SugarWOD vs CHALK IT PRO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SugarWOD
This app helps athletes track workouts, PRs, and progress while connecting with a gym community. Coaches can manage programming, monitor performance, and engage with members. It offers prep videos and a library of workouts for a comprehensive fitness experience.
- Workout tracking and PR logging
- Community leaderboards and social interaction
- Movement prep videos
- Program management for coaches
- Workout library and custom workout creation
- Performance analytics for coaches
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SugarWOD is the #1 workout app for athletes, coaches and affiliates. Over 500,000 affiliate athletes use SugarWOD to track their workouts and PRs! With commenting, photo sharing and community scoreboards, you can connect with friends and coaches, inside and outside the gym. Athletes have even given each other more than 35 million fist bumps! The app also creates a better WOD experience with performance tracking, movement prep videos, and a way for your friends to support you when you get that back squat PR. CompTrain by Ben Bergeron is exclusively available on SugarWOD. 2900+ boxes use SugarWOD to grow their community and manage their programming. For affiliate owners and coaches, SugarWOD simplifies program management, with a library of over 1000 WODs and an easy-to-use programming tool. It also provides a powerful tool that supports the community at your gym—with the ability to encourage and connect with athletes inside and outside the box and analytics to make sure coaches can monitor the performance and participation of their members. With the SugarWOD mobile app athletes can: • Receive alerts when your box’s WOD is posted • Prepare for the WOD with prep videos and your personal performance history • Record your WOD results • Track your PRs and progress • Connect with affiliate athletes all over the world • See how your friends did on your daily leaderboard • Support your friends with comments and fist bumps • Record workouts done outside the gym—choose from 1000s of built-in workouts • Create and record custom workouts With the SugarWOD mobile app coaches can: • Do everything listed above and more… • Publish to a mobile Whiteboard and connect with your athletes inside and outside the box • Monitor member’s performance and participation to improve your coaching • Connect with and encourage your athletes as they publish their workout results • Access the coach’s prep planner for a consistent WOD experience for your athletes More info can be found at www.sugarwod.com ----------------- "Great app, I love it! I'm just starting out in CrossFit and I'm not sure if I'd like it as much if I didn't have SugarWOD." ----------------- "It's so easy to use, both as a coach and a user. Awesome interface, tap friendly and very intuitive." ----------------- "SugarWOD has provided there so much more cross communication between the athletes from the different classes, it's actually amazing. Fist bumps are flying all over the place!" ----------------- "I worked in the Tech industry for 16 years before starting up the Box and I know when I come across some good tech, so well done!" ----------------- "SugarWOD has been a great success, members love it and its sparked some friendly banter and fierce competition amongst everyone." -----------------
CHALK IT PRO
This app allows gym owners, personal trainers, and athletes to create and track personalized workouts. It supports multi-level programming, private revenue-generating tracks, and community engagement features.
- Multi-level workout programming
- Private revenue-generating tracks
- Workout database
- Community engagement features
- Athlete progress tracking
- Remote programming import
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Chalk It Pro is the best software solution to create and track single and multi-level workouts for gym owners, personal trainers and athletes. Provide a smart, socially engaging and tailored workout experience for all your athletes! Brought on by the need to treat members and athletes individually. We allow and encourage multi-level programming on a daily basis. There is a giant need in the group/class training marketplace to make sure all clients are receiving a personalized approach. Program your daily workouts with up-to 10 levels to effectively reach all of your clients skill levels. Private tracks make it simple for gym owners to add different revenue streams and track everything from one easy to navigate dashboard. Run challenges, boot camps, skills clinics, points of performance classes and more, all while keeping them all separated and totally organized. High fives, comments, GIF's, and a daily forum allows your community to easily communicate with each other. Build a strong support group for all of your members, even those that still refuse to get on social media. Chalk It Pro & Affiliates: • Multi-Level WOD programming options for all your memebrs • Program from your PC or on-the-go • Searchable and tag-able workout database for easy cataloging and reference • Custom leader-boards through shareable private CHIP codes • Record and track WOD results, lifts and body composition history • Track and communicate with your athletes through your CoachBoard - Attendance, PR's and more... • Revenue generating Private Tracks • Community engagement though daily filterable leader-boards (high fives, GIF's, comments, Chalk Talk) • Remote programming import and distribution • Import data from other tracking apps you may have used in the past for seamless integration onto your gym. Chalk It Pro & Athletes: • Simple WOD creation and sharing tool • Import your remote coaches programming • Import your WOD history from your old tracking program • Searchable workout database for easy reference based on Name/Date/Movement Types/Etc... • Custom leader-boards through shareable private CHIP codes - Train/Compete/Compare with anyone in the world • Record and track WOD results, lifts and body composition history Chalk It Pro & Personal Trainers: • Private Tracks for each client to keep you organized and your clients set up for success • Easily copy and share programming between tracks • Program from your PC or on-the-go • Create events and groups for your clients to be involved within • Track your client results for instant coaching feedback and best of services practices A Chalk It Pro account is required. If you're downloading this app, you've chosen to subscribe to the most well rounded programming and tracking app on the market.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SugarWOD at 4.9 against CHALK IT PRO's 4.1. SugarWOD also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription) and ratings volume (91K vs 54). CHALK IT PRO's advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 51%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
SugarWOD holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SugarWOD has 91K ratings behind it against 54, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 51% of SugarWOD's written reviews are positive against 63% of CHALK IT PRO's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SugarWOD ships an update every 11 days, CHALK IT PRO every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SugarWOD | CHALK IT PRO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (91K ratings) — better | 4.1 (54 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.1% of reviews | 63.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 91K — better | 54 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daxko LLC | Green Monster Studios |
Customer experience
SugarWOD
CHALK IT PRO
Bugs and requests
SugarWOD
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to log workouts
- Incorrect data syncing and display
- Unreliable notification system
- Glitches with workout history and progress tracking
Requested features
5 requests- Add custom workout options
- Improve fist bump functionality
- Integrate with fitness trackers
- Optimize for tablet devices
- Provide better data visualization and analytics
CHALK IT PRO
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SugarWOD
No in-app purchases
CHALK IT PRO
No in-app purchases









