Comparison

Workout Wanderer vs TheDailySteps

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

Head to head
About

Workout Wanderer

Visualize your fitness activities with interactive route maps and detailed heatmaps. Analyze performance metrics, track trends, and compare workouts to achieve personal records. Export your data and access insights via widgets and Siri.

Highlights
  • Interactive route heatmaps
  • Detailed workout analysis
  • Personal record tracking
  • Side-by-side workout comparison
  • Home screen widgets
  • Siri integration
  • GPX/CSV/JSON export
Features
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Workout Wanderer turns the workouts already in Apple Health into interactive route maps, then shows you where on the route you sped up, climbed, pushed your heart rate or lost your form. Workout Wanderer doesn't record workouts. Keep using Apple Watch or your favorite workout app: anything that saves workouts to Apple Health shows up here. HEAT MAPS ON YOUR ROUTE Eight heat maps color the route itself: • Heart rate, by zone • Pace • Grade-adjusted pace • Elevation • Cadence • Running power • Vertical oscillation • Effort, from power and body weight On iPad, drag the legend anywhere on the map, and it remembers its spot for each heat map. DEEP WORKOUT ANALYSIS • Kilometer or mile splits with pace, heart rate, elevation and cadence, with your best and worst splits highlighted • Elevation profile and pace chart • Time in each heart-rate zone, based on your age or a maximum heart rate you set • Compare workouts side by side: performance, heart rate, power, route similarity and insights TRENDS AND PERSONAL RECORDS Workout Wanderer analyzes your whole workout history on your device and follows your trends for each activity. Personal records include longest distance, fastest 5K, fastest 10K, most elevation gain and fastest average pace. EVERY ROUTE ON ONE MAP See all your routes together, then pick one to dig in. NOTES, FAVORITES AND EXPORT • Add a note to any workout • Favorite the workouts you keep coming back to • Filter your history by activity, date, distance and favorites • Export a workout as GPX, CSV or JSON, or share a route summary WIDGETS AND SIRI • Home Screen widgets for your last workout and this week's totals • Ask Siri "What was my last workout in Workout Wanderer?", "Show my week in Workout Wanderer" or "Show my records in Workout Wanderer", or have it open your last route BUILT FOR IPHONE AND IPAD On iPad, browse your history in the sidebar while the map and workout details sit side by side. ACCESSIBLE VoiceOver labels throughout, support for large text sizes, and Reduce Motion respected. Available in English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Spanish, in kilometers or miles. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your workouts are analyzed on your device • No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking • Read-only access to Apple Health: Workout Wanderer never writes to or changes your Health data Works best with GPS workouts such as runs, walks, hikes and rides. Heart rate, cadence, power and vertical oscillation appear when your devices recorded them.

About

TheDailySteps

This app helps you track your daily steps and stay motivated to reach your fitness goals. Set personal targets, maintain streaks with flexible rest days, and join challenges for extra motivation. Receive gentle reminders to keep you moving throughout the day.

Highlights
  • Step tracking via Health data
  • Apple Watch compatibility
  • Personal step goal setting
  • Streak system with rest days
  • Fitness challenges
  • Encouraging reminders
Features
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The Daily Steps – Move More, Stay Consistent! The Daily Steps uses your iPhone's Health data to track your steps throughout the day, and is fully compatible with Apple Watch. Set a personal step goal and stay on track with a built-in streak system. Life happens, so you can choose up to 3 rest days that won't break your streak — giving you flexibility without losing your progress. Ready to push further? Enroll in a challenge and take your step game to the next level. Each challenge has its own rules around rest days and step targets, so make sure to read them before enrolling. And if a challenge doesn't go as planned, don't give up — you can always re-enroll and try again. Your personal step goal and streak are always yours to keep, no matter what happens with a challenge. Throughout the day, The Daily Steps sends gentle, encouraging reminders to keep you motivated toward both your personal goal and any active challenge goal. Your journey, your pace — one step at a time.

Screenshots

Workout Wanderer4 screens
TheDailySteps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TheDailySteps at Free against Workout Wanderer's $1.99. TheDailySteps also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). On rating, ratings volume, 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

TheDailySteps is free to download; Workout Wanderer costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Workout Wanderer against 5.0 for TheDailySteps. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Workout Wanderer ships an update every 2 months, TheDailySteps every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Workout Wanderer versus TheDailySteps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkout WandererTheDailySteps
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB42 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperWesley MatlockAndrea Monroy

In-app purchases

None

Workout Wanderer

No in-app purchases

None

TheDailySteps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Workout Wanderer free?
Workout Wanderer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TheDailySteps free?
TheDailySteps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Workout Wanderer or TheDailySteps?
Workout Wanderer and TheDailySteps are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Workout Wanderer or TheDailySteps have ads?
Neither Workout Wanderer nor TheDailySteps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Workout Wanderer or TheDailySteps?
Workout Wanderer ships an update every 2 months, and TheDailySteps every 11 days. Most recently, Workout Wanderer was updated on November 8, 2026 and TheDailySteps on October 31, 2026.

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