Comparison

Workout Builder vs setFlow Pulse

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

setFlow Pulse

Features
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Focus on your workout, not the clock. SetFlow Pulse guides you through exercise and rest intervals with a clear timer and voice cues, so you can spend less time checking the screen. BUILD YOUR OWN SESSIONS Set exercise time, rest time, the number of exercises and sets, and the break between sets. Save routines for your next session, whether you train at home or at the gym. FOLLOW THE TIMER AND VOICE CUES See your current interval and where you are in the session. Voice cues help you follow the workout, with pause and resume controls when you need a break. KEEP YOUR TRAINING HISTORY Review completed sessions, check their duration, and add notes about how each workout felt. MAKE IT YOURS Choose a color theme and select the interface and voice languages separately. English, Polish, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese are available. MORE WITH PRO An in-app purchase unlocks unlimited saved workouts and access to training history, removes ads, and lets workouts continue with the screen off. For background audio, choose whether other audio stays at its usual volume or is lowered for the active workout session. Set your intervals, start the timer, and get moving.

Screenshots

Workout Builder4 screens
setFlow Pulse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Workout Builder at 17.0 against setFlow Pulse's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Workout Builder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and setFlow Pulse sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Workout Builder versus setFlow Pulse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkout BuildersetFlow Pulse
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew PalmerWojciech Rogowski

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Workout Builder

One-time1
  • Workout Builder Premium$9.99
1 purchases

setFlow Pulse

One-time1
  • SetFlow Pulse PRO$3.99

Questions

Is Workout Builder free?
Workout Builder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is setFlow Pulse free?
setFlow Pulse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Workout Builder or setFlow Pulse have ads?
Neither Workout Builder nor setFlow Pulse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Workout Builder or setFlow Pulse?
Workout Builder ships an update fortnightly, and setFlow Pulse fortnightly. Most recently, Workout Builder was updated on September 29, 2026 and setFlow Pulse on October 2, 2026.

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