The Handle Bar vs Classd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Handle Bar
Easily book your indoor cycling class with a few taps. View the schedule, purchase credits, and reserve your preferred seat quickly and conveniently.
- View class schedule
- Purchase credits
- Select seat
- Easy booking
- Indoor cycling
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Booking your bike has never been easier. Check the schedule, buy credits, and select your seat in just a few taps.
Classd
This social fitness app helps you discover and rate boutique fitness classes. Track your favorite studios and instructors, see what your friends are rating, and find new workouts based on trusted reviews.
- Rate classes out of 10
- Track studios and instructors
- Follow friends' ratings
- Discover studios by city
- Filter by class type and instructor
- Save favorite studios
- Build a workout streak
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Rate classes. Trust friends. Find your vibe. Classd is the social fitness app for boutique class culture. Score your workout, track your studios, follow your friends, and finally know which classes — and which instructors — are actually worth it. Moving to a new city? Traveling for work? Trying to break out of your routine? Stop guessing which studio is worth your time. Classd shows you what people you trust are loving — and what's overhyped. Why Classd? You've spent enough money on classes that weren't worth it. You've taken a class with an instructor your friend warned you about — after the fact. You've moved to a new city and had no idea where to start. You've spent hours scrolling reviews from strangers who don't share your taste. Classd fixes that. What you can do Score every class out of 10 — instructor, vibe, music, intensity. Tag heated vs. not heated. Add a note. Snap a photo. Follow your friends — see what they're rating in real time. No more group-text reviews lost in the void. Discover studios in any city — perfect for traveling, moving, or just expanding your routine. Filter by Pilates, Cycle, HIIT, Barre, Yoga, Boxing, and more. Filter by instructor — see which teachers actually deliver. Real reviews from real people. Save your favorites — bookmark studios you love, build a wishlist of ones you want to try. Build your streak — log consistently, climb the archetypes from "Just Getting Started" to "Luxury Pilates Maxxer." Find your people — see followers, following, and friends who've been to your studio. Tap any review to dive into a profile. Made for studio culture Classd is built for how you actually talk about classes. A 7/10 class is genuinely good. A "5-star" review tells you nothing about whether the instructor talks too much or whether the studio runs heated. We made the rating system match the conversation. Every studio profile shows real ratings, top instructors, friend visits, vibe tags, and reactions. Every review is honest, opinionated, and from someone whose taste you trust. Currently live in: Boston · New York City · Los Angeles · Miami · Chicago · Atlanta · Portland · Tampa More cities coming soon. If your city isn't here yet, sign up anyway — you can still log classes and we'll add it. Download Classd. Find your vibe.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: The Handle Bar at 1.9K against Classd's 1. Classd's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). 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 — 5.0 for The Handle Bar against 5.0 for Classd. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Handle Bar has 1.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of The Handle Bar's written reviews are positive against 100% of Classd's.
The Handle Bar ships an update every 3 weeks, Classd monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Handle Bar | Classd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1.9K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mariana Tek Corporation | Madeline Abramson |
Customer experience
The Handle Bar
Classd
In-app purchases
The Handle Bar
No in-app purchases
Classd
No in-app purchases
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