The Mat Room vs elevate by sam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Mat Room
Access three signature training methods combining Pilates, weightlifting, and cardio for strength building, fat burning, and muscle sculpting. Suitable for all fitness levels, from beginners to advanced.
- Three signature training methods
- Pilates principles integrated
- Weightlifting strategies included
- Heart-elevating movement
- Strength building focus
- Fat burning workouts
- Muscle sculpting
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The Mat Room Studio by Sadielee Thomas is all about getting you real results wherever you are. With The Mat Room’s three signature training methods, Power Define, Sweaty Sculpt, and Flow Sculpt, you won’t need any other class. Combining Pilates principles with weightlifting strategies and heart-elevating movement, each session is designed to help you build strength, burn fat, and sculpt lean, balanced muscle. Whether you're just getting started or looking to take it to the next level, there’s a method for you and a challenge for every level.
elevate by sam
This app offers personalized fitness and nutrition plans designed for busy women, adapting to real-life schedules and equipment availability. It provides structured workouts, healthy meal ideas, and progress tracking to help users feel strong and see results.
- Personalized workout programs
- Structured strength training
- Home and gym workout options
- Healthy meal recipes
- Weekly meal plans
- Progress photo tracking
- Weekly check-ins
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Elevate by Sam is a fitness and nutrition app built around how you actually live. Not the version of your life where you have unlimited time and zero interruptions. The real one. Work, kids, packed schedules, and weeks that don't always go to plan. It's built for women who already train and want to do it smarter. Who care about eating well without making it complicated. Who want to feel strong, and see it. YOUR PROGRAM. BUILT AROUND YOU. Elevate builds your program around your goals and your life. Where you train, how much time you have, what equipment you're working with. Gym, home, or hybrid. Strength, cardio, or follow-along. Three days a week or six. Your personal plan, ready from day one. TRAINING THAT WORKS Structured strength programs with clear, week-on-week progression. Form tips from Sam before every exercise so you know exactly what you're doing and why. Log your weight, sets, and reps as you go. Watch your progress climb. Can't get to a gym? The dumbbell-only and home follow-along programs are built to the same standard. NUTRITION THAT FITS YOUR LIFE This isn't boring diet food. These are good, filling meals, built around protein and clean quality ingredients, that the whole family will love. Hundreds of recipes, weekly meal plans, and a shopping list ready in one tap. Eating well shouldn't mean cooking twice. PROGRESS YOU CAN SEE Side-by-side progress photos. Weekly consistency badges. Mood and energy tracked week by week across your whole program. Because progress is more than the number on the scale, and Elevate tracks all of it. WEEKLY CHECK-INS Every week, you check in. How training went. How nutrition held up. How you're feeling. It keeps you on track without pressure, and it keeps your program working for you. ABOUT SAM Samantha Christine is a certified personal trainer, qualified nutritionist, and mom. She built Elevate because she knows exactly what it takes to show up consistently when life doesn't slow down. No perfection required. Just consistency. Elevate by Sam is free to download. Select the subscription plan that works for you – no minimum term, cancel anytime: Monthly – $24.99 Quarterly – $46.99 Annual – $148.99 Your subscription will work across your devices and renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the subscription period. Subscriptions can be managed and auto-renewal turned off in Account Settings within iTunes after purchase. Once purchased, no refunds will be provided for any unused portion of the term. By creating an account you agree to the Terms and Conditions, which can be found at: https://www.elevatebysam.com/terms-and-conditions View our privacy policy here: https://www.elevatebysam.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Mat Room at 5.0 against elevate by sam's 4.5. The Mat Room also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). elevate by sam's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (19 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
The Mat Room holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: elevate by sam has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The Mat Room ships an update every 7 months, elevate by sam daily. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Mat Room | elevate by sam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.5 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sutra Fitness, Inc. | SAMCFIT LLC |
Customer experience
The Mat Room
elevate by sam
In-app purchases
The Mat Room
No in-app purchases
elevate by sam
No in-app purchases
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