Comparison

ATAC vs Cradle

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

Cradle

This app centralizes wrestling training by offering workouts, shadow practice, match tracking, and film review. It helps users build technique, strength, and conditioning with personalized plans and AI-assisted feedback.

Highlights
  • Customizable wrestling workouts
  • Shadow practice with audio cues
  • Match score and result tracking
  • AI-assisted film review
  • Training journal and notes
  • Progress tracking with XP and streaks
Features
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Build your game, one practice at a time. Cradle brings wrestling workouts, shadow practice, match tracking, film review, and your training journal into one native iOS app. START WITH YOUR GAME Choose your wrestling style, experience, focus, and available time. Try a 30-second shadow round before creating an account, then keep a starter plan built from your choices and Cradle’s exercise library. TRAIN WITH INTENTION Build technique, strength, conditioning, cardio, drilling, recovery, and shadow sessions. Follow exercise instructions, use native timers, and save completed workouts to your history. FIND YOUR SOLO RHYTHM Practice shadow wrestling with spoken movement cues, work rounds, and rest breaks. Choose a fixed cadence or Random mode for changing movements and cue intervals. MAKE PROGRESS VISIBLE Earn 50 XP for a completed workout and 20 XP when you log your own match win. Reach a daily goal, build an activity streak, and celebrate with a brief reward moment. Add a photo to your saved workout stats and share the result. KEEP YOUR CORNER TOGETHER Track match scores and results. Record training notes. See practices, matches, and Apple Calendar events in one place. Connecting Apple Calendar is optional; its event details stay on your device. You choose which Cradle events to add to Apple Calendar. Optional reminders help you keep up with scheduled events, daily training and a weekly leaderboard check-in. LEARN FROM YOUR FILM Review wrestling footage with AI-assisted feedback and correction drills. Keep Coach conversations and training plans alongside your progress. AI feedback may be imperfect and should be reviewed with your coach. PLANS AND FILM REVIEWS Try the onboarding shadow round before creating an account. Premium unlocks training tools, Coach, match tracking, your journal, and focused plans. Weekly includes 3 film reviews in any 7 days; monthly includes 15 per calendar month; annual includes 10 per calendar month. Lifetime training includes 50 film reviews, 500 Coach requests and 12 AI plans total, with no renewal of those AI allowances. Additional 10- or 30-review packs are available separately and do not require Premium. Eligible new subscribers can start the yearly plan with a 3-day free trial. Apple determines eligibility; the renewal price and terms appear before purchase. Film reviews analyze selected frames from clips up to 90 seconds. A maximum of 3 completed reviews per rolling 24 hours and other AI usage limits apply. Purchased credits do not expire while Cradle’s film service is available; subscription allowances do not roll over. Local prices and billing periods appear before purchase. Cradle is for ages 13 and older. Users under 18 need parent or guardian permission. AI feedback is not medical advice. You choose whether to share messages, plan preferences or selected video frames with OpenAI. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple account settings. Lifetime training and review packs are one-time purchases. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ATAC4 screens
Cradle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Cradle at free with in-app purchases against ATAC's subscription. Cradle also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). ATAC's advantage is review sentiment (77% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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 Cradle sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ATAC ships an update every 3 weeks, Cradle weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ATAC versus Cradle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterATACCradle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (173 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings173 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB23 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAdvanced Training Athletic ClubWesam Altaleb

Customer experience

ATAC

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

Cradle

Written reviews10 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

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

Cradle

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
9 purchases

Cradle

Subscriptions6
  • Cradle Premium Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Cradle Weekly Welcome7 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
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  • Unlimited Video Analysis$19.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium Membership3 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Cradle Premium Yearly Welcome1 Year trial$59.991 Year
One-time3
  • 10 Film Reviews$4.99
  • 30 Film Reviews$9.99
  • Cradle Lifetime Training$299.00

Questions

Is ATAC free?
ATAC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cradle free?
Cradle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ATAC or Cradle have ads?
ATAC shows ads; Cradle does not.
Which is updated more often, ATAC or Cradle?
ATAC ships an update every 3 weeks, and Cradle weekly. Most recently, ATAC was updated on November 3, 2026 and Cradle on November 9, 2026.

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