Workout Builder vs Studio Era
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Studio Era
Achieve your fitness goals with efficient home workouts and personalized nutrition plans. This app offers a variety of workout styles, easy-to-follow recipes, and comprehensive tracking tools to support your health journey. Integrate with wearables for enhanced progress monitoring.
- On-demand workout library
- Personalized calorie and macro targets
- Quick and easy recipes
- Food logging tools
- Calorie, Macro, Step, and Hydration tracking
- Fitness wearable integration
- Weekly check-ins
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Get ready for your fitness goals to become your reality with fast and efficient follow-along home workouts designed to fit into your busy schedule. We'll personalise your calorie and macro targets to supercharge your progress. Say goodbye to sluggish cooking - our quick and easy recipes will keep you fuelled up. Plus, logging your food will be a breeze with our convenient and effortless tools. Say hello to a fitter, healthier you in no time! Workout Types HIIT Pilates Strength Training HIIT Cardio Pilates Boxing Key Features On-demand workout library - choose workout style, duration, equipment & body part target Awesome home-workout plans to take out all of the guesswork Simple, delicious recipes that make nutrition easy Tracking - Calorie, Marcos, Steps, Hydration Powerful analytics for tracking your progress Weekly check-ins Fitness wearable integration No More ‘Hoping-And-Praying’. The Power is in the Platform. Note regarding Apple Health: The app integrates with Apple Health to show your daily activity - distance, steps, active energy, and flights to help you better achieve your goals. Studio Era app also uses Apple Health to track energy burned and heart rate during a workout session, if an Apple Watch is used. Workout metrics are shared with the coach to better design your workouts. DISCLAIMER: Users should seek a doctor’s advice before using this app and making any medical decisions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Studio Era at 4.6 against Workout Builder's 4.3. Studio Era also leads on ratings volume (590 vs 23) and chart position (#109 vs unranked). Workout Builder's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Studio Era sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $29.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Studio Era holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Studio Era has 590 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Workout Builder's written reviews are positive against 82% of Studio Era's.
Workout Builder ships an update fortnightly, Studio Era every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workout Builder | Studio Era |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (23 ratings) | 4.6 (590 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.0% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 590 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #109 — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Matthew Palmer | Madelaine Rascan |
Customer experience
Workout Builder
Studio Era
In-app purchases
Workout Builder
- Workout Builder Premium$9.99
Studio Era
- Studio Era - Monthly7 Days trial$29.001 Month
- Total Transform - Monthly7 Days trial$29.001 Month
- Studio Era - Quarterly7 Days trial$69.003 Months
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- Studio Era - Yearly7 Days trial$229.001 Year
- Total Transform - Yearly7 Days trial$229.001 Year
- Tone & Tighten Program$79.00
- Beginner Sculpt Program$79.00
- Fat Loss Over Forty Program$79.00
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- Booty Pump Program$79.00









