KX Pilates vs Little Mandarin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KX Pilates
Experience a high-intensity, 50-minute reformer Pilates workout designed to tone your body. Improve flexibility, balance, and coordination to maximize your time and enjoy life more.
- 50-minute reformer Pilates workouts
- High intensity training
- Body toning
- Increased flexibility
- Improved balance
- Enhanced coordination
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You don't need to spend more time working out, just more intensity while doing so! KX Pilates delivers a high intensity, body-toning, reformer pilates workout in just 50 minutes. It will help to increase your flexibility, balance and coordination, so you can spend more time doing what you love.
Little Mandarin
Manage your account, book classes, and stay connected with this platform. Easily message instructors, view announcements, and access shared content. Stay updated on promotions and news.
- Account management
- Class and event booking
- Direct messaging
- Public feed for announcements
- Content sharing
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The Little Mandarin app makes it very easy for you to manage your Little Mandarin account, book into our classes and events and keep in touch with us. You can easily message us if you have a question or want to share something with us. You can also follow our public feed to see any announcements we make, promos we run, or content we share.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: KX Pilates at 10 against Little Mandarin's 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for KX Pilates against 5.0 for Little Mandarin. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KX Pilates has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
KX Pilates ships an update every 5 weeks, Little Mandarin every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KX Pilates | Little Mandarin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KX Pilates Franchising Pty Ltd | Momence, Inc. |
Customer experience
KX Pilates
Little Mandarin
Bugs and requests
KX Pilates
Reported bugs
12 issues- App is very slow to load
- App crashes during registration (country selection)
- Purchased plans do not show expiry dates
- App crashes when selecting phone number during registration
- Multiple calendar bookings created for a single class
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- iCalendar not updating correctly
- App crashes with JSON parsing error
- App won't load past the initial loading page
- Calendar entries disappear after class completion
- Incorrect class day displayed (e.g., 'tomorrow' for current day)
- Waitlist number not updating without manual refresh
- Last-minute instructor changes not notified
Requested features
13 requests- More payment methods (e.g., Afterpay, PayID)
- Improve app speed and reduce loading times
- Fix bugs related to calendar synchronization
- Add option to mark studios as favorite
- Improve waitlist functionality to show number of people
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- Add notifications for instructor changes
- Allow users to request friends' schedules
- Option to save or favorite home workouts
- Connect with other KX users to see booked classes
- Show number of participants in a booked class
- Allow scrolling through dates (swipe left/right)
- Select multiple studios to view schedules concurrently
- Improve font size and icon visibility
Little Mandarin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
KX Pilates
No in-app purchases
Little Mandarin
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is KX Pilates free?
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