Comparison

Othership vs Blocks NYC

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Othership

Book and manage your social sauna and ice bath experiences. Discover studios, view schedules, and manage your account for a transformative journey of self-regulation and connection.

Highlights
  • Book sauna and ice bath experiences
  • View studio locations
  • Review class schedules
  • Manage user accounts
  • Track past bookings
Features
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Welcome aboard the Othership, a social sauna and ice bath experience. Official App of Othership Physical where you can view studio locations, book your next experience, review our schedule, manage your account, review your existing classes and more! Download the App today and begin your journey. Confronting yourself isn’t easy work. But it can lead to transformation. Mental, physical and spiritual obstacles abound. But we believe that learning how to regulate yourself – and your emotions – in a world that can’t be regulated can and should be a memorable voyage. Maybe even an adventure. And it’s one way you can serve the world. To discover infinite connection, we first must create a relationship with ourselves and others. Apprenticeship. Mentorship. Leadership. Allyship. Partnership. Companionship. Worship. Relationship. What ship are you building?

About

Blocks NYC

Track your exploration of New York City by walking streets and completing blocks. The app automatically records your steps and fills in your map as you go, offering neighborhood insights and social features.

Highlights
  • Automatic street tracking
  • Block completion for permanent map fill
  • Neighborhood progress tracking
  • Personalized place recommendations
  • Social leaderboards and friend challenges
  • Apple Health integration
  • Privacy controls for your map
Features
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How much of New York have you actually walked? Blocks answers that. Put your phone in your pocket and start walking — every street you cover lights up on your map. Walk all the way around a block, every side, and the whole block fills in. It's yours for good. There's no streak to keep and nothing to lose. Your map only ever grows. HOW IT WORKS • Start a walk, or let Blocks pick it up automatically in the background • Streets light up as you walk them — phone stays in your pocket • Cover every side of a block and it fills in permanently • Walk one side today and the rest next month, it all still counts • 33,114 real blocks across all five boroughs, traced from actual NYC intersections EXPLORE NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD • Per-neighborhood progress, so you find out you're 40% through the East Village • Neighborhood cards rank where to go next based on what you haven't seen • Restaurant, cafe, and bar picks sitting on blocks you've never set foot on • Rate the places you go and build a real record of your city • See your whole New York at a glance — every street you've ever walked • Climb from Tourist to True New Yorker as your block count grows CLIMB THE LEADERBOARD WITH FRIENDS • Neighborhood leaderboards — find out who really knows the East Village • Leaderboards count blocks you actually walked. No shortcuts. • Invite a friend to walk a neighborhood together • Follow friends and watch the neighborhoods they're filling in • Add Tastemakers, people whose taste you trust, and their favorite spots rise to the top of your recommendations • Share your map as an image any time you want to show it off ALREADY TRACK YOUR RUNS? Connect Apple Health and the runs and walks you already record get added to your map automatically. Your route never leaves your phone. YOUR MAP IS YOURS • Your profile is private unless you choose to make it public • You control what friends and followers can see • Location is used to credit the streets you walk. It is never sold. Blocks is for the people who take the long way home — who pick a direction, see where it goes, and measure the city in footsteps. Start walking. Your first block is one trip outside away.

Screenshots

Othership4 screens
Blocks NYC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Blocks NYC at weekly against Othership's monthly. Othership's advantage is ratings volume (637 vs 21). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Othership against 5.0 for Blocks NYC. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Othership has 637 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Othership ships an update monthly, Blocks NYC weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Othership versus Blocks NYC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOthershipBlocks NYC
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (637 ratings)5.0 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings637 — better21
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB117 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBreathwork Plus IncTraversal Labs, Inc.

Customer experience

Othership

All ratings633 ratings
Positive99.7%
Neutral0.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Blocks NYC

All ratings21 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Othership

No in-app purchases

None

Blocks NYC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Othership free?
Othership is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blocks NYC free?
Blocks NYC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Othership or Blocks NYC?
Blocks NYC is rated higher. Othership averages 5.0 out of 5 from 637 ratings, while Blocks NYC averages 5.0 from 21 ratings.
Do Othership or Blocks NYC have ads?
Neither Othership nor Blocks NYC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Othership or Blocks NYC?
Othership ships an update monthly, and Blocks NYC weekly. Most recently, Othership was updated on November 7, 2026 and Blocks NYC on November 10, 2026.

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