Comparison

TempoFlow | Routine Builder vs Cadence

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

Head to head
About

TempoFlow | Routine Builder

This app helps users build and time custom workout routines with precision. It's designed for instructors and enthusiasts of time-based fitness like Lagree and Pilates, offering a simple, visual interface for seamless session management.

Highlights
  • Build custom timed routines
  • Run classes on iPhone/Apple Watch
  • Save and reuse routines
  • Second-by-second timing accuracy
  • Visual, tap-to-run interface
Features
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Stop juggling a stopwatch mid-class or forgetting your routines. TempoFlow is the Lagree timer and routine planner built for Lagree, Pilates, Solidcore, and HIIT instructors who demand precision every class. Whether you're cueing a packed Lagree class or coaching one-on-one, TempoFlow keeps your timing sharp and your routines organized, so you teach with confidence, not chaos. TempoFlow helps you: • Build and save custom Lagree routines with timed exercises, spring loads, and rest intervals • Manage your routine library - organize, duplicate, and edit routines in seconds • Run class timers hands-free from your Apple Watch • Plan your full class schedule with routine sequencing built in • Track every second with a clean, tap-to-run timer interface The Lagree timer and routine planner instructors trust. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Cadence

This app helps movement instructors lead classes hands-free by syncing class timing, sequences, and cues to their Apple Watch. Build custom routines with detailed notes and transitions, and deliver polished sessions without needing to check your phone.

Highlights
  • Hands-free class leading
  • Apple Watch sync
  • Custom routine builder
  • At-a-glance timing
  • Tactile haptic cues
  • Custom form prompts
  • Offline class execution
Features
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Teach the room, not the clock. Cadence is the class timer for instructors. Pilates first, and just as at home in barre, yoga, HIIT, bootcamp, and personal training. Plan the flow once on iPhone, then teach it from your Apple Watch, your iPhone propped on the reformer, or an iPad the whole room can read. It shows the current move, your private cue, and what is next, and taps you before every transition. Your eyes stay on your clients. Plan the class once • Name each move, set the seconds, and add the coaching cue only you see. • Color-code warm-up, work, and cool-down so the runner reads at a glance. • Repeat a block for rounds, rest between them, and open with a Get Ready countdown (Cadence Pro). • Start from a template: a 45-minute reformer flow, a 50-minute mat class, a 30-minute private, a 45-minute barre class, Tabata, HIIT, a five-station circuit, EMOM. • Tag routines Mat, Reformer, Private, Barre, Yoga, HIIT, or Strength and filter the library by class format. • Duplicate and remix any routine. Bring in the plans you already have (Cadence Pro) • Paste straight from Google Sheets, Excel, Numbers, or Notes. Cadence reads the moves, times, and cues and shows you a review before anything is saved. • Open CSV and tab-separated files. • Send a routine to a colleague as a link or a CSV. They open it in Cadence. Nothing is uploaded anywhere. Teach from whatever is closest • Apple Watch: current move, countdown, up next, and step count, with a tap at every change and five seconds before it. Pause, skip, redo a step, or end early from your wrist. • iPhone: the same view, big enough to prop on the reformer. Focus mode strips it down to the move and the time. • iPad: turn it sideways for a studio display, countdown and cue on one side, the full routine on the other. • Lock the screen so a stray touch cannot skip a move. Hold to unlock. • The Lock Screen and Dynamic Island show the current step and countdown, with pause and skip buttons (Cadence Pro). Cues the way you want them, or not at all • Everything is silent until you turn it on. • Haptics, plus a chime, beep, or bell at each step, a warning near the end, and a finish tone. • Voice cues read the move and your coaching cue aloud (Cadence Pro). • Halfway cues for longer holds. • Keep running when locked, with play, pause, and skip from AirPods or the Lock Screen. • Music from other apps dips while a cue plays, then comes back. Quick Intervals on Apple Watch (Cadence Pro) Set work, rest, and rounds on your wrist and start without the phone. Compound routines (Cadence Pro) Chain a warm-up, a main block, and a cool-down into one class that runs start to finish. Siri and Shortcuts "Hey Siri, start Thursday Reformer in Cadence." Count classes, not minutes Cadence keeps a tally of the classes you teach and marks the milestones along the way: 10 classes, 100 classes, a 12-week streak. Four looks Choose the appearance that suits your studio, from a dark boutique look to a light serif one. Your Watch follows. Free and Pro Cadence is free with up to 2 active routines, templates, step colors, sound alerts, and headphone controls. Cadence Pro adds unlimited routines, archiving, import and export, rounds, share links, the Lock Screen timer, voice cues, compound routines, and Quick Intervals for $9.99 a month after a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use: https://cadencetimer.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://cadencetimer.ai/privacy Cadence sends anonymous usage analytics: no account, no name, nothing about your routines.

Screenshots

TempoFlow | Routine Builder4 screens
Cadence4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cadence at 100% against TempoFlow | Routine Builder's 73%. Cadence also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). TempoFlow | Routine Builder's advantage is ratings volume (100 vs 4). 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. TempoFlow | Routine Builder sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year and Cadence sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cadence holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TempoFlow | Routine Builder has 100 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of TempoFlow | Routine Builder's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cadence's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TempoFlow | Routine Builder ships an update every 3 weeks, Cadence every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TempoFlow | Routine Builder versus Cadence: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTempoFlow | Routine BuilderCadence
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (100 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings100 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElectric Bloom LLCTrue AI Ventures

Customer experience

TempoFlow | Routine Builder

All ratings95 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral1.1%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative20.0%

Cadence

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TempoFlow | Routine Builder

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Yearly14 Days trial$14.991 Year
2 purchases

Cadence

Subscriptions2
  • Cadence Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Cadence Pro Yearly$59.991 Year

Questions

Is TempoFlow | Routine Builder free?
TempoFlow | Routine Builder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cadence free?
Cadence is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TempoFlow | Routine Builder or Cadence?
Cadence is rated higher. TempoFlow | Routine Builder averages 4.8 out of 5 from 100 ratings, while Cadence averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do TempoFlow | Routine Builder or Cadence have ads?
Neither TempoFlow | Routine Builder nor Cadence shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TempoFlow | Routine Builder or Cadence?
TempoFlow | Routine Builder ships an update every 3 weeks, and Cadence every 2 weeks. Most recently, TempoFlow | Routine Builder was updated on October 24, 2026 and Cadence on October 24, 2026.

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