Comparison

VO2 max Hero vs AltLog

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

Head to head
About

VO2 max Hero

This app analyzes your cardio fitness data from Apple Health using AI to provide personalized insights and actionable tips for improvement. Understand your VO2 max trends, compare yourself to elite levels, and receive tailored advice beyond generic fitness advice.

Highlights
  • AI-driven VO2 max analysis
  • Personalized fitness insights
  • Cardio trend tracking
  • Elite level benchmarks
  • Actionable improvement tips
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Your VO2 max, explained. Your Fitness Age, your trend, and a coach to talk it through. VO2 max Hero reads the cardio fitness estimate your Apple Watch saves to Apple Health and turns it into something you can act on: where you stand for your age, which way you're heading, and what moves it. FREE • Your latest VO2 max, the 30-day change and a 90-day chart • Why it moved: the outdoor walk, run or hike behind each new reading • Fitness Age: the age whose typical cardio fitness matches yours • Your best reading and your 30-day progress • An Apple Watch app with complications • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • A note when a new reading lands PRO • Coach: ask about your numbers and get a short, plain answer, then follow up in the same thread • Monday brief: last week in one card • Your rank among people your age and sex, and how far your next Fitness Age is • Your full history, year over year, and your pace • Four more hero styles and four more colors Pro is a monthly or yearly subscription, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. Coach has a fair-use daily limit. HOW READINGS WORK Apple Watch (Series 3 or later) estimates VO2 max during outdoor walks, runs and hikes recorded in the Workout app. Indoor workouts don't add readings. No Watch? Any VO2 max already in Apple Health still works. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads. No tracking. No account. Your Health data stays on your iPhone unless you ask Coach a question. Coach sends only the numbers it needs to a third-party AI service, and only after you allow it. You can turn that off in Settings at any time. Fitness Age compares your VO2 max with published treadmill norms for your sex (the FRIEND registry). VO2 max Hero gives general fitness guidance. It is not a medical device and doesn't diagnose or treat anything. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://negovskiy.github.io/VO2max-agreement/

About

AltLog

Features
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AltLog is a one-tap elevation logger. It reads the barometric pressure sensor built into your iPhone and turns it into a live tally of height climbed, height descended and stair-equivalents — in metres or feet. There is no GPS. None. AltLog never asks for your location, and the pressure sensor uses far less power than GPS. WHEN IT WORKS • Inside parking garages, multi-story buildings and stairwells where GPS is useless. • On stairs, hills and short climbs where you want the number, not a map. • In elevators — see how much height the ride really covered. • Anywhere there is air. (Sealed pressurised vehicles excepted — physics, not us.) HOW TO USE 1. Tap Start before a staircase, a hill or a walk. 2. Keep AltLog open: it measures while it is on screen, and it keeps the screen awake during a session. 3. Tap Stop when you're done. The session lands in History with its altitude profile. WHAT YOU GET • Live cumulative ascent, in metres or feet, and in stair-equivalents (1 stair = 0.20 m). • Cumulative descent, counted separately from the climb. • An altitude profile chart for each session, kept in History. • The height unit follows your region, or your own choice in Settings. FREE AND PRO Recording sessions is free, and your three most recent sessions are always there. AltLog Pro, a one-time in-app purchase, unlocks your full session history. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No cloud. No ads, no tracking. Pressure samples are processed on-device, and your sessions are stored only on your iPhone. Deleting the app removes everything.

Screenshots

VO2 max Hero4 screens
AltLog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: VO2 max Hero at weekly against AltLog's every 2 weeks. VO2 max Hero also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. VO2 max Hero sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and AltLog sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VO2 max Hero ships an update weekly, AltLog every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
VO2 max Hero versus AltLog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVO2 max HeroAltLog
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.418.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrey NegovskiyIlia Filiaev

In-app purchases

2 purchases

VO2 max Hero

Subscriptions2
  • VO2 max Pro, monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • VO2 max Pro, yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
1 purchases

AltLog

One-time1
  • AltLog Pro$4.99

Questions

Is VO2 max Hero free?
VO2 max Hero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AltLog free?
AltLog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do VO2 max Hero or AltLog have ads?
Neither VO2 max Hero nor AltLog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VO2 max Hero or AltLog?
VO2 max Hero ships an update weekly, and AltLog every 2 weeks. Most recently, VO2 max Hero was updated on October 25, 2026 and AltLog on October 28, 2026.

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