Comparison

Motivation Alliance vs Beam Workout Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Motivation Alliance

This app syncs your Apple Health data, including workouts, steps, diet, and weight, with your Motivation Alliance portal account. Access your health promotion program on your iPhone. Requires an existing account through an organization like a company or hospital.

Highlights
  • Syncs Apple Health data
  • Tracks workouts, steps, diet, hydration
  • Monitors biometric measures like weight
  • Access to Motivation Alliance portal
  • Automatic data synchronization
Features
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Motivation Alliance - Your Workplace Wellbeing Platform Stay connected to your organization's wellness program anywhere. The Motivation Alliance app brings your workplace wellness portal to your phone with personalized features based on your program. What You Can Do: Track activities, set personal wellness goals, and monitor your progress. Log workouts, nutrition, mindfulness practices, and daily health behaviors. Stay motivated with coaching tools and connect with your wellness community. Enhanced Features (available in select programs): Join team challenges and competitions. Sync with Apple Health and fitness devices for automatic activity tracking. Earn rewards and incentives for participation. Access clinician-reviewed health education content. Get Started: Sign in with your existing Motivation Alliance account credentials provided by your employer, health plan, or organization. If you have questions or have trouble logging in, reach out to your program coordinator Available features depend on your organization's wellness program tier.

About

Beam Workout Tracker

This app provides a structured and private way to plan, record, and review your workouts. It focuses on a clean interface, offline functionality, and full data ownership without cloud dependency. Easily track progress and organize your training history.

Highlights
  • Workout planning and editing
  • Support for weight, reps, time, distance
  • Comprehensive history and search
  • CSV and JSON import/export
  • Local data storage
  • Adaptive light/dark mode
Features
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Beam Workout Tracker is a modern workout notebook built for people who like structure, clarity, and control. Plan workouts, record sessions, and review progress — all offline, all on your device. Beam replaces cluttered fitness trackers with something quieter and more personal: a training log that feels focused, private, and fully yours. PLAN Design your workouts however you train. Add exercises, arrange sets, and fill in the details that matter — weight, reps, duration, distance, or notes. TRAIN During your workout, Beam stays out of your way. Pickers are fast and simple, tuned for one-handed use. Beam knows when your inputs form a complete set and adds it automatically — no pop-ups or extra steps. If you need to pause, change exercises, or reorder sets, you can. The app moves at your pace. REFLECT Every session you log becomes part of a clean, permanent history. Scroll back through weeks or years of workouts, view summaries, and see your training history at a glance. You can edit past sessions, fix mistakes, or add missing details — just like flipping through a well-kept notebook. OWN YOUR DATA Beam is fully offline. There are no accounts, servers, or hidden uploads — everything is stored locally on your device. You can export your data anytime as CSV or JSON, and import it just as easily. Your training history stays yours, portable and private. MADE FOR FOCUS Beam’s interface is calm, precise, and optimized for speed. No feeds, badges, or leaderboards — just your plan, your work, and your results. It’s designed for the flow of a real workout: quick to enter, easy to read, and always ready to continue where you left off. FEATURES • Full workout planning and editing • Support for weight, reps, time, and distance • Comprehensive history and search • CSV and JSON import/export • Local Core Data storage — no cloud dependency • Adaptive design for light and dark mode Beam Workout Tracker — your training, your data, your notebook. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Beam Workout Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Beam Workout Tracker at 5.0 against Motivation Alliance's 3.0. Motivation Alliance's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (36 vs 3). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Beam Workout Tracker sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Motivation Alliance asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Beam Workout Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Motivation Alliance has 36 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Motivation Alliance versus Beam Workout Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMotivation AllianceBeam Workout Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (36 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings36 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.1 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB6 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBrittingham Software Design, Inc.Cognitoware LLC

Customer experience

Motivation Alliance

All ratings33 ratings
Positive51.5%
Neutral6.1%
Negative42.4%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral22.2%
Negative77.8%

Beam Workout Tracker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Motivation Alliance

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Beam Workout Tracker

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.00
  • Medium Tip$3.00
  • Large Tip$6.00

Questions

Is Motivation Alliance free?
Motivation Alliance is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beam Workout Tracker free?
Beam Workout Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Motivation Alliance or Beam Workout Tracker?
Beam Workout Tracker is rated higher. Motivation Alliance averages 3.0 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while Beam Workout Tracker averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Motivation Alliance or Beam Workout Tracker have ads?
Neither Motivation Alliance nor Beam Workout Tracker shows ads.

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