPS workouts such as runs, walks, hikes and rides. Heart rate, cadence, power and vertical oscillation appear when your devices recorded them.

Screenshots

RiseOverRun4 screens
Workout Wanderer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: RiseOverRun at Free against Workout Wanderer's $1.99. RiseOverRun also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Workout Wanderer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, ads 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

RiseOverRun is free to download; Workout Wanderer costs $1.99 up front. RiseOverRun sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Workout Wanderer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
RiseOverRun versus Workout Wanderer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRiseOverRunWorkout Wanderer
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeremy GreenwoodWesley Matlock

In-app purchases

1 purchases

RiseOverRun

One-time1
  • Premium$1.99
None

Workout Wanderer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RiseOverRun free?
RiseOverRun is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Workout Wanderer free?
Workout Wanderer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do RiseOverRun or Workout Wanderer have ads?
Neither RiseOverRun nor Workout Wanderer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RiseOverRun or Workout Wanderer?
RiseOverRun ships an update every 2 months, and Workout Wanderer every 2 months. Most recently, RiseOverRun was updated on October 8, 2026 and Workout Wanderer on October 24, 2026.

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