Comparison

ATAC vs Peak Strength

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

Head to head
About

ATAC

This app offers elite-level training programs designed by top athletes to help you achieve your sport-specific goals. It includes personalized workouts, cardio, agility, flexibility, and mindset practices, alongside nutrition and recovery tools. Compete on leaderboards and track your progress to reach peak performance.

Highlights
  • Sport-specific training programs
  • Personalized weight, rep, and set programming
  • Cardio, agility, and flexibility workouts
  • Mindset and mental performance training
  • Custom meal plans and hydration tracking
  • Sleep and recovery tracking
  • Monthly and weekly challenge leaderboards
Features
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VIDEO GAME STATS, MEETS REAL LIFE TRAINING What's Your ATAC Rating? CHAMPIONS AREN'T BORN. THEY'RE MADE. This is not your typical training app; this is built to help you reach your sport specific goals. PRO & TOP D1 LEVEL TRAINING This is the same training the best athletes in the world use to excel and reach peak performance. Follow training programs of top athletes like Jordan Burroughs, Reece Humphrey & Trent Hidlay. WORKOUTS Every weight, rep & set specifically programmed for each individual. Cardio workouts for different endurance systems. Agility & Flexibility Training. Demonstration videos for all movements. MINDSET All great champions share a winning mindset. Daily practices to help you compete at your best. ESSENTIALS Custom meal plans created for each user. Hydration tracking. Full recovery activities. Sleep tracking. COMPETE TO SEE WHO'S THE BEST Monthly & Weekly Challenge Leaderboards. Teammate Leaderboards. Team vs Team Leaderboards. YOUR COMPETITION IS TRAINING TO GET BETTER. DON'T GET LEFT BEHIND. ATAC requires a monthly or yearly subscription. All subscriptions come with a 7-day free trial. If you cancel before the end of the trial you will not be charged. Terms of Use: https://atac.app/terms-of-use/

About

Peak Strength

This app provides personalized strength training plans for athletes of all levels, featuring HD exercise demonstrations, smart exercise swaps, and auto-regulated weights. It includes sport-specific programming, warm-ups, and a built-in rest timer for efficient and effective training.

Highlights
  • Pro-level workouts tailored to training level
  • HD exercise demonstrations with technique cues
  • Smart exercise swaps for equipment availability
  • Auto-regulated weights based on set difficulty
  • Sport-specific programming
  • Mobility and warm-up routines
  • Built-in rest timer
Features
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Build strength to be a better athlete with Peak Strength—your professional strength coach in your pocket. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced lifter, our app delivers athlete-tested training plans tailored to your sport and goals. Why Athletes Love Peak Strength: • Pro-Level Workouts - Get pro athlete workouts adjusted for your training level and see real results fast. • Exercise Demonstrations – HD videos and technique cues for every movement, so you always train with proper form. • Smart Exercise Swaps – Someone is on your equipment? No problem. Instantly replace any exercise with a similar alternative. • Auto-Regulated Weights – Rate each set’s difficulty, and the app adjusts as you progress. • Built-In Rest Timer – Stay on track with timed rest periods between sets. • Sport-Specific Programming – Train for football, basketball, combat sports, or general athleticism with optimized periodization. • Mobility & Warm-Ups Included – Prep your body properly and reduce injury risk. • Simple, Intuitive Design – Log sets, track progress, and follow workouts with ease. What Users Are Saying: • "The videos and cues saved me as a beginner—I finally learned how to lift correctly!"
 • "The exercise swap feature is a game-changer, especially when traveling." • "Love the auto weight suggestions—takes the guesswork out of training."
 • "The programming is genius. I’ve never made progress this fast." Be confident your training plan will deliver results. Download Peak Strength today and train smarter, push your limits, and reach your goals. "It’s like having a pro coach in your pocket!" ------ Peak Strength is free to download. Ongoing use requires an active subscription, available on a monthly or yearly basis. You can cancel anytime. Your iTunes Account will be charged at purchase unless your subscription includes a free trial. If a free trial applies, your iTunes Account will be charged at the end of the trial unless you cancel at least one day before the trial ends. All subscriptions renew automatically, meaning your iTunes Account will be charged for renewal within one day before the end of your current billing cycle, unless you cancel. You can manage or cancel your subscription and turn off auto-renew at any time through your iTunes Account settings. By completing the purchase, you agree to Peak Strength’s Terms of Service (https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/) and Privacy Policy (https://peakstrength.app/privacy).

Screenshots

ATAC4 screens
Peak Strength4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Peak Strength at none against ATAC's shown. Peak Strength also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 174). ATAC's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. ATAC sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Peak Strength sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $39.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Peak Strength holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Peak Strength has 1.5K ratings behind it against 174, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of ATAC's written reviews are positive against 71% of Peak Strength's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ATAC ships an update every 3 weeks, Peak Strength every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ATAC versus Peak Strength: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterATACPeak Strength
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (174 ratings)4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews — better71.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1741.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB91 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAdvanced Training Athletic ClubGarage Strength

Customer experience

ATAC

All ratings174 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral4.0%
Negative12.6%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive76.7%
Neutral11.6%
Negative11.6%

Peak Strength

All ratings1,452 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.1%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews136 reviews
Positive71.3%
Neutral8.1%
Negative20.6%

User reviews

ATAC

From 174 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💪 Great for athletes
  • 📈 Tracks progress effectively
  • 💡 Innovative concept with stats
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 🌟 Highly recommended

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Nutrition feature needs improvement
  • 🐛 Limited custom food catalog
  • 🐛 Bugs and difficult to understand
  • 🐛 Setting reverts to default
  • 🐛 Macro tracking isn't the best

Peak Strength

From 1.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great programming and workouts
  • 👍 Customizable and personalized
  • 📚 Excellent tutorial videos
  • ⏱️ Helpful rest timers
  • 🤖 AI-powered programming

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes and bugs
  • 💰 Expensive subscription cost
  • 🔄 Lack of flexibility in program progression
  • 🤖 AI recommendations not always accurate
  • 🔍 Difficulty navigating the app

Bugs and requests

ATAC

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Nutrition feature needs improvement
  • Custom food catalog is limited
  • Setting reverts to default state
  • Workout bugs, difficult to understand
  • Difficulty entering custom weights/reps
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  • Workout bugs, can't start baseline tests
  • App consistently freezes after turning phone off then opening
  • Very difficult to use and not intuitive
  • Food logging has limited options
  • App asks for stats again after initial entry
  • App freezes if phone is turned off and reopened
  • No available goals for certain sports
  • Videos won't load
  • Some bugs exist

Requested features

12 requests
  • Add custom foods and adjust macros
  • Add custom foods as catalog
  • Add more stats in rating
  • Add Fencing
  • More flexibility for multi-sport athletes
Show 7 more
  • Allow custom weight/rep schemes
  • Provide specific workouts
  • Improve nutrition tracking
  • Add sliced Turkey, ham, and creatine
  • Make app free as advertised
  • Add dark mode
  • Allow creating own goals for sports

Peak Strength

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashing when phone is locked or times out
  • Issues with weight and rep recommendations
  • Workout progress not saving properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Offline mode with local data caching
  • More dynamic and sport-specific exercises
  • Ability to pause/resume workouts
  • Integration with wearable devices
  • Better calendar and scheduling features

In-app purchases

7 purchases

ATAC

Subscriptions7
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$6.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial2 variants$14.991 Month
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  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$99.991 Year
6 purchases

Peak Strength

Subscriptions6
  • Monthly7 Days trial$39.991 Month
  • Monthly1 Month trial$39.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$299.001 Year
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  • Annual1 Year trial$299.001 Year
  • Annual7 Days trial$399.991 Year
  • Annual1 Year trial$399.991 Year

Questions

Is ATAC free?
ATAC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Peak Strength free?
Peak Strength is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ATAC or Peak Strength?
Peak Strength is rated higher. ATAC averages 4.4 out of 5 from 174 ratings, while Peak Strength averages 4.8 from 1.5K ratings.
Do ATAC or Peak Strength have ads?
ATAC shows ads; Peak Strength does not.
Which is updated more often, ATAC or Peak Strength?
ATAC ships an update every 3 weeks, and Peak Strength every 5 weeks. Most recently, ATAC was updated on September 21, 2026 and Peak Strength on September 22, 2026.

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