LIFT session vs Nautilus Plus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LIFT session
Manage your fitness and wellness with personalized workout recommendations tailored to your goals and fitness level. Access automated or live sessions across various disciplines like yoga, strength training, and cardio. Seamlessly integrate with Apple Health to track your progress.
- Personalized workout recommendations
- Automated and live workout sessions
- Variety of workout types (yoga, strength, cardio, etc.)
- Apple Health integration
- Membership level features
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This app allows you to manage your wellness and fitness through personalized recommended workouts based on your goals and level. The workouts are automated or live, with a variety of choices including fitness, mindfulness, cardio, strength, yoga, pre-natal, Pilates, etc. Apple Health Integration allows you to send your Automated Workout details (workouts and Active Energy) to the Apple Health app, and retrieve activities recorded through your Apple Watch. Different features are available according to your membership level.
Nautilus Plus
Manage your gym membership, track workouts, and access personalized fitness and nutrition plans. View schedules, book appointments, and sync data from various fitness trackers. Stay connected with trainers and nutritionists through integrated messaging.
- Virtual membership card
- Workout tracking and program access
- Sync data from fitness trackers
- Nutrition plan and tools
- Group exercise class schedules
- Appointment booking
- Integrated messaging with trainers
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You can now easily access all your Nautilus Plus membership information on your mobile or smartphone. Things like your virtual membership card, group exercise schedules, appointments with your personal trainer or nutritionist, record of workouts, your workout program, and more. Virtual Membership Card • Present your membership card by simply showing your phone Workout Session • Fix your weekly workout objective • Consult your weekly workout average • Consult your workout session total • Record of workouts (day, hour, club) • Sync your data from any trackers (Apple Health, Garmin, Fitbit, Strava, etc.) Workout Program • Consult your workout program • Complete your Fitness and Lifestyle Evaluation questionnaire • Consult the results of your Fitness and Lifestyle Evaluation questionnaire • Enter data during your workout session (duration, calories burned, number of reps, weights used) • Consult your workout data • Consult your workout calendar • Communicate with your personal trainer via integrated messaging Nutrition • Consult your nutrition plan • Consult different tools such as portion guide, your Healthy Plate, your Grocery List • Communicate with your nutritionist via integrated messaging Group Exercise Classes and Supervised Group Training Schedules • All class schedules in all clubs within our network • Refined search by type of class • Online registration Appointments • Book an appointment with your personal trainer, your nutritionist, your osteopath, or your massotherapist BOOMERANG Membership • Consult your accumulated credits
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LIFT session at 3.3 against Nautilus Plus's 3.0. LIFT session also leads on review sentiment (43% vs 25%) and iOS requirement (13.6 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
LIFT session holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of LIFT session's written reviews are positive against 25% of Nautilus Plus's.
LIFT session ships an update monthly, Nautilus Plus every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LIFT session | Nautilus Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (18 ratings) — better | 3.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews — better | 25.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.6 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | LifeSpeak Inc | Nautilus Plus |
Customer experience
LIFT session
Nautilus Plus
User reviews
LIFT session
From 18 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great workouts
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 👍 Variety of sessions
- 👍 Good for beginners
- 👍 Efficient workouts
Room to improve
- 🎧 No audio/sound issues
- 🎶 Music volume interference
- 📉 Content degradation (fewer classes)
- ❌ Sync issues with Apple Health
- 📺 No casting/AirPlay support
Nautilus Plus
From 7 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use (sometimes)
- 👍 Good gym experience
- 👍 Professional service
- 👍 Useful for booking classes
- 👍 Useful for checking Boomerang points
Room to improve
- 🐛 App frequently crashes
- 🐛 Login issues
- 🐛 Server errors
- 🐛 Slow performance
- 🐛 Unreliable functionality
Bugs and requests
LIFT session
Reported bugs
74 issues- No audio in workouts
- App overrides music volume
- Does not sync with Apple Health
- App crashes on startup/workout selection
- Cannot log in/create account
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- Workouts not tracked on dashboard
- Application crashes when connecting to Fitbit
- UI flickers when scrolling
- App closes immediately after update
- Workout shows as completed with 0 calories/minutes
- Rating stage freezes and loses workout history
- Videos do not download
- Login page not loading
- App keeps kicking user out
- Main interface shows 0 classes/progress
- Cannot project workout on TV
- Cannot listen to music simultaneously
- App not working after update
- Cannot set up new journey
- Airplay functionality broken
- No technical support in app
- App support link leads to promotional page
- Cannot listen to music at the same time
- Workout sounds drown out music
- New version is attractive and inspiring
- New features allow easy access to data
- New interface and version of the app
- Newest features from latest release
- New app design and exercises library
- App closes immediately after asking for access
- App automatically turns down music volume
- App crashes whenever workout is selected
- App is too challenging with injury
- No low impact exercises
- Spams notifications daily
- Visuals are unattractive
- Interfaces are not user-friendly
- Bugs in challenge section
- Cannot modify activity once saved
- History is insignificant
- Cannot see team participation in corporate challenge
- UI and UX not good, looks amateur
- App not working for over a week
- Music integration needed for motivation
- Workouts are completely silent
- No audible instruction from trainers
- Screen mirroring to TV results in tiny video
- Screen won't move to landscape on iPad
- Cannot shorten break time
- Constantly touching screen for repetitions
- App lowers Spotify volume in the background
- Initial Q&A for injuries is not effective
- High-intensity routine suggested for knee injury
- Automatically classified as beginner without asking
- Workout recommended is perfect for user
- Workout not recorded in Apple Activity app
- Preview videos of all exercises
- No way to view exercises from an archive
- No motivational sound queues
- Needs Apple TV app
- Only way to play on TV is mirroring
- Needs proper landscape Airplay format
- No app for Apple TV or Amazon Fire
- Cannot make an account with company/gym info
- App is open to everyone
- Some good features and exercises
- Not great usability
- Minimal space needed
- No weights, bands, etc.
- Can do it in bare feet
- Can preview workout and change it
- Coaches offer fast responses
- Professional coaches acknowledge fitness goals
- Intermediate level achieved after 3 months
Requested features
20 requests- Add audio to workouts
- Allow music integration/control
- Improve syncing with Apple Health
- Add casting/AirPlay functionality
- Restore 'wellness on demand' content
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- Add a favorite workout option
- Add Spotify integration
- Improve UI/UX for better usability
- Add Apple TV app support
- Allow creation of personalized workouts
- Implement automatic difficulty adjustment
- Add more low-impact exercise programs
- Improve injury query system
- Allow editing of saved activities
- Improve team participation visibility in challenges
- Add a toggle for workout sound alerts
- Make app open to everyone (not just corporate/gym affiliated)
- Allow landscape mode on iPad
- Enable video downloads
- Improve activity calendar color coding
Nautilus Plus
Reported bugs
76 issues- Reservations don't work
- Messaging doesn't work
- Gym crowd status not showing
- App constantly logs out
- Password reset emails not sent
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- App connects to multiple tracking websites on login
- Servers down for over a week
- Error message: problem with the server
- App crashes constantly
- Login problems
- Server issues
- App not working half the time
- Login issues every week
- Error with Nautilus server
- App crashes, error codes
- Cannot load info or card
- System is down
- App not showing member card
- Hard to login
- DNS requests to Google advertising servers
- Prevents login with ad blocker
- Lost history of weights
- Average number of weekly visits disappeared
- Cannot log in
- Error code: 'Error Try again later'
- Server error
- App is generally very slow
- Workout programs not saved locally
- Not working with the latest iOS
- Error: 'Cannot read property ‘data’ of undefined'
- Cannot access app
- Boomerang doesn't work sometimes
- Issues with client card and Boomerang
- Does not work on iPhone 14 Pro Max
- App unable to function on new iPhone
- Impossible to finish workout
- Error message: 'error with Nautilus Plus server'
- Old programs harder to find
- Membership card needs to be reloaded to wallet
- Weight changes don't always save
- Opening other app resumes workout a few sets back
- Messages sent are deleted/not showing up
- New version is worse than the old one
- New update is not optimal
- App is terribly slow
- Resets randomly
- Membership card difficult to access
- Cannot add card to phone wallet
- App always bugs when opened
- Cannot install membership card in Apple Wallet
- Buggy, crashes 99% of the time
- Cannot open menu on the right-hand side
- Top part overlaps phone status bar
- Lack of retention for orientation to display membership card
- Interface not adapted for Face ID phones
- Entering values in workout program is frustrating
- App not updated for new iPhone displays
- Information not visible due to Dynamic Island
- Impossible to add membership card to wallet app
- Screen not sized properly for various iPhones
- App not updated for 2 years
- Buttons and menus not optimized for iPhone 14
- Cannot add membership card to wallet
- New update is worse than the previous version
- More actions needed to execute training plan
- UX needs review
- Cannot add card to Apple wallet
- App is not adapted to recent iPhones
- Doesn't run easily
- Apple Pay feature for card is impossible to make work
- Multiple screens won't load
- Add to Apple wallet is broken
- Scanning still works but that's it
- App is junk and abandoned
- Doesn't work
- Previous version was better
Requested features
16 requests- Add Apple Watch app for tracking workouts
- Bring back average weekly visits on homepage
- Allow users to choose preferred branches
- Enable in-app membership renewal
- Allow users to customize home screen buttons
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- Add dark mode
- Improve workout timer functionality
- Allow users to disable auto-playing videos
- Add option to save workout programs locally
- Make app compatible with newer iPhone screens
- Improve navigation for gym hours and attendance
- Allow multiple preferred branches
- Add ability to prepare workout entry during rest periods
- Improve graphical clarity of the app
- Allow users to add membership card to Apple Wallet
- Improve account creation process
In-app purchases
LIFT session
No in-app purchases
Nautilus Plus
No in-app purchases
