BUILD Workout Planner vs Winterlock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BUILD Workout Planner
This app helps you plan your weekly workouts and provides timers for various training formats like EMOM and Tabata. It features large, high-contrast text and audio cues, designed for use on the gym floor without distractions.
- Weekly workout planning
- Drag-and-drop exercise ordering
- EMOM, Tabata, and interval timers
- Audio cues for rounds and intervals
- Large, high-contrast display
- Music ducking audio cues
- Ad-free experience
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BUILD is a workout planner and timer for people who already know what they want to do, and just want to get on with it. PLAN YOUR WEEK Lay out each day, drop in the blocks you want, and drag them into order. Flag rest days as recovery. The calendar colours every day so you can see at a glance what is planned, what is finished, and what you missed. RUN THE WORKOUT Timers built for the formats people actually train in: EMOM, Tabata, intervals and straight sets. Soft audio cues mark each round, and a voice calls the halfway point and the last ten seconds, so you are never squinting at your phone mid-set. BUILT FOR THE GYM FLOOR Large, high-contrast type you can read at arm's length. Audio that ducks your music instead of fighting it. No ads, no feed, no streaks to keep alive. YOUR ACCOUNT, YOUR DATA Sign in with Apple or Google and your plans follow you to any device. Delete your account from inside the app and everything goes with it, permanently.
Winterlock
This app helps you commit to personal goals during the winter months by setting daily rules and tracking your adherence. It provides a visual representation of your progress and streak, encouraging consistency. The app works offline and requires no account creation.
- Set up to 10 daily non-negotiable rules
- Create a personalized contract card
- Daily check-in to lock in progress
- Visual 92-day grid for streak tracking
- Offline functionality
- Optional daily reminders
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Your Winter Arc, tracked. The Winter Arc is simple: while everyone else coasts through the cold months, you lock in. Pick your window (Oct 1 to Dec 31 is the classic), write the daily rules you refuse to skip, sign your name, and show up every single day. WRITE YOUR NON-NEGOTIABLES Up to 10 daily rules: train every day, 10k steps, no alcohol, read 10 pages, up before 6, no phone after 9pm. Yours, in your words. Tap a suggestion or type your own. SIGN THE CONTRACT A contract card with your rules, your dates and your signature. Post it before day one. Telling people is half the discipline. CHECK IN. LOCK THE DAY. Every day, check off each rule. All of them done = a perfect day and a streak. Miss one and the grid shows it. No hiding. WATCH THE ARC FILL UP A 92-day grid (or however long you set), perfect-day streak, best streak, rules hit rate, days left. Share the progress card whenever you want. BUILT FOR THE LONG HAUL - Optional daily reminder at the hour you choose - Works fully offline. No account, no sign-up, nothing leaves your phone - Any dates: Oct 1 to Dec 31, 90 days from today, Nov 1 to Jan 31, or your own - Available in English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Italian Free to use, supported by a small ad on the progress screen. Your check-in list stays ad-free, always. Winterlock is a habit tracker, not a coach or a medical tool. The only thing it measures is whether you kept your word.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BUILD Workout Planner at none against Winterlock's shown. BUILD Workout Planner also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BUILD Workout Planner against 5.0 for Winterlock. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | BUILD Workout Planner | Winterlock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Scott Winkelmann | GCL Tech |
Customer experience
BUILD Workout Planner
Winterlock
In-app purchases
BUILD Workout Planner
No in-app purchases
Winterlock
No in-app purchases









