CHI50 vs Bucktown Assembly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CHI50
Book fitness classes and manage your membership for state-of-the-art Megaformer machine workouts. Engage muscles you've never used before in 50-minute sessions designed to tone, sculpt, shake, and sweat.
- Book fitness classes
- Purchase credits
- Buy memberships
- Manage account
- State-of-the-art Megaformer workouts
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At CHI50, Tone, Sculpt, Shake and Sweat through 50 minutes on our state-of-the-art Megaformer machines that will tap into muscles you’ve never used before. Download our app to book classes, buy credits or a membership, and more!
Bucktown Assembly
This app allows members to book spots in classes and sign up for gym events. It also provides account management features like updating personal photos and payment information.
- Class reservation
- Gym event sign-up
- Account management
- Headshot updates
- Payment information management
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For members of Bucktown Assembly to reserve their place in a class, sign up for gym events, and general account management like updating headshots and credit card on file.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: CHI50 at 55 against Bucktown Assembly's 1. Bucktown Assembly's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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 CHI50 against 5.0 for Bucktown Assembly. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CHI50 has 55 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CHI50 ships an update every 4 weeks, Bucktown Assembly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CHI50 | Bucktown Assembly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (55 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 55 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Byrd Fitness LLC | Bucktown Assembly LLC |
Customer experience
CHI50
Bucktown Assembly
In-app purchases
CHI50
No in-app purchases
Bucktown Assembly
No in-app purchases
Questions
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