Comparison

TRAIN vs STRONG Pilates

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

Head to head
About

TRAIN

Access daily workouts, a library of exercises, and personalized meal plans. This app offers guided meditations and mobility routines to support your fitness journey anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Daily workout uploads
  • Equipment and bodyweight exercises
  • Customizable meal plans
  • Guided meditation
  • Mobility routines
  • Boxing-style training
Features
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With a new workout automatically uploaded each day, a library of equipment and body-weight workouts, meal-plans, and recipes - The TRAIN: On Demand App is the easiest and most convenient way to fit in your daily workout. Simply open the App and train! You can now take your training from the gym to your home, wherever you are and whenever you need it. Formerly the Train: At Home app, this upgrade is feature packed FREE to existing club members with access to additional features across training, nutrition and mindset/recovery. TRAINING: * Choose between Body Weight and Equipment-Based High Intensity & Interval Training * Designed to mimic the various fighting styles of Boxers * Select your desired target muscle groups, available equipment, boxing-style and duration OR select the Workout of the Day as programmed by our team of sports-scientists NUTRITION: * Expertly programmed macro and micronutrient balanced Meal Plans for Males and Females * Auto-generated with Shopping Lists that you can email or print * Ability to customise your Meal Plan by swapping out meals each day to suit your personal requirements and preferences MINDSET/RECOVERY: * Guided meditation to assist you in calming the mind * Coach-led mobility routines focusing on Full Body, Upper Body or Lower Body to help relax tight muscles and prevent soreness or risk of injury

About

STRONG Pilates

Experience a full-body workout blending Pilates with cardio. Choose between rowing or riding on the exclusive Rowformer machine for a 45-minute session designed to build strength, mobility, and endurance.

Highlights
  • Pilates-inspired workouts
  • Cardio infused
  • Full body training
  • Rowformer machine
  • Strength building
  • Mobility enhancement
  • Endurance development
Features
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Pilates inspired, cardio infused. Full body workout. REFORM? Always. ROW or RIDE? Your choice. For those who want more than Pilates. Australia’s fastest-growing Pilates franchise, STRONG is taking the world by storm. At the centre of a STRONG studio and workout is our exclusive Rowformer, part Pilates reformer, part rower or bike. Expect a sweat-dripping, heart-pounding, 45-minute session that builds strength, mobility and endurance. Download your STRONG.

Screenshots

TRAIN4 screens
STRONG Pilates3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: STRONG Pilates at none against TRAIN's shown. STRONG Pilates also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). TRAIN's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

STRONG Pilates holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 12 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of TRAIN's written reviews are positive against 73% of STRONG Pilates's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TRAIN ships an update fortnightly, STRONG Pilates every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
TRAIN versus STRONG Pilates: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTRAINSTRONG Pilates
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (21 ratings)5.0 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better72.7% of reviews
Number of ratings21 — better12
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB66 MB
Age rating9+9+
Developer12RND UBXStrong Pilates Global Pty Ltd

Customer experience

TRAIN

All ratings17 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative18.8%

STRONG Pilates

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative18.2%

In-app purchases

None

TRAIN

No in-app purchases

None

STRONG Pilates

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TRAIN free?
TRAIN is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is STRONG Pilates free?
STRONG Pilates is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TRAIN or STRONG Pilates?
STRONG Pilates is rated higher. TRAIN averages 4.8 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while STRONG Pilates averages 5.0 from 12 ratings.
Do TRAIN or STRONG Pilates have ads?
TRAIN shows ads; STRONG Pilates does not.
Which is updated more often, TRAIN or STRONG Pilates?
TRAIN ships an update fortnightly, and STRONG Pilates every 2 months. Most recently, TRAIN was updated on October 24, 2026 and STRONG Pilates on October 25, 2026.

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