Comparison

Brute Force WOD vs Holistic Cloud

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

Head to head
About

Brute Force WOD

This app offers structured training programs focused on Unstable Load Training to enhance physical and mental fitness. It provides daily workouts, challenges, and access to specialized programs, with different subscription tiers offering varying levels of content and features.

Highlights
  • Unstable Load Training programs
  • Daily Brute WODs
  • Nutrition guide
  • Mobility and breathwork videos
  • Movement library
  • Timers and weight trackers
Features
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BruteForceWOD delivers the best in Unstable Load Training to advance your physical and mental fitness. All Access Plan: $29.99/month All Access Plan gives you everything in the Base plan plus Mark Divine’s programs like the Unbeatable Mind 30-day Challenge and Kokoro Yoga, as well as unlimited access to all Brute Force training plans and future plans. New programs and videos added on a regular basis! Base Plan: $14.99/month Base Plan adds a nutrition guide, mobility and breathwork videos, along with our popular 300/30/3 Challenge, MISSION 300 Challenge, plus structured Daily Brute WODs you can follow. Free Plan: The free version includes SandWODs, a movement library, timers, weight trackers and logs, to help you get started. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: https://learn.appdocumentation.com/en/collections/1618556-terms-conditions-and-privacy-policy

About

Holistic Cloud

Features
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One system. Five connected dimensions. 
  
Holistic Cloud is a self-development and reflection app for people who want to pursue meaningful goals regularly, understand progress in context, and decide what comes next with greater clarity. 
  
CHOOSE WHAT MATTERS 
  
Select a suggested goal or create your own. Connect each goal with the dimension that best represents its primary purpose: 
  
• Physical 
• Mental 
• Emotional 
• Intuitional 
• Existential 
  
You can also use the optional Personal Roadmap to reflect on your passions, values, purpose, current focus, vision, commitments, and expected benefits—or skip it and begin directly with a goal. 
  
BUILD REGULAR FOLLOW-THROUGH 
  
• Set optional reminders for your goals 
• Use the integrated timer for time-based activities 
• Create personal challenges or choose suggested challenges 
• Invite selected Holistic Cloud users, such as friends, to join a challenge 
  
A challenge is completed successfully only when you follow the chosen action on every day of its set period. At the end, the app shows whether the challenge was completed successfully. If it was not, you can choose to try again. 
  
SEE PROGRESS WITH CONTEXT 
  
Review your activity in daily, weekly, quarterly, and yearly views. See how your attention is distributed across the five dimensions without reducing personal development to a single score. 
Receive real-time insights from your current entries, progress, and emerging patterns as you use the app. 
Recommendations adapt to your behavior and prior use, evolving as you continue working with the app. 
  
You can optionally share selected progress with selected Holistic Cloud users, such as a friend or coach. Nothing is shared automatically, and a coach does not receive unrestricted access to your account. 
  
Holistic Cloud is not a public social network, public feed, or leaderboard. 
  
REFLECT AND REALIGN 
  
Use recurring reflection for shorter periods and Future Me as a dedicated year-end reflection. 
  
Look back at what supported you, what changed, what repeated, and what may deserve attention next. 
  
14 DAYS OF FULL ACCESS 
  
Register inside the app and explore every function for 14 days. 
  
• No credit card, PayPal, or other payment method required 
• No automatic renewal 
• No cancellation required 
  
After the trial, access ends automatically. You can then actively choose a monthly, quarterly, or yearly subscription—or stop using the app. You will not be charged unless you actively select and confirm a plan. 
  
WHY THE NAME? 
  
Holistic reflects how the five dimensions belong together. 
  
Cloud represents one shared digital space where your goals, progress, and reflection connect across them. 
  
FOUNDED FROM EXPERIENCE 
  
Holistic Cloud was founded by Kathy Syring, a former paratrooper, KOKORO Camp finisher, and Unbeatable Mind Coach. 
  
Her experience shaped the central idea behind the app: discipline and regular action matter, but sustainable self-development also needs context, reflection, and a wider view. 
  
Build consistency. Understand patterns. Choose what comes next. 
  
Holistic Cloud is a self-development and reflection app. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, therapy, or emergency support and does not replace qualified medical or mental-health care.  Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Brute Force WOD4 screens
Holistic Cloud4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Brute Force WOD at 3 against Holistic Cloud's 1. Brute Force WOD also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.1). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Brute Force WOD sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and Holistic Cloud sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brute Force WOD ships an update every 2 months, Holistic Cloud every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Brute Force WOD versus Holistic Cloud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrute Force WODHolistic Cloud
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (166 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews53.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings166 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrute ForceHolistic Cloud

Bugs and requests

Brute Force WOD

Reported bugs

72 issues
  • App doesn't work
  • Daily WOD emails not arriving
  • Comments deleted on messenger board
  • Username/password issues
  • Password reset emails not received
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  • Cannot create new account
  • App is useless
  • Authentication failed
  • Paid programs inaccessible
  • Timer auto starts
  • Exiting workout is difficult
  • Timer issues
  • Music stops when timer starts
  • Timer needs to be optional
  • Timer auto start is annoying
  • Timer is cumbersome and frustrating
  • Timer needs more functionality
  • Cannot listen to music with timer
  • Leaderboards need more detail
  • Timer lacks countdown/different options
  • No data received
  • No workouts found
  • No leaderboard available
  • Workout history not always saved
  • Cannot go back to pick from workouts
  • Cannot make notes on sessions
  • App keeps failing to authenticate
  • Login failed
  • Timer starts randomly when just looking at workout
  • Exit app stops timer
  • Cannot log in via Facebook
  • Cannot use username/password
  • Cannot create new login
  • Won't let me find a 'lost' password
  • App requests an access code
  • Cannot use app without one
  • App logs out automatically
  • Will not accept login attempts
  • Will not send reset password
  • Will not let me create new account
  • No workouts appear
  • Only shows leaderboards and gear to buy
  • Cannot send message to contact support
  • Developer support page offers no contact method
  • Email to reset password never comes
  • Says user account already exists
  • Cannot use app if it won't allow login
  • App keeps failing to log workouts
  • App keeps failing to authenticate
  • Timer is garbage
  • Timer auto start
  • Exiting workout is difficult
  • Timer not on page
  • Timer issues
  • Music stops when timer starts
  • Timer needs to be optional
  • Timer auto start is annoying
  • Timer is cumbersome and frustrating
  • Timer needs more functionality
  • Cannot listen to music with timer
  • Leaderboards need more detail
  • Timer lacks countdown/different options
  • No data received
  • No workouts found
  • No leaderboard available
  • Sandbag falling apart
  • Cannot save/favorite workout without doing it
  • Cannot view workout history with notes
  • Workout history not always saved
  • Cannot go back to pick from workouts
  • Cannot make notes on sessions
  • App lacking compared to workouts

Requested features

12 requests
  • Add music section like Nike Run app
  • Improve community/social networking
  • Add timer functionality (AMRAP/TABATA/EMOM)
  • Add cues for set changes
  • Access to a library of workouts
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  • Save or favorite a workout without doing it
  • Add RED wods to the app
  • Dedicated timer section with customizable options
  • Allow notes on completed sessions
  • Improved workout history view with notes
  • More details on leaderboards
  • Countdown timer or different timer options

Holistic Cloud

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Brute Force WOD

Subscriptions4
  • Tier 1$14.991 Month
  • Tier 2$29.991 Month
  • Base Plan Annual$149.991 Year
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  • All Access Annual$299.991 Year
3 purchases

Holistic Cloud

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Quarterly$24.993 Months
  • Holistic Cloud Yearly$89.991 Year

Questions

Is Brute Force WOD free?
Brute Force WOD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Holistic Cloud free?
Holistic Cloud is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Brute Force WOD or Holistic Cloud have ads?
Neither Brute Force WOD nor Holistic Cloud shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brute Force WOD or Holistic Cloud?
Brute Force WOD ships an update every 2 months, and Holistic Cloud every 6 weeks. Most recently, Brute Force WOD was updated on October 6, 2026 and Holistic Cloud on September 19, 2026.

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