Comparison

Challenges vs 75 Hard

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

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About

Challenges

Compete with friends, family, and coworkers to get fit. Track your progress through stand, move, and exercise rings, earn medals, and send motivational nudges. Stay connected and motivated with real-time updates and team challenges.

Highlights
  • Team challenges
  • Activity ring tracking (Stand, Move, Exercise)
  • Medal achievements
  • Motivational nudges and comments
  • Real-time team progress updates
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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Get fit and compete with friends, family & coworkers with the Challenges app. ‘Cause everybody needs a little healthy competition. -- How It Works -- Getting started with Challenges is easy. Join a team challenge and aim to complete your Stand, Move, and Exercise rings. Whether you get there by shakin’ it to Queen Bey or taking the furthest spot in the parking lot, it’s up to you. Keep tabs on your progress via Apple Watch, the Challenges App, or the Health app. Watch in real time as your teammates get closer to closing their rings - they’re cheering you on to do the same! -- Achievements -- The more you move, the more you’re rewarded. Stack up your points to earn Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medals. Go for the gold! Check progress on your next medal Bask in the glow of medals you’ve racked up from all of your Challenges -- Nudges -- What gets you stepping better than your L.A. Lights sneakers from the 90s? Accountability. Spark a little friendly banter to fuel your fitness flame. Get and send nudges from your teammates (Tell Dan from the second floor to start taking the stairs if he’s reppin’ your team Mission-Fitpossible) Comment on the challenge wall to share tips or coordinate a workout Invite a friend to join your team, via email or text (Emojis 100% acceptable) -- On The Watch -- Pump yourself up wherever you go with just a glance at your wrist. Check in on team ranking See when you’re closing in on an achievement Compare your daily average so you can gauge your progress. Get notified when someone nudges you Get pinged when one of your teammates is rocking it. “Dan just closed all three rings!” Boom, send back applause hands. Somebody’s been snubbing the elevator. Get your watch charged, your team amped, and your sneakers ready, ‘cause you’ve got a challenge to win. Challenges integrates with the Health App on your iPhone to retrieve the data it uses to determine by how much you've just beaten all your friends. Because of our integration with the Health App, this also means we leverage the powerful HealthKit API to make your user experience and user interface the best possible. Enjoy!

About

75 Hard

This program helps you build mental toughness and achieve your goals over 75 days. It focuses on developing discipline, grit, and self-belief to overcome challenges and win the war within yourself. Track progress, set reminders, and save notes to support your journey.

Highlights
  • Track daily progress
  • Set custom reminders
  • Take and review progress pics
  • Share progress
  • Save personal notes
  • View past progress
  • Continue to Year of the Live Hard program
Features
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|| Requires Subscription || 75 HARD is how you win the war with yourself. Are you stuck in life? You feel like no matter what you do, your career, fitness, and relationships just aren’t where you thought they would be? Feel like you are not reaching your full potential? This program is for you. Maybe you’ve tried the fad diets, read the latest trendy self help book, or forked over your hard-earned cash for seminars and courses that promised to teach you the magical secret to success. Yet even after all this, you still fail to make any real progress. Why? Here’s the real secret. YOU are the key. If you haven’t developed the traits of mental toughness needed for success in any area of your life, all these other things will get you nowhere. What are these traits? Confidence. Grit. Fortitude. Self Belief. Self Worth Discipline. Endurance. The unbreakable will to WIN. Over the course of 75 days, this program will start you down the path to becoming a person who is capable of achieving your goals by developing these winning character traits. Is it complicated? No. Is it easy? Definitely not. In fact, it’s probably the hardest thing you’ve ever done. Will it change your life forever? Without a doubt. Are you ready to win the war within yourself? This program requires Zero Compromises. Zero Substitutions. With the 75 Hard app, you can: - Track your daily progress - Set custom reminders for your daily tasks - Take and review your daily progress pics - Share your progress to your Instagram Story or any way you like - Save personal notes on every day - See all your progress from every attempt - Continue past 75 Hard to complete the full year Live Hard program Already started the 75 Hard Program? No problem! We’ve made it easy for you to pick up at your current progress point. We’re working to continuously update the app with new features and updates to provide the best experience for you as you make progress. View terms and conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Challenges4 screens
75 Hard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Challenges at none against 75 Hard's 2. 75 Hard's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. 75 Hard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Challenges asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Challenges against 4.5 for 75 Hard. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5.7K and 6.4K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 51% of Challenges's written reviews are positive against 48% of 75 Hard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Challenges ships an update every 3 weeks, 75 Hard every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 19, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Challenges versus 75 Hard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChallenges75 Hard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5.7K ratings) — better4.5 (6.4K ratings)
Positive reviews51.0% of reviews — better47.8% of reviews
Number of ratings5.7K6.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB74 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFitNow44SEVEN MEDIA, LLC

Customer experience

Challenges

All ratings5,728 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews355 reviews
Positive51.0%
Neutral14.9%
Negative34.1%

75 Hard

All ratings6,404 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral2.0%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews460 reviews
Positive47.8%
Neutral3.7%
Negative48.5%

User reviews

Challenges

From 5.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great app for group challenges
  • 👍 Motivating and fun
  • 🤝 Allows competing across platforms
  • 🎯 Individualized calorie goals

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Syncing issues with fitness apps
  • 🕰️ Slow to update data
  • 🤯 Inaccurate point tracking
  • 🤖 Poor customer support
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns

75 Hard

From 6.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💪 Life-changing program
  • 📆 Helpful for tracking progress
  • 🔔 Useful reminders
  • 🗓️ Accountability through app
  • 📸 Photo tracking feature

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive for a basic checklist app
  • 🐛 Glitchy and unreliable at times
  • 🔍 Limited functionality beyond a checklist
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns with photo uploads
  • 🗣️ Condescending tone when missing tasks

Bugs and requests

Challenges

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Syncing issues with Apple Health
  • Inability to delete account
  • Challenges not working as intended

Requested features

6 requests
  • Allow rest days in challenges
  • Increase maximum daily points
  • Add option to set individual vs. group challenges
  • Improve messaging and notifications
  • Add Garmin integration
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  • Allow challenge creators to manage teams

75 Hard

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent loading issues
  • App crashing and losing progress
  • Inconsistent task tracking
  • Inability to view past progress photos

Requested features

5 requests
  • Water intake tracking
  • Ability to add more photos per day
  • Option to customize task lists
  • Syncing with other health apps
  • Progress visualization tools

In-app purchases

None

Challenges

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

75 Hard

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Access3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Full Year Membership$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Challenges free?
Challenges is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 75 Hard free?
75 Hard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Challenges or 75 Hard?
Challenges is rated higher. Challenges averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5.7K ratings, while 75 Hard averages 4.5 from 6.4K ratings.
Do Challenges or 75 Hard have ads?
Neither Challenges nor 75 Hard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Challenges or 75 Hard?
Challenges ships an update every 3 weeks, and 75 Hard every 10 days. Most recently, Challenges was updated on October 19, 2026 and 75 Hard on October 19, 2026.

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