Workout Builder vs AskCheck
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
AskCheck
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AskCheck is your personal health data assistant. It reads your real health-check reports, Apple Health metrics, and daily meals, then answers your health questions in plain language — grounded in your own data, with sources you can check. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Ask anything — "Is my LDL getting worse?", "How are my sleep and heart rate?" — and get answers based on your real numbers. • Understand your check-ups — upload lab reports and AskCheck highlights what needs attention, tracks trends across years, and explains every marker in plain language. • See your health at a glance — Apple Health activity, heart rate, HRV, sleep, Zone 2 and VO₂ Max, with a simple daily score. • Track your diet — log meals and calories, see macros and weekly trends. • Family profiles — manage check-ups for yourself and family members. PREMIUM Unlimited AI health questions, full report analysis, and daily insights. 7-day free trial, then monthly or annual. AskCheck is for education and self-tracking and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Workout Builder and AskCheck are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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 AskCheck sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $30.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Workout Builder | AskCheck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (23 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Matthew Palmer | YU TUNG LIN |
In-app purchases
Workout Builder
- Workout Builder Premium$9.99
AskCheck
- AskCheck Premium7 Days trial$30.001 Month
- AskCheck Premium7 Days trial$143.991 Year









