CHALK IT PRO vs HWPO Training
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CHALK IT PRO
This app provides a comprehensive platform for gym owners, personal trainers, and athletes to create, track, and manage workouts. It supports multi-level programming, community engagement, and revenue generation through private tracks.
- Multi-level workout programming
- Workout tracking and results recording
- Private tracks for revenue generation
- Community engagement features
- Workout database
- Athlete and client management
- Data import from other apps
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Chalk It Pro is the best software solution to create and track single and multi-level workouts for gym owners, personal trainers and athletes. Provide a smart, socially engaging and tailored workout experience for all your athletes! Brought on by the need to treat members and athletes individually. We allow and encourage multi-level programming on a daily basis. There is a giant need in the group/class training marketplace to make sure all clients are receiving a personalized approach. Program your daily workouts with up-to 10 levels to effectively reach all of your clients skill levels. Private tracks make it simple for gym owners to add different revenue streams and track everything from one easy to navigate dashboard. Run challenges, boot camps, skills clinics, points of performance classes and more, all while keeping them all separated and totally organized. High fives, comments, GIF's, and a daily forum allows your community to easily communicate with each other. Build a strong support group for all of your members, even those that still refuse to get on social media. Chalk It Pro & Affiliates: • Multi-Level WOD programming options for all your memebrs • Program from your PC or on-the-go • Searchable and tag-able workout database for easy cataloging and reference • Custom leader-boards through shareable private CHIP codes • Record and track WOD results, lifts and body composition history • Track and communicate with your athletes through your CoachBoard - Attendance, PR's and more... • Revenue generating Private Tracks • Community engagement though daily filterable leader-boards (high fives, GIF's, comments, Chalk Talk) • Remote programming import and distribution • Import data from other tracking apps you may have used in the past for seamless integration onto your gym. Chalk It Pro & Athletes: • Simple WOD creation and sharing tool • Import your remote coaches programming • Import your WOD history from your old tracking program • Searchable workout database for easy reference based on Name/Date/Movement Types/Etc... • Custom leader-boards through shareable private CHIP codes - Train/Compete/Compare with anyone in the world • Record and track WOD results, lifts and body composition history Chalk It Pro & Personal Trainers: • Private Tracks for each client to keep you organized and your clients set up for success • Easily copy and share programming between tracks • Program from your PC or on-the-go • Create events and groups for your clients to be involved within • Track your client results for instant coaching feedback and best of services practices A Chalk It Pro account is required. If you're downloading this app, you've chosen to subscribe to the most well rounded programming and tracking app on the market.
HWPO Training
Access a variety of fitness programs designed for different lifestyles and goals, inspired by a 5x CrossFit Games Champion. Track progress, view coaching videos, and engage with a supportive community. Programs cater to all skill levels, from quick gym sessions to elite competition training.
- Variety of fitness programs
- Personalized progress tracking
- Real-time leaderboard
- Coaching videos by Mat Fraser
- Exercise demos
- Members-only support platform
- Community engagement
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HWPO Training encompasses fitness programs created for a community of HARD WORKERS, inspired by 5x CrossFit Games Champion, Mat Fraser’s motto “Hard Work Pays Off”. The HWPO Training app offers a variety of programs to suit different lifestyles, goals, equipment accessibility, and skill levels. Whether you need to be in and out of the gym in 45 minutes or you’re training to be an elite-level competitor, HWPO Training has a workout program for you. Athletes can track their progress using personalized sessions based on individual performance metrics and celebrate their achievements on the real-time leaderboard. The app also provides coaching videos by Mat Fraser himself, as well as our team of world-class expert coaches, guiding members through every training session and providing demos of each exercise. Our HARD WORKERS also gain access to our members-only support platform, where they can ask questions, receive feedback, watch exclusive content and engage with others in the community around the world. No matter how or where you move, all we ask is that you live out our core values in and out of the gym: SHOW UP. Do today what others won’t so tomorrow you can do what others can’t. WORK HARD. Define success for yourself and be relentless in your pursuit of it; it’s about the process. MAKE YOURSELF PROUD. Do things with intention and set an example of HARD WORK for those around you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HWPO Training at 4.9 against CHALK IT PRO's 4.1. HWPO Training also leads on ratings volume (3.3K vs 54) and review sentiment (78% vs 63%). CHALK IT PRO's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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.
HWPO Training holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HWPO Training has 3.3K ratings behind it against 54, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of CHALK IT PRO's written reviews are positive against 78% of HWPO Training's.
CHALK IT PRO ships an update every 6 days, HWPO Training every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CHALK IT PRO | HWPO Training |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (54 ratings) | 4.9 (3.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.2% of reviews | 78.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 54 | 3.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Green Monster Studios | HWPO |
Customer experience
CHALK IT PRO
HWPO Training
Bugs and requests
CHALK IT PRO
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
HWPO Training
Reported bugs
3 issues- Sound issues with videos
- Workouts not loaded on time
- Incompatibility with older devices
Requested features
6 requests- In-app timer for AMRAP and interval workouts
- Ability to adjust prescribed weights/reps
- Progression tracking for lifts and other metrics
- Ability to move between workout days without calendar
- Alternate workout options for missing equipment
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- Gymnastics progression videos and techniques
In-app purchases
CHALK IT PRO
No in-app purchases
HWPO Training
No in-app purchases
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