Old HSN vs The PT Zone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Old HSN
Achieve your health and fitness goals with personalized guidance from a nutrition coach. Receive customized meal plans, track your progress, and get ongoing support. Connect with a community and access valuable nutrition resources.
- Customized meal plans by Registered Dietitian
- Integration with Apple Health and MyFitnessPal
- Biometric and workout tracking
- Personal messaging with nutrition coach
- Ongoing nutrition support and tips
- Nutrition peer support group
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This application is for clients working with HSN coaches and is being phased out. All clients will be transitioned to the new Healthy Steps Nutrition app by August 2026. Whether your goal is to lose weight, improve overall health or increase performance, Healthy Steps Nutrition has the solution for you! Through the Healthy Steps Nutrition App, you work with a personal nutrition coach who will help design a customized plan to reach your health goals. Healthy Steps Nutrition App Features: - Integration with Apple Health - Integration with MyFitnessPal - Customized meal plan written by a Registered Dietitian - Biometric tracking - Ongoing nutrition support - Nutrition tips and video content - Track your workouts - Personal messaging with your nutrition coach - Nutrition peer support group Healthy Steps Nutrition and HSN Mentoring has partnered with hundreds of gyms and dietitians around the world to provide a comprehensive nutrition program for their clients. Members of HSN Mentoring use this app to help manage their personal nutrition clients.
The PT Zone
Access your personalized home exercise program with HD videos and track your progress. Securely message your provider and earn awards for completing exercises. Integrates with Health app for activity monitoring.
- Personalized Home Exercise Program
- HD Instructional Videos
- Secure Messaging with Provider
- Progress Tracking with Awards
- Health App Integration
- Multi-language Support
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Welcome to the The PT Zone App! Log on to access your personalized Home Exercise Program on your mobile device. Using this app, you can access your personalized Home Exercise Program with HD Instructional videos. On the 'Messages' tab, you can securely communicate with your The PT Zone provider. As you complete your exercises, we'll give you trophies and medals to celebrate your progress! On the 'Awards' tab, you can track these items. Prefer a language other than English? Go to the 'More' tab and select 'Languages' to pick another language option. If you need to book an appointment, please go to the 'Appointments' tab for more info. Make sure to select 'Mark as Complete' when doing your exercises to ensure that your provider can keep track of your progress! You must be a The PT Zone patient to gain access. This app integrates with your iPhone's Health app to read daily step count data allowing your provider to monitor your activity."
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Old HSN at every 5 weeks against The PT Zone's every 10 months. Old HSN also leads on ratings volume (900 vs 1). The PT Zone's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium). On price, rating, 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
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 — 5.0 for Old HSN against 5.0 for The PT Zone. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Old HSN has 900 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Old HSN ships an update every 5 weeks, The PT Zone every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and July 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Old HSN | The PT Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (900 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 900 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 212 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Healthy Steps Nutrition llc | The PT Zone |
Customer experience
Old HSN
The PT Zone
Bugs and requests
Old HSN
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login errors
- App crashes
Requested features
3 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved macro tracking capabilities
- Better iPad compatibility
The PT Zone
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Old HSN
No in-app purchases
The PT Zone
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Old HSN free?
Is The PT Zone free?
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Do Old HSN or The PT Zone have ads?
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