BarBase vs Muscle Up G
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Discover workout spots
- Save favorite parks
- Track progress
- Custom reminders
- Outdoor fitness companion
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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.
Muscle Up G
This app offers structured calisthenics programs to help users progress from zero pull-ups to ten muscle-ups. It includes a workout player, PR tracking, a habit log, and a map of outdoor fitness equipment.
- Structured 4-week calisthenics programs
- Workout player with rest timer
- Personal record tracking
- Daily habit log
- Map of outdoor pull-up bars
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Muscle Up G is the calisthenics app for people who refuse to plateau. Three structured 4-week programs take you from zero pull-ups to ten unbroken muscle-ups. Program 1 — Pull-Up Foundation. - From zero to ten clean pull-ups in four weeks. Assisted reps, negatives, and isometric holds, prescribed set by set. Program 2 — Bar to Muscle-Up. - Ten pull-ups isn't enough. False grip, transitions, explosive pulls, and the first strict muscle-up. Program 3 — Muscle-Up Mastery. - From one to ten unbroken. The conditioning, the volume, and the EMOMs to string sets. What's in the app • A workout player with a rest timer and auto-save on every set. • PR tracking — your pull-up max, your false-grip hold, your longest muscle-up set. • A daily habit log (water, meals, body weight) and a streak you'll want to keep. • A map of outdoor pull-up bars, parallel bars, and rings near you — anywhere in the world the data exists. Free for seven days. After that, $9.99 unlocks every program, forever. No subscription. Train where it counts. ————— Auto-renewable subscription • Muscle Up G Pro — full access to all 3 programs, workout player, PR tracking, bar map • 7-day free trial, then $9.99 / year • Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://muscleupg.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: BarBase at ad-supported against Muscle Up G's subscription. BarBase also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). Muscle Up G's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price and in-app purchases 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.
Muscle Up G holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BarBase has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BarBase ships an update every 2 days, Muscle Up G every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BarBase | Muscle Up G |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DESMOND TRUE BUCKY | Jordan Fuchs |
Customer experience
BarBase
Muscle Up G
In-app purchases
BarBase
No in-app purchases
Muscle Up G
No in-app purchases








