Comparison

X vs Well

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Book classes
  • View waitlist status
  • Purchase class packages
  • Pre-buy goodies
  • High-intensity cardio
  • Low-impact strength training
Features
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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.

About

Well

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Well-Vie is a private space for invited members to pause, notice, and return to themselves. START WHERE YOU ARE A gentle daily check-in helps you name what is present and choose the kind of support that feels right. Well-Vie then brings forward a small, thoughtful set of practices for that moment. YOUR TOOLKIT Return to guided breathwork and meditation, body scans, affirmations, intentions, and journal invitations. Audio practices continue in the background and support lock-screen playback controls. A PLACE FOR YOUR OWN WORDS Keep a private journal, save intentions, and look back on the moments and practices that have accompanied you. Your journal is not shared with other members. THREE WEEKS, WALKED TOGETHER The Reset keeps each week’s practices, reflections, call replays, and journal invitations close at hand. Gatherings show upcoming live sessions and available replays in your local time. YOUR CIRCLE Stay connected in private circle group conversations with messages, replies, reactions, photos, files, and voice notes. Choose notifications that open the right conversation. Only members added to your circle can access its chat. A member directory is also available, and you decide whether your directory profile is visible. Well-Vie is invitation-only and supports an externally purchased three-week group course over Zoom, with recordings and practices included. An active membership and internet connection are required for sign-in and synced content. Wellness practices are for reflection and general wellbeing; they are not medical care and do not diagnose or treat any condition.

Screenshots

X4 screens
Well4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Well at every 3 days against X's every 3 weeks. X's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

X ships an update every 3 weeks, Well every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
X versus Well: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXWell
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (445 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings445 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB23 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperX-Core, LLCMcKenzie Cusick

In-app purchases

None

X

No in-app purchases

None

Well

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is X free?
X is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Well free?
Well is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do X or Well have ads?
Neither X nor Well shows ads.
Which is updated more often, X or Well?
X ships an update every 3 weeks, and Well every 3 days. Most recently, X was updated on November 3, 2026 and Well on October 31, 2026.

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