Friendly Competitions vs BodyState
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Friendly Competitions
Compete with friends in fitness challenges using your Health app data. Set custom rules for start/end dates and scoring to create unique competitions. Enjoy seamless integration without manual setup.
- Group fitness competitions
- Health app data integration
- Customizable competition rules
- Automatic data syncing
- Set start and end dates
- Flexible scoring models
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Friendly Competitions allows you to compete against groups of friends in fitness. It automatically uses your fitness goals and results from the Health app, without the need for pesky configuration. Create competitions like never before, like start & end date, scoring models and more. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
BodyState
This app provides a daily energy score based on your fitness metrics, helping you manage stress, plan workouts, and understand your body's condition. It tracks sleep, recovery, stress levels, and training load, offering personalized insights to optimize your well-being.
- Personalized Energy Score
- Sleep & Recovery Tracking
- Stress Insights via HRV
- Acute Training Load (ATL)
- Personalized Baseline Learning
- All-in-One Dashboard
- Apple Health Sync
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Monitor Your Energy, Every Day with BodyState! BodyState gives you a daily energy score from 1 to 100, combining your most important fitness metrics into a single, clear signal. Whether your goal is to manage stress, plan workouts, or simply feel better, BodyState helps you make smarter choices in tune with your body. Key features: - Personalized Energy Score: Track your body’s condition with a single score, powered by sleep quality, HRV, resting heart rate, and recent physical exertion. No guesswork, just real insights. - Sleep & Recovery Tracking: Discover how restful your sleep truly was and how well your body recovered overnight. - Stress Insights via HRV & Resting Heart Rate: Monitor your stress level over time and stay ahead of burnout. - Acute Training Load (ATL): See the impact of recent physical activity on your body. Know when to push harder and when to pull back. - Know What’s Normal for You: BodyState doesn’t rely on generic health data. Instead, it learns your personal baseline over time to give context-specific insights. Understand how today's numbers compare to your standard. - All-in-One Dashboard: Get your energy, stress, sleep, and training signals all in one intuitive view. - Effortless Syncing: Works seamlessly with Apple Health to gather the metrics you already track, no extra setup needed. How It Works: 1. Sync with Apple Health to pull in key health metrics. 2. Get your daily score and see how each input affects your energy. 3. Check f you’re balanced, depleted, or primed for performance. 4. Track trends over time and adjust your habits. This App is intended for general wellness and information purposes only. BodyState does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult healthcare professionals for medical guidance. Subscribe to access to premium app features; subscription details are the following: - Length: weekly, yearly. - Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase. - You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase. - Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. - When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BodyState at 4.7 against Friendly Competitions's 3.4. BodyState also leads on ratings volume (1.7K vs 7) and review sentiment (77% vs 60%). Friendly Competitions's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ads (none vs shown). 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. Friendly Competitions sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and BodyState sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BodyState holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BodyState has 1.7K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Friendly Competitions's written reviews are positive against 77% of BodyState's.
Friendly Competitions ships an update every 9 days, BodyState every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Friendly Competitions | BodyState |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (7 ratings) | 4.7 (1.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 77.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 1.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 170 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Evan Cooper | Fitness & Sports apps SRL |
Customer experience
Friendly Competitions
BodyState
Bugs and requests
Friendly Competitions
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
BodyState
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inability to access app due to Health permissions
- App not working after updates
Requested features
4 requests- Longer data history
- Automatic Apple Watch complication updates
- Customization options
- Ability to manually log feelings/recovery
In-app purchases
Friendly Competitions
- Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Semi-Annually3 Days trial$6.996 Months
- Annually3 Days trial$12.991 Year
BodyState
- Weekly premium7 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Weekly premium$2.997 Days
- Weekly premium$4.997 Days
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- Weekly premium7 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Yearly premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Yearly premium$39.991 Year
- Yearly premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Yearly premium$49.991 Year
- Supporter$4.99
- Patron$9.99
- Champion$14.99
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