Workout Live vs WorkoutLive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Workout Live
Monitor your real-time workout data, including heart rate and distance, directly from your Apple Watch to your iPhone. Features dynamic heart rate zone visualization and customizable units for a personalized fitness experience. Your data is securely stored locally within Apple Health.
- Live workout data streaming
- Real-time heart rate monitoring
- Dynamic heart rate zone colors
- Customizable heart rate zones
- Unit customization (miles/km, calories/joules)
- Local data storage in Apple Health
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Prop your iPhone on the treadmill, bike or rower and read your Apple Watch heart rate from across the room. Huge numbers, color-coded zones, and a screen that never sleeps. WHAT YOU SEE - Live heart rate, calories, distance and elapsed time, streamed from your Apple Watch to your iPhone. - Color-coded heart rate zones: five colors from four thresholds you set yourself, so you know where you are without reading the number. - Time in each zone, building as you train, with the full breakdown waiting on your summary. - Your screen, your order: show, hide and reorder every section of the live view. - Start any workout with one tap from your watch face, or from your iPhone. - The iPhone screen stays awake for the whole workout. - 27 workout types, from HIIT, running and cycling to yoga, boxing, tennis and rowing. - Your units, your way: miles or kilometers; Calories, kilocalories or kilojoules; total or active energy. - Workouts are saved to Apple Health and appear in your Apple Fitness history. HOW IT WORKS - PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU BUY Workout Live records the workout itself. Start the workout in Workout Live on your Apple Watch, or from Workout Live on your iPhone, and keep Workout Live open on your iPhone to watch it live. Workout Live cannot display heart rate from other workout apps. If you start your workout in Apple's Workout app, Nike Run Club, Strava or anything else, Workout Live has no way to read it, because only one app at a time can own a workout session on Apple Watch. An Apple Watch paired to your iPhone is required. PRIVACY - No personal information is collected. - No ads, no tracking, no profiles. - No account and no sign-up. - Your data stays on your device and in Apple Health.
WorkoutLive
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WorkoutLive brings workouts, nutrition, and progress together in one experience for iPhone and Apple Watch. Log strength, cardio, HIIT, walking, and cycling workouts, and track your progress with clarity. With Apple Watch and your permission, WorkoutLive integrates compatible workout, heart rate, and calorie data with Apple Health. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: WorkoutLive at Free against Workout Live's $2.99. WorkoutLive also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Workout Live's advantage is iOS requirement (16.1 vs 18.0). On ads, 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
WorkoutLive is free to download; Workout Live costs $2.99 up front. Workout Live sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and WorkoutLive sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Workout Live ships an update fortnightly, WorkoutLive weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workout Live | WorkoutLive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (83 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 58.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 83 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 17+ |
| Developer | Anh Nguyen | Marcos Lara |
Bugs and requests
Workout Live
Reported bugs
15 issues- App keeps disconnecting
- Age is fixed at 20 years
- Does not want to reset bpm
- Keeps starting from reading that does not coincide with watch
- Troubleshooting link is 404
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- Quit working after 2 weeks
- Stopped connecting to workouts
- Poor connection to Apple Watch
- Does not stop with workout stops on Apple Watch
- App keeps dropping connection
- Troubleshooting link leads to camera app site
- Unresponsive developer contact link
- Buggy, doesn't save changes to custom heart rate zones
- Often loses connection with watch
- Can't get it to work again
Requested features
15 requests- Add ability to see elapsed time in each heart rate zone
- Add heart rate alerts (above/below certain range)
- Add option for pickleball workout
- Allow choice between kJ and calories
- Add support for iPad
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- Add active calories burned
- Add ability to add more workouts
- Add option for elliptical workout
- Add option for rowing workout
- Add timer functionality for HIIT workouts
- Add complication for Modular watch face
- Add lock screen view
- Add ability to save heart rate zones
- Add personalized heart rate zones
- Add ability to track time in each heart rate zone
WorkoutLive
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Workout Live
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$2.99
- Large Tip$4.99
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- Generous Tip$8.99
WorkoutLive
- WorkoutLive Pro Monthly14 Days trial$1.991 Month
- WorkoutLive Pro Annual1 Month trial$14.991 Year
Questions
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