Comparison

SugarWOD vs Crosstrainer

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

Head to head
About

SugarWOD

This app helps athletes track workouts, PRs, and progress. Coaches can manage programming, monitor members, and connect with their community. It offers performance tracking, prep videos, and social features like comments and "fist bumps" to foster engagement.

Highlights
  • Workout tracking and PR recording
  • Performance and progress monitoring
  • Community engagement with comments and 'fist bumps'
  • Programming management for coaches
  • Movement prep videos
  • Leaderboards and friend activity feeds
Features
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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." -----------------

About

Crosstrainer

This app provides a suite of timers and tracking tools designed for fitness enthusiasts to monitor their workouts. It offers various timer modes, preloaded routines, and hands-free audio and voice command capabilities for seamless exercise logging.

Highlights
  • EMOM, AMRAP, For Time, Custom Interval Timers
  • Preloaded Workouts
  • Add Exercise Names to Timers
  • Audio Guides for Hands-Free Workouts
  • Voice Command for Set Tracking
  • Advanced Splits and Round Tracking
  • Weekly New Workouts and Timers
Features
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Fit! Crosstrainer Pro is the best app for tracking your WODs. Timers included: Emom Amrap For Time Custom Intervals Preloaded Workouts Key features: Add exercise names to your timers Audio guides - speak your round, exercise, and reps for hands free workouts Advanced splits and tracking for your sets and rounds including end of workout pacing Enable voice command to track your sets and rounds hands free New workouts and timers added weekly Learn more at http://www.macrofit.co Terms of Use: https://www.joinfitapp.com/terms.html

Screenshots

SugarWOD4 screens
Crosstrainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SugarWOD at none against Crosstrainer's 2. SugarWOD also leads on ratings volume (91K vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). Crosstrainer's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Crosstrainer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. SugarWOD asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for SugarWOD against 5.0 for Crosstrainer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SugarWOD has 91K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SugarWOD ships an update fortnightly, Crosstrainer every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SugarWOD versus Crosstrainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSugarWODCrosstrainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (91K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings91K — better2
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB10 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDaxko LLCMacroFit Inc

Customer experience

SugarWOD

All ratings90,921 ratings
Positive98.2%
Neutral1.0%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews455 reviews
Positive51.2%
Neutral9.2%
Negative39.6%

Crosstrainer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Crosstrainer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SugarWOD

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Crosstrainer

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$6.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$59.991 Year

Questions

Is SugarWOD free?
SugarWOD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crosstrainer free?
Crosstrainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SugarWOD or Crosstrainer?
Crosstrainer is rated higher. SugarWOD averages 4.9 out of 5 from 91K ratings, while Crosstrainer averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do SugarWOD or Crosstrainer have ads?
Neither SugarWOD nor Crosstrainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SugarWOD or Crosstrainer?
SugarWOD ships an update fortnightly, and Crosstrainer every 11 days. Most recently, SugarWOD was updated on November 5, 2026 and Crosstrainer on November 3, 2026.

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