Comparison

HCFDiet vs RED Strength

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

Head to head
About

HCFDiet

This app provides personalized meal plans and activity tracking, synced with your counselor's guidance. Log food and workouts to monitor progress towards your health and weight goals. Integrates with Apple Health for seamless activity syncing.

Highlights
  • Personalized meal plans
  • Food and activity logging
  • Calorie and weight goal tracking
  • Grocery list generation
  • Apple Health integration
  • Counselor monitoring
Features
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HCF Diet is a professional meal planning, food and activity logging tool that can only be activated by an authorized Hardcore Fitness nutrition counselor. You can login to HCF Diet by using the username and password that was provided by the counselor when your web based cloud account is set up. Your personalized meal plan, grocery list, daily caloric goal and weight control goal are setup by the counselor on your web cloud account, then pushed to the HCF Diet app. The nutritional and weight management goals include your daily calorie budget, goal weight, BMI, macronutrient ratios and other important factors that attribute to better overall health, nutritional habits and weight control. How it works: Once you login to HCF Diet app you can access your daily meal plan as recommended by your counselor, grocery list, log foods and activities to track your daily amount of calories consumed or burned during activities, and compare those numbers with what has been established by your counselor. HCF Diet's cloud account also allows logging online via a web based portal. Regardless if you log on your phone or the cloud account, all data is sync'd up and down. This logged information can then be viewed and monitored by your nutrition counselor for better coaching and compliance to your personal plan. Step up your goals with Apple Health integration! With step and calorie counting with Apple Health you can now stay on track with up to date daily activity syncing. To enable automatic syncing with Apple Health, login to your profile, go to Settings and activate “Enable Apple Watch Sync.” NOTE: TO USE HCF Diet YOU WILL NEED TO LOGIN WITH YOUR USERNAME AND PASSWORD PROVIDED BY YOUR NUTRITION PROFESSIONAL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE EMAIL app@hardcorefitinessinc.com. This application is not meant to treat disease of any kind nor replace the expert advice of a licensed medical practitioner. Your account may be monitored by a licensed dietitian or board certified physician. If you are unsure, please contact your plan provider for further information. Before starting any new exercise or nutrition program, you should always consult your licensed physician to insure you are in adequate health and condition to avoid potential side effects or unforeseen complications. A sudden change in your dietary habits may lead to complications if a medical condition exists.

About

RED Strength

This app grants 24-hour gym access and allows members to manage their accounts. Users can update payment details, book personal training, and stay informed about gym events.

Highlights
  • 24-hour gym access
  • Membership management
  • Payment information updates
  • Personal training booking
  • Gym event updates
Features
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Welcome to RED Strength! If you don't have a membership yet, purchase one at www.redstrengthca.com. Then, use this app to: Access the gym 24 hours a day Manage your membership Update payment information Book personal training sessions Stay up to date with everything going on at RED Strength Thank you for being part of the gym! We look forward to seeing you in :)

Screenshots

HCFDiet4 screens
RED Strength3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: RED Strength at 100% against HCFDiet's 20%. RED Strength also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). HCFDiet's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RED Strength holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HCFDiet has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of HCFDiet's written reviews are positive against 100% of RED Strength's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HCFDiet versus RED Strength: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHCFDietRED Strength
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (11 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 19 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLarry NolanTreshna Enterprises

Customer experience

HCFDiet

All ratings11 ratings
Positive54.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative45.5%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

RED Strength

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

HCFDiet

No in-app purchases

None

RED Strength

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HCFDiet free?
HCFDiet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RED Strength free?
RED Strength is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HCFDiet or RED Strength?
RED Strength is rated higher. HCFDiet averages 3.3 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while RED Strength averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do HCFDiet or RED Strength have ads?
Neither HCFDiet nor RED Strength shows ads.

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