Thenics vs Ballast
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
Ballast
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Private support for quitting adult content and managing the urges that come with it. Ballast brings your streak, your reasons and a practical plan for hard moments together on your iPhone. WHEN AN URGE HITS Open the four-step urge flow: guided breathing, your own reasons, a timed urge-surfing exercise and a simple check-in about what happened. Reach it from the app, a Control Centre button or a Siri shortcut. The whole flow is free. YOUR PROGRESS, AT YOUR PACE Track time since your quit date, log urges and slips, and mark milestones. A slip is information you can use to plan your next step. Keep your streak close with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. A SMALL STEP EACH DAY Make a daily check-in. Read short pieces about urges, slips and the situations around them. Try grounding exercises, set an if-then plan, or follow the guided 30-day course. The course offers a daily practice, with no promised timeline for change. NOTICE YOUR PATTERNS Ballast Pro shows trigger summaries and a day-and-hour heatmap based on what you log. Optional reminders can help you plan ahead of recurring windows. These are patterns in your entries, not predictions of what will happen. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No Ballast account or sign-up. Your journal, reasons, check-ins and urge logs stay on your device. Use Face ID or your device passcode to lock the app, and export your data when you choose. Apple and RevenueCat process purchases and related identifiers; your personal entries are not sent to them. USEFUL SUPPORT, FREE Your streak, the full urge flow, slip logging, daily check-ins, grounding toolbox, friction checklist, one replacement habit, one if-then plan, seven days of journal, the current calendar month and week one of the course are free. Reading about urges and slips stays free. App lock and data export are free too. BALLAST PRO Pro adds Insights, the remaining course days, the rest of the reading library, full journal and calendar history, extra habits and plans, and the weekly review. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or a lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled in your Apple Account settings. Ballast is a self-tracking and educational tool, not treatment. If this is affecting your work, relationships or safety, consider support from a qualified professional. Requires iOS 26 or later. Privacy Policy: https://atabany.github.io/ballast-site/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Thenics at 3 against Ballast's 1. Thenics also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Thenics sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Ballast sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Thenics ships an update every 3 weeks, Ballast fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thenics | Ballast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (994 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 84.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 994 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 160 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Innothenics GmbH | Mohamed Elatabany |
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
Ballast
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
Ballast
- Ballast Pro$2.991 Month
- Ballast Pro$14.991 Year
- Ballast Pro Lifetime$19.99









