Badminton Footwork Trainer vs Thenics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Badminton Footwork Trainer
This app guides badminton players through randomized footwork drills for the singles event. It calls out court corners to help develop a balanced ready position. Speed and number of repetitions are customizable.
- Randomized footwork drills
- Singles event focus
- Configurable speed
- Configurable number of corners
- Customizable random number generator
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Badminton Footwork Trainer helps athletes train their footwork for the singles event. The app announces a series of random numbers which instruct the athlete to move to the corresponding corners of the court. This kind of randomized footwork exercise helps athletes to develop a perfectly balanced "ready position" (known as the "split step"). The speed and number of corners are configurable. The app can also be used as a general-purpose, customizable random number generator.
Thenics
This app guides users through learning impressive calisthenics skills and building functional strength. It offers step-by-step progressions for various movements, from basic to advanced, with detailed technique explanations. Personalized workout plans are available to help users achieve their specific fitness goals.
- Calisthenics skill learning
- Step-by-step progressions
- Technique explanations
- Personalized workout plans
- Functional muscle building
- Skill-based training
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Thenics helps you to achieve impressive Calisthenic skills and functional muscles. There are a lot of trend sports (Street Workout, CrossFit) and Calisthenics Movements (Bar Brothers, Barstarzz) where you will see these skills. Free Skills: * Muscle Up * Planche * Front Lever * Back Lever * Pistol Squat * Handstand Push Up * V-Sit Thenics Pro Skills*: * One Arm Pull Up * Human Flag * One Arm Push Up * One Arm Handstand * Shrimp Squat * Hefesto * Dragon Flag Thenics will guide you with descriptions and technique explanation of the skills and progressions. Every skill is divided into several progressions which include different workouts. Thereby you are able to learn skills step by step adapted to your current level. How is Thenics different to other fitness apps? Your goal isn't just to lift more weight or execute more reps. The Workouts and Progressions lead you to achieving new impressive skills. Additionally you will gain strength and get lean functional muscles! THENICS COACH* How to plan your workouts? - Can I work on multiple skills in parallel? - How long should I rest? - How to combine basic workouts with skill training? A good answer to that highly depends on your specific goals and conditions. The THENICS COACH will generate personalized Workout plans for you, adapted to your goals and conditions. *(only available with Thenics Pro) Terms of use: https://thenics.de/TermsOfUse.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Thenics at 4.8 against Badminton Footwork Trainer's 3.8. Thenics also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (993 vs 4). Badminton Footwork Trainer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Thenics sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Badminton Footwork Trainer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Thenics holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thenics has 993 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Badminton Footwork Trainer's written reviews are positive against 85% of Thenics's.
Badminton Footwork Trainer ships an update every 7 months, Thenics every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Badminton Footwork Trainer | Thenics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 4.8 (993 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.8% of reviews | 85.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 993 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 158 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Stephen Tarzia | Innothenics GmbH |
Customer experience
Badminton Footwork Trainer
Thenics
Bugs and requests
Badminton Footwork Trainer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Thenics
Reported bugs
3 issues- Workout screens getting cut off on some devices
- Inability to go back to previous exercises
- Workout coach recommendations not always realistic
Requested features
5 requests- Add more exercise variations and progressions
- Implement custom workout builder
- Integrate with fitness tracking apps/devices
- Provide more detailed workout history and progress tracking
- Add support for mobility and flexibility exercises
In-app purchases
Badminton Footwork Trainer
No in-app purchases
Thenics
- Thenics Pro14 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Thenics Pro14 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Thenics Pro$89.99
- Thenics Pro$99.99
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