Challenges vs Ramp Training
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Team challenges
- Activity ring tracking (Stand, Move, Exercise)
- Medal achievements
- Motivational nudges and comments
- Real-time team progress updates
- Apple Watch integration
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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!
Ramp Training
This app offers self-paced strength and conditioning workouts that adapt to your movement patterns and available time. It provides premade routines, custom workout building, and animated form guides to help you train effectively at your own pace.
- Self-paced strength and conditioning
- Adaptive difficulty per movement pattern
- Premade routines (3-30 minutes)
- Custom workout builder
- Animated form guides
- Apple Watch and Apple TV integration
- Optional nutrition logging
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Starting from zero, or starting over? Ramp Training starts where you are and never jumps ahead of you. Short strength workouts that adjust to how each one went. Free to start. Your data stays on your iPhone. HOW IT WORKS Pick a length, and Ramp Training builds the session from the equipment you have, from a chair and a wall to a full gym. Tell it how each move felt and the next session follows. Too much? Tap Uncomfortable and it backs off right away. Set a weight limit and it never plans above it. FOR EVERY STARTING POINT • Strong for Life: six weeks of balance and leg strength for older adults, with seated options. • Chair Class and Morning Calisthenics: gentle sessions that work for a whole room on Apple TV. • Interval walking, exercise snacks, weighted vest walks. • Training classes: General Health free; Lean & Abs, Glutes and Strength in Ramp Plus. • Plans from your physio, with their notes, schedule and your progress. CARDIO MACHINES Connect a Bluetooth bike, treadmill or rowing machine (FTMS) for a live dashboard of cadence, power, pace and heart rate. Ride workouts, a Ramp Test, your own workouts and goals. Ramp Training only reads the machine; you stay in control of speed, incline and resistance. YOUR WEEK, JOINED UP Readiness from your sleep and heart-rate variability in Apple Health. A weekly check-in with a few ideas: add weight, ease off, try a challenge. Records, personal bests and XP after every workout. FUEL Log food by typing or saying it, scanning a barcode (20 free lookups a week), or from a label or receipt. Protein, fiber, water and caffeine, with gentle ideas from your own goals. GLP-1 LOG, FREE Record doses and injection sites with rotation counts, side effects, your supply and shipments. A PDF you can share with your clinician. Ramp Training records what you enter and never suggests doses. APPLE WATCH AND APPLE TV Heart rate, tempo taps and rep counting (beta) on your wrist; send cardio workouts to the Workout app. Show workouts and rides on the big screen with AirPlay or the Apple TV app. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No third-party analytics. Face ID lock and discreet mode. Your training, food and health data stay on your iPhone; the only network requests are barcode lookups, which send just the barcode number. RAMP PLUS Per-pattern progression, all training classes, all cardio workouts and your own, the weekly check-in, hosting Train together, unlimited scanning, Fuel trends and the sleep report. Annual with a 1-week free trial, or monthly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage it in your Apple Account settings. Unlimited barcode scanning is also available on its own as Ramp Scan, $9.99 a year. Not medical advice. Check with your clinician before starting if you have a health condition. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://toussaint222.github.io/RAMP-FITNESS-PRIVACY-POLICY/
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Verdict
Challenges and Ramp Training both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Ramp Training's written reviews are positive against 51% of Challenges's. Ramp Training also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). Challenges's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (5.7K vs 4). On price, rating, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Ramp Training sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Challenges asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Challenges against 4.8 for Ramp Training. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Challenges has 5.7K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 51% of Challenges's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ramp Training's.
Challenges ships an update every 3 weeks, Ramp Training every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Challenges | Ramp Training |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5.7K ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5.7K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | FitNow | TOUSSAINT SUNIL EDISON CAMPBELL |
Customer experience
Challenges
Ramp Training
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
Ramp Training
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Challenges
No in-app purchases
Ramp Training
- Unlimited Scanning$9.991 Year
- Ramp Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
- Ramp Plus Annual$59.991 Year
Questions
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