TZ NYC vs The Varsity App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TZ NYC
Track and store your fitness club workouts, monitor real-time training data, and view progress reports. Syncs with heart rate sensors and Apple Health for comprehensive analysis and competitive rankings.
- Workout tracking and storage
- Real-time training monitoring
- Heart rate sensor integration
- Cloud synchronization for progress reports
- Club rankings and leaderboards
- Activity sign-up and credit purchases
- Apple Health integration
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TZ NYC App helps its fitness club members track and store their workouts outside the club. Trainers are then able to review all members’ activities so they can help them improve performance, keep their weight under control, and enjoy a healthy and energetic lifestyle. The app works with all chest and arm-based TZ heart rate sensors to provide accurate and engaging cardio frequency-based effort tracking and monitor individual training sessions. Real-time training monitoring makes workouts competitive and engaging and boosts members’ motivation while building a collaborative environment. Monitor your workouts The TZ NYC app provides real-time information on your workout and training session so that you can conveniently adjust your effort to suit your training goals, such as tracking your actual heart rate, HR training zone split, duration, or calories burned. Record and upload your training to the cloud The TZ NYC app automatically synchronizes each new training session with your TZ account to provide a complete overview of your progress with daily and weekly reports as well as an accurate and detailed analysis of all your workouts. Club rankings Are you a competitive individual? Take a look at your Club rankings for sessions, calories, TZ Performance Points, and more! Find your friends and see how they are doing month by month. Club activities You can browse through your Club activities to sign up or to get on the waiting list. Credits and subscriptions to attend to you Club activities can be purchased directly via the TZ NYC. Integrations The TZ app is available for Apple Watch (watchOS 8.7 or greater). The TZ NYC app receives heart rate data through Apple Health when using the Apple Watch. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
The Varsity App
This app encourages consistent workouts by gamifying fitness among friends. It notifies your contacts if you or they miss a workout for 48 hours, motivating everyone to stay active.
- Leaderboard for active friends
- Workout accountability notifications
- Friend activity tracking
- Gamified fitness challenges
- Motivation through social pressure
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The more you work out, the more you move up the leaderboard of your most active friends. When you or one of your friends haven't worked out for 48 hours, all of your contacts on Varsity are notified and can push you to get off the couch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: The Varsity App at daily against TZ NYC's every 2 weeks. TZ NYC's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 3). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TZ NYC against 5.0 for The Varsity App. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
TZ NYC ships an update every 2 weeks, The Varsity App daily. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TZ NYC | The Varsity App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 260 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | T.Z. NYC | Launchpad Fitness, Inc. |
Customer experience
TZ NYC
The Varsity App
In-app purchases
TZ NYC
No in-app purchases
The Varsity App
No in-app purchases
