Comparison

Ice Barrel vs The Regiment

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

Head to head
About

Ice Barrel

This app enhances cold water therapy by allowing remote control of a connected chiller, tracking session progress, and offering guided coaching. It also facilitates connections with other cold therapy practitioners.

Highlights
  • Remote chiller control
  • Session tracking
  • Guided coaching
  • Community connection
  • Temperature control
  • Notifications
Features
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Whether you’re an ice bath enthusiast or just starting your journey, the Ice Barrel App will help you make your cold therapy practice even better. CONTROL YOUR ICE BARREL CHILLER FROM ANYWHERE Wi-Fi connectivity enhances your control over the Ice Barrel Chiller with features like advanced scheduling (coming soon), precise temperature control, important notifications, multi-user support, and more. SESSION TRACKING TO MEASURE PROGRESS Log the temperature, duration and type of cold therapy session to build consistency and measure your progress over time. GUIDED COACHING TO LEAD YOUR JOURNEY From beginner to advanced, explore our coaching sessions to guide you through your cold journey every step of the way. CONNECT WITH ICE BATH ENTHUSIASTS Discover a like-minded group of others practicing cold therapy near you that you can connect and share with. Disclaimer: Always consult with a doctor before doing the cold therapy exercises mentioned in this app.

About

The Regiment

This app provides a comprehensive training system for consistent workouts, adapting to your available equipment and location. It offers structured programs, custom workout building, and performance-focused sessions, alongside recovery and mobility routines.

Highlights
  • Adaptive workout generation based on location and equipment
  • Customizable workout builder
  • Structured multi-week training programs
  • Performance and conditioning sessions
  • Guided mobility and recovery routines
  • Workout logging and history tracking
Features
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**TRAIN WITHOUT COMPROMISE** The Regiment is a complete training system built to help you train consistently—at your home gym, on the road, or anywhere your routine takes you. Tell The Regiment where you're training and what equipment is available, and build your workout around the gym you're actually standing in. Change locations? Adjust your equipment and keep training without having to compromise your program. **TRAIN YOUR WAY** Build and customize workouts around your goals, experience, available equipment, and training location. Log your sets, reps, weight, and workout times while keeping your training history in one place. **FOLLOW STRUCTURED PROGRAMS** Take the guesswork out of your training with structured multi-week programs designed to keep you progressing. Follow your plan or create custom workouts when you want more control. **ADAPT TO YOUR GYM** Different gym. Different equipment. Same mission. Customize your available equipment so The Regiment can help you train around what you actually have—whether you're at your regular gym, traveling, training at home, or working out somewhere new. **BUILD PERFORMANCE** Go beyond traditional strength training with dedicated performance sessions, conditioning workouts, challenging circuits, and training designed to test your work capacity. **MOVE. RECOVER. REPEAT.** Training doesn't end with the last set. Flow gives you guided mobility, stretching, yoga-inspired movement, and recovery sessions to help keep your body moving and ready for what's next. **TRACK YOUR WORK** Record weights, reps, sets, times, and completed workouts so you can see where you've been and keep moving forward. Whether you're following a program, building your own workout, changing gyms, traveling, pushing your conditioning, or taking a recovery day, The Regiment keeps your training together in one place. Your gym may change. Your equipment may change. Your training doesn't have to. Terms: https://fit-flow-lovat.vercel.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://fit-flow-lovat.vercel.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Ice Barrel4 screens
The Regiment4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Regiment at 100% against Ice Barrel's 44%. The Regiment also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7). Ice Barrel's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (31 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. The Regiment sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Ice Barrel asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Regiment holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ice Barrel has 31 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Ice Barrel's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Regiment's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ice Barrel ships an update every 3 weeks, The Regiment fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ice Barrel versus The Regiment: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIce BarrelThe Regiment
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (31 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size167 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIce BarrelAlex Fitzhugh

Customer experience

Ice Barrel

All ratings29 ratings
Positive69.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative31.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive43.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative50.0%

The Regiment

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ice Barrel

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

The Regiment

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Premium Annual7 Days trial$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Ice Barrel free?
Ice Barrel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Regiment free?
The Regiment is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ice Barrel or The Regiment?
The Regiment is rated higher. Ice Barrel averages 3.7 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while The Regiment averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Ice Barrel or The Regiment have ads?
Neither Ice Barrel nor The Regiment shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ice Barrel or The Regiment?
Ice Barrel ships an update every 3 weeks, and The Regiment fortnightly. Most recently, Ice Barrel was updated on October 23, 2026 and The Regiment on October 24, 2026.

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