Thenics vs Optimal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thenics
Master impressive calisthenics skills and build functional strength with step-by-step progressions. This app guides you through various movements, offering personalized workout plans to help you achieve your fitness goals.
- Skill progressions for calisthenics
- Technique explanations
- Personalized workout plans
- Strength and functional muscle building
- Street Workout and CrossFit movements
- Free and Pro skill levels
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Thenics helps you to achieve impressive Calisthenic skills and functional muscles. There are a lot of trend sports (Street Workout, CrossFit) and Calisthenics Movements (Bar Brothers, Barstarzz) where you will see these skills. Free Skills: * Muscle Up * Planche * Front Lever * Back Lever * Pistol Squat * Handstand Push Up * V-Sit Thenics Pro Skills*: * One Arm Pull Up * Human Flag * One Arm Push Up * One Arm Handstand * Shrimp Squat * Hefesto * Dragon Flag Thenics will guide you with descriptions and technique explanation of the skills and progressions. Every skill is divided into several progressions which include different workouts. Thereby you are able to learn skills step by step adapted to your current level. How is Thenics different to other fitness apps? Your goal isn't just to lift more weight or execute more reps. The Workouts and Progressions lead you to achieving new impressive skills. Additionally you will gain strength and get lean functional muscles! THENICS COACH* How to plan your workouts? - Can I work on multiple skills in parallel? - How long should I rest? - How to combine basic workouts with skill training? A good answer to that highly depends on your specific goals and conditions. The THENICS COACH will generate personalized Workout plans for you, adapted to your goals and conditions. *(only available with Thenics Pro) Terms of use: https://thenics.de/TermsOfUse.html
Optimal
This AI-powered fitness app creates personalized bodyweight workout plans tailored to your equipment and goals. It adapts future workouts as you progress, helping you break through plateaus and track strength gains for motivation.
- AI-generated personalized workout plans
- Adaptive training based on progress
- Equipment selection (or none)
- Goal-oriented training
- Progress tracking and visualization
- Strength gain monitoring
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The best app for working out from home, the gym, or anywhere else! Just select your equipment (or none) and goals and we'll do the rest! Optimal's AI system perfectly creates a training plan uniquely tailored to your goals and capabilities and continuously updates your future workouts as you progress. Optimal will keep you motivated by enabling you to break through plateaus and visualize your progress as you track your strength gains! Terms of Service: https://optimal-support.herokuapp.com/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Thenics at 4.8 against Optimal's 4.4. Thenics also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 63%) and ratings volume (994 vs 68). Optimal's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Thenics sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Optimal sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Thenics holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thenics has 994 ratings behind it against 68, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Thenics's written reviews are positive against 63% of Optimal's.
Thenics ships an update every 3 weeks, Optimal every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Thenics | Optimal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (994 ratings) — better | 4.4 (68 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.7% of reviews — better | 62.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 994 — better | 68 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 160 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Innothenics GmbH | Upper East Enterprises LLC |
Customer experience
Thenics
Optimal
Bugs and requests
Thenics
Reported bugs
3 issues- Workout screens getting cut off on some devices
- Inability to go back to previous exercises
- Workout coach recommendations not always realistic
Requested features
5 requests- Add more exercise variations and progressions
- Implement custom workout builder
- Integrate with fitness tracking apps/devices
- Provide more detailed workout history and progress tracking
- Add support for mobility and flexibility exercises
Optimal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Thenics
- Thenics Pro14 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Thenics Pro14 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Thenics Pro$89.99
- Thenics Pro$99.99
Optimal
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$3.991 Month
