Custom Workouts vs Folego
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Custom Workouts
Create and schedule personalized workout routines with custom intervals and target alerts. Sync seamlessly to your Apple Watch for a familiar workout experience. Share your creations with friends and track progress with beautiful widgets.
- Create custom structured workouts
- Add work and recovery steps with target alerts
- Sync workouts to Apple Watch native app
- Schedule workouts with Apple Calendar integration
- Access 40+ predefined workouts
- Share custom workouts with friends
- Privacy-focused, no account required
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Looking for a personalized fitness companion that puts you in control? Introducing Custom Workouts, the ultimate app that empowers you to create custom structured workouts. Sync them seamlessly to the native Workout app on your Apple Watch so you can use the familiar interface you know and love. CUSTOM WORKOUTS • Build structured workouts tailored to your goals. • Add work and recovery steps. Group them together to put on repeat. Customize each step with goals like distance and time, and set target alerts such as pace, heart rate, power, and more. • Supports all activity types that are available on Apple Watch. HIIT WORKOUTS • Use a collection of 100+ different exercises to quickly build your HIIT routines to supercharge your day. • Explore each exercise through engaging animations that highlight the muscles you'll target. Follow step-by-step instructions and delve into details like difficulty level, exercise type, focused body parts, and any necessary equipment. • Adjust exercise durations, rest intervals, and the number of rounds. • Make informed choices to optimize your training. SEAMLESS APPLE WATCH INTEGRATION • Sync workouts directly to your Apple Watch. • Kick off your routines right from the native Workout app interface. • watchOS 11 or higher is required. SCHEDULE WITH FLEXIBILITY • Plan workouts for specific dates and times that fit your schedule. • Set up recurring sessions by selecting preferred days of the week. • Sync your schedules with Apple Calendar. KICKSTART WITH PREDEFINED WORKOUTS • Access a gallery of 40+ predefined workouts to spark your fitness journey. • Perfect for beginners and those seeking new challenges. SHARE WITH FRIENDS • Share your custom workouts effortlessly with others. • Recipients can sync workouts to their Apple Watches (even without the app installed). BEAUTIFUL WIDGETS • See what is coming for Today and the completion rate for the week • Choose from small, medium, and large sizes INTERVALS VISUALIZATION • Supports time-based and distance-based workouts. • Adjusted bar height and color based on interval target value. PRIVACY-FOCUSED EXPERIENCE • No account creation is required — just download and start. • We don't collect any information, so you can focus solely on your fitness. Ready to take control of your fitness like never before? Download Custom Workouts today and craft the perfect workout routines that are as unique as you are. Your journey, your rules — let's get moving! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://alextitarenko.me/custom-workouts/privacy-policy
Folego
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Fôlego reads the VO2 Max your Apple Watch already estimates automatically — during outdoor walks or runs — and shows your cardiorespiratory fitness band right on your watch, in a half-circle gauge that shares the same visual language as the native UV Index and Air Quality complications. HOW IT WORKS No sign-up, no login, nothing to type in. Fôlego reads three pieces of information that already exist in the Health app — VO2 Max, date of birth, and biological sex — and automatically calculates which of 6 bands (from Very Low to Superior) your cardio fitness falls into, using the same reference standard as the American College of Sports Medicine guidelines. ON YOUR WATCH • A Summary screen with the gauge and your current band • A history chart of the last several months • Complications for analog and digital watch faces (Modular, Infograph, Compass, and more), across circular, corner, rectangular, and inline families • Updates on its own whenever Health logs a new estimate PRIVACY Health access is read-only — Fôlego never writes or modifies anything. There's no account and no server: everything it calculates stays on your own iPhone and Apple Watch. No analytics, no tracking, no ads. The iPhone app exists only to grant Health permission — Fôlego is, first and foremost, an Apple Watch app. Requires Apple Watch Series 4 or later (latest watchOS) and at least one VO2 Max estimate already recorded in Health.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Folego at none against Custom Workouts's 3. On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Custom Workouts sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Folego asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Custom Workouts | Folego |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (19 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alex Titarenko | Marco Queiroz |
In-app purchases
Custom Workouts
- Custom Workouts Pro$1.991 Month
- Custom Workouts Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Custom Workouts Pro (Lifetime)$24.99
Folego
No in-app purchases









