Comparison

Exercise Buddy Professional vs Robust PFT

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

Head to head
About

Exercise Buddy Professional

This app empowers individuals with autism and related disorders to engage in exercise, transforming potential frustration into confidence. It offers customizable visual and video aids, data tracking, and evidence-based strategies designed by experts for effective participation in various environments.

Highlights
  • Data collection per exercise routine
  • Customizable visuals and videos
  • Multiple teaching routines
  • Extensive exercise visuals and videos
  • Unlimited workout saving
  • Health history monitoring
Features
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ExerciseBuddy Professional (EB Pro) both inspires individuals with autism and related disorders to exercise and helps professionals and parents. Everything they need is at their fingertips. Twelve universities and thousands of parents and professionals have enthusiastically embraced EB Pro because of its ease-of- use and effectiveness. EB Pro takes exercise, usually a source of frustration and failure, and turns it into a new source of success and confidence. An exercise physiologist, special education teacher and speech pathologist designed EB Pro implementing five evidence-based practices (visual supports, video modeling, social narratives, technology-aided instruction, exercise) common in special education classrooms. With these strategies children, adults and students can understand and successfully participate in exercise in a classroom, physical education, or home environment. In a 2017 study published in Physiology and Behavior, EB Pro was highlighted as: - An effective teaching tool for children with autism spectrum disorder - Establishing a greater peak energy expenditure using EB Pro during dynamic exercise - Creating a greater peak heart rate using EB Pro during dynamic Exercise EB Pro Features: - Data Collection per Exercise Routine - Customize and create visuals and videos - Three teaching routines (First-Then Board, Start-Finish Board, Stations Protocol) - Over 200 exercise visuals & over 150 videos - Save unlimited workouts - Monitor Health History (height, weight, BMI, circumference measurements) Exercise Categories: - The Five Components (Body Image, Posture, Muscular Fitness, Motor Coordination, Cardio) - Abdominal Strength - Yoga - Sport Skills - Dynamic Flexibility - Fitness Room - Physical Assessment (TGMD 2/3) - Aquatic - Sensory Break

About

Robust PFT

Features
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Robust Physical Fitness Testing (Robust PFT) *School District subscription required to use this app. The Robust PFT mobile app allows you to access your classes – anywhere and anytime to enter fitness testing scores. It’s free, fast and secure! With Robust PFT mobile app you can: •View your classes •Enter fitness scores •Choose what fitness test(s) you want to display to input scores •Edit your start date •Select a participation reason for students who are missing data •Easily view students with missing data •Know how many days are left to enter fitness scores •Login with touchID Login to this app using your existing Robust PFT teacher User ID and Password. If you do not have a subscription with Robust PFT, have your district PFT Coordinator subscribe today at robustpft.com. First year is Free.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Exercise Buddy Professional at weekly against Robust PFT's monthly. Robust PFT's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.5). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Exercise Buddy Professional ships an update weekly, Robust PFT monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Exercise Buddy Professional versus Robust PFT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExercise Buddy ProfessionalRobust PFT
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.512.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperExercise Connection CorporationJesus Garcia

In-app purchases

None

Exercise Buddy Professional

No in-app purchases

None

Robust PFT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Exercise Buddy Professional free?
Exercise Buddy Professional is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Robust PFT free?
Robust PFT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Exercise Buddy Professional or Robust PFT have ads?
Neither Exercise Buddy Professional nor Robust PFT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Exercise Buddy Professional or Robust PFT?
Exercise Buddy Professional ships an update weekly, and Robust PFT monthly. Most recently, Exercise Buddy Professional was updated on October 9, 2026 and Robust PFT on October 7, 2026.

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