Gymnify vs Workout Builder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gymnify
Create personalized workout routines with a vast exercise library. Add custom exercises, videos, and notes to enhance your fitness journey. Track progress and share your custom plans with others.
- Custom exercise creation
- Attach videos and photos to exercises
- Detailed workout tracking
- Progress calendar
- Workout sharing
- Training goal setting
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PAPER BASED TRAINING PLANS ARE THE PAST Make each workout truly your own, by creating custom exercises, on top of the ones already created for you. Add videos, notes, and more to transform your fitness game today. FEATURES: LIMITLESS EXERCISE LIBRARY Why settle for pre-defined exercises? With Gymnify, your exercise library is as expansive as your imagination. Add any exercise you can think of—complete with photos, your favorite YouTube tutorials, notes, sets, and targeted muscles. VISUAL MEMORY WITH MEDIA Forget written instructions. Attach YouTube videos and photos to any exercise to make remembering that intricate yoga pose or complex weightlifting routine easier than ever. TRACKING & CALENDAR All your data, beautifully laid out. Track repetitions, weight, and time, and review your progress on a user-friendly calendar. INSTANT SHARING Your custom workouts deserve an audience. Share your innovations easily via AirDrop or your favorite messenger apps. TRAINING GOALS Keep track of your training goals, for more focus and progress. COMPLETELY FREE TO USE We believe fitness should be accessible to everyone. That's why Gymnify is free to use. No overpriced subscriptions—just a world of fitness opportunities waiting for you. Start today and craft your fitness journey your way!
Workout Builder
Design personalized fitness routines on your iPhone, then seamlessly transfer them to your Apple Watch. Supports a wide range of activities from running and cycling to yoga and strength training, with options for simple goals, advanced intervals, and paced efforts.
- Create custom workouts on iPhone
- Send workouts to Apple Watch
- Supports running, cycling, swimming, yoga
- HIIT & Strength interval training
- Boxing and skipping interval options
- Goal-based workouts
- Advanced interval workouts
- Paced workouts
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Workout Builder lets you create custom workouts on your iPhone and send them to your Apple Watch. Build advanced workouts like: - Running workouts for tempo runs, intervals, hill sprints - Cycling workouts for intervals, pyramids, and distance efforts - Swimming workouts for specific distances and times - Flow, Yin, Vinyasa yoga - HIIT & Strength training intervals - Boxing and skipping intervals, with rest included - Plus many, many more sports! Workout Builder has three types of workouts you can send to your Apple Watch - Simple, goal-based workouts – set a time, distance, or energy burn goal - Advanced interval workouts – add multiple sets and reps, along with rest, warmup, and cooldown - Paced workouts – set a time and distance goal and pace your workout
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gymnify at none against Workout Builder's 1. Gymnify also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). Workout Builder's advantage is ratings volume (23 vs 6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Workout Builder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gymnify asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gymnify holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Gymnify's written reviews are positive against 71% of Workout Builder's.
Gymnify ships an update monthly, Workout Builder fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gymnify | Workout Builder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better | 4.3 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 71.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Timo Slupetzky | Matthew Palmer |
Customer experience
Gymnify
Workout Builder
In-app purchases
Gymnify
No in-app purchases
Workout Builder
- Workout Builder Premium$9.99
