Beam Queen vs Handstand Lab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beam Queen
This online platform offers gymnasts inspiration and education from experts, including Olympians and NCAA champions. Access live and recorded digital events, challenges, and a supportive community. Members also receive exclusive discounts and early access to event information.
- Expert-led gymnastics education
- Live and recorded digital events
- Supportive gymnastics community
- Exclusive merchandise discounts
- Tips from Olympians and NCAA champions
- Priority event sign-ups
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Brought to you by Beam Queen. Join the ultimate online platform for gymnasts and parents who are looking to level up in and out of the gym. It's where elite-level experience meets real advice. Within the app, you'll find on-demand videos for gymnasts and parents, live digital events, and exclusive Beam Queen perks. It's founded by Samantha Peszek, the creator of Beam Queen. She is a 2008 Olympic Silver Medalist, 2007 World Championships Gold Medalist, three-time NCAA Champion & 17-time All American for UCLA. She has always believed that beam is the "make it or break it" event. When you master beam, it leads to confidence on the other events as well. We love doing our Beam Queen Bootcamp events in person, but we want to give gymnasts around the world even MORE inspiration and education! Members of The Club will get access to the best gymnastics resources every single month from experts who have walked the walk. Get ready for challenges, pep talks, dances, tips from Olympians and NCAA Champions and live digital events. Don’t worry, if your gymnast can’t make the LIVE events, they will be recorded and uploaded to the app directly following the event, so you won’t miss a thing! Want to know the best part? Each week you’ll have the opportunity to check out the latest videos because we release NEW ones every week! So how will this help my gymnast? Not only will they receive access to all of the content in the on-demand library, they will also get access to exclusive live digital events designed just for them. Can’t tune in live? No problem. All events are recorded and added to your portal, so your gymnast will never miss out. I’m a curious gymnastics parent, sooo how will this help me? We love sharing knowledge with gymnasts, but parents—you deserve just as much inspiration and education! Let’s be honest… you’re at practices, you’re at meets—why not impress your gymnast by asking about her “Tkachev?” As a member, you’ll get access to expert-led gymnastics resources designed just for parents who want to stay informed and involved. Inside our on-demand library, you’ll find videos covering everything from nutrition, fear, and confidence to time management, injury prevention, and even college recruiting.
Handstand Lab
This app automatically times, scores, and creates video clips of your handstand holds. It analyzes your form, tracks your progress, and allows you to compete with friends. Upload clips to Google Drive for backup and analysis.
- Automatic handstand timing and scoring
- Video clip generation for each hold
- Joint angle analysis for form correction
- Workout logging with rest timers
- Built-in and custom workout routines
- Progress tracking and streaks
- Head-to-head battles with friends
- Google Drive integration for backup
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Every handstand is automatically timed, scored, and turned into its own clip. Recording handstands used to be a whole ritual: press record, kick up, come down, press stop. Scrub back to find where the hold started and ended. Work out the duration. Watch it eat up your storage. Reposition the phone, press record, go again — every single rep. Not anymore. Set your phone down once, train straight through, and don't touch it again. Handstand Lab catches every hold, times it, and files each one as its own clip — while you just keep training. IMPORT THE HANDSTANDS YOU'VE ALREADY FILMED Pick any video from your camera roll. Every handstand in it is found, timed, scored and saved as its own clip. STRAIGHTEN UP YOUR HANDSTAND Handstand Lab measures the angles at your joints and shows you exactly where your handstand's going wrong and what to clean up. TRACKS EVERY SHAPE YOU HIT For every handstand, Handstand Lab reads the shapes you move through — straddle, tuck, split, stag, and more — and measures how long you spend in each. Time on one arm is tracked the same way. A COMPLETE TRAINING SYSTEM • Log full workouts — sets, reps, rest timers, and holds timed automatically • Use our built-in routines and exercises, or create custom ones WATCH THE NUMBERS CLIMB Watch your longest holds climb, keep your weekly streak alive, and see how often your kick-ups stick — real proof you're getting better, week after week. BATTLE YOUR FRIENDS Go head-to-head with up to 10 players. Handstand Lab runs the battle for you — compete at longest hold or straightest line! UPLOAD YOUR CLIPS TO GOOGLE DRIVE Send your clips to your own Drive so a coach can review your form and give you feedback — and your whole training history stays backed up. • Auto-upload and organize every session, hands-free • Or upload one session at a time, whenever you want SAVE STORAGE SPACE Only your handstands are saved — never the waiting in between. • Choose your recording quality • Record in high quality, but let Handstand Lab compress only your old clips to free up space — so you get the best of both worlds • Effortlessly remove clips that have already been backed up to Google Drive • Bulk-delete the clips that don't matter, filtered by length, form and more YOUR VIDEO STAYS YOURS Your training video stays on your device by default. Sign-in is optional — and when you do, only your records sync across your devices: times, dates, and form stats, never your video. Analytics are anonymous, and there are no ads. Handstand Lab is a personal training tool — not a medical device, and not a replacement for good coaching. Train within your ability.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Handstand Lab at every 8 days against Beam Queen's every 2 months. Handstand Lab also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (91% vs 67%). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Handstand Lab holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 32 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Beam Queen's written reviews are positive against 91% of Handstand Lab's.
Beam Queen ships an update every 2 months, Handstand Lab every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beam Queen | Handstand Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (13 ratings) | 4.8 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 32 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 175 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sutra Fitness, Inc. | Michael Mac Donald |
Customer experience
Beam Queen
Handstand Lab
In-app purchases
Beam Queen
No in-app purchases
Handstand Lab
No in-app purchases
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