Pono Coaching vs Booty By Bret
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pono Coaching
This app serves as a direct communication channel between users and their nutrition or fitness coaches. It integrates with Apple Health to display daily activity and calorie consumption against set goals, providing a clear view of progress.
- Direct coach communication
- Apple Health integration
- Progress tracking
- Goal comparison
- Calorie and step monitoring
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The Pono Coaching app connects you directly to your nutrition or fitness coach. Integrates data from Apple Health within your check-ins and goal progress, for example on the main dashboard you will be able to see how many steps you have taken and how many calories you have consumed and these will be compared to the goals that you or your coach have set to indicate your progress.
Booty By Bret
Achieve sculpted glutes with expert-designed, periodized training plans. This app offers detailed video demonstrations, progress tracking, and a supportive community to optimize your workouts. Suitable for all fitness levels, it focuses on efficient, effective glute development.
- Monthly periodized training plans
- 2-minute exercise demo videos
- Auto-progression tracker
- Private community support
- Home or gym workouts
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Build world‑class glutes in just three one‑hour sessions a week—no guesswork, no wasted reps. Designed by Bret “The Glute Guy” Contreras, PhD, this program scales from brand‑new lifters to bikini pros. • Monthly periodised plans: 3 full‑body sessions + 2 optional glute‑specialty days (home or gym). • 2‑minute demo videos for every movement—hinge, thrust, squat, lateral, core. • Auto‑progression tracker keeps weights and reps climbing while preventing plateaus. • Private community of thousands for form checks & motivation. Bonus: active members get 10 % off all BC Strength equipment. Subscriptions: 1. Monthly Membership • Title: Monthly Membership • Length: 1 Month • Price: $29.95/month • Description: This subscription offers one month membership and gives users full access to all app functionalities. 2. Yearly Membership • Title: Yearly Membership • Length: 1 Year • Price: $289.99/year • Description: This subscription offers one year membership and gives users full access to all app functionalities. Privacy Policy: https://bootybybret.com/pages/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pono Coaching at 5.0 against Booty By Bret's 4.1. Pono Coaching also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4). Booty By Bret's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (28 vs 1). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Booty By Bret sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $29.95 per month. Pono Coaching asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pono Coaching holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Booty By Bret has 28 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pono Coaching ships an update monthly, Booty By Bret every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pono Coaching | Booty By Bret |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.1 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 58.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pono Software Inc. | Booty by Bret LLC |
Customer experience
Pono Coaching
Booty By Bret
Bugs and requests
Pono Coaching
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Booty By Bret
Reported bugs
2 issues- App not working for some users
- Compatibility issues with older devices
Requested features
3 requests- Offline mode
- More customization options
- Expanded social/community features
In-app purchases
Pono Coaching
No in-app purchases
Booty By Bret
- Monthly Membership$29.951 Month
- Yearly Membership$289.991 Year
- Monthly Membership$29.95
- Yearly Membership$289.99
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