Hidden Gym vs Absolute Recomp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hidden Gym
This app helps you track workouts, meals, and progress towards fitness goals with guidance from a personal trainer. It allows for real-time messaging with your coach, body measurement tracking, and integration with wearable devices.
- Workout tracking
- Meal logging
- Progress measurement
- Personal trainer messaging
- Body measurement tracking
- Wearable device integration
- Goal setting
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With the Hidden Gym App, you can start tracking your workouts and meals, measuring results, and achieving your fitness goals, all with the help of your personal trainer. - Access training plans and track workouts - Schedule workouts and stay committed by beating your personal bests - Track progress towards your goals - Manage your nutrition intake as prescribed by your coach - Set health and fitness goals - Message your coach in real-time - Track body measurements and take progress photos - Get push notification reminders for scheduled workouts and activities - Connect to wearable devices like Apple Watch (synced to Health app), Fitbit and Withings to sync body stats instantly Download the app today!
Absolute Recomp
This app helps users build strength, improve health, and reduce body fat through custom workout and nutrition plans. It offers progress tracking, exercise logging, and integration with wearable devices. Users can also work 1:1 with a coach for personalized guidance.
- Custom workout and nutrition plans
- Progress photo and measurement logging
- Hundreds of training plans
- Exercise, set, and rep tracking
- Nutrition logging and goal setting
- Wearable device integration
- 1:1 coaching options
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We developed this app for people who want to build strength, improve overall health, be active, increase performance, reduce body fat, receive nutrition guidance, and more. With our app you can: Build your own custom schedule and routine Set short term and long term goals Log circumference measurements and bodyweight Take and upload progress photos Access hundreds of training plans Track each exercise, set, and rep of your workout Monitor progressive overload Log and set goals for nutrition Receive push notifications for workouts, cardio, and more Connect to wearable devices like Apple Watch (synced to Health app), Fitbit and Withings to sync body stats instantly Work 1:1 with a coach to receive and execute your own individualized protocol Download the app today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hidden Gym at 100% against Absolute Recomp's 50%. Hidden Gym also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Absolute Recomp's advantage is ratings volume (41 vs 7). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hidden Gym holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Absolute Recomp has 41 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Hidden Gym's written reviews are positive against 50% of Absolute Recomp's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Hidden Gym | Absolute Recomp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | 4.7 (41 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 41 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 189 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hidden Gymnasium LLC | Absolute Recomp LLC. |
Customer experience
Hidden Gym
Absolute Recomp
In-app purchases
Hidden Gym
No in-app purchases
Absolute Recomp
No in-app purchases
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