Pood vs Bellring
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- One-tap set logging
- Built-in workout timer
- Full workout history
- Customizable weight selection
- Right/left hand tracking for get-ups
- Share workout summaries
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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) • Groundwork: three rotating sessions to build strength and confidence with the core kettlebell lifts (free) • Grindwork: progress from Groundwork with press ladders, unilateral let work, and a measured swing interval • 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, two full programs, and core progress charts. Premium adds the complete analytics suite, the program builder, the premium programs, and export/import capabilities. 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/
Bellring
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One kettlebell. A clear plan. A workout you don’t have to invent. Open Bellring and see your exercises, repetitions, weight and rest periods. Choose a program and follow your session from warm-up to the final interval. Spend less time deciding what comes next and more time on the movement in front of you. DAILY CHALLENGES, AT YOUR PACE With Bellring Pro, choose a daily movement challenge and follow its goal. Check in when you complete the day, see your progress on Home and earn a medal when you finish. Optional reminders can help you return to your challenge. Choose from six goals: 100 swings, 50 push-ups or 3 minutes of plank per day for 7 completed days; 50 bodyweight squats, 30 goblet squats or 30 rows (15 per arm) per day for 14 completed days. Split the goal into sets. Missed days do not reset progress. See the goal before joining. GIVE YOUR GOAL A PLACE IN YOUR WEEK Build confidence with kettlebell movements, work on strength or focus on fitness. With Bellring Pro, choose your program, starting level and weekly frequency. On supported plans, select workout days and session lengths to fit training into your schedule. KNOW WHAT TO DO, EVERY ROUND Your exercises, target repetitions, working weight and rest are together in one plan. Start with a warm-up, use animated demonstrations and technique cues to understand the movements, follow the interval timer and finish with a cooldown. Want to see the whole session? Open the plan from the progress header to review exercises and intervals, with the current and completed intervals highlighted. The countdown pauses while you look. LET THE TIMER KEEP THE RHYTHM EMOM means completing your repetitions at the start of each minute, then resting for the time left over. Voice prompts and sound cues mark interval changes. On compatible devices, Live Activities keep your timer available on the Lock Screen and in Dynamic Island. An open EMOM timer is also included for independent sessions. GIVE YOUR NEXT SESSION A CLEAR STARTING POINT Finish your workout, rate the effort and review a personal Pro recommendation. See why an adjustment is suggested, then decide whether to apply it or keep your current setup. Your full Pro history brings completed sessions, working weights, training volume and notes together. Revisit your results, follow your consistency and compare the work you have done. RETURN TO YOUR PLAN The calendar shows scheduled and completed workouts. Home helps you find the next planned session. After training, choose an optional reminder time; tapping a notification opens the matching workout preview without starting the timer. START FOR FREE The Essentials program is available without a subscription. An optional guided check-in introduces the warm-up, exercises and timer, then offers a starting-level and kettlebell-weight suggestion. Review it and choose whether to apply it. Eligible accounts created from the promotion launch time can receive seven days of Pro when starting their first guided program workout. Eligibility is confirmed by the server. Promotional access does not create a subscription or charge automatically. When it ends, Essentials remains free. Subscribe separately if you want to continue Pro. With your permission, Bellring saves completed workouts and estimated active energy to Apple Health. Pick up your kettlebell. Choose your plan. Start your first session with Bellring. ABOUT SUBSCRIPTIONS Monthly and annual subscriptions include the same Pro features. Prices, billing periods and available offers are shown before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current billing period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple account settings. Restore Purchases is available on the paywall. Seven-day promotional access is separate from subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://bellring.app/privacy
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Verdict
Pood and Bellring are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Pood sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Bellring sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pood ships an update every 3 weeks, Bellring every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pood | Bellring |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SVO Technologies LLC | Andrei Tsevan |
In-app purchases
Pood
- Pood Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
- Pood Premium Annual7 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Kettlebell Tracker Premium$7.99
- Pood Premium Lifetime$89.99
Bellring
- Bellring Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
- Bellring Pro Annual$44.991 Year
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