Comparison

Hyperice vs ISRU

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

Head to head
About

Hyperice

Enhance your physical performance and recovery with personalized routines guided by expert advice and your own health data. This app connects to your smart devices to offer customized workouts and insights, helping you move better and achieve your fitness goals.

Highlights
  • Personalized routines powered by HyperSmart™
  • Syncs with health and fitness data (Strava, Apple Health, Garmin)
  • Control Hyperice Bluetooth® devices
  • Automated speed control for select products
  • Expert-guided warmup, maintenance, and recovery routines
  • Wellness insights from health professionals
Features
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Transform the way you move and do more of what you love with the Hyperice App. Powered by HyperSmart™, the Hyperice App helps you get the most out of your Hyperice products through expert guidance, personalized routines, and the added motivation you need to unlock the best version of yourself. The ultimate personal trainer HyperSmart™ syncs your physical and digital activity to create an experience entirely customized to you. It combines advice from our team of scientific advisors with information from your daily activity and other health and fitness data, including Strava, Apple Health, and Garmin, to create personalized recommendations that are fully in tune with your body’s needs. Operate your Hyperice Bluetooth® devices Pair your Bluetooth® connected Hyperice devices, start a routine, and let HyperSmart™ do the thinking. Control your devices from your phone, tap into curated routines, unlock pro-level features with the Normatec 3 remote, and enjoy automated speed control for select products in the Hypervolt and Vyper lines. Knowledge and insights from the world’s best Tap into warmup, maintenance, and recovery routines from the world’s best athletes and follow along as they guide you step-by-step. Get wellness insights from leading health professionals, including physical therapists, sports medicine professionals, and elite trainers, all designed to help your body and mind be at their best.

About

ISRU

Engage in creative and athletic challenges designed to foster personal growth. Track your achievements on a leaderboard and your unique ID card. Embrace excellence through participation and find reward in the process.

Highlights
  • Creative and athletic challenges
  • Progress tracking
  • Leaderboard participation
  • Personal ID card
  • Focus on excellence through participation
Features
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Welcome to NikeCraft I.S.R.U. Participate in a series of challenges and assignments. Participation will change your life. You have everything you need to be an artist and an athlete. Be both. Download the app, do the work: gratitude for the work is the reward. Track your progress on the leaderboard and on your I.S.R.U ID card. Participation is a form of excellence.

Screenshots

Hyperice4 screens
ISRU3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ISRU at 4.6 against Hyperice's 4.0. ISRU also leads on review sentiment (65% vs 34%) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). Hyperice's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 14). On price 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ISRU holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hyperice has 1.1K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Hyperice's written reviews are positive against 65% of ISRU's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hyperice ships an update every 3 weeks, ISRU every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Hyperice versus ISRU: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHypericeISRU
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1.1K ratings)4.6 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.7% of reviews65.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K — better14
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB30 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHyper Ice, IncTom Sachs Studio

Customer experience

Hyperice

All ratings1,085 ratings
Positive71.5%
Neutral3.5%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews184 reviews
Positive33.7%
Neutral11.4%
Negative54.9%

ISRU

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive65.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative30.4%

Bugs and requests

Hyperice

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

ISRU

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Can't submit logs
  • Sign up is broken

Requested features

2 requests
  • Seamless user experience
  • Properly functioning app

In-app purchases

None

Hyperice

No in-app purchases

None

ISRU

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hyperice free?
Hyperice is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ISRU free?
ISRU is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hyperice or ISRU?
ISRU is rated higher. Hyperice averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while ISRU averages 4.6 from 14 ratings.
Do Hyperice or ISRU have ads?
ISRU shows ads; Hyperice does not.
Which is updated more often, Hyperice or ISRU?
Hyperice ships an update every 3 weeks, and ISRU every 6 days. Most recently, Hyperice was updated on October 14, 2026 and ISRU on October 12, 2026.

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