Comparison

Saturday vs NextLift

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

Head to head
About

Saturday

This app provides personalized fueling and hydration plans for endurance athletes. It uses science-based recommendations tailored to your training and environment, eliminating guesswork and expensive coaching. Achieve your best performance with confidence.

Highlights
  • Personalized fuel and hydration plans
  • Science-based recommendations
  • Tailored to training and environment
  • Eliminates guesswork
  • Reduces reliance on coaching
Features
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Saturday is personal fueling for runners, cyclists and triathletes, built by a board-certified sports dietitian and a PhD sport scientist, both former Team USA athletes. Tell it about your training session or race, and it plans what to drink and eat each hour from how much you sweat and the weather, then turns that plan into drinks you mix yourself or the gels and drink mixes you use. "Saturday has been incredible both with taking the guess work out of fueling and improving my workouts... definitely recommend!" - Dan Laurich, Triathlete "My half marathon was AMAZING! 7-minute PR! The fuel was great. Everything just clicked. Big confidence boost. I feel ready to get back to my training tomorrow. I’m happy!" - Kasie P., Runner "If you want to get out of the black box of mid ride/race nutrition needs, Saturday is the app for you!" - Skip Kastroll - XC & Enduro MTB racer "I’ve trusted Saturday for everything. From hot laps with the guys to ultra endurance gravel races." - Tarah Romano, Cyclist "I hate training without it." - Michelle Howe, professional triathlete Saturday makes elite endurance nutrition accessible and easy so you can be confident and relaxed in training and on race day. Saturday is designed to deliver the best training session of your life. Gone are the days of shelling out hundreds on hydration products that are just wild guesses or some corporate-influenced industry "standard." You deserve better. Better science. Better individualization. Optimized fuel & hydration tailored to you, your training, and your environment, Saturday will revolutionize your endurance experience. No more paying premium prices for private nutrition coaching, just to have confidence in your fuel & hydration plan. We should all be able to fuel the sports we love. Our science. Your joy. Taking you farther. End User License Agreement (EULA): https://saturday.fit/app-terms Privacy policy: https://saturday.fit/app-privacy

About

NextLift

Features
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NextLift connects your training, meals, recovery and progress so you can spend less time managing fitness apps and more time making progress. LOG WORKOUTS WITHOUT THE FRICTION Build your own session, repeat a previous workout, schedule training for later, or use SmartCoach to create a plan around your goals and preferences. Log sets, reps, weight, rest time and exercise difficulty while keeping the active workout easy to follow. LEAVE WITH A CLEAR NEXT STEP NextLift turns completed sets and your own effort ratings into a concise workout summary. See what felt controlled, what needs another look, and where a small progression may make sense next time. The guidance supports your decisions—it does not replace your judgment or professional advice. LOG MEALS AND MACROS YOUR WAY Track calories, protein, carbohydrates, fat, fibre, water, snacks and drinks. Search foods, scan barcodes, dictate a meal, save regular choices, review meal totals, and switch between grams and calorie percentages. UNDERSTAND RECOVERY IN CONTEXT Combine optional Apple Health information with your own check-ins to see sleep, activity, recovery and readiness together. Mark recovery days, review practical rest-day guidance and keep recommendations connected to your recent training. SEE PROGRESS BEYOND ONE NUMBER Follow workout consistency, exercise history, body-weight trends, personal records and progress photos. Choose when your training week begins so weekly totals reflect your schedule. BRING YOUR HISTORY WITH YOU Import compatible CSV files from other apps or your own training and nutrition spreadsheets. Review everything before saving, avoid duplicate entries, preserve eligible consistency streaks, and turn recent workout history into an editable current routine so you can continue without rebuilding your program. SHARE ONLY WHAT YOU CHOOSE Create polished workout or meal cards, add a transparent NextLift overlay to your own photo, and decide where it goes using the iPhone share sheet. Private coaching and health context are not automatically added to social posts. YOUR DATA REMAINS YOURS Your fitness records are stored locally in the current version of NextLift. You can create a complete backup export. If a subscription ends, your existing history remains available for read-only review and export. SUBSCRIPTION NextLift is a free download with monthly and yearly auto-renewable subscription options. Eligible new subscribers may receive a 14-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. A subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Trial eligibility, localized pricing and renewal terms are shown by Apple before purchase. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. NextLift provides fitness and wellness information for general informational purposes and is not medical advice. Stop an exercise that causes pain and seek qualified professional guidance when appropriate. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://baconandbarbells.co/pages/nextlift-privacy

Screenshots

Saturday4 screens
NextLift4 screens

Verdict

The call

Saturday and NextLift 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Saturday sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and NextLift sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Saturday ships an update every 11 days, NextLift every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Saturday versus NextLift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSaturdayNextLift
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (155 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews97.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings155 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size152 MB29 MB
Age rating+124+
DeveloperSaturday Morning LLCJordan Moffitt

Bugs and requests

Saturday

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login experience issues
  • Swim hydration recommendations causing excessive bathroom breaks for some users

Requested features

5 requests
  • Per-bottle recipe breakdown instead of bulk mixing calculations
  • Recovery advice and prescriptions
  • Native mobile application instead of web app
  • More granular ingredient customization options
  • Improved swim-specific hydration recommendations

NextLift

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Saturday

Subscriptions2
  • 1-month subscription$5.991 Month
  • 1-year subscription1 Month trial$49.991 Year
2 purchases

NextLift

Subscriptions2
  • NextLift Pro Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • NextLift Pro Yearly14 Days trial$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Saturday free?
Saturday is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NextLift free?
NextLift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Saturday or NextLift have ads?
Neither Saturday nor NextLift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Saturday or NextLift?
Saturday ships an update every 11 days, and NextLift every 3 weeks. Most recently, Saturday was updated on November 3, 2026 and NextLift on October 31, 2026.

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