Comparison

Furious Five vs Barre | Down Dog

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

Head to head
About

Furious Five

Engage in intense, daily 5-minute workouts designed to challenge your fitness. Choose from strength, fat burn, or toning routines, with optional finishers for an extra challenge. Track progress and earn medals by completing 5-day streaks.

Highlights
  • Daily 5-minute workout routines
  • Strength, Fat Burn, Toning options
  • Optional Furious Finishers
  • 5-Day Challenge with medals
  • Full-body warm-ups
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Can you work out 5 minutes a day for 5 days in a row? Furious Five delivers daily 5-minute workouts that will challenge you like no other app in the App Store. DAILY ROUTINES Open Furious Five every day to discover new fitness challenges that target different body parts. Workouts are designed to produce a well-rounded athlete. Chose between Strength, Fat Burn or Toning 5-minute exercise routines. Need an extra challenge—try and do all 3 daily routines! (if you somehow manage, please email us! hello@wakeout.co, we'd love to meet you!) NEW! FURIOUS FINISHERS After you've completed an insane 5 minute home workout, get ready for a new challenge. We've designed the new finishers to really kick your butt and squeeze out all remaining sweat you have left. Don't fret though, these are totally optional. 5-DAY CHALLENGE Completing your first routine will trigger a 5-day challenge. Complete 5 days in a row to earn Furious Medals. Collect all 24, if you can. FULL-BODY WARM-UPS Every routine comes with skippable warm-ups designed to prep your whole body for the intense challenge ahead. From the wrists to your neck, we make sure your body isn't caught by surprise. TESTED BY TOP ATHLETES Furious Five is designed to challenge even the most experienced athletes. From Calisthenics champs to CrossFit Games athletes, we've made sure our fitness routines are as powerful as humanly possible. Furious Five fitness challenges work as a stand-alone workout or as powerful compliments to a rigorous exercise regimen. APPLE HEALTH INTEGRATION You can send your workout data from Furious Five to Apple Health. Use your Apple Watch to accurately track calories burned. STAY SAFE Furious Five are very intense workouts. It's your responsibility to stay safe and exercise according to your fitness level. We recommend you always do the 5-minute warm-ups before any routine. Stop the workout if you're feeling dizzy. Pause the routine to catch some air if you need it—it's ok to take a breath. Please review our Terms & Privacy here: http://wakeout.co/privacy.html

About

Barre | Down Dog

This app offers a new barre workout every time, providing a full-body, low-impact exercise routine. It's beginner-friendly, requiring only a chair, and allows for customization of focus areas and music. Syncs across devices and integrates with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • New workout every time
  • Beginner-friendly instruction
  • Total body toning exercises
  • Customizable workout focus
  • Dynamic music selection
  • Syncs across devices
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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From the developers of the highest rated Yoga App, Down Dog, Barre gives you a brand new barre workout every time! Unlike following pre-recorded videos, Barre keeps things fresh and keeps you motivated with endless content. BEGINNER FRIENDLY Start in the comfort of your own home. No fancy props required, all you need is a chair to get started. If you’re new to barre, we’ll guide you through all the movements with clear instruction, high-definition video, and plenty of modifications and alternatives along the way! TARGET AND TONE Our barre classes provide a total body workout, with thoughtful high-rep/low impact exercises. Get fit, and enjoy increased stamina, strength, balance, and flexibility, while sculpting gorgeous lean muscle and adding definition to your arms, abs, butt, and legs through exercises that isolate and tone. BOOST FEATURE Want to tailor your workout to focus more on a specific part of the body? We’ve got you covered! DYNAMIC CHANGING MUSIC Pick the type of music you love, and we supply beats that support where you are in your barre routine, whether you're warming up, building heat, or cooling down. SYNC BETWEEN DEVICES Automatically syncs across all your devices. Integrates with the Apple Health app! Down Dog's terms and conditions can be found at https://www.downdogapp.com/terms Down Dog's privacy policy can be found at https://www.downdogapp.com/privacy

Screenshots

Furious Five4 screens
Barre | Down Dog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Barre | Down Dog at 4.9 against Furious Five's 4.2. Barre | Down Dog also leads on ratings volume (23K vs 57). Furious Five's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Furious Five sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Barre | Down Dog sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Barre | Down Dog holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Barre | Down Dog has 23K ratings behind it against 57, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Furious Five's written reviews are positive against 76% of Barre | Down Dog's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Furious Five ships an update every 4 days, Barre | Down Dog every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Furious Five versus Barre | Down Dog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFurious FiveBarre | Down Dog
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (57 ratings)4.9 (23K ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews — better75.6% of reviews
Number of ratings5723K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size314 MB101 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWakeout, LLC.Yoga Buddhi Co.

Customer experience

Furious Five

All ratings57 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral1.8%
Negative14.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%

Barre | Down Dog

All ratings22,765 ratings
Positive97.7%
Neutral1.8%
Negative0.5%
Written reviews635 reviews
Positive75.6%
Neutral14.3%
Negative10.1%

Bugs and requests

Furious Five

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Barre | Down Dog

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Video freezing or glitching during workouts
  • Inconsistent countdown timers

Requested features

5 requests
  • Warm-up and cool-down options
  • Difficulty level selection
  • More arm and upper body focused exercises
  • Improved verbal cues and instructions
  • Expanded music library and customization

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Furious Five

Subscriptions4
  • 30 Days of Fury7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • 30 Days of Fury$4.991 Month
  • 90 Days of Fury7 Days trial$14.993 Months
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  • 90 Days of Fury$14.993 Months
6 purchases

Barre | Down Dog

Subscriptions6
  • Barre Subscription$12.991 Month
  • All Access Subscription2 variants$12.991 Month
  • All Access Subscription$79.991 Year
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  • Barre Subscription$99.991 Year
  • All Access Subscription2 variants$99.991 Year
  • All Access Subscription$119.991 Year

Questions

Is Furious Five free?
Furious Five is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Barre | Down Dog free?
Barre | Down Dog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Furious Five or Barre | Down Dog?
Barre | Down Dog is rated higher. Furious Five averages 4.2 out of 5 from 57 ratings, while Barre | Down Dog averages 4.9 from 23K ratings.
Do Furious Five or Barre | Down Dog have ads?
Neither Furious Five nor Barre | Down Dog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Furious Five or Barre | Down Dog?
Furious Five ships an update every 4 days, and Barre | Down Dog every 2 weeks. Most recently, Furious Five was updated on November 3, 2026 and Barre | Down Dog on November 12, 2026.

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