Boostcamp vs True Balance
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
True Balance
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True Balance is a strength training app that answers the only question that matters when you walk into the gym: what should I do today? You never pick a muscle group, never build a routine, never wonder if you've skipped legs again. Tap once and the session is there — chosen, ordered, and loaded. HOW IT DECIDES Most apps hand you a template and hope you stick to it. True Balance keeps a rolling seven-day picture of your training across ten muscle groups, each with its own weekly set target. Every set you log credits the muscles it actually worked. Then it builds each session from whatever is furthest behind. The guarantee is weekly, not daily. One workout may lean push or legs — but nothing is allowed to quietly fall behind. When everything reaches target, the week resets and it starts again. It also knows what you did yesterday. Muscles trained recently are damped until they've recovered; the opposing pattern gets a nudge; a movement you just did is unlikely to reappear. Compounds come before isolation, big movers before small, core last — so the heaviest work always happens while you're fresh. WEIGHTS THAT PROGRESS THEMSELVES Hit the top of your rep range on every working set and the load goes up next time — 2.5 kg on compounds, 1 kg on isolation. Miss it and the weight holds. No spreadsheet, no guessing, no arguing with yourself at the rack. BUILT AROUND YOUR ACTUAL LIFE • Tell it what equipment you have — 113 exercises filtered to what you can genuinely do • Save the places you train. Switch to "Away" for a hotel week and the barbell sessions stop • Set your session length. It budgets against the clock and tells you when it had to trim • Choose full body, upper/lower, or push/pull/legs — or let it decide • Swap any exercise you don't fancy. It learns from what you keep swapping away PRIVATE, AND FREE No account to create. No email address. No advertising. No subscription, and no paid tier — every feature described here is simply in the app. Your training data lives on your device and in your private iCloud, and goes nowhere else. It is never sold and never shared. Train the whole body. Stop planning it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: True Balance at none against Boostcamp's 24. True Balance also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). Boostcamp's advantage is chart position (#154 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. Boostcamp sells 20 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. True Balance asks for nothing beyond the download.
Boostcamp ships an update fortnightly, True Balance every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Boostcamp | True Balance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (11K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #154 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 294 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | BPM Health Co. | Teja Nandamuri |
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
True Balance
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Boostcamp
- 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
- 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
True Balance
No in-app purchases
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