Playbase vs KettleForge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Playbase
Discover and organize sports activities like football, tennis, and basketball. Find venues, connect with teammates, and track your sports schedule. It's a social hub for active individuals who enjoy sports as a community experience.
- Search sports venues by city and sport
- Create custom sports events
- Find teammates for games
- Track event schedule and history
- View detailed venue information
- Subscribe to favorite sports for event notifications
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Playbase is an app for athletes and active people who want to find places to play sports, organize games, and join events happening nearby. Create football matches, tennis sessions, basketball workouts, or any other sports activity — Playbase helps you find players and a venue close to you. The app brings together people who see sport not only as training, but also as community, energy, and fun. What you can do: • Search sports venues and courts by sport and city • Browse venues on the map and pick the most convenient location • Create your own events — matches, workouts, and tournaments • Join other people's events and find partners to play with • View your schedule and meeting history • Explore venue details: photos, address, surface type, and amenities • Browse club sections and submit enrollment requests • Book time at sports venues • Chat with other participants inside the app • Subscribe to your favorite sports and get notifications about new events in your city • Reach support via in-app chat, email, or Telegram Playbase is your personal sports calendar, venue map, and community of like-minded athletes — all in one app. Start searching, playing, and winning today!
KettleForge
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KettleForge is an interval timer for kettlebell sport that counts your reps while you lift. Set your rounds of work and rest, prop the phone against a wall, and start. The front camera watches the movement pattern and counts — no wearable, no sensor on the bell, no tapping between sets. COUNTS THE COMPETITION LIFTS Long cycle, jerk and snatch are recognised by the shape of the movement itself, not by a shake or a buzz. Each one has been counted in front of the camera against a real set and checked rep for rep. More lifts are on the way and they are listed in the app, greyed out, so you can see what is coming rather than wondering. Camera missed one? Tap the count and it goes in. START WITHOUT TOUCHING THE PHONE Raise either hand above your head for two seconds and the set begins. The count box pulses and ticks once a second so you know you have been seen — which matters three metres away with a bell in each hand. BUILT TO BE RUN BY EAR Your back is to the phone for most of a set, so the phases are told apart by the shape of the sound and not only by pitch: one soft note into Get Ready, two hard strikes when work begins, a triad left ringing at the end. It sounds through the silent switch, and it ducks your music rather than shouting over it. READ THE SET BACK Every rep is stored with the second it was counted, so a workout is more than a total. Read your pace minute by minute and round by round — because 120 reps in ten minutes can be twelve a minute all the way down, or twenty for five minutes and then nothing, and that difference is the thing you actually train. WHAT YOU SET • Get Ready, work and rest durations, per round • How many rounds • Bell weight and whether you are lifting one or two • How much of the camera feed shows through the phase colour • Whether the camera counts, and whether a raised hand starts the set PRIVACY The camera is read frame by frame and never recorded. Nothing is uploaded, there is no account and no sign-in, and every workout stays on your phone. The privacy label says Data Not Collected because that is the truth. IPHONE AND IPAD One universal app. On iPad the counting works in any orientation, so you can stand it sideways on a bench and it still reads the lift. KETTLEFORGE PRO Progress, pace held, arm balance and goals are part of KettleForge Pro: monthly, yearly with a two-week free trial, or a one-time purchase. Everything you record stays free. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://partof.team/kettleforge-privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: KettleForge at every 2 days against Playbase's weekly. Playbase's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads, 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.
Playbase ships an update weekly, KettleForge every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Playbase | KettleForge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GALS, OOO | Ravil Khusainov |
In-app purchases
Playbase
No in-app purchases
KettleForge
No in-app purchases
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