Comparison

Workout vs Dawn Patrol

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

Head to head
About

Workout

This app helps manage and control interval training sessions. Define work and rest periods, set the number of cycles, and choose audio feedback to guide your workouts. It's useful for enhancing fitness and structuring repetitive tasks.

Highlights
  • Customizable work and rest intervals
  • Adjustable number of cycles
  • Audio feedback options (alert/sound)
  • Background music compatibility
  • Versatile for various repetitive tasks
Features
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Interval training is one of the best methods to enhance your physical fitness and burn calories and is therefore a basic part of many physical exercise and workout sessions. It is broadly defined as repetitions of high-speed/intensity work followed by periods of rest or low activity. This application helps to manage and control the intervals. Just define the duration of the work and relax periods and the number of cycles you want to do. You can choose whether you want audio feedback by alert or sound. So you can listen to your music without monitoring the screen. Despite enhancing your health this application can be used to structure any kind of repetitive work.

About

Dawn Patrol

Track and analyze your surfing sessions with detailed metrics like wave count, speed, and distance. Integrates with Apple Watch and HealthKit for comprehensive workout data. Premium features offer advanced analytics and tide-wave correlations.

Highlights
  • Track and analyze surf sessions
  • Record surf workouts
  • Count waves and measure distance
  • View surf sessions on a map
  • Integrates with Apple Watch and HealthKit
  • Surfline forecast integration
  • Advanced surf analytics
Features
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Turn your Smartwatch into the ultimate surf watch with Dawn Patrol Dawn Patrol is a powerful surf tracker for Apple Watch and Garmin, giving you the tools to track, analyse and relive every surf session, right from your wrist. Get today's Surfline forecast for your favourite beaches, track your waves and performance, and see your most important surf data at a glance. With beautiful smartwatch faces and glancable widgets, Dawn Patrol puts the information you need right where you need it. The best part? The core Dawn Patrol experience is FREE for every surfer. Upgrade to **Soul Surfer** to unlock our full suite of premium surf features. FREE Features * Track and analyse your surf sessions * Record your surf workouts * Automatically count your waves * View every session on a map * Track your top speed * Beat your personal records * Measure your wave time * See your distance surfed per wave and across your entire session * Track heart rate and calories burned through Apple Health and Activity * Relive and share your surf sessions SOUL SURFER | PREMIUM FEATURES Available with a monthly or yearly subscription. Turn your smartwatch into a beautiful Surf Watch - See the latest surf forecast for your favourite spots directly on your wrist. Track your paddling - Understand how much you paddle, how efficiently you paddle and how your paddling changes from session to session. Advanced surf analytics - Go deeper into your performance. Understand your speed, identify where you're gaining and losing speed, and learn how to generate more speed when you need it most. Beautiful surf widgets - Get surf conditions and forecasts at a glance with beautifully designed widgets for your phone and smartwatch. Understand your local break - Analyse your sessions alongside tide and wave conditions to understand how your local spot performs and when you surf it best. Compare your boards - Get deeper insights into your performance across different boards and see what works best for you. Add photos to your sessions and boards - Build a richer history of your surfing by adding your own photos to sessions and boards. Get your Surfline Rewinds - Surfline Sessions compatible, watch back waves ridden in front of a Surfline camera WORKS WITH YOUR SMARTWATCH Dawn Patrol brings surf tracking to your wrist, with support for **Apple Watch and Garmin smartwatches**. Dawn Patrol integrates with Apple Health and Activity, allowing you to track heart rate and calories burned alongside your surf session data. Whether you're tracking waves, analysing your performance or checking the conditions before paddling out, Dawn Patrol gives you the surf data you need, right on your wrist. Your smartwatch is a Surf Watch. Just add Dawn Patrol! Happy surfing! --- SOUL SURFER SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS **Please note:** * The Soul Surfer subscription is available as a monthly or yearly subscription. * Payment will be charged to your App Store account at confirmation of purchase. * Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. * Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period. * You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal through your App Store account settings after purchase. * Any unused portion of a free trial period, where offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. For the full Terms and Conditions of this service, please see the Dawn Patrol Terms and Privacy Policy. https://www.dawnpatrol.cloud/terms and https://www.dawnpatrol.cloud/privacy

Screenshots

Workout4 screens
Dawn Patrol4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dawn Patrol at Free against Workout's $1.99. Dawn Patrol also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 8 months). Workout's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Dawn Patrol is free to download; Workout costs $1.99 up front. Dawn Patrol sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. Workout asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dawn Patrol holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dawn Patrol has 4.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Workout's written reviews are positive against 49% of Dawn Patrol's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Workout ships an update every 8 months, Dawn Patrol every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Workout versus Dawn Patrol: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkoutDawn Patrol
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)4.6 (4.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.0% of reviews49.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB290 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPiet JonasDawn Patrol Surf Tracking

Customer experience

Workout

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative50.0%

Dawn Patrol

All ratings4,222 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral3.9%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews463 reviews
Positive49.0%
Neutral14.7%
Negative36.3%

Bugs and requests

Workout

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Dawn Patrol

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Apple Watch complications not working properly
  • Incorrect wind/tide data displayed
  • Sessions not syncing correctly with phone app
  • App crashing on newer iOS/watchOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add distance paddled metric
  • Allow manual editing of recorded waves
  • Improve Strava integration
  • Provide option to lock app to specific location

In-app purchases

None

Workout

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Dawn Patrol

Subscriptions2
  • Soul Surfer (Monthly)$3.491 Month
  • Soul Surfer (Yearly)1 Month trial$27.491 Year

Questions

Is Workout free?
Workout costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dawn Patrol free?
Dawn Patrol is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Workout or Dawn Patrol?
Dawn Patrol is rated higher. Workout averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Dawn Patrol averages 4.6 from 4.2K ratings.
Do Workout or Dawn Patrol have ads?
Neither Workout nor Dawn Patrol shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Workout or Dawn Patrol?
Workout ships an update every 8 months, and Dawn Patrol every 10 days. Most recently, Workout was updated on October 29, 2026 and Dawn Patrol on October 29, 2026.

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