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Create your first Workout Route

A Workout Route is a named workout — "Morning Loop", "Lake Trail" — with a starting playlist attached from your Apple Music library. The playlist is the baseline soundtrack; the Music Moments you pin later interrupt it at exactly the right spots. A route needs a playlist before you can run it or pin songs to it.

Before you start: finish setup so Apple Music and location permissions are granted, and make sure you have at least one playlist in your Apple Music library.

Step by step

  1. Tap the + (plus) icon in the tab bar at the bottom of the screen. A form appears, starting with 1. Choose Workout Route. (Note: the Home screen's "No Workout Routes Yet" message is not tappable — the + tab is the way in.)

    The Select Details create form in On Cue Music Player with four numbered sections, starting with Choose Workout Route
    The create form, opened from the + tab.

  2. Tap the dropdown reading Select a workout route... and then Create New Route.

  3. A sheet titled Create New Workout Route opens. Type a name (up to 20 characters) and, if you like, a description (up to 50 characters). The name cannot be empty or just spaces.

    Create New Workout Route sheet in On Cue Music Player with the name Morning Loop, a description, and the Starting Playlist row
    The Create New Workout Route sheet with name, description, and playlist fields.

  4. Tap Select a playlist... and pick a playlist from your Apple Music library, then tap Select in the top-right. Once chosen, a Shuffle Playlist toggle appears — turn it on if you want the baseline playlist shuffled during workouts.

  5. Tap Create Route. The sheet closes and the new route is selected in the form. The Home tab lists a route once it has at least one Music Moment — after you pin your first one, switch to Home and you'll see the route's card with the playlist name and its moment count, e.g. 1 music moment (4 left) on the free tier.

    On Cue Music Player Home tab with the Morning Loop route card showing its description, playlist, and music moment count
    The new route's card on the Home tab.

Good to know

  • Use playlists saved in your library. Pick a playlist you have added to your own Apple Music library rather than a suggested catalog playlist — library playlists stay reliably attached to the route.
  • Free tier limit: the free tier includes 1 Workout Route. Creating a second one requires Premium.
  • Editing later: tap the route's card on Home to open its detail screen, where you can rename it, change the description, swap the playlist, toggle shuffle, or delete the route. Deleting a route permanently deletes all of its Music Moments.
  • Your data stays on the phone. Routes are stored on-device only — they do not sync between devices, and deleting the app deletes them permanently.

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