Sweat Map vs Tiles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Personal running heatmap
- Automatic Apple Health sync
- Interactive activity map
- Route visualization
- Filter by workout type
- Privacy-focused, on-device data
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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.
Tiles
This app creates a private map of your explored locations using workout data, route files, and geotagged photos. It helps you visualize your journeys with detailed activity information, terrain, and achievements, all while keeping your location history private.
- Create private maps of explored locations
- Import Apple Health workouts
- Import GPX, FIT, CSV, and photo journeys
- Visualize activity details and terrain
- Unlock stamps and achievements
- Keep location history private
- No account or social feed required
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Your workout routes, together on one map. Tiles brings your existing runs, walks, hikes, and rides into a history you can explore. REVISIT A DAY OUT Open an activity for its route, distance, pace, elevation, and terrain where available. Search your archive, see what each outing added, and share the details you choose. GET TO KNOW YOUR PATTERNS Metrics brings together your activity calendar, progress, and exploration across cities and countries. Route Heat shows the paths you return to. Activity Replay lets you revisit how your map grew. FIND YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE Reveal explored tiles, spot gaps with Exploration Fog, and collect stamps and achievements as you discover new places. Add daily Photo Journeys from eligible geotagged photos. Choose Realistic, Mist, or Game fog and Outlined, Smooth, or Contours tiles. On your wrist, use the map and compass to explore nearby tiles, get walking directions to a selected unexplored tile where available, and check daily and weekly progress. START FREE, EXPLORE MORE WITH PRO The initial free import includes the past three calendar months of workout and Photo Journey history. New activities keep adding to your map. Tiles Pro includes GPX, FIT, TCX, supported CSV, and Strava ZIP imports. Preview routes, choose activities, and map CSV columns before importing. Pro also adds advanced map modes, Activity Replay, deeper metrics, and optional Background Tracking on your phone and watch. Offline watch discoveries sync later. A paid Annual subscription or Lifetime purchase permanently unlocks full available history. Annual Pro features require an active subscription; imported history stays yours. Connect Strava with Pro to sync recent route activities. YOUR DATA CHOICES Your history is stored on your devices, with optional private iCloud sync and backup. Both start enabled on fresh installs and can be turned off in Settings. Tiles has no ads or social feed. Tiles imports existing workouts; it does not record workouts. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tiles.sinuk.dev/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tiles at 100% against Sweat Map's 50%. Tiles also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3). Sweat Map's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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. Tiles sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Sweat Map asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tiles holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Sweat Map's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tiles's.
Sweat Map ships an update daily, Tiles every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sweat Map | Tiles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vanilla b.v. | Erik Handeland |
Customer experience
Sweat Map
Tiles
In-app purchases
Sweat Map
No in-app purchases
Tiles
- Terra Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Terra Pro Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Terra Pro Lifetime$24.99








