Red Diary vs Swolenormous
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Red Diary
Log your walks, runs, and rides with detailed stats like distance, speed, and elevation. Capture photos and notes, and view your route on a map. Enjoy automatic trip start/stop and voice announcements, even with headphones on.
- Log walks, runs, and rides
- Detailed trip statistics
- Route maps with elevation
- Add photos and notes
- Automatic trip start/stop
- Voice announcements
- Independent watch app
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Red Diary is the ultimate trip diary, keeping log of your walks, runs and rides, including details as distance, top speed, time, route map, elevation changes, points of interest, photos and notes taken. SPECIAL FEATURES * Privacy first: Trips are kept locally on the phone and synchronised using iCloud * Automatic trip start: Start trips automatically when the phone starts moving * Automatic idle detection: Trips are automatically stopped and saved after a period of inactivity * Voice announcements: The app announces ride time, distance and top speed changes, even when it is running in the background. Ideal for exercising with the headphones on! * Take photos during the trip or add photos later * Take notes during the trip or add notes later * Trip maps with points of interests, photos and notes, elevation maps and detailed trip statistics * Share trips via social media, chat, email etc. * Independent watch app: The Red Diary watch app can be used without the phone. Trips are recorded on the watch -- you can even leave the phone behind! The recorded trips will be synchronised when your watch and phone meet again. * Widgets for the Home Screen DISCLAIMER Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life
Swolenormous
This app offers a personalized approach to fitness and health, moving away from restrictive diets and generic plans. It provides customizable workouts, nutrition guidance, mindfulness exercises, and a supportive community to help users build sustainable healthy habits.
- Customizable nutrition plans
- Personalized training programs
- Mindfulness and meditation sessions
- Supportive community access
- Yoga and mobility classes
- Offline content download
- Progress tracking journal
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Say goodbye to: - Obsessive calorie counting - Fad diets - 30-day BS challenges - Cookie-cutter programs - Unrealistic expectations Introducing the Swolenormous experience! Inside you will: - Surround yourself with a supportive community. - Learn how to customize your nutrition for your individual needs. - Personalize your training based on your specific goals. - Prioritize recovery and mobility to avoid and prevent injury. - Focus on mindfulness to reduce stress and improve mental health. - Forge the consistency required for life-long health and fitness. Start your FREE TRIAL to gain full access to: - Customizable Programs for ALL levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced - 400+ Yoga Classes - 500+ Recipes - 7-Minute Workouts & Mobility sessions - Meditation Sessions ranging from 5-30 minutes - Track your progress in-app journal - Download videos and audio files to watch and listen to while offline - Easily cast videos from your phone to your Chromecast or AirPlay-enabled devices - Access Recently Watched videos easily - Create Custom Playlists - Workouts ranging from 7-90 minutes - Exclusive access to members-only community To access all features and content you can subscribe to Swolenormous on a monthly or yearly basis with an auto-renewing subscription right inside the app.* Pricing can vary by region and will be confirmed before purchase in the app. In app subscriptions will automatically renew at the end of their cycle. * All payments will be paid through your iTunes Account and may be managed under Account Settings after the initial payment. Subscription payments will automatically renew unless deactivated at least 24-hours before the end of the current cycle. Your account will be charged for renewal at least 24-hours prior to the end of the current cycle. Any unused portion of your free trial will be forfeited upon payment. Cancellations are incurred by disabling auto-renewal. Privacy: https://www.swolenormousx.com/pages/privacy-policy Terms: https://www.swolenormousx.com/pages/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Red Diary at free with in-app purchases against Swolenormous's subscription. Swolenormous's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.1). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Red Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Swolenormous sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Red Diary against 4.9 for Swolenormous. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Swolenormous has 32 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Red Diary ships an update every 6 weeks, Swolenormous every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Red Diary | Swolenormous |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (32 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 94.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 32 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Akos Polster | Swolenormous, LLC |
Customer experience
Red Diary
Swolenormous
In-app purchases
Red Diary
- Power User$4.99
Swolenormous
- Monthly7 Days trial$29.001 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$299.001 Year
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