Comparison

Pood vs Hone Training

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

Head to head
About

Pood

Log and monitor your kettlebell swing and Turkish get-up workouts. Track progress with a clean interface, workout history, and customizable weight selection. Designed for serious practitioners aiming for specific fitness goals.

Highlights
  • One-tap set logging
  • Built-in workout timer
  • Full workout history
  • Customizable weight selection
  • Right/left hand tracking for get-ups
  • Share workout summaries
Features
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A pood is the old Russian unit of weight — the native language of kettlebells. A 16 kg bell is one pood; a 32 kg bell is two. Pood is the tracker for people who take kettlebell training seriously — whatever unit their bells are stamped in. Most kettlebell apps are workout-video libraries with a rep counter bolted on. Pood is the opposite: tracking first. Log sets one-handed mid-session, watch your volume build across months, and follow structured minimalist programs without the bloat. LOG WITHOUT FRICTION • Giant one-handed controls — your other hand is holding a bell • Reps, sets, left/right sides, and the exact bell you used • Rest timer with a quiet haptic pulse • Session summary with a clean shareable card SEE YOUR STRENGTH ADD UP • Cumulative poods lifted — lifetime training volume in the unit that started it all • Every number in your unit, totals included: kilograms, pounds, or poods, your choice • Volume trends, personal records, session density, streaks • Interactive charts you can scrub FOLLOW A PROGRAM, NOT A FEED • Daily Minimalist: the classic hundred swings and ten get-ups, free • Press Ladders, Two-Bell Builder, the 10,000 Swing Challenge, Snatch Foundations • Enroll once and the home screen knows your next session YOURS, LOCALLY • No account, no feed, no ads • Works fully offline — your data stays on your device • Saves finished workouts to Apple Health • Log in kg, lb, or poods — switch anytime, everything converts, always free The free tier is complete: unlimited logging, your full history, a full daily program, and core progress charts. Premium adds the complete analytics suite and every program — $3.99/month, $34.99/year with a 7-day free trial, or $89.99 once. Bought the unlock in Kettlebell Tracker v1? Premium is yours for good. Pood — the original unit of strength. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pood.fit/privacy/

About

Hone Training

Features
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Hone is a strength-training tracker built for people who actually run programs and care about progressing. Log workouts in a clean, fast UI; let the app handle the math. EVERY DAY Open the Today tab to see what's on the program. Tap into Active Workout, log sets as you go, and Hone catches every PR the moment it happens. A floating rest timer keeps you on pace without making you watch a screen between sets. REAL PROGRAMS Build multi-week programs with day-by-day exercise prescriptions, then run them. Hone schedules each session, tracks where you are in the cycle, and applies your auto-progression rules to next week's load. AUTO-PROGRESSION YOU CONTROL Pick how a movement progresses — linear, double-progression, RPE-based — and Hone bumps the prescribed load when you hit your reps. No more guessing what to lift on Monday. ANALYTICS THAT MATTER - Estimated 1RM trends per exercise (formula configurable: Brzycki, Epley, Lombardi, or Lander). - Volume by muscle group, week over week. - Bodyweight tracking with rolling average. - Full workout history in calendar and list views. LIFTER-FRIENDLY DETAILS - Plate calculator with your real plate inventory configured. - 137 pre-loaded exercises, plus custom-exercise support. - Export every workout as JSON, every set as CSV — your data, your call. - Five themes: Iron Midnight, Cobalt Forge, Forest Carbon, Wine Studio, Paper Light. - Optional rest-timer notifications. PRIVACY BY ARCHITECTURE Hone makes zero network calls. Everything you log stays on your iPhone in a local SwiftData store. There are no accounts, no logins, no analytics, no advertising SDKs, and no third-party services of any kind. Hone is currently in beta and will continue to be free during this beta release, with no in-app purchases. If you want a tracker that respects your time, your training, and your privacy, Hone is built for you.

Screenshots

Pood4 screens
Hone Training4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hone Training at none against Pood's 4. Hone Training also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Pood sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Hone Training asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pood ships an update every 3 weeks, Hone Training every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pood versus Hone Training: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPoodHone Training
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSVO Technologies LLCFadi Shami

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Pood

Subscriptions2
  • Pood Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Pood Premium Annual7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time2
  • Kettlebell Tracker Premium$7.99
  • Pood Premium Lifetime$89.99
None

Hone Training

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pood free?
Pood is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hone Training free?
Hone Training is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pood or Hone Training have ads?
Neither Pood nor Hone Training shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pood or Hone Training?
Pood ships an update every 3 weeks, and Hone Training every 4 days. Most recently, Pood was updated on September 21, 2026 and Hone Training on September 12, 2026.

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