Comparison

Sweat Map vs Trekka

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

Head to head
About

Sweat Map

Visualize your outdoor activities with a personal heatmap. Track runs, walks, and cycles, with data automatically syncing from Apple Health. See your training progress and explore your activity history on an interactive map.

Highlights
  • Personal running heatmap
  • Automatic Apple Health sync
  • Interactive activity map
  • Route visualization
  • Filter by workout type
  • Privacy-focused, on-device data
Features
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Your personal running heatmap and workout tracker. Sweat Map transforms your workout history into a beautiful activity heatmap — see every run, walk, cycle, and outdoor workout on one interactive fitness map. RUNNING HEATMAP & ACTIVITY TRACKER Build your own running heatmap like Strava's global heatmap, but personal. Every outdoor workout you've ever tracked appears on your map. Run tracker data, walking routes, cycling paths, and hiking trails — all visualized. The more you train a route, the brighter it glows on your fitness heatmap. AUTOMATIC WORKOUT SYNC Your workout tracker data imports automatically from Apple Health. Compatible with: • Apple Watch workouts • Strava • Nike Run Club • Garmin Connect • Runkeeper • MapMyRun • Komoot • WorkOutDoors • Any run tracker or activity tracker that saves to Apple Health RUNNING MAP & ROUTE TRACKER View your complete running map and training log in one place. Filter by activity type to see just your running routes, cycling heatmap, walking tracker data, or hiking trails. Your route tracker history becomes a visual training log. WORKOUT HISTORY VISUALIZATION See your fitness journey at a glance. Months or years of workout history displayed on your personal heatmap. Track running progress, discover patterns in your outdoor workouts, and watch your activity map grow over time. SHARE YOUR FITNESS MAP Export your running heatmap or cycling map to share your fitness journey. Show friends your most-trained routes or your city exploration progress. FEATURES • Personal running heatmap from your workout history • Activity tracker with automatic Apple Health sync • Running map with route visualization • Cycling heatmap and walking tracker support • Training log with distance and workout stats • Filter by workout type and date range • Dark Mode support • Privacy-focused: all data stays on device PERFECT FOR • Runners building a personal running heatmap • Cyclists creating a cycling heatmap • Fitness enthusiasts tracking outdoor workouts • Anyone wanting to visualize their activity tracker data • Athletes reviewing their training log and route history Your run tracker, walking tracker, and cycling data deserves more than a list. Sweat Map turns your workout tracker history into a fitness map you can actually see and share.

About

Trekka

Virtually walk iconic routes by syncing with your existing step and distance data from Apple Health. Track progress on marathons, hikes, and unique challenges without needing extra workout tracking. Earn notifications for milestones and monitor shoe wear.

Highlights
  • Route progress synced with Apple Health
  • Catalog of real-world races and challenges
  • Daily streaks and activity summaries
  • Lock Screen widget for progress
  • Shoe mileage tracking
  • Milestone notifications
Features
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Walk the world's most iconic routes (and a few impossible ones) from wherever you are. Trekka turns the steps, distance, and elevation you're already logging in Apple Health into real progress along real-world routes and outrageous challenges: Major marathons, hiking trails, ultra races, and even circling the Earth and climbing to the International Space Station. Some routes take a weekend. Others take years. No workouts or GPS to manage. Just walk, run, or hike your normal day, and watch your marker move along the route. Features: - Route progress powered by Apple Health, no GPS or workout tracking required - A growing catalog of real-world races, hikes, climbs, and unique challenges - Daily streaks and at-a-glance summaries of steps, distance, and elevation - Lock Screen widget that shows your current progress - Shoe mileage tracking: Assign your active pair and watch wear add up - Stats view with activity charts and route history - Milestone notifications at 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% of every route - Works with iPhone, Apple Watch, Garmin Connect, and any source that writes to Apple Health - Trailhead Pass unlocks more routes and lets you run multiple routes at once - Privacy-first: only the Health data you allow, nothing more Next time someone asks how fit you are, tell them you've climbed Everest. Download Trekka today.

Screenshots

Sweat Map3 screens
Trekka4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Trekka at 100% against Sweat Map's 50%. Sweat Map's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (daily vs every 9 days). On price, ads, device support 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. Trekka sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sweat Map asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sweat Map ships an update daily, Trekka every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sweat Map versus Trekka: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSweat MapTrekka
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVanilla b.v.PARKER ALEXANDER SIROISHKA

Customer experience

Sweat Map

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Trekka

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Sweat Map

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Trekka

One-time1
  • Trailhead Pass$9.99

Questions

Is Sweat Map free?
Sweat Map is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Trekka free?
Trekka is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sweat Map or Trekka have ads?
Neither Sweat Map nor Trekka shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sweat Map or Trekka?
Sweat Map ships an update daily, and Trekka every 9 days. Most recently, Sweat Map was updated on October 31, 2026 and Trekka on October 31, 2026.

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