Comparison

Playbook vs Flex Squad

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

Head to head
About

Playbook

Access thousands of workouts from leading fitness influencers and athletes. Connect with creators, track your progress, and enjoy offline downloads. Support your favorite trainers directly with your subscription.

Highlights
  • Thousands of workouts from top influencers
  • Direct creator support
  • Community features
  • Offline workout downloads
  • Progress tracking
  • Live streaming classes
  • Wellness guides
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Playbook is one of the top fitness apps on the market where you can support your favorite creators directly. THE MAJORITY OF YOUR SUBSCRIPTION GOES DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE CREATING THE WORKOUTS AND CLASSES YOU LOVE. Get access to the world’s leading fitness influencers, trainers, wellness gurus, athletes, and more all on your phone. With over 56,000 workouts and more than 500 instructors, there is something for everyone to achieve health and wellness goals. Take Playbook with you to the gym; workout at home and even while traveling — with the ability to download workouts you can sweat any time, anywhere. Premium features: • Join a community of motivated individuals to help reach your goals • Communicate directly with your favorite creators • Get daily workouts and access to programs and challenges (with prizes) • Wellness guides for the full experience: Nutrition, supplements, recipes, mindset, productivity, and more • Unlimited offline downloads, plus stream to other devices • Favorite workouts, schedule classes, and track your progress • Live streaming classes to workout with instructors in real time • Your subscription money supports your favorite creators directly • Compatible with Apple health SUBSCRIPTION PRICING & TERMS Playbook is free to download and includes a 7-day free trial period to unlock access to the entire platform, including all instructors, workouts, programs, and videos. After trial period there are two subscription options: $14.99/month $99.99/year These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Your iTunes account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. If you subscribe before your free trial ends, the rest of your free trial period will be forfeited as soon as your purchase is confirmed. Your Playbook subscription will automatically renew unless turned off in your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before current period ends. You can go to your iTunes Account settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Read Terms and Conditions here: www.playbookapp.io/terms-of-use Read Privacy Policy here: http://www.playbookapp.io/privacy-policy

About

Flex Squad

This app helps busy women achieve their fitness goals by torching body fat and building lean muscle. It aims to make users look and feel amazing through targeted fitness guidance.

Highlights
  • Body fat reduction
  • Lean muscle building
  • Fitness guidance
  • Empowerment for women
Features
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The Flex Squad app was created to help busy women torch unwanted body fat, build lean muscle and look and feel amazing

Screenshots

Playbook4 screens
Flex Squad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flex Squad at none against Playbook's 2. Flex Squad also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 79%). Playbook's advantage is ratings volume (37K vs 2) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Playbook sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Flex Squad asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Playbook against 5.0 for Flex Squad. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Playbook has 37K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Playbook's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flex Squad's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Playbook ships an update every 4 days, Flex Squad every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Playbook versus Flex Squad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlaybookFlex Squad
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (37K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings37K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
Best chart rank#81 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size169 MB119 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPlaybook Technologies IncDekel Quant

Customer experience

Playbook

All ratings37,218 ratings
Positive98.4%
Neutral0.5%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews861 reviews
Positive79.1%
Neutral4.5%
Negative16.4%

Flex Squad

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

Bugs and requests

Playbook

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Videos not loading or playing correctly
  • Workout data not syncing or saving properly
  • Login and account management problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • Weight and rep tracking
  • Nutrition and meal planning integration
  • More video angles and exercise demonstrations
  • Ability to create custom workout routines

Flex Squad

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Playbook

Subscriptions2
  • Playbook Premium7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Playbook Premium7 Days trial$99.991 Year
None

Flex Squad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Playbook free?
Playbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flex Squad free?
Flex Squad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Playbook or Flex Squad?
Flex Squad is rated higher. Playbook averages 4.9 out of 5 from 37K ratings, while Flex Squad averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Playbook or Flex Squad have ads?
Neither Playbook nor Flex Squad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Playbook or Flex Squad?
Playbook ships an update every 4 days, and Flex Squad every 10 days. Most recently, Playbook was updated on November 9, 2026 and Flex Squad on October 30, 2026.

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