Comparison

Ice Barrel vs 45 Hard

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

45 Hard

Embark on a 45-day journey to build lasting habits. Set personal goals, track your progress daily, and maintain your streak. Compete with friends or go solo, with customizable goals and private sharing options.

Highlights
  • 45-day habit challenges
  • Customizable daily goals
  • Social challenges with friends
  • Progress tracking and history
  • Private sharing options
  • Completion card with progress photos
Features
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45 Hard is a 45-day habit challenge. Pick your goals, log every one of them every day, and keep the streak. Miss a goal on any day and the attempt ends; a new one starts the next day, unless the challenge allows missed days or turns resets off. Alone or with friends. Start a challenge for yourself, or share one with friends and run it together: everyone sees the same board, standings and feed, and can cheer each other on. Goals that fit your life. Water, workout minutes, reading, steps from Apple Health, vitamins, a daily progress photo, or a custom goal with your own name and target. Built to be honest. A day is your local date, and you can still log yesterday until 3 in the morning. Each day's result is decided once, on the server, so a shared board agrees on every phone. Private by default. Friends see what your sharing settings allow: challenges, calendar, today's goals, history, and progress photos only if you turn them on. Anyone else sees nothing unless you turn Public profile on. Block and report from any person's screen. Delete your account and everything in it from Settings. Finish 45 days and get a completion card with your totals and your first and last progress photos, ready to share. No ads, no analytics, no tracking.

Screenshots

Ice Barrel4 screens
45 Hard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: 45 Hard at 5.0 against Ice Barrel's 3.7. 45 Hard also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). Ice Barrel's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

45 Hard 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ice Barrel ships an update every 3 weeks, 45 Hard daily. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ice Barrel versus 45 Hard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIce Barrel45 Hard
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (31 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size167 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIce BarrelHasp Labs LLC

Customer experience

Ice Barrel

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

45 Hard

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ice Barrel

No in-app purchases

None

45 Hard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ice Barrel free?
Ice Barrel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 45 Hard free?
45 Hard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ice Barrel or 45 Hard?
45 Hard is rated higher. Ice Barrel averages 3.7 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while 45 Hard averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Ice Barrel or 45 Hard have ads?
Neither Ice Barrel nor 45 Hard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ice Barrel or 45 Hard?
Ice Barrel ships an update every 3 weeks, and 45 Hard daily. Most recently, Ice Barrel was updated on October 23, 2026 and 45 Hard on October 29, 2026.

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