X vs Bold Studios
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
X
Book fitness classes, manage waitlists, and purchase class packages. Experience high-intensity, low-impact cardio and strength training designed to burn fat and build muscle efficiently.
- Book classes
- View waitlist status
- Purchase class packages
- Pre-buy goodies
- High-intensity cardio
- Low-impact strength training
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Your new best friend to book classes, see waitlist status, buy packages, pre-buy goodies, and more! The Bay Area's most efficient CARDIO & STRENGTH classes to burn fat, kick-start metabolism, and build strength. Classes are intense on the muscles, and zero to low impact on your body. It's the perfect balance. 30 min in our beat-based xCLIMB class will make you sweat and leave you shredded. 40 min in xBURN, our award winning high intensity pilates class, will strengthen, lengthen and tone your muscles.
Bold Studios
Experience a 50-minute, low-impact, high-intensity full-body workout using the Megaformer machine. Expert instructors guide you through controlled resistance training for an effective fitness journey.
- 50-minute full-body workout
- Low impact, high intensity
- Megaformer machine training
- Experienced instructors
- Controlled resistance training
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BOLD is a Lagree Fitness Studio that offers a 50 minute full-body workout that is low impact and high intensity. Our experienced team of instructors will guide you through slow and controlled resistance training on a machine called the Megaformer. While large and robust in size, the Megaformer ensures that you are both supported and safe, while challenging you throughout your Megaformer fitness journey. Here at BOLD, we feel passionately that the Lagree Fitness Method is hands down the most effective full-body workout there is.
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Verdict
X and Bold Studios both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Bold Studios's written reviews are positive against 75% of X's. X's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (426 vs 126). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for X against 5.0 for Bold Studios. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 426 and 126 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of X's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bold Studios's.
X ships an update every 3 weeks, Bold Studios monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | X | Bold Studios |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (426 ratings) | 5.0 (126 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 426 — better | 126 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | X-Core, LLC | Bold (CA) |
Customer experience
X
Bold Studios
In-app purchases
X
No in-app purchases
Bold Studios
No in-app purchases
