Comparison

Protocol vs The 1% Blueprint

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

Head to head
About

Protocol

Track nutrition, training, sleep, and more in one adaptive system. Scan meals for instant macro breakdowns, build custom workouts, and monitor progress with data-driven insights. Features AI and human coaching options for personalized guidance.

Highlights
  • Meal scanning for instant macro analysis
  • Customizable training plan generation
  • Holistic tracking of nutrition, training, sleep, and steps
  • AI-powered coaching and insights
  • Optional human coaching integration
  • Seven specialized fitness archetypes
Features
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Protocol is an adaptive fitness system for nutrition, training, fasting, body composition, and accountability. Protocol exists to remove excuses by replacing motivation with structure. It treats the body as a system that adapts to conditions, not emotions. The app is not a motivator, diary, or game. It is a compliance engine that records reality, reinforces constraints, and helps you operate the system long enough for results to compound. Scan meals. Generate workouts. Track lifts, macros, fasting, sleep, steps, weight, and weekly progress in one system that learns how you eat, move, train, and recover. Built for consistency over motivation, Protocol gives you structure without guilt mechanics, streak pressure, or noisy dashboards. Just clear targets, adaptive feedback, and tools that keep your plan moving. MEAL LOGGING Log food with a photo, text, barcode, or saved meal. Protocol estimates calories and macros in seconds, then lets you edit every entry by ingredient or macro. Save meal preps, relog common meals, and use verified local food data for faster, cleaner tracking. TRAINING Build custom training plans across strength, hypertrophy, conditioning, endurance, and performance. Choose 2–7 day splits, target specific muscle groups, log sets and rest times, swap exercises, save templates, and track progressive overload, volume, density, and personal records over time. BODY + HEALTH DATA With Apple Health permission, Protocol uses steps, workouts, weight, sleep, and activity data to help estimate your real energy needs. Track weight trends, body composition scans, compliance patterns, and weekly changes without turning your health into a scorecard. AI COACH Protocol’s AI coach uses your logged nutrition, training, compliance, and progress context to give more relevant answers. Ask questions, generate workouts, review patterns, and adjust your plan with guidance based on your actual data, not generic advice. HUMAN COACHING Sentinel connects you with a real coach inside Protocol. Your coach can review your training, nutrition, and body composition context, adjust programming, update macros, and communicate through built-in chat. No scattered spreadsheets. No third-party messaging. One system. BUILT TO KEEP YOU ON TRACK Daily reviews take seconds. Weekly audits surface patterns you might miss. Intelligent reminders help redirect your attention when meals, training, fasting, or check-ins fall behind. Protocol is not just a tracker. It is a structured operating system for staying consistent. Privacy Policy: https://protocolapp.ai/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

The 1% Blueprint

This comprehensive performance system is designed by elite athletes to guide your daily training, nutrition, and recovery. It provides the exact blueprint used by professionals to achieve peak performance and success.

Highlights
  • Complete performance system
  • Daily training blueprint
  • Fueling and recovery guidance
  • Designed by elite athletes
  • Professional-level insights
Features
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The 1% Blueprint is not just another fitness app - it’s the complete performance system built by PGA Tour pro, 4x CrossFit Games athlete and top-7 World Championship triathlete Pierre Soero. This is the exact daily blueprint elite athletes use to train, fuel, recover and win.

Screenshots

Protocol4 screens
The 1% Blueprint4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The 1% Blueprint at none against Protocol's 4. The 1% Blueprint also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Protocol's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Protocol sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. The 1% Blueprint asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Protocol against 5.0 for The 1% Blueprint. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Protocol has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Protocol ships an update every 2 days, The 1% Blueprint every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Protocol versus The 1% Blueprint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProtocolThe 1% Blueprint
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB121 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRizfel Kei TolentinoHUSTLEHARD FITNESS CORPORATION

Customer experience

Protocol

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

The 1% Blueprint

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Protocol

Subscriptions4
  • Protocol Plus$9.991 Month
  • Protocol Elite7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Protocol Pro$19.991 Month
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  • Protocol Elite Annual$79.991 Year
None

The 1% Blueprint

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Protocol free?
Protocol is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The 1% Blueprint free?
The 1% Blueprint is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Protocol or The 1% Blueprint?
Protocol and The 1% Blueprint are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Protocol or The 1% Blueprint have ads?
Neither Protocol nor The 1% Blueprint shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Protocol or The 1% Blueprint?
Protocol ships an update every 2 days, and The 1% Blueprint every 10 days. Most recently, Protocol was updated on October 14, 2026 and The 1% Blueprint on October 11, 2026.

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