Comparison

Gymaholic vs Nularo

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

Head to head
About

Gymaholic

This app helps you track workouts, build custom routines, and monitor progress. It offers a large exercise library with instructions and animations, seamless Apple Watch integration, and health app syncing. Optimize your training with built-in timers and voice guidance.

Highlights
  • Track every workout (sets, reps, weights)
  • Create personalized workout routines
  • Access 850+ exercises with 3D animations
  • Monitor strength gains with detailed charts
  • Seamless Apple Watch integration
  • Sync with Health App
  • HIIT and timer support
Features
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Log every set from your Apple Watch. No phone, no fumbling. Build muscle, gain strength, and track every workout. Log every rep, every plate, and every personal record across 850+ exercises with interactive 3D animations. Used by serious lifters for over a decade. APPLE WATCH — YOUR WRIST IS ENOUGH Start, track, and log workouts directly from your Apple Watch. Record sets, reps, weight, heart rate, and calories without taking your phone out of your pocket. TRACK EVERY SET, OWN EVERY PR Smart progress charts show your strength gains and personal records over time. Monitor workout volume, training history, and performance trends with a clean, distraction-free interface built for the gym floor. 850+ EXERCISES WITH 3D ANIMATIONS Explore a complete exercise library covering every major muscle group. Learn proper form with detailed instructions and interactive 3D animations available on iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac, Apple TV, and Vision Pro. PLANS THAT FIT YOUR TRAINING • Pre-made programs created by a competitive bodybuilding champion • Build your own routines from scratch • Modify any workout plan to match your goals • Train at the gym or at home • Strength training, bodybuilding, powerlifting, and functional fitness BUILT FOR THE ENTIRE APPLE ECOSYSTEM • iPhone for planning workouts and tracking progress • Apple Watch for logging workouts in the gym • Mac for analyzing your training history • Apple TV for following workouts on a bigger screen • Vision Pro for immersive fitness experiences EVERYTHING ELSE • Voice guidance to keep you focused during workouts • Rest timers and HIIT interval timers • Body metrics tracking including weight, body fat, and measurements • Apple Health integration for workouts, calories, and body metrics Try Gymaholic free for 7 days. No commitment. Premium is available as a monthly or annual subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in App Store Account Settings. Terms of Use: https://www.gymaholic.app/termsofuse.html Privacy Policy: https://www.gymaholic.app/privacypolicy.html

About

Nularo

This app uses your Apple Health data to provide honest, unfiltered feedback on your sleep and activity. A virtual creature's mood reflects your daily habits, aging based on your progress. It tracks your health metrics over time without offering advice.

Highlights
  • Reads Apple Health data (sleep, movement, heart)
  • Provides daily, unfiltered feedback
  • Virtual creature's mood reflects habits
  • Creature ages based on sleep and movement
  • Tracks sleep, movement, heart rate, and HRV trends
  • No manual logging required
Features
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You cannot lie to it. Nularo is a creature that lives on your Apple Health data. Every morning it reads how you actually slept and moved, and tells you the truth about it in one short, deliberately unkind sentence. There is nothing to log. Nothing to remember. It reads your night while you are asleep and is waiting when you wake up. HOW IT WORKS · It reads sleep, movement and heart data from Apple Health. Read-only. It never writes anything back. · Every morning it delivers one verdict about last night. Not advice. Just an opinion, with your real numbers in it. · Its mood is your night, worn on its face. Good sleep and real movement, it is insufferable. Neither, it is wrecked. CREATURE AGE Your creature has its own age, and only your sleep and movement move it. Keep the habits and it stays close to yours. Neglect them and it gets older than you, fast. Recalculated every week, with a breakdown of exactly which habit added or removed years. THE RECORD Every night, every verdict, every pledge, kept. Sleep duration and stages, movement, resting heart rate and HRV, all trended over time, compared only ever to your own normal. WHAT IT IS NOT Nularo is entertainment built on top of numbers your phone already records. It is not medical advice, not a diagnosis, and not a health assessment. Creature Age is not a biological age. It never tells you what to do about your health. If something worries you, talk to a doctor. SUBSCRIPTION Nularo requires a subscription after setup. Yearly at $39.99 with a 3-day free trial, or monthly at $9.99 with no trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account on confirmation. It renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms: https://nularo.com/terms.html Privacy: https://nularo.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Gymaholic4 screens
Nularo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Gymaholic at freemium against Nularo's subscription. Gymaholic also leads on ratings volume (3.5K vs 1) and device support (5 vs 1). Nularo's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Gymaholic sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Nularo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nularo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gymaholic has 3.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Gymaholic's written reviews are positive against 100% of Nularo's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Gymaholic versus Nularo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGymaholicNularo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3.5K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.5K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS27.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size172 MB131 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperDevenyi GaborEEESHA MAJEED

Customer experience

Gymaholic

All ratings3,466 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral2.6%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews391 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral10.0%
Negative19.4%

Nularo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Gymaholic

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Workouts not syncing correctly between devices
  • Inability to edit previous sets during a workout
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between units (lbs/kg)
  • Crashes and freezes, especially after recent updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more bodyweight and cardio exercises
  • Improve customization options for workouts
  • Provide more detailed workout history and analytics
  • Allow users to copy and reuse custom workouts
  • Improve Apple Watch app stability and responsiveness

Nularo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Gymaholic

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$31.991 Year
One-time9
  • Exercise Pack 1Free
  • TRX Exercise PackFree
  • 1h/Day Full Week PlanFree
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  • 4-Day ProgramFree
  • Basic Intermediate ProgramFree
  • Basic Beginner ProgramFree
  • Exercise Pack 2Free
  • Pro version$4.99
  • Pro Gold version$14.99
2 purchases

Nularo

Subscriptions2
  • Nularo Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Nularo Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Gymaholic free?
Gymaholic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nularo free?
Nularo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gymaholic or Nularo?
Nularo is rated higher. Gymaholic averages 4.6 out of 5 from 3.5K ratings, while Nularo averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Gymaholic or Nularo have ads?
Neither Gymaholic nor Nularo shows ads.

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