Comparison

Aura vs Built Workout

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

Head to head
About

Aura

This app helps you transform your life by building new habits, breaking vices, and discovering hobbies. It guides you through improving personality, body, mind, and soul, with daily progress tracking and social sharing features.

Highlights
  • Learn new habits in 22 days
  • Break vices in 90 days
  • Discover new hobbies
  • Improve personality, body, mind, soul
  • Daily progress tracking
  • Social sharing of progress
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Start Being Better at Everything! Transform your life, grow your aura, and light up every room you enter. With Aura App, you can: - Learn a new habit in just 22 days - Break free from any vice in 90 days - Discover exciting new hobbies every day HOW TO USE: 1. Download Aura App 2. Take the test to discover your aura 3. Improve the 4 pillars: Personality, Body, Mind, and Soul 4. Start a new habit or hobby with a single click 5. Track your progress easily 6. Grow your aura every day and unlock exclusive wallpapers for each completed day FEATURES: - Daily growth: Boost your stats by completing tasks and grow your aura consistently. - Social sharing: Share your progress with friends and grow together. - Character building: Design a new version of yourself for a completely transformed life. NOTE: Aura App does not provide medical advice. All recommendations are suggestions—please consult with a professional and conduct your own research before trying something new. FREE TRIAL: Before starting your free trial, you can view your initial aura score. Access all features, including progress tracking and social sharing, once you begin a weekly, monthly, or yearly subscription plan. Terms of Service: https://get-aura-app.com/tos Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Built Workout

This app helps you optimize your strength training by showing which muscles are recovered and ready for your next workout. It offers smart tracking, AI coaching based on your history, and tools to log, share, and visualize your progress.

Highlights
  • Muscle recovery heatmap
  • Gym-optimized logging keyboard
  • AI coaching based on training history
  • Workout sharing with muscle maps
  • Stabilized transformation video creation
  • Exercise library and custom routines
Features
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Stop guessing what to train next. Built shows you which muscles are recovered and which aren't, on a body map that updates after every workout. Log sets with a keyboard made for the gym, see your week by muscle, and get coaching built on your real training. Every new member can start with a 7-day free trial. WHAT BUILT DOES 1. Know exactly when each muscle is ready An interactive anatomy map shows recovery across your whole body. Tap any muscle for its recovery level, the time until it's ready, and exercises that fit. Front, side and back views update after every session. 2. Start today's session in one tap Built ranks your own routines by what's recovered, picks today's, and can build a session from scratch around the muscles that are ready. Rest day? A stretch session for what's sore. 3. Log faster with a gym keyboard A numeric keypad with +/- controls, last session's numbers filled in as placeholders, rest timers between sets, and personal records marked automatically. 4. See your week by muscle Sets per muscle every week, 12-week trends, the lifts behind them, and how balanced your training is. 5. A coach that knows your training Ask anything. The AI coach reads your workout history, recovery and balance before it answers, suggests exercises for what's recovered, and builds routines through conversation. 6. Share workouts your gym friends want to see Every post carries a map of the muscles you hit. Tag the song you trained to, make story cards, send routines by DM. Turn progress photos into aligned transformation videos in a few taps. 300+ exercises with visual guides, custom and community routines, workout reminders, and training partners to keep you consistent. Join 50,000+ lifters training with Built. Built Premium: the live recovery map with exact ready times, sessions built for today, progress by muscle, full AI coaching, stretch and recovery sessions, and unlimited timelapse photos. 7-day free trial on the yearly plan ($44.99/year), or $7.99/month. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.builtworkout.com/terms-of-service.html Privacy Policy: https://www.builtworkout.com/privacy-policy.html

Screenshots

Aura4 screens
Built Workout4 screens

Verdict

The call

Aura and Built Workout both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 84% of Built Workout's written reviews are positive against 37% of Aura's. Built Workout also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). Aura's advantage is ratings volume (3.2K vs 382). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Aura sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Built Workout sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Aura against 4.8 for Built Workout. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aura has 3.2K ratings behind it against 382, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 37% of Aura's written reviews are positive against 84% of Built Workout's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aura ships an update every 3 weeks, Built Workout every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Aura versus Built Workout: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAuraBuilt Workout
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3.2K ratings)4.8 (382 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.9% of reviews84.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.2K — better382
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017
Further details — not scored
Size424 MB120 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperAlessio GherasimNatanim Abebe

Customer experience

Aura

All ratings3,234 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.6%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews222 reviews
Positive36.9%
Neutral5.0%
Negative58.1%

Built Workout

All ratings371 ratings
Positive96.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive84.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative12.0%

Bugs and requests

Aura

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Subscription issues after cancellation
  • Inability to use app without active subscription

Requested features

2 requests
  • Free version option
  • Improve subscription management

Built Workout

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Aura

Subscriptions8
  • Aura Weekly Premium2 variants$3.997 Days
  • Aura Monthly Premium3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Aura Monthly Premium$8.991 Month
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  • Aura Monthly Premium3 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Aura Yearly Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Aura Yearly Premium Offer$34.991 Year
  • Aura Yearly Premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Aura Yearly Premium3 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Aura Lifetime$44.99
2 purchases

Built Workout

Subscriptions2
  • Built Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Built Premium Yearly7 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Aura free?
Aura is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Built Workout free?
Built Workout is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Aura or Built Workout?
Built Workout is rated higher. Aura averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.2K ratings, while Built Workout averages 4.8 from 382 ratings.
Do Aura or Built Workout have ads?
Neither Aura nor Built Workout shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aura or Built Workout?
Aura ships an update every 3 weeks, and Built Workout every 3 days. Most recently, Aura was updated on October 31, 2026 and Built Workout on October 30, 2026.

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