MBRA vs DragonStrength
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MBRA
Easily book fitness classes and manage your membership from your device. Make reservations, join waitlists, and check your profile and membership status on the go.
- Book fitness classes
- Manage reservations
- Join waitlists
- Check profile
- View membership status
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Download the MBRA app to easily book classes and manage your fitness experience - anytime, anywhere. Make a reservation, get added to a wait list, check your profile and membership status, and more – all from your device. Visit https://mbraathletics.com/ to learn more.
DragonStrength
This app generates personalized strength training routines using a vast library of exercises curated by a physical therapist. It offers customizable workout generation with bias controls and a smart calculator for optimal weight and rep suggestions. Track your progress with dynamic visualizations and a comprehensive workout log.
- Semi-random workout generation
- Customizable bias controls
- Smart suggested metrics calculator
- Integrated workout log
- Dynamic training visualizations
- Curated exercise database
- Add custom exercises
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DragonStrength is a digital strength training companion that uses evidence-based exercise science and physical therapy concepts to generate semi-random workouts that pull from an extensive library of exercises all hand-selected and curated by a licensed, practicing doctor of physical therapy to ensure that generative workouts are populated with the safest and most effective exercises, as determined by actual clinical trials. Smarter suggested metrics use previous workouts, selected training mode, and configurable progression goal to calculate the optimal weight, set, and rep combinations to achieve progressive overload for each exercise, at a pace you decide. An integrated workout log provides a place to save completed workouts for future reference as well as a living data set that populates a variety of graphs and figures for easily tracking gains and identifying training plateaus. Differentiating features: - Point-based generative workouts: YOU control the algorithm - as random as you need it to be (or not at all!) - Curated, customizable exercise library of >240 unique entries, regularly updated by a licensed physical therapist - No more pre-planning workouts: configure a full, custom routine as you walk into the gym, in as few as 2 taps - Privacy-minded: NO user accounts, NO AI features, NO network dependency. All user data stays on device. - Designed to minimize taps - more time in the zone, less time on your phone - Data-driven weight & reps suggestions: No more mental math for progressive overload - Customizable profiles: configure by location - exercises that require unavailable equipment are excluded from selection
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DragonStrength at every 2 weeks against MBRA's every 16 months. MBRA's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. 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 MBRA against 5.0 for DragonStrength. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.
MBRA ships an update every 16 months, DragonStrength every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MBRA | DragonStrength |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MBRA Athletics Corporation | Matthew Herrick |
Customer experience
MBRA
DragonStrength
In-app purchases
MBRA
No in-app purchases
DragonStrength
No in-app purchases
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