Comparison

Pado vs Workout Map

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

Head to head
About

Pado

This app allows you to record and analyze your outdoor activities like hikes and bike tours on a map. It also features a step counter, time tracking, and location-based actions that can automate tasks or integrate with smart home systems. Data can be synced via iCloud, Dropbox, or WebDAV.

Highlights
  • Record and analyze tracks/routes
  • Automatic background recording
  • Heart rate data integration
  • Step counter and floor tracking
  • Location-based actions
  • GPX/KML export/import
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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Pado is all about geo-tracking. RECORD TRACKS Record the routes/tracks of your hikes, bike tours, excursions, trips or sporting activities and evaluate them on a map, via diagrams and statistics. You can do this manually and spontaneously, but also fully automatically in the background. The latter can be helpful on vacations if you want to automatically record your local activities so that you can retrace them later ("Where was that café again?"). To do this, you tell the app once that the recording should be started when you leave the hotel and stopped when you enter it again. From then on, you no longer have to worry about it, but you still have all the routes of all the activities saved in the app when you get home. Pado can display the heart rate data from Health-Kit together with the recorded tracks/routes. The photos from the album that were taken during the recording of the track can also be accessed via pins on the map. This makes it very easy to have all the data and photos directly available on the map if you want to retrace a hike. The exported/imported options as GPX or KML files allow data exchange with other apps. Especially for sporting activities, the app offers a voice output that provides status messages about the distance already covered, current speed, duration, altitude, direction, etc. during a track recording. This keeps you informed about your progress without having to look at your iPhone. STEP COUNTER The app offers a pedometer that can also count the floors climbed and shows how far you are from your daily steps goal. TIME TRACKING The "Time tracking" feature allows to automatically log when you are at which location and for how long. You simply define the locations to be monitored and the app does the rest. ACTIONS The heart of Pado are the location-based actions. You can define locations and what the app should do when you enter or leave these (the App will do this automatically in the background, it does not need to be active). The action can control track recording, the pedometer, the music player, notifications. The "WebHook" feature can be even used to carry out actions outside the iPhone. WebHook sends data to your own server, which can be used to link Pado to your own home automation system. APPLE WATCH Pado supports the Apple Watch and can record tracks/routes and steps autonomously (without having the iPhone with you). The Watch app can also remotele-control the iPhone app so that the iPhone can stay in your pocket. SYNCING OPTIONS - iCloud - Dropbox - WebDAV HARDWARE SUPPORT - Bluetooth Beacons, NFC Tags, AirTags (as trigger for actions) - WLAN positioning (in areas with good WLAN coverage) for devices without GPS hardware (some iPad models). NOTE Long-term use of GPS in the background can shorten the battery life. PAYMENT MODEL With Pado 3, the payment model has changed. The previously paid app is now offered free of charge. There are now three app levels: - Free: A maximum of 3 locations, 3 actions and 3 entries for time tracking can be created - Standard (one-time purchase): A maximum of 25 locations, 25 actions and 25 entries for time tracking can be created. - Pro (one-time purchase): Any number of locations, actions and entries for time tracking can be created. Everything else is available in all three levels without restrictions Users who have already purchased earlier versions of the app will automatically receive the Standard level free of charge. If restrictions have already been reached, existing actions/locations are not restricted. New users can now react more flexibly to their own needs and use one of the three options as required. An inexpensive update from the Standard to the Pro version is also available at any time, in case you need more than you initially thought. There is now also a tipping option for all those who value the app more than the small one-time payments and want to do something good for the developer.

About

Workout Map

Visualize all your recorded workout routes from Health on a single map. See your most frequent paths with a heatmap and customize the display with different colors and filters. Share your routes as images with optional statistics or custom text.

Highlights
  • Display all recorded workout routes on a map
  • Heatmap of frequently used routes
  • Color-coding for different activity types
  • Filter by activity type, date range, and map region
  • Share routes as images with statistics
  • iCloud sync for multi-device access
Features
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Ever wondered what it would look like to see all your in Health recorded workouts on one map at once? Or ever wondered which are the routes you took most during your workouts? Workout Map will help you with exactly that! - Display all your recorded workout routes from Health in one map - See the heat map of your routes - Optionally set different colors for each activity type - Filter on activity types, date ranges and even a map region if you only want certain routes on the map - Use predefined filter for faster access to certain time ranges - Share and save your training routes on a map image or chose your own image or a color as a background. Also optional show the workout statistics or a custom text - Your routes on top of a neutral background allow sharing your workout routes in a more private way - Check out your explorer score for your filtered workouts - Optionally sync your routes to your other devices with your personal iCloud account to see your routes on your iPad and AppleTV Workout Map works with the routes you saved to the Health app. You can record your workouts and routes with the AppleWatch or other apps on your iPhone or with other smart watches. Routes will be displayed in a simplified version, which will allow Workout Map to work with more routes on the map. Workout Map will cache the simplified version of your routes on your device for faster access. You can delete this cached data any time inside the app. Privacy is especially imported with health data. All your data is yours. The cached routes will be transferred to your personal iCloud account to synchronise with the iPad and AppleTV app. If you do not want to use iCloud synchronisation, you can switch it off in the system settings app any time.

Screenshots

Pado4 screens
Workout Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pado at Free against Workout Map's $1.99. Pado also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 54%) and ratings volume (18 vs 4). Workout Map's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On rating, 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

Pado is free to download; Workout Map costs $1.99 up front. Pado sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Workout Map asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Pado against 5.0 for Workout Map. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Pado's written reviews are positive against 54% of Workout Map's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pado ships an update every 2 months, Workout Map weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pado versus Workout Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPadoWorkout Map
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.9 (18 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.8% of reviews — better53.8% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS16.015.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander ClaussAndre Albach

Customer experience

Pado

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral5.6%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive75.8%
Neutral6.5%
Negative17.7%

Workout Map

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral3.8%
Negative42.3%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Pado

One-time7
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Update to Pro Version$2.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
Show 4 more
  • Standard Version$3.99
  • Large Tip$4.99
  • Full Version$6.99
  • Very Large Tip$6.99
None

Workout Map

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pado free?
Pado is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Workout Map free?
Workout Map costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pado or Workout Map?
Workout Map is rated higher. Pado averages 4.9 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Workout Map averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Pado or Workout Map have ads?
Neither Pado nor Workout Map shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pado or Workout Map?
Pado ships an update every 2 months, and Workout Map weekly. Most recently, Pado was updated on September 18, 2026 and Workout Map on September 21, 2026.

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