Comparison

Thenics vs Chat Maigre

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

Head to head
About

Thenics

This app guides users through learning impressive calisthenics skills and building functional strength. It offers step-by-step progressions for various movements, from basic to advanced, with detailed technique explanations. Personalized workout plans are available to help users achieve their specific fitness goals.

Highlights
  • Calisthenics skill learning
  • Step-by-step progressions
  • Technique explanations
  • Personalized workout plans
  • Functional muscle building
  • Skill-based training
Features
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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

About

Chat Maigre

Features
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The Progress Protocol. Most protocols measure how much more you did. This one measures what it cost you. THE COUNTS Three times inside the morning hour you put two fingers on your wrist and count. Prima before you move. Media once you have settled. Ultima the moment you stop, and once more a minute later while you keep walking. Each one is three movements. Spiritus, settle the breath. Pulsus, take the count. Census, read what it says. The breath comes first for a reason rather than a mood: your rate climbs as you inhale and falls as you exhale, so counting across a ragged breath measures the breath as much as the heart. You never type a number and you never watch a clock. Press when you start counting and release on the twentieth beat, or let a tone start and stop you and enter what you counted. Either way the app does the arithmetic and hands it back in beats and per cent. Nothing appears on screen while you count. You cannot read and count at the same time, and a number you can watch is a number you start chasing. WHAT THE COUNTS TELL YOU The ultima against the media is your drift: what the same pace cost you by the end. The fall across the minute after you stop is your recovery. Both are read against your own history and never against a table, because a threshold borrowed from a clinical treadmill test would be a claim this app has no business making. No strap. No watch. No account with a company that keeps your heartbeat on a server. The body is the instrument. The sensor is a second opinion. THE METHOD Most training asks you to empty the tank twice a week. This asks for a few short sets spread across the day, every day, and one easy hour on your feet each morning. No set is ever hard. The work still adds up, so lighter weeks are built in and you are expected to take them. Early strength is largely coordination: the nervous system learning to use what you already have. That is built by frequent unhurried repetition, not by exhaustion. So you practise four movements at roughly half of what you could manage, always stopping with reps still in the tank. Pull-ups. Push-ups. Air squats. Hanging leg raises. Nothing else, and nothing you need a gym for beyond a bar. THE MORNING HOUR Every day carries a session rather than a number of minutes: an easy walk, an easy jog, threshold work, hill economy, a long easy hour, or recovery. The programme chooses, from where you stand in your block. Quality never sits beside quality. Lighter weeks and the taper drop the hard work entirely, because that is what they are for. A BLOCK THAT FITS YOU Choose six, eight, twelve or sixteen weeks, or type any length from four weeks to a year. Everything reshapes around it: per-set targets, daily touches, the shape of the week, and where the lighter weeks fall. When a block finishes it rolls into a fresh cycle at the same length. It never expires. EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR PHONE No account. No password. No server. No analytics. Your log lives in this app on this device and there is no cloud to sync to, because there is nothing on the other end. Export the lot as a readable file whenever you want. BEFORE YOU START This programme is not for everyone. It is daily, repetitive and loaded. The app opens with a short list of conditions you should be cleared for by a clinician first, including current or recent tendon pain in the elbow, shoulder, wrist or hand, recent shoulder surgery or dislocation, joint hypermobility, low bone density, pregnancy and postpartum, a history of disordered eating, uncontrolled hypertension or cardiac disease, and chronic kidney disease. It is not suitable under 18. Chat Maigre is a training and logging tool, not a medical device. Its guidance is general information, not personalised advice. Speak to a qualified professional before starting a new training or nutrition plan.

Screenshots

Thenics4 screens
Chat Maigre4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chat Maigre at none against Thenics's 4. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Thenics sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Chat Maigre asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Thenics versus Chat Maigre: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThenicsChat Maigre
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (990 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings990 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB5 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperInnothenics GmbHJames Smith

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

Chat Maigre

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Thenics

Subscriptions2
  • Thenics Pro14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Thenics Pro14 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time2
  • Thenics Pro$89.99
  • Thenics Pro$99.99
None

Chat Maigre

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thenics free?
Thenics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chat Maigre free?
Chat Maigre is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Thenics or Chat Maigre have ads?
Neither Thenics nor Chat Maigre shows ads.

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