Handstand Quest vs RECRD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Handstand Quest
This app helps you track and improve your handstand practice using voice commands. Set personal goals, monitor your progress over time, and access structured programs or create custom workouts. It also offers video recording and sharing features to stay motivated.
- Voice-activated handstand tracking
- Personalized goal setting
- Progress monitoring over time
- Pre-built and custom workouts
- Video recording with timer overlay
- Apple Health integration
- Siri integration
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You “can” achieve much more with the same effort and the right tools. Handstand Quest is an app that lets you use your voice to track your handstands to make sure you are practicing regularly and see how you are improving over time. IS THIS FOR YOU? Whoever you are, if you’re interested in the art of movement, handstands will be there on your list of great things to achieve. You want to do it so you can improve, evolve, and conquer yourself! Beyond the sense of achievement, handstands have direct short term benefits on the body and the mind: - Improve Metabolism - Boost your mood - Perfect your core and balance - Strengthen your bones and muscles Also, if you do any on the following sports, handstands are very important when you want to practice at a more advanced level: - Calisthenics - Yoga - Gymnastics - Climbing - Breakdance - Acrobatics - Crossfit - Capoeira - Bodyweight fitness - Pole dancing - Parkour - Olympic diving - Cheerleading - Martial arts - Skateboarding WHAT IS YOUR GOAL? Depending on the current level, the general theme amongst people for handstand’s goal is to hold it in proper form from 10 seconds to 5 minutes. Identify a realistic goal and set it in the app to track your progress over time towards your goal. SET A DAILY GOAL Great, so you have a handstand hold goal, but how are you going to achieve it? You will need to have a plan and execute it. Regardless of what the plan is, you will need to practice consistently to achieve your goal. The app can be really handy in helping you stay motivated to achieve your daily goal of practice. In addition to guiding you towards completing your daily minutes, the app shows you how you are doing day over day, a month from now, you have clarity on why you did not (or did) make progress. It will also remind you, at your preferred time of the day, that it’s time to practice your handstands, even for just 5 minutes, even if simply meditating about handstands. TRACK AND MEASURE How do you know you are improving if you cannot track and measure your progress? How were you doing last month compared to this month? Thankfully, the app makes it very easy to track your handstand, using your voice. Not only will it help you with tracking your handstands, but also many other exercises that help you strengthen and build progression towards a better handstand. FREE-STYLE IT OR FOLLOW A STRUCTURED PROGRAM The app offers pre-built workouts and programs to help you learn and progress gradually towards your handstand goal. You could also create your own custom workouts or practice one exercise at a time, in prilepin mode. RECORD, SHARE AND STAY MOTIVATED Get your friends to hold you accountable. It’s a great way to get feedback on your development and that nudge when you need it. One way the app can help you here is via the share feature and ability to record videos per exercise with timer overlay. APPLE HEALTH & SIRI INTEGRATION You can launch the app and automatically turn on voice commands by saying: "Hey Siri, let's handstand!" If you give permission, your handstand workouts will now show in Apple Health app, for each exercise interval, total workout time and total workout calories. CONCLUSION We hope the app will have a real measurable impact on improving your handstands. This app has been built based on feedback from the ground up, so if you have anything to share with us, please use the "Give Feedback" menu in the app. We will take your opinion very seriously. TERMS OF USE https://www.handstandquest.com/terms
RECRD
Track your calisthenics progress with this app. Set goals, measure your starting point with timed tests, and monitor your achievements over time. Unlock advanced features like custom tests and detailed performance charts with a premium subscription.
- Exercise goal setting
- Timed starting tests
- Personal record tracking
- Progress charts and timelines
- Customizable exercise tests
- Spoken countdown cues
- Local data backup
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RECRD helps you see your progress in calisthenics. Set a goal, take a short starting test, and keep a clear record of what you can do. YOUR STARTING POINT • Choose your exercise and goal • Take a timed test to measure your starting point • See how your result compares with your goal RECRD PREMIUM A subscription is required for continued access after the introductory test. Premium includes: • Built-in and custom exercise tests • Timed, rep-target, hold, and open-ended formats • A spoken 3, 2, 1, Go countdown and Stop cue • Personal records and comparisons with previous results • A performance timeline and progress charts • Optional reminders to test again • Local backup export and restore Your workout library is stored on your device. No RECRD account is required. Usage analytics and privacy-masked session replay are enabled by default and can be turned off in Settings → Privacy. Analytics includes onboarding answers and workout values; names and private text are masked. SUBSCRIPTIONS RECRD Premium is available monthly or yearly. Eligible customers can try the yearly plan with a 7-day free trial. Prices and trial eligibility are shown before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://recrd-app.vercel.app/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://recrd-app.vercel.app/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RECRD at 5.0 against Handstand Quest's 4.6. Handstand Quest's advantage is ratings volume (87 vs 3) and iOS requirement (17.1 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Handstand Quest sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.79 per month and RECRD sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
RECRD holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Handstand Quest has 87 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Handstand Quest ships an update every 11 days, RECRD weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Handstand Quest | RECRD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (87 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 87 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HUMAN QUEST LLC | XXI Systems LLC |
Customer experience
Handstand Quest
RECRD
In-app purchases
Handstand Quest
- Monthly Pro Access$3.791 Month
- Annual Pro Access$37.991 Year
- Today's Log Editor$2.99
- Full Exercise Catalog$4.99
- Lifetime Access$73.00
RECRD
- RECRD Premium Weekly$4.997 Days
- RECRD Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
- RECRD Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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