Embrace North vs Movement Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Embrace North
Book sauna and ice bath sessions, rentals, and products directly through the official app. Manage reservations, view schedules, and handle all your account needs. Purchase retail items conveniently within the application.
- Book sauna sessions
- Book ice bath sessions
- Rentals and products
- View locations and schedules
- Manage reservations
- Account management
- Purchase retail
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The official App of Embrace North. Download the App today and you can book sauna & ice bath sessions, rentals, & products. You will be able to see locations, schedules, reservations, purchase retail and handle all account management. Discover more @EmbraceNorth on Instagram
Movement Studio
Access a variety of virtual and in-person fitness classes designed to help you achieve your goals. Stream live workouts, join sessions at the studio, or catch replays anytime, anywhere.
- Virtual and in-person workouts
- Live workout streaming
- Workout replays
- Fitness goal achievement
- Anytime, anywhere access
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Movement Studio is a Hybrid Fitness Studio combining Virtual and In Person Classes. A no excuse program. Movement Studio allows you to get in shape on your schedule. You can do the workouts at home, on the road, or in the studio. These workouts will help you reach your fitness goals in no time!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Movement Studio at none against Embrace North's shown. Movement Studio also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Embrace North's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Embrace North holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Embrace North has 805 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Embrace North's written reviews are positive against 100% of Movement Studio's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Embrace North ships an update every 3 weeks, Movement Studio every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Embrace North | Movement Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (805 ratings) — better | 4.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 805 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tres Sports LLC | Sutra Fitness, Inc. |
Customer experience
Embrace North
Movement Studio
In-app purchases
Embrace North
No in-app purchases
Movement Studio
No in-app purchases
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