Comparison

Heria Pro vs Thenics

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

Head to head
About

Heria Pro

Create, customize, and schedule personalized workout plans based on a renowned athlete's methods. This app uses an algorithm to learn your preferences and offers detailed analytics to track your fitness progress and goals.

Highlights
  • Customizable workout creation
  • Workout scheduling and planning
  • Algorithm-based workout personalization
  • Detailed fitness analytics
  • Muscle and exercise tracking
  • Save and reuse workouts
Features
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Heria Pro app creates, customises, and schedules workouts & programs in the style that renowned calisthenics and fitness athlete, Chris Heria uses to build muscle, lose fat, and develop technique. Heria Pro creates workouts catered specifically to you and your fitness needs, utilising an algorithm that learns your preferences and workout style. Each workout is fully customizable by you and can be saved/scheduled to be used anytime with a very easy to follow workout planner. It comes equipped with a robust analytics feature where you can track your fitness goals with details like your top target muscles trained, top exercises, and workouts per day/week/month. Premium Membership An In-App purchase will be applied to your iTunes account on confirmation. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. For more information, see our link to Privacy Policy: https://heriapro.com/privacy-policy

About

Thenics

This app guides users through learning impressive calisthenics skills and building functional strength. It offers step-by-step progressions for various movements, from basic to advanced, with detailed technique explanations. Personalized workout plans are available to help users achieve their specific fitness goals.

Highlights
  • Calisthenics skill learning
  • Step-by-step progressions
  • Technique explanations
  • Personalized workout plans
  • Functional muscle building
  • Skill-based training
Features
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Thenics helps you to achieve impressive Calisthenic skills and functional muscles. There are a lot of trend sports (Street Workout, CrossFit) and Calisthenics Movements (Bar Brothers, Barstarzz) where you will see these skills. Free Skills: * Muscle Up * Planche * Front Lever * Back Lever * Pistol Squat * Handstand Push Up * V-Sit Thenics Pro Skills*: * One Arm Pull Up * Human Flag * One Arm Push Up * One Arm Handstand * Shrimp Squat * Hefesto * Dragon Flag Thenics will guide you with descriptions and technique explanation of the skills and progressions. Every skill is divided into several progressions which include different workouts. Thereby you are able to learn skills step by step adapted to your current level. How is Thenics different to other fitness apps? Your goal isn't just to lift more weight or execute more reps. The Workouts and Progressions lead you to achieving new impressive skills. Additionally you will gain strength and get lean functional muscles! THENICS COACH* How to plan your workouts? - Can I work on multiple skills in parallel? - How long should I rest? - How to combine basic workouts with skill training? A good answer to that highly depends on your specific goals and conditions. The THENICS COACH will generate personalized Workout plans for you, adapted to your goals and conditions. *(only available with Thenics Pro) Terms of use: https://thenics.de/TermsOfUse.html

Screenshots

Heria Pro4 screens
Thenics4 screens

Verdict

The call

Heria Pro and Thenics both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 85% of Thenics's written reviews are positive against 63% of Heria Pro's. Heria Pro's advantage is ratings volume (7.5K vs 992). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Heria Pro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month and Thenics sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Heria Pro against 4.8 for Thenics. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Heria Pro has 7.5K ratings behind it against 992, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Heria Pro's written reviews are positive against 85% of Thenics's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Heria Pro ships an update every 2 months, Thenics monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Heria Pro versus Thenics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeria ProThenics
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.5K ratings)4.8 (992 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.4% of reviews85.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.5K — better992
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB158 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperChris Heria, LLCInnothenics GmbH

Customer experience

Heria Pro

All ratings7,529 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral2.8%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews722 reviews
Positive63.4%
Neutral13.0%
Negative23.5%

Thenics

All ratings990 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral2.6%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews162 reviews
Positive85.2%
Neutral7.4%
Negative7.4%

User reviews

Heria Pro

From 7.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great workouts
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 💪 Effective for building muscle and losing weight
  • 🎯 Customizable workouts
  • 🆓 Decent free version

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🔒 Difficult to cancel subscription
  • 🤔 Confusing navigation
  • 🔍 Lack of search/filter options
  • 💰 Too many features locked behind paywall

Thenics

From 992 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Effective skill progressions
  • 💪 Helpful for building strength
  • 🤩 Great for beginners and advanced users
  • 💰 Reasonable pricing for premium version

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
  • 🔍 Limited customization options
  • 🔙 Lack of back/undo functionality
  • 🔇 Music playback issues during workouts
  • 📏 Layout/formatting issues on smaller screens

Bugs and requests

Heria Pro

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Workouts not loading properly
  • Progress not saving correctly
  • Exercises not appearing in the right order
  • Frequent app crashes
  • Inability to cancel subscription

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to delete/edit custom programs
  • Progress tracking for exercises
  • Integrated timer/stopwatch
  • Apple Watch support
  • Nutrition/meal planning features

Thenics

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Workout screens getting cut off on some devices
  • Inability to go back to previous exercises
  • Workout coach recommendations not always realistic

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more exercise variations and progressions
  • Implement custom workout builder
  • Integrate with fitness tracking apps/devices
  • Provide more detailed workout history and progress tracking
  • Add support for mobility and flexibility exercises

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Heria Pro

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$11.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$119.991 Year
4 purchases

Thenics

Subscriptions2
  • Thenics Pro14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Thenics Pro14 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time2
  • Thenics Pro$89.99
  • Thenics Pro$99.99

Questions

Is Heria Pro free?
Heria Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Thenics free?
Thenics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Heria Pro or Thenics?
Thenics is rated higher. Heria Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 7.5K ratings, while Thenics averages 4.8 from 992 ratings.
Do Heria Pro or Thenics have ads?
Neither Heria Pro nor Thenics shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Heria Pro or Thenics?
Heria Pro ships an update every 2 months, and Thenics monthly. Most recently, Heria Pro was updated on October 22, 2026 and Thenics on October 23, 2026.

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