HCFDiet vs CheckFit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Personalized meal plans
- Food and activity logging
- Calorie and weight goal tracking
- Grocery list generation
- Apple Health integration
- Counselor monitoring
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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.
CheckFit
This app provides adaptive strength training programs tailored to your goals, equipment, and schedule. It automatically adjusts your workouts based on your performance, ensuring continuous progress without guesswork. Focus on lifting and let the plan guide your gains.
- Personalized strength training programs
- Adaptive weekly adjustments
- Progressive overload built-in
- Fast workout logging
- Strength and performance tracking
- Progress insights over time
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You've been showing up. Three, four, maybe five days a week. You've put in the work. But building muscle isn't just about effort. It takes the right training and a plan that adapts as you get stronger. Most fitness apps tell you what happened. CheckFit tells you what to do next. CheckFit is a subscription app. A paid subscription is required to generate and follow a program, and new members start with a 7-day free trial. Get a personalized strength training program built around your goals, experience, equipment, and schedule. Every workout is planned for you, so you can focus on lifting—not deciding what to do. As you train, CheckFit adapts. Your weights, volume, and progression evolve based on your performance, helping you continue making progress without guesswork. FEATURES (included with your subscription) • Personalized strength training programs • Matched to your goals, equipment, and schedule • Progressive overload built into every program • Adaptive weekly adjustments • Fast workout logging • Strength and performance tracking • Progress insights over time • Made for serious gym training No social feed. No endless scrolling. No distractions. Just a plan, your workout, and the data that proves you're getting stronger. Stop guessing. Start growing. SUBSCRIPTION • Monthly — $20/month • Annual — $200/year New subscribers get a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://checkfit.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://checkfit.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CheckFit at 100% against HCFDiet's 20%. CheckFit also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3). HCFDiet's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (11 vs 2). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. CheckFit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $20.00 per month. HCFDiet asks for nothing beyond the download.
CheckFit 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 CheckFit's.
| Parameter | HCFDiet | CheckFit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Larry Nolan | Trevor Greenleaf |
Customer experience
HCFDiet
CheckFit
In-app purchases
HCFDiet
No in-app purchases
CheckFit
- CheckFit Monthly7 Days trial$20.001 Month
- CheckFit Annual7 Days trial$200.001 Year









