Documentary Channel vs iMuscleMap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Documentary Channel
This app is a streaming service dedicated to independent documentaries, offering a curated selection of films with added context and community features. Discover new voices and perspectives from around the world, anytime, on any device.
- Home of independent documentaries
- Curated film selection
- Filmmaker interviews and context
- Over 1000 new documentaries annually
- 31 different documentary categories
- Community discussion features
- Available on multiple devices
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Documentary Channel: Home of the Independent Documentary. LIFE. CAMERA. ACTION. Documentary Channel™ is the home of the independent documentary, showcasing new voices, new visions, and new perspectives. Documentary Channel will stream the best documentaries, curated by the best documentary filmmakers… and invite the world to join the discussion. Each year, thousands of high-quality documentaries are produced. The Academy of Motion Pictures routinely gets hundreds of submissions every year. Sundance and other film festivals get thousands of submissions, but they only show on average 3%. The others disappear because there is no place for them to be seen. There is no “home” for documentaries anywhere. There are “homes” for news, movies, original scripted content, nostalgia, food, travel, and every other genre, but not for documentaries. Until now. Documentary Channel™ is a new streaming service that will find the world’s best documentaries, organize them, provide context, and allow viewers to see them anywhere, anytime, on any device for a very low cost. If you like documentaries, Documentary Channel is a must-have. Top documentary filmmakers, historians, and aficionados in the industry will sift through the thousands of documentaries in the market to present the most interesting, engaging and groundbreaking documentaries, both recent and classic. Documentary Channel™ will offer valuable context for the films with brief interviews by the filmmakers and producers, critics, and others. Each year, the Documentary Channel will offer over 1000 new documentaries, with 31 different categories featuring every genre and length, ranging from rare classics to the latest cutting-edge films you hear about but can never see. The catch words for the Documentary Channel™ are ENGAGEMENT and COMMUNITY. Documentary Channel™ will engage the viewers with great films, context, discussions, town halls, premieres, DocClubs, DocNews, and many other features no other streaming service of any kind offers. There will be a documentary for everyone. We let the audience decide what they want to watch, and we have a simple requirement: each documentary has to be the best. Truth takes a front seat at the Documentary Channel. Documentary Channel: LIFE. CAMERA. ACTION.
iMuscleMap
Track your strength training progress with a visual muscle map. Monitor muscle recovery, identify weak areas, and access structured training plans and an exercise library. Log workouts in real-time and gain insights into your progress.
- Visual Muscle Map
- Structured Training Plans
- Exercise Library
- Real-time Workout Logging
- Recovery and Progress Insights
- Supports Gym, Home, and Bodyweight Workouts
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Muscle Map is a strength training and workout tracker built around a visual muscle map. Instead of only logging sets, reps, and weight, Muscle Map helps you see how every workout affects your body. Track trained muscles, monitor recovery, spot weak areas, and plan your next session with more confidence. Key features: • Visual Muscle Map See the status of 14 major muscle groups across your chest, back, shoulders, arms, core, glutes, and legs. • Structured Training Plans Choose plans based on your goal, experience level, and training setup, including beginner full-body training, push pull legs, dumbbell hypertrophy, fat loss, and bodyweight workouts. • Exercise Library Browse strength exercises with target muscles, step-by-step instructions, common mistakes, recommended sets, and alternatives. • Workout Logging Track weight, reps, RPE, completed sets, and workout duration. During a session, Muscle Map shows which muscles you are training in real time. • Recovery and Progress Insights Review muscle intensity, recovery status, weekly progress, training volume, muscle coverage, and personal records. • Built for Different Training Setups Use Muscle Map at the gym, at home with dumbbells, or with bodyweight-only workouts. Muscle Map is designed for lifters who want more structure, better muscle balance, and a clearer view of their training progress. Note: Muscle Map provides workout tracking and fitness reference information only. It is not medical advice. Please train according to your own health and fitness level. Apple Official User Documentation (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Documentary Channel at 5.0 against iMuscleMap's 1.0. Documentary Channel also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13 vs 26.0). iMuscleMap's advantage is monetization model (freemium vs subscription). On price, ratings volume, 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. Documentary Channel sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year and iMuscleMap sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Documentary Channel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Documentary Channel ships an update fortnightly, iMuscleMap every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Documentary Channel | iMuscleMap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Katapy | Naihe Hu |
Customer experience
Documentary Channel
iMuscleMap
In-app purchases
Documentary Channel
- Annual Subscription1 Year trial$1.991 Year
- Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
iMuscleMap
- MonthlyPro$1.991 Month
- YearlyPro$14.991 Year
- Life Time Pro$24.99
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