Comparison

Bridge Athletics vs Plata.

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

Head to head
About

Bridge Athletics

Manage your gym membership, book classes, and sign up for events. Update your profile information and payment details easily.

Highlights
  • Class reservation
  • Gym event sign-ups
  • Account management
  • Profile updates
  • Payment information management
Features
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For members of Bridge Athletics to reserve their place in a class, sign up for gym events, and general account management like updating headshots and credit card on file.

About

Plata.

Log your jiu-jitsu training sessions, track your belt progression, and connect with training partners. Record techniques, duration, and notes, and see your training history. Find your academy's class schedule and manage your privacy settings for each session.

Highlights
  • Log training sessions (class, mat, competition, drilling)
  • Track belt progression and stripes
  • Record session duration and notes
  • Add photos or voice notes for sessions
  • Connect with training partners
  • View academy class schedules
  • Set session privacy (public, followers-only, private)
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Plata is a training log for jiu-jitsu. Log your sessions, track your belt progression, and stay connected to the people you roll with — wherever they train. Log what you actually did Class, open mat, competition, drilling, private, or seminar. Record techniques, duration, and notes while it's still fresh. Add photos. Or describe your session out loud and let Plata fill in the form. Track your progression Belt and stripes, hours on the mat, session history by month and by type. See how much you've actually trained, not how much you think you have. Stay connected to your training partners Follow the people you roll with and see what they're working on, whatever gym they're at. Tag training partners, comment on sessions, and keep up with friends who moved away or train somewhere else. Your gym, in the app Find your academy and see its class schedule. Plata covers academies across the New York and New Jersey area, with more added regularly. Private when you want it Every session is public, followers-only, or just for you. Your journal stays yours. Built by a black belt at TRA Jiu Jitsu in Jersey City.

Screenshots

Bridge Athletics4 screens
Plata.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Plata. at 5.0 against Bridge Athletics's 4.0. Plata. also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Plata. holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plata. has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bridge Athletics versus Plata.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBridge AthleticsPlata.
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB47 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPushPress, Inc.Plata Interactive LLC

In-app purchases

None

Bridge Athletics

No in-app purchases

None

Plata.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bridge Athletics free?
Bridge Athletics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plata. free?
Plata. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bridge Athletics or Plata.?
Plata. is rated higher. Bridge Athletics averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Plata. averages 5.0 from 9 ratings.
Do Bridge Athletics or Plata. have ads?
Bridge Athletics shows ads; Plata. does not.

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