WorkOther vs Basho Steps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Create custom workouts
- Use workouts on Apple Watch
- Fat burning heart rate indication
- Weight loss efficiency improvement
- HealthKit integration
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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.
Basho Steps
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Walk, and Basho's journey moves with you. In 1689 the poet Matsuo Basho set out from Edo on foot and walked the deep north for about 150 days. This pedometer turns your own steps into that road. Each milestone opens a new station of Oku no Hosomichi, with the original hokku and a fresh English rendering written for this app. THE FREE ROAD - TO MATSUSHIMA Leave the grass door at Fukagawa. Pass Senju, Nikko, the barrier at Shirakawa, the twin-trunk pine, and the morning bell at Shiogama. At 18,000 steps you reach Matsushima Bay - the most beautiful place on the journey, and the one where the master wrote no poem at all. Some places are already poems. You only walk into them. THE OKU ROAD - ONE PURCHASE, THE DEEP NORTH Past the bay the road bends inland: the summer grass of Hiraizumi, the stillness of the mountain temple, the gathered rains of the Mogami, the rough sea at Izumozaki, the scent of the springs at Yamanaka, and the clam-shell parting at Ogaki, where the journey ends by beginning again. WHAT THIS APP IS - Real hokku by Basho in the original, with original English renderings - Your steps only, counted on your iPhone and kept on your iPhone - An Apple Watch companion that sends each station to your wrist - A travel pack of ten things you cannot use, and are glad to have WHAT THIS APP IS NOT No ads. No account. No tracking. No data collection. No location. No health claims - this is a book that happens to count steps, not a fitness program. One purchase opens the second half forever. There is no subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WorkOther at none against Basho Steps's 1. WorkOther also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Basho Steps's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Basho Steps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WorkOther asks for nothing beyond the download.
WorkOther ships an update every 2 months, Basho Steps every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WorkOther | Basho Steps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (200 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 57.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 200 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 晓东 林 | RIEKO NAITO |
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
Basho Steps
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
WorkOther
No in-app purchases
Basho Steps
- The Oku Road$2.99









