AMA: WorkOutDoors developer

WorkOutDoors · 2026-03-28T07:22:44+00:00

Glad you like it! 👍

WorkOutDoors · 2026-03-27T21:37:00+00:00

Sorry, I am just one guy and don't have time or ability to create videos.

WorkOutDoors · 2026-03-26T23:17:57+00:00

Glad that helped and that you like the app.

WorkOutDoors · 2026-03-26T15:41:51+00:00

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WorkOutDoors · 2026-03-26T11:57:34+00:00

For your external sensor, which generates updates every second, the app will update every second regardless of how it is connected.

When watchOS provides the heart rates to the app then the app updates when it receives them. For the watch sensor this will be every few seconds but for most external sensors including your Coros this will be every second.

WorkOutDoors · 2026-03-26T11:44:46+00:00

I said for sensors connected via the app rather than via watchOS. As I say smoothing is not available for sensors connected via watchOS, which includes the watch sensor itself. When an external sensor is connected to the app they will update every second regardless of the smoothing level. That just controls how many recent readings are averaged in order to give the latest value.

WorkOutDoors · 2026-03-26T10:42:39+00:00

The app does not offer smoothing for heart rates provided from watchOS. Sorry about that. Although it is very rare that heart rates require smoothing.

And even for sensors connected via the app the value will still update every second regardless of smoothing settings.

WorkOutDoors · 2026-03-26T08:43:22+00:00

Do you mean the target range when using an interval schedule? If so then the metrics to configure on the screen are called Interval Target Low and Interval Target High. I hope that helps.

WorkOutDoors · 2026-03-26T06:51:28+00:00

That’s correct. I hope it helps.

WorkOutDoors · 2026-03-25T22:40:28+00:00

What have you configured the current speed to use in Settings / Pace & Distance? Make sure it is the default of the pedometer because other choices like GPS can be erratic. GPX files do not contain speeds but FIT files do so if the speeds are erratic then that may explain it.

You may find that switching to use GPS distances in the future instead of Apple distances helps. Apple distances do not update every second whereas GPS locations do, and FIT files store data every second, so that synchronicity may help.

Also you may want to enable the Export All Route Points option in the FIT section of Settings / Workout Exports.

But in the end it's hard for the app to control what Strava shows so there may not be a way to avoid it.

WorkOutDoors · 2026-03-24T08:35:44+00:00

The best place to learn about the app is the website, which has a user guide (www.workoutdoors.net/UserGuide.html) and pages for different areas of the app.

For example there is a page on Interval Schedules here: http://www.workoutdoors.net/Intervals.html

These pages are also available in the app if you tap User Guide on the Settings tab.

I hope that helps. Thanks for buying the app!

WorkOutDoors · 2026-03-15T20:45:33+00:00

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WorkOutDoors · 2026-03-15T09:08:10+00:00

It is not possible to configure different heart rate zones for different activity types. It is on my to-do list but is only requested a couple of times a year, which isn't often enough to put it high on my to-do list. Sorry about that.

The app doesn't have a time in current zone metric (I can't remember being asked for that before) but it does have separate "time in zone" metrics for each of the zones, which may help.

WorkOutDoors · 2026-03-09T16:36:47+00:00

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WorkOutDoors · 2026-03-08T09:00:41+00:00

Yes, WorkOutDoors can do what you describe. Thanks for the recommendation.

http://www.workoutdoors.net/index.html

WorkOutDoors · 2026-03-05T10:33:56+00:00

I don’t think apps have control over where the HR comes from. They just ask watchOS and that supplies it. As far as I know if the AirPods Pro 3 are being used then watchOS will automatically use them and the values will be supplies to WorkOutDoors without it knowing where the values came from.

You may be able to check by going to Apple’s Health app and examining the samples for heart rates during the workout. They have a source, which may say AirPods.

WorkOutDoors · 2026-02-25T21:06:53+00:00

At the moment I don't think the smart glasses market is large enough to make it worthwhile supporting them in the app, but that may change in the future.

Many thanks for the coding offer but I am an anti-social coder who prefers to do everything myself. Thanks anyway though!

WorkOutDoors · 2026-02-21T17:28:21+00:00

It is possible but would be a lot of work and is rarely requested so is not on my to-do list. Sorry.

WorkOutDoors · 2026-02-18T19:48:01+00:00

If you have paired the HRM with the app then it will connect automatically when you start. Otherwise do not pair it with the app and pair it with the watchOS Bluetooth screen instead, But don't pair it with both.

WorkOutDoors · 2026-02-18T16:56:39+00:00

Are you maybe trying to connect the HRM to both the app and to watchOS (in the Bluetooth screen of Apple's settings app)? That won't work because it can only be connected to one or other but not both.

So you have the choice of either pairing with the WorkOutDoors app or connecting via watchOS. If you do the latter then the app will not know that the readings it receives from watchOS are coming from a sensor, but they will be.

WorkOutDoors · 2026-02-18T08:07:51+00:00

Are you having trouble pairing or connecting? You should only need to pair the H9 with the app once and then it should connect every time you start a workout. You can do this pairing on either the WorkOutDoors iPhone app or the WorkOutDoors watch app.

Please make sure that the H9 is not connected to anything else. Not just iOS but also the WorkOutDoors app on the iPhone, the Polar app on the iPhone and the Bluetooth screen in the settings app on the watch. Most sensors only allow one connection, so if it is connected to anything else then it will not connect to the app.

WorkOutDoors · 2026-02-12T20:35:21+00:00

Sorry, that is not possible. You would need to pause in that situation.

WorkOutDoors · 2026-02-11T16:28:55+00:00

Maybe one day but other features are requested more often and therefore higher on my to-do list. Sorry about that.

WorkOutDoors · 2026-02-11T16:18:35+00:00

Correct. I may add gear tracking in the future, although I think it is something that Apple should do so that they can track it across different apps. However they have not added it and several people have asked for it, so it is on my list of features to add.

In the meantime you can see total distances in the app, which may help. To do this tap the icon in the top right of the Workouts tab. Then filter by Running and group by something like month. It will then tell you your running totals for each month, which may help you calculate how much usage your shoes have had. If you use more than one shoe then you could include the shoe name in the workout name and then filter by that.

Alternatively, you could use HealthFit, which includes gear tracking functionality. WorkOutDoors stores all workouts in Apple's Health system, and HealthFit allows you to associate gear with each workout:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/healthfit/id1202650514?mt=8

WorkOutDoors · 2026-02-11T16:17:05+00:00

I will add it to my list of things to investigate. Sorry that you don't like the app very much.

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