Comparison

btwb vs CHALK IT PRO

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

Head to head
About

btwb

Log your workouts, discover new ones, and connect with your fitness community. Track progress, analyze performance, and manage nutrition with a comprehensive fitness tracking tool.

Highlights
  • Daily workout programming
  • Discover millions of WODs
  • Track workout results
  • Macro and nutrition tracking
  • Community and social features
  • Performance analysis and badges
  • Gym virtual programming
Features
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btwb, the world's premier workout tracker, brings fitness communities together, in person & remotely. We are the world's largest workout Log with 100+ million results and counting. WORKOUTS - Get daily programming at your fingertips with btwb's Varied Not Random workouts. 4 versions available daily: Performance, Fitness, Dumbbell Only, and No Equipment. - Post results for every workout and/or create your own. - Discover the perfect workout among 12+ Million Unique WODs. - Perfectly capture and share your workout experience with attached images and location tagging. - See how you stack up against the world with World-Wide Leaderboards. GYMS - Keep your community connected by taking your gym virtual. Deliver custom programming to groups and individuals, include personalized movement demos and WOD briefs, view member activity and results via gym feeds and leaderboards, and encourage members with emojis & comments through private Squads. MACROS - Track your Macros. Get the best features of other macro tracking apps combined with our best-in-class workout tracking. With over 700k grocery items, 160k restaurant items, and 13k common foods, find exactly the food you’re looking for by searching our library or by scanning the barcode of your favorite packaged item! You can even create your own custom entries! Set your own macronutrient targets, or have coaches set them for you. - Set your own macronutrient targets, or have coaches set them for you. SOCIAL - Create private Squads and build Follow lists to keep up with your friends' results. - Use direct messaging to converse about fitness with individuals and groups. ANALYSIS - Earn badges for various workouts, gymnastics maxes, 1RM lifts, and running & rowing intervals. - Discover potential major and minor strength, mobility, and technique issues in specific categories with Imbalances. - How fit are you? (1-100) Work to unlock your Fitness Level. Track body fat, benchmarks and more!

About

CHALK IT PRO

This app allows gym owners, personal trainers, and athletes to create and track personalized workouts. It supports multi-level programming, private revenue-generating tracks, and community engagement features.

Highlights
  • Multi-level workout programming
  • Private revenue-generating tracks
  • Workout database
  • Community engagement features
  • Athlete progress tracking
  • Remote programming import
Features
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Chalk It Pro is the best software solution to create and track single and multi-level workouts for gym owners, personal trainers and athletes. Provide a smart, socially engaging and tailored workout experience for all your athletes! Brought on by the need to treat members and athletes individually. We allow and encourage multi-level programming on a daily basis. There is a giant need in the group/class training marketplace to make sure all clients are receiving a personalized approach. Program your daily workouts with up-to 10 levels to effectively reach all of your clients skill levels. Private tracks make it simple for gym owners to add different revenue streams and track everything from one easy to navigate dashboard. Run challenges, boot camps, skills clinics, points of performance classes and more, all while keeping them all separated and totally organized. High fives, comments, GIF's, and a daily forum allows your community to easily communicate with each other. Build a strong support group for all of your members, even those that still refuse to get on social media. Chalk It Pro & Affiliates: • Multi-Level WOD programming options for all your memebrs • Program from your PC or on-the-go • Searchable and tag-able workout database for easy cataloging and reference • Custom leader-boards through shareable private CHIP codes • Record and track WOD results, lifts and body composition history • Track and communicate with your athletes through your CoachBoard - Attendance, PR's and more... • Revenue generating Private Tracks • Community engagement though daily filterable leader-boards (high fives, GIF's, comments, Chalk Talk) • Remote programming import and distribution • Import data from other tracking apps you may have used in the past for seamless integration onto your gym. Chalk It Pro & Athletes: • Simple WOD creation and sharing tool • Import your remote coaches programming • Import your WOD history from your old tracking program • Searchable workout database for easy reference based on Name/Date/Movement Types/Etc... • Custom leader-boards through shareable private CHIP codes - Train/Compete/Compare with anyone in the world • Record and track WOD results, lifts and body composition history Chalk It Pro & Personal Trainers: • Private Tracks for each client to keep you organized and your clients set up for success • Easily copy and share programming between tracks • Program from your PC or on-the-go • Create events and groups for your clients to be involved within • Track your client results for instant coaching feedback and best of services practices A Chalk It Pro account is required. If you're downloading this app, you've chosen to subscribe to the most well rounded programming and tracking app on the market.

Screenshots

btwb4 screens
CHALK IT PRO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: btwb at free with in-app purchases against CHALK IT PRO's subscription. btwb also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 54). CHALK IT PRO's advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 53%). On price, update cadence, 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

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

btwb holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: btwb has 1.5K ratings behind it against 54, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of btwb's written reviews are positive against 63% of CHALK IT PRO's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

btwb ships an update weekly, CHALK IT PRO every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
btwb versus CHALK IT PRO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbtwbCHALK IT PRO
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.5K ratings) — better4.1 (54 ratings)
Positive reviews53.2% of reviews63.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.5K — better54
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size265 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBTWB, LLCGreen Monster Studios

Customer experience

btwb

All ratings1,529 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews203 reviews
Positive53.2%
Neutral9.4%
Negative37.4%

CHALK IT PRO

All ratings54 ratings
Positive74.1%
Neutral7.4%
Negative18.5%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral10.5%
Negative26.3%

Bugs and requests

btwb

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Subscription cancellation and billing problems
  • Frequent crashes and white screens
  • Inability to log certain workout types
  • Barcode scanner and movement tracking issues
  • Problems with data syncing and history display

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add dark mode or black background option
  • Integrate with Apple Health and other fitness apps
  • Improve custom workout creation and logging
  • Provide better social/community features
  • Fix issues with loading and saving workout data

CHALK IT PRO

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

btwb

No in-app purchases

None

CHALK IT PRO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is btwb free?
btwb is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CHALK IT PRO free?
CHALK IT PRO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, btwb or CHALK IT PRO?
btwb is rated higher. btwb averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while CHALK IT PRO averages 4.1 from 54 ratings.
Do btwb or CHALK IT PRO have ads?
Neither btwb nor CHALK IT PRO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, btwb or CHALK IT PRO?
btwb ships an update weekly, and CHALK IT PRO every 6 days. Most recently, btwb was updated on October 24, 2026 and CHALK IT PRO on October 22, 2026.

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