Comparison

PFL vs GritCore

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

Head to head
About

PFL

Access live Professional Fighters League events and a vast library of past fights from PFL, Bellator, and WSOF. Stay updated with breaking news, fighter signings, and exclusive original content.

Highlights
  • Live exclusive fights
  • Massive fight library
  • Breaking news
  • Original content
  • Fighter interviews
Features
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Your all-access pass to PFL. Anytime, anywhere. LIVE CONTENT. FULL FIGHT ARCHIVES. BREAKING NEWS. Providing the most real-time and expansive Professional Fighters League content, news, and information offering. Watch fights year-round featuring MMA’s most exciting fighters, including Paul Hughes, Cedric Doumbe, Francis Ngannou, and Usman Nurmagomedov. DOWNLOAD NOW AND GET: - Live Exclusive Fights – Real-time action, exclusively in the app - Massive Fight Library – Unlimited access to full fight archives from PFL, Bellator, and WSOF - Breaking News – Get the latest on athlete signings, upcoming matchups, stats, and event updates - Original Content – Exclusive programming, behind-the-scenes access, fight cards and fighter interviews

About

GritCore

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Anyone can say they ran a hundred kilometres. GritCore asks the harder question: how many people ever have? Every official ultra in GritCore — a 100 km run, the height of Everest climbed in one effort, a ten-minute plank — comes with an estimate of how many people have ever done it. Do one, prove it, and get the number that goes with it: about 1 in 12,000. Not a badge everybody gets. A place on a very short list. HOW IT WORKS Pick an ultra, or invent one of your own for others to claim. Prove it. Verify it from a workout recorded in Apple Health, or claim it yourself and add a link to your proof. People who were there can vouch for you. See where it puts you. Every verified ultra places you against the world, and against everyone else on GritCore. VERIFY WITH APPLE HEALTH Connect Apple Health and GritCore reads the workout you pick: its type, duration, distance and the height it climbed. It reads only when you ask it to — when you verify a claim or sync a duel. Never in the background. It never reads your route, and it never writes anything to Apple Health. DUELS Challenge someone you follow. Pick what counts — distance, climbing, time or reps — stake Grit, and let what you record decide who takes both stakes. Grit is a number inside the app and nothing more: it can't be bought, sold or cashed out. NATIONS Verified athletes raise their country's score. The nations table resets every month, and each season's winner keeps a star. HOW RARE IS WHAT YOU DID? Done something that isn't listed? Describe it in one sentence and get an estimate of how rare it is. The sentence goes to Google's Gemini to make the estimate — only after you allow it, and never with your name. If the estimate holds up, turn it into an ultra others can claim. ABOUT THE NUMBERS Nobody keeps a register of everyone who has run 100 km. Every figure in GritCore is an estimate built from race results, federation data and published participation numbers, and the app labels each one as an estimate. They are honest estimates, not certified records, and they will tighten as better sources arrive. 24 BADGES, BRONZE TO MYTHIC Summiteer. Centurion. Ironheart. Vanishing Point. None of them is handed out for opening the app. WHAT GRITCORE DOES NOT DO No ads. No tracking. No location permission — it is never requested. Your data is never sold. Delete your account from inside the app whenever you like; it is immediate and permanent. BEFORE YOU ATTEMPT ANYTHING Extreme physical feats carry a real risk of injury or death. GritCore describes feats; it does not coach, supervise or judge anyone's readiness to attempt one, and nothing in it is medical advice. You decide what to attempt. If you are unsure whether something is safe for you, speak to a doctor first. Free. In English, French, Spanish, German and Dutch.

Screenshots

PFL4 screens
GritCore4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: PFL at 4 against GritCore's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PFL versus GritCore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPFLGritCore
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (566 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings566 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size201 MB37 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPFLDamien Perring

Bugs and requests

PFL

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login issues on certain devices
  • Outdated event information in the app

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add full Bellator fight library
  • Implement landscape mode
  • Improve fighter roster and tournament bracket information
  • Provide more affordable subscription options

GritCore

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PFL

No in-app purchases

None

GritCore

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PFL free?
PFL is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GritCore free?
GritCore is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PFL or GritCore have ads?
Neither PFL nor GritCore shows ads.

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