Comparison

Boostcamp vs StayActive

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

Head to head
About

Boostcamp

This app offers a vast library of structured strength training and muscle-building programs, including popular routines like nSuns and Reddit PPL. It provides tools for tracking workouts, monitoring progress, and even building custom plans. The app is designed to eliminate guesswork and provide proven methods for achieving fitness goals.

Highlights
  • 130+ expert-designed programs
  • 10,000+ community-shared routines
  • Full workout logging with RPE/1RM
  • Auto-progression for weights
  • Muscle volume tracking
  • Custom program builder
Features
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Trusted by over 1,300,000 lifters. 300M+ workouts logged. 4.8 stars. Boostcamp is a free workout tracker and gym logger with 11,000+ programs and an AI coach that builds a custom plan from your goal, schedule, and equipment. Log every set. Run nSuns, GZCLP, 5/3/1, Reddit PPL, PHUL, PHAT, or 130+ coach programs. No spreadsheet. Garage Gym Reviews named Boostcamp the Best Workout App Overall in 2026. "I primarily train for strength and hypertrophy, and Boostcamp is the best app I’ve ever used. I love all the data it provides, and there are so many great programs to choose from within the workout library." – Matt Dustin, CSCS, PN1-NC, Garage Gym Reviews Featured in Fortune’s 2026 trainer-approved Boostcamp review. "Boostcamp has all the features of Strong and Hevy, but what puts Boostcamp decidedly #1 is that it features a library of programs from some of the most recognizable figures in fitness." – Alex Bromley, Professional Strongman "Boostcamp puts all of Reddit's best free workouts in one slick app...give Boostcamp a try." – Lifehacker WHAT YOU GET • Workout Tracker – Log sets, reps, and weight with RPE, RIR, and e1RM. Auto-progression sets your next weights. Rest timer, plate calculator, supersets, drop sets, warmup templates, form videos, and mid-set exercise swaps that keep your numbers. PRs flag in-session. Weekly Sunday reports and year-end Wrapped. Offline. Live Activities put your set and rest timer on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Syncs bodyweight with Apple Health. • AI Coach – Short questionnaire, then a customized multi-week program you log in the same tracker. Or pick a named coach program and start today. Fork any program, or build your own with no cap. • 11,000+ Programs – 130+ coach-designed plans with progressions, periodization, and deloads, plus a huge community library. Filter by goal, level, and days per week. The library is free. No ads. • Analytics – Volume, muscle-group engagement, PRs, and training history. Pro adds Strength Score (0–100 across the big lifts) and a per-muscle volume heatmap. POPULAR PROGRAMS nSuns 5/3/1, GZCLP, 5/3/1 BBB, 5/3/1 for Beginners, Building the Monolith, Candito 6 Week, TSA, Bullmastiff, Greyskull LP, PHUL, PHAT, Reddit PPL, KONG, MASS IMPACT, Jacked and Tan 2.0, Strong Curves, Alberto Nuñez Upper Lower, Eric Helms Intermediate Bodybuilding, Greg Nuckols Beginner, Reddit Bodyweight Fitness RR, and thousands more. COACHES Dr. Eric Helms, Alex Bromley, Cody Lefever (GZCL), Geoffrey Verity Schofield, Alberto Nuñez, Bryce Lewis, Greg Nuckols, Jonnie Candito, Bald Omni-Man, Natural Hypertrophy, Basement Bodybuilding, Brandon Campbell (PHUL), Dr. Swole, Matt Vena, Menno Henselmans, Justina Ercole, Tiffany Ma, Rebecca Rouse, and 50+ more. Competitive athletes and researchers, not random influencers. WHO IT'S FOR Beginners who want a plan and a gym logger. Intermediate lifters done with spreadsheets. Anyone who wants an AI coach plus a real tracker. Men and women. Full gym, garage gym, or dumbbells at home. 2–6 days per week. ABOUT Boostcamp started by putting Reddit’s best programs into a workout tracker that works. 1.3M+ lifters now log training, follow 11,000+ programs, and build custom plans with an AI coach. Free to start. No ads. Questions? support@boostcamp.app

About

StayActive

This AI-powered fitness app creates personalized workout plans based on your available equipment, goals, and schedule. It offers smart tracking, an AI coach, performance reports, and recovery insights to help you progress effectively. Train with friends and sync data from Apple Health.

Highlights
  • AI-generated personalized workout plans
  • Smart workout tracking with rest timers
  • AI coach for guidance and adjustments
  • Monthly performance and recovery reports
  • Exercise video demonstrations and form guidance
  • Train together with friends
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Tell us what equipment you have. We build the exact workout to match it. StayActive is an AI fitness app made for beginners: the people who walk into a gym, or look at their home setup, with no idea where to start. Check off the equipment you own (dumbbells, a barbell, a bench, a pull-up bar, resistance bands, machines, or nothing at all), tell us your goal and how much time you have, and StayActive builds a real workout around exactly what you've got. Need one session for today? Train now has it ready in seconds. Want a full program? The AI builds a structured, multi-week plan in about a minute. Not a generic template recycled from a library. Training built for you. WHAT STAYACTIVE DOES Train Now: One Workout, Ready in Seconds Answer four quick questions (where you're training, how long you've got, what to focus on, and any injuries) and get a complete session for today, warm-up included. Try another in one tap, save the ones you love, and turn your favourite sessions into a full program when you're ready. AI Workout Planning Tell the app your goals, your equipment, and your schedule, and the AI workout generator builds a structured, progressive plan designed specifically for you. Prefer to plan it yourself? Build your own week, day by day. Your plan adapts as you get stronger. Smart Workout Tracking Log every set, rep and weight with a clean tracker built for the gym floor. Rest timers, RIR tracking, previous-performance display, and personal-record detection, all built in. Meet Vita, Your AI Coach Vita guides you through each session, answers your questions, and adjusts your training over time so you keep progressing instead of plateauing. Monthly Performance Report Every 30 days, Vita analyses your training data and delivers a personal debrief: your grade, your progress vs last month, recovery analysis, a muscle-activation map, and clear coaching recommendations for the month ahead. Recovery Intelligence Track your sleep, resting heart rate, and training load in one place, so you know when to push and when to back off, based on your data, not guesswork. 500+ Exercises Full video demonstrations, muscle targeting, progressive-overload tracking, and form guidance for every exercise in the library. The League and Training Groups Compete on one global weekly leaderboard where everyone starts level every Monday, earn season medals, and cheer on other athletes. Or start a private group with friends and keep each other consistent. Works with Apple Health Connect Apple Health to automatically sync your steps, sleep, and heart-rate data into your recovery dashboard. WHAT YOU'LL NEVER SEE IN STAYACTIVE - Ads - Generic plans built for the "average" person - Your data sold to third parties FREE TO TRAIN Building your plan, tracking your workouts, and training with StayActive is completely free. No trial, no credit card, and no paywall between you and a real workout. The essentials will always be free, whatever your budget. Download StayActive and get your first workout in seconds.

Screenshots

Boostcamp4 screens
StayActive4 screens

Verdict

The call

Boostcamp and StayActive both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of StayActive's written reviews are positive against 60% of Boostcamp's. StayActive also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 24) and ads (none vs shown). Boostcamp's advantage is ratings volume (11K vs 3) and chart position (#154 vs unranked). On price, rating, 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. Boostcamp sells 20 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. StayActive asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Boostcamp against 5.0 for StayActive. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boostcamp has 11K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of Boostcamp's written reviews are positive against 100% of StayActive's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boostcamp ships an update fortnightly, StayActive every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Boostcamp versus StayActive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoostcampStayActive
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (11K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11K — better3
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#154 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size294 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBPM Health Co.Naser Al Zier

Customer experience

Boostcamp

All ratings10,470 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.1%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews440 reviews
Positive60.2%
Neutral10.7%
Negative29.1%

StayActive

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Boostcamp

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Workouts not saving properly
  • Inability to reorder exercises
  • Crashing and loading issues
  • Inconsistent exercise tracking

Requested features

5 requests
  • Offline mode for workouts
  • Apple Watch integration
  • More customization options
  • Improved exercise video demonstrations
  • Ability to create and share custom programs

StayActive

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

20 purchases

Boostcamp

Subscriptions13
  • Boostcamp Pro14 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Boostcamp Pro7 Days trial2 variants$14.991 Month
  • Boostcamp Pro14 Days trial$14.991 Month
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  • Boostcamp Pro$14.991 Month
  • Limited-Time Offer14 Days trial$48.991 Year
  • Boostcamp Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Boostcamp Pro14 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Boostcamp Pro3 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Boostcamp Pro1 Year trial2 variants$59.991 Year
  • Boostcamp Pro14 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Boostcamp Pro7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Boostcamp Pro14 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Boostcamp Pro7 Days trial$119.991 Year
One-time7
  • Coffee$0.99
  • Lunch$4.99
  • Access to Coach's Program$9.99
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  • Program Donation$19.99
  • Access to Coach's Program$24.99
  • Access to Coach's Program$39.99
  • Access to Coach's Program$49.99
None

StayActive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Boostcamp free?
Boostcamp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StayActive free?
StayActive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Boostcamp or StayActive?
StayActive is rated higher. Boostcamp averages 4.9 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while StayActive averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Boostcamp or StayActive have ads?
Boostcamp shows ads; StayActive does not.
Which is updated more often, Boostcamp or StayActive?
Boostcamp ships an update fortnightly, and StayActive every 3 days. Most recently, Boostcamp was updated on October 31, 2026 and StayActive on October 28, 2026.

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