Comparison

Workout Map vs Route Extractor

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

Head to head
About

Workout Map

Visualize all your recorded workout routes from Health on a single map. See your most frequent paths with a heatmap and customize the display with different colors and filters. Share your routes as images with optional statistics or custom text.

Highlights
  • Display all recorded workout routes on a map
  • Heatmap of frequently used routes
  • Color-coding for different activity types
  • Filter by activity type, date range, and map region
  • Share routes as images with statistics
  • iCloud sync for multi-device access
Features
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Ever wondered what it would look like to see all your in Health recorded workouts on one map at once? Or ever wondered which are the routes you took most during your workouts? Workout Map will help you with exactly that! - Display all your recorded workout routes from Health in one map - See the heat map of your routes - Optionally set different colors for each activity type - Filter on activity types, date ranges and even a map region if you only want certain routes on the map - Use predefined filter for faster access to certain time ranges - Share and save your training routes on a map image or chose your own image or a color as a background. Also optional show the workout statistics or a custom text - Your routes on top of a neutral background allow sharing your workout routes in a more private way - Check out your explorer score for your filtered workouts - Optionally sync your routes to your other devices with your personal iCloud account to see your routes on your iPad and AppleTV Workout Map works with the routes you saved to the Health app. You can record your workouts and routes with the AppleWatch or other apps on your iPhone or with other smart watches. Routes will be displayed in a simplified version, which will allow Workout Map to work with more routes on the map. Workout Map will cache the simplified version of your routes on your device for faster access. You can delete this cached data any time inside the app. Privacy is especially imported with health data. All your data is yours. The cached routes will be transferred to your personal iCloud account to synchronise with the iPad and AppleTV app. If you do not want to use iCloud synchronisation, you can switch it off in the system settings app any time.

About

Route Extractor

Features
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View the workout routes recorded in the Fitness app on several map services, and export them as GPX files. - Save workouts recorded on Apple Watch and other devices to your workout routes. - View routes on map services other than Apple Maps (Google Maps, OpenStreetMap). - Export saved workout routes as GPX files. - Import GPX files from other apps into your workout routes. - Sync with iCloud and see the same routes on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. - Available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac — one in-app purchase covers all your devices. In-app purchase (one time) - GPX / TCX files that include heart rate, speed, and running power (outdoor runs). - TCX export — ready to use in Garmin Connect, Strava, and others. - KML export — in the OGC KML standard or the Google Earth extension format. - Export with a track point interval of Original, 2, 5, or 10 seconds. - Export several workout routes at once, and import several GPX files at once. - New workouts in the Fitness app are imported automatically when you open the app.

Screenshots

Workout Map4 screens
Route Extractor3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Route Extractor at Free against Workout Map's $1.99. Workout Map's advantage is iOS requirement (15.4 vs 18.0). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Route Extractor is free to download; Workout Map costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Workout Map ships an update weekly, Route Extractor every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Workout Map versus Route Extractor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkout MapRoute Extractor
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews53.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndre AlbachCode Tech (KR)

In-app purchases

None

Workout Map

No in-app purchases

None

Route Extractor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Workout Map free?
Workout Map costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Route Extractor free?
Route Extractor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Workout Map or Route Extractor have ads?
Neither Workout Map nor Route Extractor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Workout Map or Route Extractor?
Workout Map ships an update weekly, and Route Extractor every 4 days. Most recently, Workout Map was updated on September 21, 2026 and Route Extractor on September 11, 2026.

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