Built With Science+ vs Overload
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Built With Science+
This intelligent fitness companion offers personalized workout plans and nutrition advice based on scientific insights. It adapts to your progress with real-time feedback, providing guidance for continuous gains and informed health decisions.
- Hyper-Personalized Workouts
- Progressive Overload Guidance
- Real-Time Diet Adjustments
- AI-Powered Meal Scanner
- 250+ Exercise Tutorials
- Daily Knowledge Boosters
- AI Fitness & Nutrition Assistant
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Reach your goals faster with BWS+ all-in-one fitness coach. Frustrated with cookie-cutter workout plans and confusing nutrition advice? BWS+ is your intelligent coach and complete fitness companion for achieving the body you've always wanted. The app integrates insights from leading fitness scientists, coaches, and dietitians, offering personalized advice based on your unique body and goals. It evolves with you, adapting your workouts and nutrition based on real-time feedback, encapsulating decades of experience into a dynamic coach that tailors itself to your needs. The latest science, personalized to you - Hyper-Personalized Workouts: Built with Science's advanced algorithm creates a workout plan specifically for your body, goals, and schedule. Whether you're hitting the gym or training at home, we've got you covered. - Progressive Overload Guidance: Never plateau again. BWS+ tells you exactly how to adjust your weights and reps each session for continuous gains. - Real-Time Diet Adjustments: As your body changes, so do your nutritional needs. Our app adapts your meal plan weekly, ensuring you're always on track. All-in-One Fitness and Nutrition Solution - 250+ In-Depth Exercise Tutorials: Master proper form with our detailed video guides, packed with science-based insights. - AI-Powered Meal Scanner: Say goodbye to tedious calorie counting. Simply snap a photo of your meal, and our AI does the rest, accurately tracking your nutrition in seconds. - Daily Knowledge Boosters: Unlock 200+ bite-sized lessons to build your fitness IQ and make informed decisions about your health. One App is All You Need - AI Fitness & Nutrition Assistant: Get personalized answers to your fitness and nutrition questions, as if you're talking directly to Jeremy Ethier. - Muscle Group Prioritizer: Focus on specific muscles that need extra attention for balanced development. - Recomp Detector: Track simultaneous fat loss and muscle gain with our advanced body composition analysis. - Step Tracking and Daily Activity Goals: Seamlessly integrate with Apple Health and Google Fit to optimize your overall activity levels. We've combined cutting-edge technology with years of scientific research to create an app that delivers real, lasting transformations. No more guesswork, no more wasted time in the gym. BWS+ provides the structure and guidance you need to finally achieve the body you deserve. Download now and take the first step towards the best version of yourself! This app requires an active BuiltWithScience+ membership or an in-app subscription purchased through the App Store to access its features and content. Subscription details and terms are available within the app.
Overload
This app creates personalized strength training programs using AI that adapt weekly based on your performance. It offers a voice coach for hands-free workout logging and progress tracking, along with a library of exercises and visual goal setting.
- AI-generated personalized workout plans
- Weekly program adaptation
- Hands-free voice coaching
- Detailed workout tracking
- Progress visualization
- Extensive exercise library
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Overload - AI Strength Training Coach Build muscle, get stronger, and transform your physique with a fully personalized lifting program built by AI — then coached, tracked, and adapted every single week. Overload isn't another generic workout app. It's a complete strength training system that learns from your body, your equipment, and your goals — then keeps adapting as you progress. PERSONALIZED PROGRAMMING Answer a short set of questions about your goals, experience, schedule, and available equipment. Our AI generates a custom 1-week training program tailored to you — and regenerates it every week based on what you actually lifted. SMART PROGRESSIVE OVERLOAD Every workout, Overload reads your last session and tells you exactly when to add weight, add reps, or deload. No more guessing what to lift. THE VOICE COACH Talk to your AI coach hands-free during your workout. Log sets, swap exercises, adjust rest timers, and get form tips — all without touching your phone. TRACK EVERYTHING - Live rest timers with quick ±30s controls - Full set history and progressive overload chips - Personal records by exercise - Daily Overload Score and AI insights - Consistency heatmap and weekly volume tracking VISUALIZE YOUR GOAL Upload a progress photo and let our AI render your goal physique - so you know exactly what you're training for. FULL EXERCISE LIBRARY Swap any exercise for an equipment-validated alternative. Add custom movements. Build ad-hoc workouts. Animated form guides on every exercise. BUILT FOR REAL LIFTERS Whether you train with dumbbells at home, a full barbell setup, machines at a commercial gym, or just bodyweight — Overload programs around what you have. ACCESS TO ALL FEATURES REQUIRES A SUBSCRIPTION Terms and Conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://overloadfit.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Built With Science+ at 4.8 against Overload's 4.2. Built With Science+ also leads on ratings volume (3.9K vs 16) and iOS requirement (16.2 vs 18.0). Overload's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Built With Science+ sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month and Overload sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Built With Science+ holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Built With Science+ has 3.9K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 80% and 80% positive.
Built With Science+ ships an update every 2 weeks, Overload weekly. Both last shipped on September 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Built With Science+ | Overload |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.9K ratings) — better | 4.2 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.9% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.9K — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 233 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Built With Science Holdings Corp | AppForge Studios LLC |
Customer experience
Built With Science+
Overload
Bugs and requests
Built With Science+
Reported bugs
4 issues- Workout data sometimes gets lost or marked incomplete
- App takes a long time to open
- Login and sign-up issues for existing customers
- Inconsistent exercise recommendations and adjustments
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to create and save custom recipes
- Integrate with Apple Health and other fitness platforms
- Provide more flexibility in workout scheduling
- Enhance human coaching and support features
- Improve performance and stability
Overload
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Built With Science+
- Monthly Membership14 Days trial$29.991 Month
- Annual Membership14 Days trial$189.001 Year
- Intermediate Program Unlock$49.00
- Beginner Program Unlock$49.00
Overload
- Overload Pro$19.991 Month
- Overload Pro$49.991 Year
- Overload Pro3 Days trial$79.991 Year
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