Comparison

Train Up vs Helix@Home

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

Head to head
About

Train Up

Features
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This app helps you to reach your fitness goals, by empowering you with tools to visualise and fine-tune your progress. It is designed to guide you towards more effective and balanced workouts, regardless of any limitations of ability, time, space, or equipment. This app tracks your daily workouts and activities, and helps you maintain an optimal training balance of different exercises. It was designed with serious athletes in mind, but it can be customized for a broad range of fitness goals, suitable for everybody in every situation. Whether you are a runner, dancer, yogi, footballer, gym fanatic, pole dancer, or meditator, this app can be customised to your individual activity routine. Based on your progress, the app can also give you daily tips, motivation, and reminders. However, you are expected to know your own discipline, and what makes up a healthy and safe exercise regimen; this app will only help you to stay on your own path. It works like this: * Open the app every day, enter how much activity you did with a few simple swipes, and check for tips. * If you want to use the app while working out, it has an in-built timer which will fill in your workout times automatically. * Check your progress and activity levels on the graph screens. * Take note of which parts of your fitness routine you are neglecting, and get active! Features: * Daily screen to quickly enter your activity with a swipe - no typing needed. * A stopwatch which is automatically linked to your daily activity. * Optional automatic tracking of your daily steps. * Training tips based on your record. * Results stored in the cloud, so you have a backup and can use different devices with the same account. * Daily journal with notes, with a quick swipe view to instantly explore summaries of each day. * 5 different measurement types, including: steps, minutes, repetitions (reps) and meters. * Fully customizable to every activity, with up to 10 different exercise types - whichever ones are most important to you! * Full export option - you control your own data. Please read the Terms and Conditions within the app carefully, and do not change exercise routines before consulting a doctor. If you have limitations in your physical activity, please contact the developer with any ideas that would help make it more suitable for you. This app is for everyone, whatever their physicality.

About

Helix@Home

Access live and on-demand fitness classes designed for your Helix Lateral Elliptical. Track workouts, monitor heart rate and calories burned, and sync data with Apple Health and Fitness apps. Use your Apple Watch as a remote control for seamless workout management.

Highlights
  • Live and on-demand classes
  • Apple Watch workout tracking
  • Heart rate and calorie monitoring
  • Syncs with Apple Health
  • Apple Watch remote control
  • Subscription access on all devices
Features
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This platform allow Helix users to follow Live Professional instruction for classes using their Helix Lateral Elliptical. Additionally, users can take a class 24/7 with the OnDemand feature. -- Helix@Home includes Apple Watch - You can track your workouts and meet your fitness goals. - Monitor Stats during Workouts: View heart rate/calories burned on your watch & video player. - HEALTH App: Apple Watch integrates with Apple's Health app (Healthkit) to track workouts, duration, calories burned, heart rate, and active energy. You choose the data you want stored, and you can change it anytime in the Health app. - FITNESS App: Apple Watch integrates with Apple's Fitness App, and workouts contribute to your daily goals. View stats, share your activity, and get those Activity Rings! - Use your Watch as a Remote: Play, stop, & rewind videos without interrupting workouts. - Install using iPhone: Install app on iPhone, open Watch app, select "Show on Apple Watch". ▷ Already a Member? Sign-In to access your subscription. ▷ New? Subscribe in the app to get instant access. Helix@home offers auto-renewing subscriptions. You'll receive unlimited access to content on all your devices. Payment is charged to your account at confirmation of purchase. Pricing varies by location and is confirmed prior to purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period, or the trial period (when offered). Cancel anytime in Account Settings. For more information see our: -Terms of Service: https://helixfitness.uscreen.io/pages/terms -Privacy Policy: https://helixfitness.uscreen.io/pages/privacy

Screenshots

Train Up4 screens
Helix@Home3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Train Up at none against Helix@Home's 4. Train Up also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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. Helix@Home sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Train Up asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Train Up ships an update every 2 days, Helix@Home every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Train Up versus Helix@Home: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrain UpHelix@Home
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.2 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB65 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJames HudsonHelix Fitness Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Train Up

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Helix@Home

Subscriptions4
  • Helix at Home Monthly1 Month trial$12.991 Month
  • Monthly1 Month trial$12.991 Month
  • Annual1 Month trial$99.001 Year
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  • Helix at Home Yearly7 Days trial$120.991 Year

Questions

Is Train Up free?
Train Up is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Helix@Home free?
Helix@Home is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Train Up or Helix@Home have ads?
Neither Train Up nor Helix@Home shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Train Up or Helix@Home?
Train Up ships an update every 2 days, and Helix@Home every 2 months. Most recently, Train Up was updated on October 3, 2026 and Helix@Home on October 9, 2026.

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