Comparison

Lucent vs Bruce

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

Head to head
About

Lucent

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Lucent is your personal space to access your guided meditations and help you keep a simple structure for your daily meditation practice. Upload the meditation you own and access them here to keep everything organized, maintain a consistent daily practice, integrate your insights and stay aligned throughout the day. Features: • Play your guided meditations • Upload your own meditations to your library • Create a seamless playback queue • Set daily commitments • Track streaks, insights, and progress • Stay coherent throughout your day with personalized reminders Important note: Lucent currently does not provide guided meditations. It a space to upload and access the meditations YOU ALREADY own.

About

Bruce

Features
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Track your workouts without the noise. Bruce is a workout tracker that stays out of your way. Pick a plan, log your sets, rest when the timer beeps, repeat. That's it. PLANS • Create your own or choose from suggested programs (PPL, Upper/Lower, and more) • Warm-ups, drop sets, and supersets that alternate set by set • Share plans as tappable links • 800+ exercise library with beginner-friendly defaults • Plate calculator built into every barbell exercise TRACKING • Per-set timers, rest countdowns, and skip/complete controls • Pausable hold timers for planks and carries, with a lead-in countdown • Edit past workouts or log one you did without the app • Personal records detected automatically (weight, volume, estimated 1RM) • Post-workout summary with stats and optional progress photo • Body weight log with notes and sparkline trend TIMERS • Rest — repeating interval for between sets • Tabata — 20s work / 10s rest Ɨ 8 rounds • HIIT — custom work/rest/rounds • EMOM — every minute on the minute • Stretch — timed holds for flexibility PROGRESS • Volume and frequency charts • Weekly training-days goal • Workout streaks • Muscle ranks on a body map • Calendar view • Body weight history SYNC • Optional iCloud sync across devices • Optional Apple Health integration (workouts + body weight) • JSON export of your plans and history • Live Activity and Dynamic Island during workouts PRIVACY • No account required • No analytics or tracking • iCloud and Apple Health sync are off until you turn them on • Your data stays on your device unless you choose to sync Free. No trials, no paywalls, no "pro" tier.

Screenshots

Lucent4 screens
Bruce4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Bruce at every 6 days against Lucent's every 5 months. Lucent's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lucent ships an update every 5 months, Bruce every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Lucent versus Bruce: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLucentBruce
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLumaNexus LLCAbhishek Agrawal

In-app purchases

None

Lucent

No in-app purchases

None

Bruce

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lucent free?
Lucent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bruce free?
Bruce is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lucent or Bruce have ads?
Neither Lucent nor Bruce shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lucent or Bruce?
Lucent ships an update every 5 months, and Bruce every 6 days. Most recently, Lucent was updated on September 30, 2026 and Bruce on October 4, 2026.

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