Powers Pilates vs Blocks NYC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Powers Pilates
Manage your Pilates account, book classes and events, and access on-demand content. Stay connected with the studio through direct messaging and a public feed for announcements and promotions.
- Account management
- Class and event booking
- On-demand content library
- Direct messaging
- Studio announcements feed
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The Powers Pilates app makes it very easy for you to manage your Powers Pilates account, book into our classes and events, watch our on-demand content, and keep in touch with us. You can easily message us if you have a question or want to share something with them. You can also follow our public feed to see any announcements we make, promos we run, or content we share.
Blocks NYC
Track your exploration of New York City by walking streets and completing blocks. The app automatically records your progress, allowing you to see how much of the city you've covered and discover new places.
- Automatic street tracking
- Block completion fills map permanently
- Per-neighborhood progress tracking
- Discover local businesses
- Connect with friends on leaderboards
- Integrate with Apple Health
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How much of New York have you actually walked? Blocks answers that. Put your phone in your pocket and start walking — every street you cover lights up on your map. Walk all the way around a block, every side, and the whole block fills in. It's yours for good. There's no streak to keep and nothing to lose. Your map only ever grows. HOW IT WORKS • Start a walk, or let Blocks pick it up automatically in the background • Streets light up as you walk them — phone stays in your pocket • Cover every side of a block and it fills in permanently • Walk one side today and the rest next month, it all still counts • 33,114 real blocks across all five boroughs, traced from actual NYC intersections EXPLORE NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD • Per-neighborhood progress, so you find out you're 40% through the East Village • Neighborhood cards rank where to go next based on what you haven't seen • Restaurant, cafe, and bar picks sitting on blocks you've never set foot on • Rate the places you go and build a real record of your city • See your whole New York at a glance — every street you've ever walked • Climb from Tourist to True New Yorker as your block count grows CLIMB THE LEADERBOARD WITH FRIENDS • Neighborhood leaderboards — find out who really knows the East Village • Leaderboards count blocks you actually walked. No shortcuts. • Invite a friend to walk a neighborhood together • Follow friends and watch the neighborhoods they're filling in • Add Tastemakers, people whose taste you trust, and their favorite spots rise to the top of your recommendations • Share your map as an image any time you want to show it off ALREADY TRACK YOUR RUNS? Connect Apple Health and the runs and walks you already record get added to your map automatically. Your route never leaves your phone. YOUR MAP IS YOURS • Your profile is private unless you choose to make it public • You control what friends and followers can see • Location is used to credit the streets you walk. It is never sold. Blocks is for the people who take the long way home — who pick a direction, see where it goes, and measure the city in footsteps. Start walking. Your first block is one trip outside away.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Blocks NYC at weekly against Powers Pilates's every 3 months. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 Powers Pilates against 5.0 for Blocks NYC. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 19 respectively.
Powers Pilates ships an update every 3 months, Blocks NYC weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Powers Pilates | Blocks NYC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Momence, Inc. | Traversal Labs, Inc. |
Customer experience
Powers Pilates
Blocks NYC
In-app purchases
Powers Pilates
No in-app purchases
Blocks NYC
No in-app purchases
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