Comparison

F45 Training vs Pure Barre

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

Head to head
About

F45 Training

This app helps you manage your fitness journey with class booking, challenge participation, and personalized meal plans. Track your progress with heart rate monitoring and fitness assessments, and even order ready-made meals for convenience.

Highlights
  • Book classes and join waitlists
  • Participate in 45-Day Challenges
  • Track heart rate and session results
  • Discover and order dietitian-curated meal plans
  • Log and share fitness assessment results
  • Watch workouts from your phone
Features
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Unlock your potential with the new F45 Training app (previously named F45 Challenge). • Book classes and scans, join waitlists and check class schedules. • Join and complete 45-Day Challenges. • Register your LionHeart device and see your session results. • Discover meal plans curated by our world-class dietitians and order meals. • Easily log and share your results for fitness assessments like Playoffs or Benchmark and join Red vs. Blue Teams to stay motivated. • Watch or cast workouts right from your phone for when you can’t make it to the studio. CLASS BOOKING - Book classes, join waitlists and check class schedules. With our exclusive F45 booking experience see all of our workout brands you know and love as well as exactly whether its a cardio, strength, recovery or hybrid day. You can also book an in-studio body scan, helping you to understand your body composition and personal fitness journey. LIONHEART INSIGHTS - Realize your results faster with LionHeart. LionHeart is F45’s in-studio gamification platform where a points system, with a compatible LionHeart heart rate monitor, encourages you to stay above 70% of your max heart rate to hit the goal of 45 points! Shortly after class finishes you can view and share performance reports showcasing min and max heart rate, calories burned and LionHeart points. Don’t have a LionHeart heart rate monitor? Talk to your studio or reach out in the app. JOIN 45-DAY CHALLENGES - A guided 45-day program focused on your personal fitness and performance progress through F45’s team training, goal-targeted nutrition, and fresh wellness education to support a holistic training lifestyle. The F45 Training app extends your experience beyond the studio to register for upcoming Challenges, set personal goals, complete check-ins and Inbody Scans, and share your results. TAILORED MEAL PLANS - Discover meal plans and recipes curated by our world-class dietitians. Further your understanding about nutrition and wellbeing from industry experts through constantly updated articles. Achieve your health goals, whether it is to reduce body fat, build muscle, or simply feel better about your wellness with calorie guide suggestions. ORDER READY-MADE MEALS - Save time in the kitchen with ready-made meals designed to give you the high-quality nutrition you need to power through your F45 sessions. All meal vendors are approved by the Challenge nutrition team to help you stay on track, allowing you to focus on achieving your goals. Select the appropriate region in-app to see the available providers and order today. COMPLETE ASSESSMENTS - Easily log and share your results for fitness assessments like Playoffs or Benchmark to know how you’re performing and improving over time. Each assessment has a companion workout or exercise run periodically in-studio with brand new assessments being added all the time so you can challenge yourself and stay motivated. Special graded assessments also rank your score and privately show if you’re in the Top 30% of finishers - an incredible achievement! WORKOUT WHEREVER - Watch or cast workouts right from your phone for when you can’t make it to the studio or when you want to add an extra recovery session at home. Access Bodyweight, Weighted and Recovery workouts to suit all fitness levels and equipment availability. Requires an active F45 membership to access. LEADERBOARD DISPLAY PROFILE - Bring your own personality to in-studio leaderboards with a profile picture and display name. Join exciting attendance, assessment and LionHeart competitions and games showcasing global and studio top performers. Not ready to celebrate your potential in the studio yet? That’s ok, you can also anonymize your profile until you’re ready to go!

About

Pure Barre

Engage in low-impact, high-intensity workouts designed to sculpt and tone your body. Book, manage, and purchase classes directly from your phone, track your progress, and discover new studios and instructors. Join a loyalty program for rewards and exclusive benefits.

Highlights
  • Low-impact, high-intensity workouts
  • Class booking and management
  • Personalized home screen
  • Workout tracking with Apple Watch
  • Integration with Apple Health
  • Studio discovery and waitlist
  • ClassPoints loyalty program
Features
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Pure Barre workouts are focused on low-impact, high intensity movements that lift and tone muscles to quickly and safely burn calories and fat. Our app allows you to book, manage, and buy classes directly from your mobile phone. View your personalized home screen: - Your personalized home screen surfaces the information most important to you - View your upcoming classes - See your weekly goal progress Book classes: - Filter, favorite and find the perfect class at your studio - Book a Pure Barre class directly in the app - View your upcoming classes in your schedule - Manage your membership in the app Discover new workouts, instructors and studios: - Find new classes - View instructors at your studio - Use the interactive map to find a nearby studio Join a waitlist: - Is your favorite instructors or class 100% booked? Join the waitlist and get informed if spaces become available Workout Tracking: - Apple Watch app allow you to view your schedule, check-in for class, and track your Pure Barre workouts - Integrates with the Apple Health app so you can view all your progress in one convenient place Join ClassPoints, our loyalty program! Sign up for free and accumulate points with every class you attend. Achieve different status levels and unlock exciting rewards, including retail discounts, access to priority booking, guest passes for your friends, and more! See you at class!

Screenshots

F45 Training4 screens
Pure Barre4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: F45 Training at none against Pure Barre's 2. F45 Training also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). Pure Barre's advantage is ratings volume (41K vs 202) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pure Barre sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. F45 Training asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pure Barre holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pure Barre has 41K ratings behind it against 202, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of F45 Training's written reviews are positive against 45% of Pure Barre's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

F45 Training ships an update every 10 days, Pure Barre every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
F45 Training versus Pure Barre: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterF45 TrainingPure Barre
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (202 ratings)4.8 (41K ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.4% of reviews45.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20241K — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB152 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperF45 TrainingXponential Fitness LLC

Customer experience

F45 Training

All ratings202 ratings
Positive83.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative10.9%
Written reviews335 reviews
Positive28.4%
Neutral15.8%
Negative55.8%

Pure Barre

All ratings41,456 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral0.9%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews146 reviews
Positive45.2%
Neutral12.3%
Negative42.5%

User reviews

F45 Training

From 202 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Great workout and nutrition content
  • 🚀 Convenient class booking
  • 👍 Helpful for tracking progress
  • 🚀 Seamless fitness experience

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • 🐛 Buggy app updates
  • 🐛 Unreliable sync and login issues
  • 🐛 Recipes have missing/incorrect ingredients
  • 🐛 Constant resets and loss of data

Pure Barre

From 41K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Encouraging and motivating instructors
  • 👍 Clean and welcoming studio environment
  • 👍 Effective for improving strength and fitness
  • 👍 Suitable for users of all ages and fitness levels

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Calendar issues causing unintended bookings
  • 🐛 Inconsistent tracking of completed classes
  • 🐛 Inability to access classes when membership is not paid
  • 🐛 Confusing class type naming conventions
  • 🐛 Lack of customization options for notifications

Bugs and requests

F45 Training

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes when accessing recipes
  • Unable to log workouts and track progress
  • Shopping list and meal plan inconsistencies
  • Incorrect portion sizes and nutritional info
  • Inability to switch between male/female profiles

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to save/favorite recipes
  • Improve recipe search and filtering
  • Integrate with Apple Health/Strava
  • Allow customization of meal plans and shopping lists
  • Provide more language and dietary options

Pure Barre

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes and freezes during use
  • Inconsistent syncing of class history and progress
  • Difficulties accessing account and billing information
  • Incompatibility issues with certain devices and platforms

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to filter and search classes by length, instructor, and focus area
  • Option to pause or temporarily suspend membership
  • Integration with fitness tracking devices to monitor progress
  • Improved organization and navigation of on-demand class library
  • Seamless casting or mirroring functionality to TV devices

In-app purchases

None

F45 Training

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Pure Barre

Subscriptions2
  • GO Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • All-GO Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Month

Questions

Is F45 Training free?
F45 Training is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pure Barre free?
Pure Barre is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, F45 Training or Pure Barre?
Pure Barre is rated higher. F45 Training averages 4.5 out of 5 from 202 ratings, while Pure Barre averages 4.8 from 41K ratings.
Do F45 Training or Pure Barre have ads?
Neither F45 Training nor Pure Barre shows ads.
Which is updated more often, F45 Training or Pure Barre?
F45 Training ships an update every 10 days, and Pure Barre every 3 weeks. Most recently, F45 Training was updated on September 24, 2026 and Pure Barre on September 24, 2026.

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