Protocol Grip Trainer vs Burnie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Protocol Grip Trainer
This app pairs with a Bluetooth grip trainer device to track your grip strength workouts. Perform structured exercises to improve your grip and monitor your progress directly on your phone.
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Workout tracking
- Grip strength measurement
- Structured workouts
- Progress monitoring
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Companion app to the Protocol Grip Trainer, a grip trainer device which uses Bluetooth to record workouts to your phone. Discover how strong your grip is! Perform structured workouts to strengthen your grip!
Burnie
Effortlessly track your food intake by speaking, typing, or snapping photos. Get instant calorie and macro estimates, review your daily progress, and set personalized nutrition goals. Integrates with Apple Health for a comprehensive wellness overview.
- Log meals via voice, text, photo, or barcode
- Automatic calorie and macro estimation
- Detailed nutrition breakdown
- Customizable calorie and macro targets
- Food diary and progress tracking
- Apple Health integration
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Food tracking that fits real life. Tell Burnie what you ate in your own words. Type a meal, say it out loud, take a photo, or scan a barcode. Burnie turns your input into estimated calories, protein, carbs, and fat, so you can spend less time tracking Log meals your way • Describe a whole meal in one entry. • Use your voice when typing is inconvenient. • Snap a meal photo or scan a packaged food's barcode. • Save favorites and reuse recent meals. See what went into the estimate Review the foods, portions, and nutrition estimates behind your meal. Adjust portions or edit calories and macros when needed. Keep your day in view See your food diary, calories remaining, and macro totals together. Track water, record your weight, and look back at your progress over time. Make your goals your own Set calorie and macro targets for your routine. Whether you're working toward weight loss, weight gain, or maintenance, Burnie helps you keep a record of your daily habits. Connect with Apple Health With your permission, Burnie can read activity and weight data and save nutrition data to Apple Health. A Burnie subscription is required for meal analysis and logging. Weekly, monthly, and yearly plans are available. Prices and any eligible trial are shown before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Nutrition values may be inaccurate. Review results, check food labels, and adjust portions when needed. Burnie is for general wellness and is not a medical device or a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare professional. Privacy policy: https://burnieapp.com/privacy/ Terms of use: https://burnieapp.com/terms/ Apple standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Protocol Grip Trainer at none against Burnie's 4. Protocol Grip Trainer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Burnie sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Protocol Grip Trainer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Protocol Grip Trainer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Protocol Grip Trainer | Burnie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | 4.8 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sawyer Blankenship | LEONARDO VALDIVIA |
Customer experience
Protocol Grip Trainer
Burnie
In-app purchases
Protocol Grip Trainer
No in-app purchases
Burnie
- Burnie Weekly$2.997 Days
- Burnie Monthly$9.991 Month
- Burnie Monthly3 Months trial$9.991 Month
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- Burnie Annual3 Days trial$79.991 Year
