Comparison

BodyState vs Workout Cards

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

Head to head
About

BodyState

This app provides a daily energy score based on your fitness metrics, helping you manage stress, plan workouts, and understand your body's condition. It tracks sleep, recovery, stress levels, and training load, offering personalized insights to optimize your well-being.

Highlights
  • Personalized Energy Score
  • Sleep & Recovery Tracking
  • Stress Insights via HRV
  • Acute Training Load (ATL)
  • Personalized Baseline Learning
  • All-in-One Dashboard
  • Apple Health Sync
Features
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Monitor Your Energy, Every Day with BodyState! BodyState gives you a daily energy score from 1 to 100, combining your most important fitness metrics into a single, clear signal. Whether your goal is to manage stress, plan workouts, or simply feel better, BodyState helps you make smarter choices in tune with your body. Key features: - Personalized Energy Score: Track your body’s condition with a single score, powered by sleep quality, HRV, resting heart rate, and recent physical exertion. No guesswork, just real insights. - Sleep & Recovery Tracking: Discover how restful your sleep truly was and how well your body recovered overnight. - Stress Insights via HRV & Resting Heart Rate: Monitor your stress level over time and stay ahead of burnout. - Acute Training Load (ATL): See the impact of recent physical activity on your body. Know when to push harder and when to pull back. - Know What’s Normal for You: BodyState doesn’t rely on generic health data. Instead, it learns your personal baseline over time to give context-specific insights. Understand how today's numbers compare to your standard. - All-in-One Dashboard: Get your energy, stress, sleep, and training signals all in one intuitive view. - Effortless Syncing: Works seamlessly with Apple Health to gather the metrics you already track, no extra setup needed. How It Works: 1. Sync with Apple Health to pull in key health metrics. 2. Get your daily score and see how each input affects your energy. 3. Check f you’re balanced, depleted, or primed for performance. 4. Track trends over time and adjust your habits. This App is intended for general wellness and information purposes only. BodyState does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult healthcare professionals for medical guidance. Subscribe to access to premium app features; subscription details are the following: - Length: weekly, yearly. - Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase. - You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase. - Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. - When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Workout Cards

Features
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Workout Cards is a clean workout planning app for creating simple day-based exercise cards. Plan your routine by adding exercises to each day, then customise sets, reps, and weight in a focused interface that stays out of the way. Swipe between workout cards, organise your exercises, and keep your training plan local on your device. Features: - Create day-based workout cards - Explore a library of more than 180 gym exercises - Add your own custom exercises - Track sets, reps, and weight - Switch between kg and lb - Choose from four colour themes - Use system, light, or dark appearance - Reset all local data whenever you want - No account required - No ads, analytics, or tracking Workout Cards is designed for general fitness planning only. It does not provide medical, health, physiotherapy, or personal training advice.

Screenshots

BodyState4 screens
Workout Cards3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Workout Cards at none against BodyState's 11. Workout Cards also leads on ads (none vs shown). BodyState's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. BodyState sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Workout Cards asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BodyState ships an update every 6 weeks, Workout Cards every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BodyState versus Workout Cards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBodyStateWorkout Cards
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.7K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size170 MB2 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFitness & Sports apps SRLMINURA S LEKAMGE

Bugs and requests

BodyState

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inability to access app due to Health permissions
  • App not working after updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Longer data history
  • Automatic Apple Watch complication updates
  • Customization options
  • Ability to manually log feelings/recovery

Workout Cards

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

BodyState

Subscriptions8
  • Weekly premium7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Weekly premium$2.997 Days
  • Weekly premium$4.997 Days
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  • Weekly premium7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Yearly premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Yearly premium$39.991 Year
  • Yearly premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly premium$49.991 Year
One-time3
  • Supporter$4.99
  • Patron$9.99
  • Champion$14.99
None

Workout Cards

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BodyState free?
BodyState is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Workout Cards free?
Workout Cards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BodyState or Workout Cards have ads?
BodyState shows ads; Workout Cards does not.
Which is updated more often, BodyState or Workout Cards?
BodyState ships an update every 6 weeks, and Workout Cards every 3 months. Most recently, BodyState was updated on October 27, 2026 and Workout Cards on October 10, 2026.

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