Comparison

Muscle Mentor vs Compound

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

Head to head
About

Muscle Mentor

This app provides personalized AI-driven workout and nutrition plans tailored to your fitness goals and level. It offers smart meal suggestions, macro tracking, and progress monitoring, integrating with Apple Health and smartwatches.

Highlights
  • Personalized AI workout plans
  • Strength and hypertrophy focus
  • Home or gym workout options
  • Custom calorie and macro targets
  • AI meal suggestions
  • Macro tracking
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Muscle Mentor: Your AI Workout & Nutrition Coach Stop guessing. Start progressing. Muscle Mentor builds research-backed, personalized workout and nutrition plans based on your goals, fitness level, and available equipment. Whether you're building muscle, losing weight, or improving performance, our AI adapts with you. AI Workout Plans • Personalized training programs • Strength & hypertrophy focused • Home or gym options • Plans evolve with your progress Smart Nutrition Planning • Custom calorie & macro targets • AI meal suggestions • Track protein, carbs & fat • Built-in macro tracker Track What Matters • Steps, calories burned, streaks • Strength progress tracking • Apple Health integration • Smartwatch sync AI Food Analysis Simply type what you ate, and our AI will automatically estimate your nutrition. Start transforming your fitness today with Muscle Mentor. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.musclementorapp.com/privacy-policy

About

Compound

This app simplifies fitness by focusing on four core movements and two key metrics: calories and protein. It provides personalized workout plans and nutrition targets, with features like meal scanning and progress tracking. Designed for those seeking a sustainable approach to strength and weight management without unnecessary complexity.

Highlights
  • Workout plan based on four movement patterns
  • Calorie and protein tracking
  • Personalized progression
  • Meal scanning and barcode scanning
  • GLP-1 user protein target adjustment
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Friends-first social layer
Features
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The workout plan you climb. Compound decides your workout, picks your weights, and shows your strength climbing a map from Iron to Olympian. Plus a calorie and protein tracker that logs a meal from a photo. Compound is for people who are tired of guessing. Tired of starting a program and dropping it in week three. Tired of lifting for months with no idea whether you're getting stronger. Tired of putting in the work and not seeing your body change. What you get - A plan that decides for you. Four movements, squat, hinge, push and pull, sized to the days you can actually train. Open the app and today's workout is ready, weights included. - Strength you can see. Every session is a step up the map, and the sets you log earn your rank on the lifts you already do, from Iron to Olympian. - Two numbers for food: a calorie target and a protein target. Snap a photo of your plate to log it. On a GLP-1, your protein target is set higher to help protect muscle. - The people you train with. Share your workouts and meals with your friends, and see what they're lifting and eating. Private by default. What you don't get A 40-exercise menu, macros of macros, or a program you have to design yourself. Built for the body you want Anyone who wants to build the physique they've been picturing, without turning it into a second job. No splits to design, no spreadsheets, no week spent deciding. Show up, lift what the plan says, hit your two numbers, and watch your strength climb. Try Compound Pro free for a week. Cancel anytime. Stop guessing. Start climbing. Terms of use: https://compoundfit.app/terms Privacy policy: https://compoundfit.app/privacy

Screenshots

Muscle Mentor4 screens
Compound4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Muscle Mentor at 5.0 against Compound's 4.7. Muscle Mentor also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). Compound's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Muscle Mentor sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Compound sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Muscle Mentor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Compound has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Muscle Mentor ships an update every 3 days, Compound fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Muscle Mentor versus Compound: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMuscle MentorCompound
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB135 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperEvan CourtneyHIEU HUYNH LUU

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Muscle Mentor

Subscriptions5
  • Fitness Starter$9.991 Month
  • Nutrition Starter$9.991 Month
  • Fitness Core$29.991 Month
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  • Nutrition Core$29.991 Month
  • Total Elite$49.991 Month
5 purchases

Compound

Subscriptions4
  • Compound Pro (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Compound Pro Creator Promo (Annual)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Compound Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Compound Pro (Annual)14 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Compound Pro Lifetime$89.99

Questions

Is Muscle Mentor free?
Muscle Mentor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Compound free?
Compound is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Muscle Mentor or Compound?
Muscle Mentor is rated higher. Muscle Mentor averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Compound averages 4.7 from 9 ratings.
Do Muscle Mentor or Compound have ads?
Neither Muscle Mentor nor Compound shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Muscle Mentor or Compound?
Muscle Mentor ships an update every 3 days, and Compound fortnightly. Most recently, Muscle Mentor was updated on October 6, 2026 and Compound on October 23, 2026.

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