OnBeat vs Decoded Training Lab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OnBeat
This app allows fitness instructors to display real-time cardio performance for up to 12 participants using their own Bluetooth heart rate monitors. It integrates with MINDBODY for easy class list import and remembers client monitors for future sessions.
- Real-time cardio performance display
- Connect up to 12 Bluetooth heart rate monitors
- Bring your own heart rate monitor platform
- MINDBODY class list sync
- Client heart rate monitor memory
- Supports iPhone and iPad
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The best fitness class cardio app doesn't require days to set up. Download OnBeat on your iPhone or iPad and try it today. Simply hook up your device to a TV through an Apple TV or HDMI/Lightning adapter. OnBeat is a "bring your own heart rate monitor" platform. Your clients use what they already own. Your gym doesn't have to sell expensive proprietary heart rate monitors -- use whatever you want. Connect up to 12 Bluetooth heart rate monitors simultaneously with no extra hardware. If you need to connect more than 12, you will need to purchase an antenna from us -- email support@onbeat.fit to learn more. Does your gym use MINDBODY? Sync your account within OnBeat to import class lists. This saves time by eliminating manual entry of your clients. Just follow the prompts in the app when registering. OnBeat is designed for both small and large gyms to display cardio performance during a class. Your clients bring their own heart rate monitor or you can loan them out. Prior to starting a class, link their heart rate monitor to your app and it remembers them for future classes. OnBeat works with most modern Bluetooth heart rate monitors. Unfortunately FitBits and Apple Watches are not supported because they do not share with 3rd party apps. If they change their sharing will be sure to support them.
Decoded Training Lab
Consolidate your gym workouts, class schedules, and Apple Health activity in one place. Track personal records, monitor heart rate live during classes, and log nutrition and water intake to fuel your progress. Stay motivated with attendance streaks and community features.
- Log daily workouts and results
- Track personal records and strength progress
- Integrate Apple Health activity and workouts
- Live heart rate monitoring during classes
- Browse and reserve gym classes
- Log meals and water intake
- Monitor attendance streaks
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Your training, your health, your progress — all in one place. Decoded Training Lab brings everything about how you train into one app: your gym's daily workouts and class schedule, your Apple Health activity and workouts, live heart rate in class, personal records, nutrition and water, and the streaks that keep you coming back. TRAIN WITH PURPOSE • See each day's programmed workout and log your result • Track personal records and watch your strength progress • See today's leaderboard and react to your teammates' results EVERY STEP. EVERY WORKOUT. • Performance brings your Apple Health activity together: steps, active and total calories, distance, exercise minutes and sleep, with daily goals • Your Apple Health workouts in one place, with heart-rate graphs, time in each heart-rate zone and calories • You choose what Decoded can read, and you can change it at any time in the Health app SEE YOUR HEART RATE LIVE • Decoded Pulse shows live heart rate, heart-rate zones and calories during coach-led classes at the gym • Train with the Decoded app on Apple Watch or a compatible Bluetooth heart-rate strap, set up in My Trackers • The Gym TV display is optional and off by default: you decide whether your first name, last initial and heart rate appear on the gym screen DECODED FOR APPLE WATCH • Choose a workout and start it from your wrist • Live heart rate, zone, calories and time at a glance • Your Watch workouts are saved to Apple Health and appear in Performance YOUR GYM. YOUR SCHEDULE. • Browse upcoming classes and reserve your spot • Join the waitlist when a class is full, or cancel when plans change • Gym announcements right on your Home screen FUEL YOUR PROGRESS • Log meals with calories and macros, and track water against a daily goal • Adults can ask for an optional photo-based estimate as a starting point, then review and edit it • Share meals with the Decoded community, with Report and Block controls PROGRESS WORTH CELEBRATING • Build your attendance streak and climb the streak leaderboard • Stay consistent with a gym community that trains alongside you YOUR MEMBERSHIP, YOUR PRIVACY • See your membership status, bills, payment history and renewal, and open your signed agreements • Optional Decoded Tracking Terms (members 18+): only if you agree can the gym's founder privately review your workouts and daily Apple Health totals. Withdraw at any time in Profile and your saved totals are deleted • Apple Health data is never used for advertising and never sold Decoded is built for members of Decoded Training Lab. Some features need your permission in Apple Health, an Apple Watch or compatible heart-rate sensor, or a class at the gym. Apple Health features are available on iPhone; Decoded also runs on iPad, with a companion app for Apple Watch. Heart-rate and nutrition information is for training and general wellness, not medical advice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Decoded Training Lab at 5.0 against OnBeat's 4.6. Decoded Training Lab also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). OnBeat's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Decoded Training Lab holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of OnBeat's written reviews are positive against 100% of Decoded Training Lab's.
OnBeat ships an update fortnightly, Decoded Training Lab every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OnBeat | Decoded Training Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | OnBeat LLC | Anthony Chandrasena |
Customer experience
OnBeat
Decoded Training Lab
In-app purchases
OnBeat
No in-app purchases
Decoded Training Lab
No in-app purchases
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