Pono Coaching vs Flex
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.
Flex
Effortlessly track your strength training progress, build personalized workout routines, and visualize your lifts with an intelligent plate calculator. Syncs data across devices using iCloud for seamless access and prioritizes privacy with Sign in with Apple.
- Effortless workout tracking
- Personalized workout templates
- Customizable workout folders
- Smart Plate Calculator
- Cross-device iCloud sync
- Privacy-focused with Sign in with Apple
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Flex is the ultimate companion for your strength training journey. Whether you're a powerlifter, bodybuilder, or just getting started in the gym, Flex helps you track your progress, build strength, and achieve your fitness goals with simplicity and precision. Experience effortless workout tracking designed to keep you focused on your lift, not your phone. You can build personalized workout templates for any routine and organize them into custom folders to keep your training schedule clean and accessible. With the built-in Smart Plate Calculator, you never have to do gym math again.... Flex automatically visualizes how to load the bar for your specific lifts. Your workouts go where you go. Flex seamlessly syncs your data across all your devices using iCloud, so your history is always up to date. Designed with privacy in mind, Flex uses Sign in with Apple and iCloud to ensure your health data remains secure without third-party accounts. Build consistency and see results. Download Flex today and make every rep count. Flex is designed and built by two fitness freaks, Ashton Krstolic and Kevin Brown. Every feature exists because we needed it at the rack. Questions or ideas? Visit our support page — we read every message.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pono Coaching at monthly against Flex's every 6 months. Pono Coaching also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). Flex's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
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 Pono Coaching against 5.0 for Flex. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flex has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pono Coaching ships an update monthly, Flex every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on August 20, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pono Coaching | Flex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pono Software Inc. | KEVIN BROWN |
Customer experience
Pono Coaching
Flex
In-app purchases
Pono Coaching
No in-app purchases
Flex
No in-app purchases









