Comparison

Workcat vs MoveToPlay

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

Head to head
About

Workcat

Features
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Workcat turns the workout videos you already love into structured routines you can actually follow. Paste a link to a workout video and Workcat builds a clean, editable workout exercises, sets, reps, and rest - inspired by it. Tweak anything, save it to your library, and start training. No more pausing and rewinding a video mid-set. WHAT YOU CAN DO โ€ข Paste a link โ†’ get a workout. Drop a link from your favorite platforms and Workcat builds a structured, editable routine. โ€ข Make it yours. Edit exercises, sets, reps, weights, and rest. Reorder with a drag. Everything saves instantly. โ€ข Build your library. Organize workouts into Stacks (run back-to-back) and Collections (group your favorites). โ€ข Plan your week. Drop workouts onto any day and watch your rings fill as you train. โ€ข Train on your wrist. Start a session on your iPhone and follow the current move on Apple Watch. Check off sets as you go. โ€ข Follow creators. Follow the people whose training you like and see their newest posts as suggestions on your home screen. โ€ข Track your progress. Real streaks, activity rings, and a weekly goal keep you moving. LOCAL-FIRST & PRIVATE Your library, plans, and progress work offline and sync across your devices when you sign in. We don't sell your data. WORKCAT PRO Go unlimited with Workcat Pro: โ€ข Unlimited imports โ€ข Priority processing Everything else stays free. Workcat Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID; it renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy are available in the app and on our website. _______ Workcat Pro subscription: Unlock unlimited imports with Workcat Pro โ€ข Monthly $4.99/month โ€ข Annual $39.99/year Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://fittzr.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://fittzr.app/privacy

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MoveToPlay

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Kids do kid-scaled workouts and chores. Minutes go in the bank โ€” they never expire. Spend them on timed play you choose. HOW IT WORKS Kids complete real movements โ€” strength, balance, cardio, and recovery โ€” plus chores you approve. Completed activities and chores both bank minutes, and both count toward the weekly maximum you set. Once banked, those minutes never expire: no midnight wipe, no weekly reset, no use-it-or-lose-it. When they've saved enough, they spend them on a timed play session you've set up โ€” a game, an app, whatever you picked as the reward. Offer two or three session lengths. If they stop early, unused minutes return to the bank. ON APPLE WATCH Exercises, instructions, and rep tracking run natively on Apple Watch. A kid can finish a full quest without picking up iPhone or iPad. AT A GLANCE A home screen widget on iPhone or iPad shows the current bank without opening the app. Start a play session and a Live Activity puts a running countdown on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. SIBLINGS WELCOME MoveToPlay supports more than one child in a family, each with their own bank, quests, progression, and reward history, kept fully separate from each other. A child's own device always shows their own data โ€” nothing about one kid's progress is visible to another. Alongside Family Sharing, a parent can also connect a second phone or iPad with a short pairing code from the dashboard, no child Apple ID required. PARENT CONTROLS A PIN-protected parent dashboard stays separate from what the child sees. You decide exactly how much each chore is worth, an overall dial for how much activities pay out, a weekly maximum on what a child earns through their own effort โ€” activities, walking and chores together (a daily baseline and any bonus you give sit outside it), whether a guaranteed daily baseline is credited even on quiet days, and exactly which play sessions exist. These rules apply across your whole family โ€” one set of dials, not one per child. Chore templates fill in a title and a suggested reward so you're not starting from a blank box. Minutes are the only thing a child earns, and minutes buy everything. Parents and grandparents can log real-world rewards โ€” a movie night, a trip to the mall, extra allowance โ€” and you set what each costs in minutes. One currency, one bank. BUILT FOR KID BODIES Movements include honest regressions, like a chair-supported squat, instead of pretending every kid should hit a full squat on day one. If something hurt, the child can report it. The parent dashboard groups those pain reports from the last two weeks by activity, body region, and category. Calm Mode is a parent toggle that turns off full-screen celebrations, haptics, and bounce animations for kids who find them overstimulating. Exercise demos still show the movement. PROGRESS THAT'S ACTUALLY TRUE A Move Buddy grows with real effort. A Journey Map spans 104 weeks. A Badge Shelf tracks mastery tiers earned through repetition. Rank and XP mark how far they've come. If it didn't happen, it isn't shown. WHAT'S FREE AND WHAT'S PREMIUM Premium is required to use MoveToPlay past the 14-day trial โ€” a subscription (or lifetime purchase) unlocks the full app for your family. Family Sharing means one purchase covers the kids in your family group; a pairing code works too, without Family Sharing. Family progress, minutes, and reward rules sync over iCloud. HOW WE DON'T BUILD No ads. No fabricated streaks. No guilt messages. No dark patterns that shove a kid back into the app. We'd rather a quiet Tuesday than a fake chain they were afraid to break. MoveToPlay is kids fitness and chore rewards for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch โ€” not a GPS family locator, and not a camera motion-game. Built by Duke & Duke, a small independent studio making the app we'd want our own kids using. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://dukeandduke.uk/privacy/

Screenshots

Workcat4 screens
MoveToPlay4 screens

Verdict

The call

Workcat and MoveToPlay are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Workcat sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and MoveToPlay sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Workcat versus MoveToPlay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkcatMoveToPlay
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size7 MB21 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperfittzrDuke & Duke

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Workcat

Subscriptions2
  • Workcat Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Workcat Pro annual$39.991 Year
3 purchases

MoveToPlay

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly14 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Annual14 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Workcat free?
Workcat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MoveToPlay free?
MoveToPlay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Workcat or MoveToPlay have ads?
Neither Workcat nor MoveToPlay shows ads.

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