BELLS, Kettlebell Workouts vs Lumen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BELLS, Kettlebell Workouts
This app guides and tracks kettlebell workouts, allowing users to program and share custom routines. It offers QuickStart features for immediate training and the ability to add custom skills with video links. Premium content includes monthly new workouts and professionally designed programs.
- Custom workout programming
- Workout sharing
- QuickStart features (Ladder, EMOM, Straight Sets, Custom)
- Add custom skills and video links
- Workout history tracking
- Monthly premium workouts
- Professionally designed workout programs
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Bells helps elevate your training by guiding and tracking your kettlebell workouts. It provides a simple way to program workouts to share them with other users and your students with the push of a button. It has four QuickStart features allowing you to jump into any training session. You can build on your QuickStart to create a workout on the fly with ease. Then save it for sharing or completing again at another time. Preset with a list of basic kettlebell skills and an option to add your own. You can provide detailed instructions to create workouts and include links to your video demos via YouTube or Vimeo links. Don’t want to program workouts? New workouts monthly in the premium feature, so your training never gets stale. Access premium for 12 tried and tested workouts created by professional kettlebell instructors for about $10 monthly. Or purchase professionally designed programs that will elevate your training. Each program is available for a single purchase and loads directly into your BELLS app. They are designed for all levels, from beginner to advanced, with instructions and videos. Download today and STAY STRONG! QUICKSTARTS Quickly and easily get into your workout or training session using our QuickStart features. Once you have started a session using the quickstart feature and it finishes, you can add additional skills or complexes and create a workout that can be saved and shared. -LADDER: This allows you to track your rungs as you go through a ladder-style training set. -EMOM: A simple ‘EVERY MINUTE ON THE MINUTE’ timer at your fingertips. -STRAIGHT SETS: quickly set up your rep and set schemes, including any rest breaks you need, and then all you have to do is follow along and do the work you program. -CUSTOM: In this feature, you can set custom timer settings. Such as specific work-to-rest ratios, and include sets and reps if desired. PLAN YOUR WORKOUT Build your workouts by selecting a ‘single skill’ or ‘build your complex.’ You can choose from our preset exercise selection or add your own skill. Choose whether you have one bell or two, the weight, sets, reps, and rest period length. Once you select your skill, you can move to the mode and choose between Ladder, EMOM, straight sets, or custom. You have the option to add instructions for specifics on your skill or complex and include a link to an external video if examples are needed. After adding all the workout elements, you can start the workout and get to it or save the workout and then generate a link to share or come back to it later. SHARE YOUR WORKOUTS Bells is excellent for coaches and trainers to have an easy and free way to create and share workouts with athletes/students/clients. With the bells app, you can plan your workout and create a customized one you can easily share with another user. WORKOUT HISTORY Here you can see a log of workouts you have completed. You will see how long your workout took and a total of kilograms lifted in the session based on the weight set in the workout. SUBSCRIPTION You can subscribe and pay through your iTunes account. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. The user may manage subscriptions, and auto-renew may be turned off after purchase by going to the ‘Manage Subscription’ page in settings.
Lumen
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Pay once for Pro. No subscription, no ads, no account. Works offline. Lumen is the iOS calculator and session log for owners of consumer red light panels. Pick your panel, set your distance and duration, and get a J/cm² dose with biphasic-window guidance — cited to peer-reviewed PBM literature by PMID. Track cumulative dose per body region with the Arndt-Schulz biphasic guardrail. Brand-aware preset library covers Mito Red Light, Joovv, and GembaRed, with per-model peak irradiance sourced from LightLab International Allentown (ISO/IEC 17025-accredited) or each vendor's published spec page. Not a medical device. Lumen does not diagnose, treat, or cure any condition. It is a calculator, a citation reference, and a session log. You bring the goals; Lumen does the dose math against the literature. Why named-source citations matter: photobiomodulation literature is rich but inconsistently summarized. Lumen surfaces "Cited to Huang/Hamblin 2011 PMID 22461763" on every dose band, "Cited to Freitas/Hamblin 2016 PMID 28070154" on the mechanism explainer, and per-panel LightLab or vendor URLs on every irradiance value. Every default traces to a source you can verify yourself. Features • J/cm² dose calculator with inverse-square distance scaling from each vendor's reference distance to your actual treatment distance • Brand-aware panel preset library — Mito Red Light (MitoPRO 300X, 1500X, 300+ v2, 1500+ v2, 750X stub with lab-audit-pending badge), Joovv (Solo, Quad, Elite 3.0), GembaRed (Groove, Reboot) • Per-panel wavelength composition disclosure (660 nm red, 810 / 850 nm near infrared, etc.) • Biphasic-window dose bands — below therapeutic, low therapeutic window (5–10 J/cm² per PMC11991943 2025 review), extended therapeutic, caution, overshoot risk — cited to Huang, Sharma, Carroll, Hamblin 2011 PMID 22461763 • Multi-target session log: face, shoulders, joints, back, full body, or any custom target you add • Per-target cumulative dose chart with weekly biphasic band overlay • Custom panel entry for any panel not in the preset library • Reference cards: Arndt-Schulz biphasic curve explainer, cytochrome c oxidase mechanism explainer (PMID 28070154) • Citations & Sources tab: every Tier 1 PMID, every Tier 2 vendor URL, with last-verified dates • Universal app for iPhone and iPad Free download with the panel preset library (read-only browse), single-session J/cm² calculator on one panel, the biphasic-curve reference card, the mechanism explainer, and the full Citations & Sources screen. $6.99 one-time unlocks Lumen Pro permanently: multi-panel session log, cumulative-dose tracking with biphasic-window guardrails, distance-aware calc across saved panels, per-target trend charts, custom panel entry, and unlimited targets and sessions. 24-hour trial starts when you first tap a Pro feature. Privacy: Lumen collects nothing. No analytics, no accounts, no network requests. Your sessions live on your device. Like calculators with citations? Look up Frost (cold plunge), Watt (solar for van and RV), Strip (USDA jerky safety), Trace (cold-process soap), and Press (hard cider) by the same developer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: BELLS, Kettlebell Workouts at 15.6 against Lumen's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. BELLS, Kettlebell Workouts sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Lumen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BELLS, Kettlebell Workouts ships an update every 2 months, Lumen monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BELLS, Kettlebell Workouts | Lumen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (27 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Janus movement solutions LLC | Roman Kopaliani |
In-app purchases
BELLS, Kettlebell Workouts
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Annually3 Days trial$89.991 Year
- Program A1$0.29
- Program B1$1.99
- Program B3$4.99
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- Program C2$19.99
- Program C4$29.99
- Program C5$39.99
- Program D1$59.99
- Program D4$89.99
- Program E2$149.99
Lumen
- Lumen Pro (lifetime)$6.99
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