Bold Studios vs HY5 Hybrid Performance Lab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bold Studios
Experience a 50-minute, low-impact, high-intensity full-body workout using the Megaformer machine. Expert instructors guide you through controlled resistance training for an effective fitness journey.
- 50-minute full-body workout
- Low impact, high intensity
- Megaformer machine training
- Experienced instructors
- Controlled resistance training
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BOLD is a Lagree Fitness Studio that offers a 50 minute full-body workout that is low impact and high intensity. Our experienced team of instructors will guide you through slow and controlled resistance training on a machine called the Megaformer. While large and robust in size, the Megaformer ensures that you are both supported and safe, while challenging you throughout your Megaformer fitness journey. Here at BOLD, we feel passionately that the Lagree Fitness Method is hands down the most effective full-body workout there is.
HY5 Hybrid Performance Lab
Plan and schedule fitness classes directly from your device. View class schedules, sign up for sessions, and find studio locations. Optimize your time and maximize convenience for class bookings.
- Schedule classes
- Sign up for classes
- View class schedules
- Find studio location
- Optimize time
- Maximize convenience
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Download the HY5 App today to plan and schedule your classes! From this mobile App, you can view class schedules and sign up for classes as well as view the studio’s location. Optimize your time and maximize the convenience of signing up for classes from your device!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Bold Studios at none against HY5 Hybrid Performance Lab's shown. Bold Studios also leads on ratings volume (127 vs 1). HY5 Hybrid Performance Lab's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bold Studios against 5.0 for HY5 Hybrid Performance Lab. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bold Studios has 127 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Bold Studios ships an update monthly, HY5 Hybrid Performance Lab every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bold Studios | HY5 Hybrid Performance Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (127 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 127 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 126 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bold (CA) | FITLAB USA LLC |
Customer experience
Bold Studios
HY5 Hybrid Performance Lab
In-app purchases
Bold Studios
No in-app purchases
HY5 Hybrid Performance Lab
No in-app purchases
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