Comparison

Nautilus Plus vs Training Story

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Training Story

This app centralizes your training and nutrition history with an interactive calendar, diet and exercise planners, and progress tracking tools. It also facilitates communication with personal trainers and includes a goal countdown calculator.

Highlights
  • Interactive training calendar
  • Diet and exercise planner with history
  • Supplement planner
  • Progress photo galleries
  • Personal trainer search
  • Goal countdown calculator
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TrainingStory is a new FREE collaborative online tool to keep your entire training and nutrition history in one convenient central place. Some of the key features of TrainingStory App are Interactive calendar to track daily activities Easy diet planner with history Exercise planner with history Supplement planner Personal photo galleries to track progress Personal trainer search to find the perfect trainer for your needs Weight chart Mail to communicate with a personal trainer Goal countdown calculator.. and more! Disclaimer DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP: Training Story App does not replace your relationship with a physician or healthcare provider. The information SHOULD NOT be relied upon as a substitute for sound professional medical advice, evaluation or care from your physician or other qualified healthcare provider.

Screenshots

Nautilus Plus4 screens
Training Story4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Training Story at 100% against Nautilus Plus's 24%. Training Story also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nautilus Plus ships an update every 5 weeks, Training Story monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Nautilus Plus versus Training Story: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNautilus PlusTraining Story
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews23.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.112.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB11 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNautilus Plusryan malo

Customer experience

Nautilus Plus

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive23.9%
Neutral13.4%
Negative62.7%

Training Story

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

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
Show 71 more
  • 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

Training Story

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Nautilus Plus

No in-app purchases

None

Training Story

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nautilus Plus free?
Nautilus Plus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Training Story free?
Training Story is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nautilus Plus or Training Story have ads?
Neither Nautilus Plus nor Training Story shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nautilus Plus or Training Story?
Nautilus Plus ships an update every 5 weeks, and Training Story monthly. Most recently, Nautilus Plus was updated on November 2, 2026 and Training Story on November 3, 2026.

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