Comparison

Exercise Simple vs Calmatte

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

Head to head
About

Exercise Simple

This app offers an authentic exercise experience with 30-minute workouts that can be done anywhere, anytime. It provides a real-life coach to help you set and achieve realistic fitness goals, fostering a supportive community.

Highlights
  • 30-minute workouts
  • Anywhere, anytime access
  • Personalized real-life coach
  • Goal setting and achievement
  • No equipment needed
  • Community support
Features
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THE MOST AUTHENTIC EXERCISE EXPERIENCE The reality is our society has never been as unhealthy, as it is, today. Our solution, was to invite folks into our home. And help them. Invite you into our home. And help you. Regular folks, with regular lives, who exercise simple. Goodbye resolutions. Hello, real solutions. No more over priced gyms and health clubs. No more superhero fitness models. No equipment needed. No credit card needed. 30 minute workouts that can be done anywhere, anytime. You'll have your very own coach assigned to you. Yes! A real-life, living and breathing human! Along with the help and care of your coach, you'll identify goals, and the appropriate and realistic path to achieving success. Exercise Simple is much more than a company or a brand. Exercise Simple is a commitment and a community.

About

Calmatte

This app offers a private space to journal, track your mood, and practice mindfulness with guided audio. It uses on-device AI to provide insights into your patterns and offers tools like breathwork and sleep sounds to help you build a consistent wellness routine.

Highlights
  • On-device AI insights
  • Text, voice, or photo entries
  • Guided meditations and breathwork
  • Sleep stories and soundscapes
  • Privacy-first design with encryption
  • Apple Health integration
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Three seconds a day...Yours forever. Calmatte is a journal for people who won't write one. Tap a face — that's an entry. Or hold one button and talk, and it writes itself. Six months from now you'll know what you've actually been like, instead of guessing. TAP A FACE. THAT'S AN ENTRY. Ten moods, one tap, three seconds. Add a line, a photo or a voice note if you want to. You never have to. HOLD TO TALK. IT WRITES ITSELF. Press one button and say it out loud. Transcription runs on your phone, so the words never travel somewhere to become text. PROOF, NOT VIBES. Patterns shows you what's actually moving — and every observation comes with the days behind it. Tap any finding to see exactly which entries it's built from. You can check the reasoning instead of taking its word. A MORNING THAT ASKS ONE QUESTION How you slept, how you woke. It takes a moment and it's the single thing that explains most of the rest. MATTE A companion that remembers what you've told it, notices when a stretch is getting heavier, and says so plainly. Matte is not a therapist and never pretends to be one. HAND IT TO YOUR THERAPIST A short brief covering the weeks since you last met. You see everything in it and choose what stays before anything is shared. A YEAR OF YOU, IN ONE SCROLL Words, photos and voice in one timeline you can search and actually read back. WHEN IT'S A BAD DAY A First Aid Kit one tap from anywhere: grounding, breathing, your own safety plan in your own words, and crisis numbers for the country you tell it you're in. NOTHING YOU WRITE LEAVES THIS PHONE Your entries are encrypted before they are stored, and the key lives in your keychain. Your backup is yours. Nothing you write is used to train anything. There are no ads and nothing is sold. ON YOUR HOME AND LOCK SCREEN Log a feeling without opening the app. Today's energy, last night's sleep and your week, at a glance. LOCKED IF YOU WANT IT Face ID or a passcode, so a journal on a shared sofa stays private. IN YOUR LANGUAGE English, Français, Español, Deutsch, العربية, Русский, Kiswahili and isiZulu. FREE, AND CALMATTE PLUS Logging, writing, voice, the timeline and the First Aid Kit are free and stay free. Calmatte Plus adds deeper patterns, the therapist brief and unlimited history. Calmatte is a journal and a wellbeing tool. It does not diagnose, treat or provide medical advice, and it is not an emergency service. If you are in danger, call your local emergency number

Screenshots

Exercise Simple4 screens
Calmatte4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Exercise Simple at none against Calmatte's 3. Exercise Simple also leads on ratings volume (57 vs 3) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Calmatte's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Calmatte sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.79 per 7 days. Exercise Simple asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Exercise Simple against 5.0 for Calmatte. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Exercise Simple has 57 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Exercise Simple ships an update every 2 months, Calmatte every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Exercise Simple versus Calmatte: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExercise SimpleCalmatte
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (57 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings57 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB82 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperExercise SimpleAPPE LATTE LIMITED

Customer experience

Exercise Simple

All ratings57 ratings
Positive98.2%
Neutral1.8%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Calmatte

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Exercise Simple

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Calmatte

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Sub $0.79$0.797 Days
  • Monthly Sub $3.99, Free 3-day trial$3.991 Month
  • Annual Sub $29.99, Free 3-day trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Exercise Simple free?
Exercise Simple is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Calmatte free?
Calmatte is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Exercise Simple or Calmatte?
Calmatte is rated higher. Exercise Simple averages 4.9 out of 5 from 57 ratings, while Calmatte averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Exercise Simple or Calmatte have ads?
Neither Exercise Simple nor Calmatte shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Exercise Simple or Calmatte?
Exercise Simple ships an update every 2 months, and Calmatte every 3 weeks. Most recently, Exercise Simple was updated on October 15, 2026 and Calmatte on September 29, 2026.

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