Comparison

BarBase vs Flowrk

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

Head to head
About

BarBase

Find and save outdoor workout locations, track your fitness progress, and set custom reminders. This app is designed for calisthenics athletes and outdoor fitness enthusiasts to enhance their training experience.

Highlights
  • Discover workout spots
  • Save favorite parks
  • Track progress
  • Custom reminders
  • Outdoor fitness companion
Features
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BarBase is the ultimate companion for calisthenics athletes and outdoor fitness enthusiasts. Discover new workout spots, save your favorite parks, track your progress, and stay motivated with custom reminders — all in one place.

About

Flowrk

Features
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DESCRIPTION: Flowrk builds intelligent, full-scale calisthenics workouts tailored to your equipment, experience, and the skills you're chasing. TRAIN SMARTER Pick from 5 training modes - Upper Body, Lower Body, Mobility, Handstands, or Flow. Flowrk builds a complete session around the equipment you actually own and the level you're actually at, with logical supersets and no wasted time. BUILD YOUR OWN PROGRAMME Enter a plan from your trainer, or write your own split. Multi-day cycles with supersets, per-exercise notes, prescribed rest intervals and per-set rep schemes. Start a day, finish it, and the cycle moves on by itself. TRAIN FOR A SKILL Working toward a muscle-up, handstand, pistol squat, L-sit, or shoulder stand? Pick your target skills and every session adds dedicated skill practice for the prerequisites you're still short on - placed right after the warm-up, while you're freshest. MOVEMENT & FLOW Flow is a dedicated capoeira and movement session - ground flow, inversions and balance, kicks and transitions. No equipment needed, just floor space. TRACK EVERYTHING Log reps, weight, and time for every set. Built-in rest timer with haptic alerts keeps you on pace. See your last performance on every exercise so you know exactly what to beat. PROGRESSIVE OVERLOAD Flowrk automatically suggests your next target based on previous sessions - when to add a rep, when to bump weight, and when you've plateaued and need to change stimulus. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Personal bests on every lift and hold, progress charts per exercise, streak and consistency tracking, and a muscle balance check that shows what you've been neglecting. YOUR DATA IS YOURS Export a full backup and restore it - history, programmes, records and settings. No account required, and everything lives on your device. 200+ EXERCISES A curated library of calisthenics, kettlebell, ring, barbell, mobility, and capoeira exercises with coach tips and video references. FEATURES - 5 workout modes with smart exercise selection, plus your own programmes - Difficulty set per capability - pulling, pushing, legs, compression, handstand - Skill training for muscle-up, handstand, pistol squat, L-sit, and shoulder stand - Equipment-based filtering (bars, rings, kettlebells, bands, gym kit, and more) - Auto rest timer with haptics - Progressive overload recommendations - Personal bests and per-exercise progress charts - Suggested deloads - Backup and restore - Exercise swap and add during workouts - Workout history and detailed session review - Oura Ring integration for readiness-based training - Apple HealthKit sync - Crash recovery - never lose a workout in progress - Dark mode support

Screenshots

BarBase4 screens
Flowrk3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Flowrk at none against BarBase's shown. BarBase's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BarBase ships an update every 2 days, Flowrk monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BarBase versus Flowrk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarBaseFlowrk
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB39 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDESMOND TRUE BUCKYDYLAN RAY MACE

In-app purchases

None

BarBase

No in-app purchases

None

Flowrk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BarBase free?
BarBase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flowrk free?
Flowrk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BarBase or Flowrk have ads?
BarBase shows ads; Flowrk does not.
Which is updated more often, BarBase or Flowrk?
BarBase ships an update every 2 days, and Flowrk monthly. Most recently, BarBase was updated on October 6, 2026 and Flowrk on October 7, 2026.

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