Comparison

WorkOther vs Workout

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

Head to head
About

WorkOther

Create and customize your own workouts directly on your Apple Watch. Track your progress and monitor your fat-burning heart rate zone for improved weight loss efficiency. Integrates with HealthKit to sync your workout data.

Highlights
  • Create custom workouts
  • Use workouts on Apple Watch
  • Fat burning heart rate indication
  • Weight loss efficiency improvement
  • HealthKit integration
Features
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Have you ever bothered looking for appropriate workouts on your watch? If so, why not create ones by yourself? WorkOther helps you do that, you can create custom workouts on it and use them on Apple Watch, which makes your Watch the all-round workout tracker. Another feature worth mentioning is fat burning heart rate indication, It ensures your exercise intensity is enough for burning fat, so as to improve weight loss efficiency. HealthKit WorkOther requires the HealthKit permission to read your heart rate while doing exercises with Apple Watch, and write workout data into Health app.

About

Workout

Track a wide variety of exercises with detailed metrics and personalized feedback. Monitor your progress, analyze training load, and receive motivational encouragement to optimize your fitness journey.

Highlights
  • Multiple workout types (running, yoga, cycling, etc.)
  • Multisport and custom interval training
  • Real-time key metrics display
  • Running form and cycling power analysis
  • Customizable alerts and voice feedback
  • Training load and progress tracking
  • Motivational workout buddy feature
Features
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Workout with Apple Watch • Scroll through the list of workouts to choose the workout type that best matches what you’re doing, including running, hiking, yoga, and cycling. • Multisport workout supports training for a triathlon or duathlon and includes automatic switching. • Create structured intervals by selecting or building a custom workout. • Receive a reminder to start or end your workout for walking, running, cycling, elliptical, rowing, and swimming. • Raise your wrist to view key metrics, including calories, distance, pace, heart rate, running power, and more during your workout session. • Running form metrics track how efficiently you run and include: Vertical Oscillation, Stride Length, and Ground Contact Time. • Connect Bluetooth-enabled cycling accessories, such as power meters, directly to Apple Watch. • Support for Functional Threshold Power estimates and Power Zones for cyclists with a connected power meter. • Cycling workouts on Apple Watch will start a Live Activity on your paired iPhone to show workout metrics, views, and experiences optimized for the display size of iPhone, which can be mounted to a bike for easy viewing. • Customize alerts based on specific metrics for each workout type, with the ability to receive alerts when going above or below a metric like Pace, Running Power, Cadence, or falling within a target Heart Rate Zone. • With Voice Feedback, workout milestones like pace, speed, distance, progress against goals, and activity rings are announced. • When in an active workout, scroll the Digital Crown to see new Workout views and training experiences, including additional metrics, Heart Rate Zones, and to check your progress against your Activity Rings. • Training load helps you see how the intensity of your workouts may impact your body over time. So you can make informed decisions about how and when to adjust your workouts. • Track the effort of your workouts and use training load to see how your 7-day load compares to your 28-day load. • Get encouragement and stay motivated during your workouts with Workout Buddy. Using Apple Intelligence from your iPhone, Workout Buddy provides you with the right encouragement based on your workout data and fitness history.

Screenshots

WorkOther3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: WorkOther at every 2 months against Workout's every 9 months. WorkOther also leads on review sentiment (58% vs 47%) and ratings volume (203 vs 29). Workout's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for WorkOther against 4.5 for Workout. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WorkOther has 203 ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 58% of WorkOther's written reviews are positive against 47% of Workout's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WorkOther ships an update every 2 months, Workout every 9 months. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
WorkOther versus Workout: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkOtherWorkout
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (203 ratings) — better4.5 (29 ratings)
Positive reviews58.5% of reviews — better46.7% of reviews
Number of ratings203 — better29
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer晓东 林Apple Inc.

Customer experience

WorkOther

All ratings202 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral4.5%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive58.5%
Neutral11.3%
Negative30.2%

Workout

All ratings30 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.3%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive46.7%
Neutral26.7%
Negative26.7%

Bugs and requests

WorkOther

Reported bugs

22 issues
  • Watch app not installed
  • Exercises stop after minutes
  • Poor responsiveness, frequently stuck
  • App crashes automatically
  • Watch app closes unexpectedly
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  • Syncing workout to Watch not working
  • Watch app installation issues
  • Watch app not configuring
  • AirPods Pro disconnects during workout
  • Custom workouts show as 'Other' on Watch
  • App crashes when receiving notifications
  • Watch app not installed
  • Exercises stop after minutes
  • Poor responsiveness, frequently stuck
  • App crashes automatically
  • Watch app closes unexpectedly
  • Syncing workout to Watch not working
  • Watch app installation issues
  • Watch app not configuring
  • AirPods Pro disconnects during workout
  • Custom workouts show as 'Other' on Watch
  • App crashes when receiving notifications

Requested features

28 requests
  • Add custom workout icons
  • Sync custom workouts to WeChat
  • Add GPS/distance tracking
  • Allow choosing GPS or not
  • Associate geographical information
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  • Option to disable voice prompt volume
  • Add weekly/monthly single item statistics
  • Allow use with iTunes or Spotify
  • Add calorie display on home screen
  • Record number of repetitions
  • Allow switching measurement units
  • Disable voice prompts
  • Add calorie display in overview
  • Support modifying workout item icons
  • Allow custom workout icons
  • Sync custom workouts to WeChat
  • Add GPS/distance tracking
  • Allow choosing GPS or not
  • Associate geographical information
  • Option to disable voice prompt volume
  • Add weekly/monthly single item statistics
  • Allow use with iTunes or Spotify
  • Add calorie display on home screen
  • Record number of repetitions
  • Allow switching measurement units
  • Disable voice prompts
  • Add calorie display in overview
  • Support modifying workout item icons

Workout

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

WorkOther

No in-app purchases

None

Workout

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WorkOther free?
WorkOther is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Workout free?
Workout is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WorkOther or Workout?
WorkOther is rated higher. WorkOther averages 4.6 out of 5 from 203 ratings, while Workout averages 4.5 from 29 ratings.
Do WorkOther or Workout have ads?
Neither WorkOther nor Workout shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WorkOther or Workout?
WorkOther ships an update every 2 months, and Workout every 9 months. Most recently, WorkOther was updated on October 30, 2026 and Workout on October 30, 2026.

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