Comparison

ATAC vs Champion by Design

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

Champion by Design

This audio program helps you unlock your potential, cultivate a success-driven mindset, and empower yourself to achieve greatness. Embark on a transformative journey to become your best self and make a positive impact.

Highlights
  • Audio program for potential development
  • Develop a winning mindset
  • Empowerment for legacy creation
  • Achieve greatness
  • Enrich lives
Features
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Welcome to Champion by Design. Unleash your potential, achieve success, and make a lasting impact on the world. Are you ready to embrace your inner champion and embark on a transformative journey? Tap into your potential with our audio program. Develop a winning mindset for success. Empower yourself to create a legacy. Achieve greatness and enrich lives. Become your own champion with Champion by Design. SUBSCRIPTION: Champion By Design is a premium service and requires an active subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ATAC4 screens
Champion by Design4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Champion by Design at 5.0 against ATAC's 4.4. Champion by Design also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 77%). ATAC's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (173 vs 5). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. ATAC sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Champion by Design sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.95 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Champion by Design holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ATAC has 173 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of ATAC's written reviews are positive against 100% of Champion by Design's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ATAC ships an update every 3 weeks, Champion by Design every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ATAC versus Champion by Design: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterATACChampion by Design
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (173 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings173 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdvanced Training Athletic ClubDND CHAMPION BY DESIGN LLC

Customer experience

ATAC

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

Champion by Design

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
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  • 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

Champion by Design

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
2 purchases

Champion by Design

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$9.951 Month
  • 6 Months$29.956 Months

Questions

Is ATAC free?
ATAC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Champion by Design free?
Champion by Design is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ATAC or Champion by Design?
Champion by Design is rated higher. ATAC averages 4.4 out of 5 from 173 ratings, while Champion by Design averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do ATAC or Champion by Design have ads?
ATAC shows ads; Champion by Design does not.
Which is updated more often, ATAC or Champion by Design?
ATAC ships an update every 3 weeks, and Champion by Design every 7 months. Most recently, ATAC was updated on October 24, 2026 and Champion by Design on October 6, 2026.

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