GymBeat vs Bruce
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GymBeat
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**Your Complete Fitness Companion** GymBeat builds your training around your gym, reviews every session, scans your meals, and keeps you moving — all in five simple tabs: Today, Train, Eat, Progress, Community. **AI COACH — PLANS, SESSIONS, REVIEWS** - Coach Plans: a multi-week block around your goal — your schedule, your target weight, the date you'll reach it — that adapts as you go - Open the app and today's session is ready: what to train and why, one tap to start - Sessions built around your gym: your route through its machines in order, each with a photo, the exercise demo, and why Coach picked it - Teach Coach your gym in a few taps — tick the machines you see and every session after uses them - Starting weights matched to you; detects stalls, progresses your weights, knows when you need a rest day - A review after every session — what worked, what to change, and next-session targets it follows up on - Ask your coach: tap a question under any review and get an answer about your own training - Weekly Recap: your whole week reviewed — wins, things to watch, what to do next **SNAP A MEAL — COACH DOES THE MATH** - Snap a meal — Coach identifies ingredients, estimates portions, and writes the macros in seconds - No typing, no gram-guessing, no database scrolling - Picks the meal slot from the food and time of day; the photo stays in your diary - Every logged meal shows your protein goal, your streak, and what's left for the day - Romanian dishes recognised natively (shaorma, mămăligă, sarmale) - "Looks like your usual…" for recurring meals — one tap to log - Fully editable: adjust grams, swap ingredients, delete what isn't yours **SHARE YOUR WINS** - Story cards for your workouts and meals — light or dark, on your own photo or ready-made - Your best moment leads: a new record, a milestone, or the kilos you lifted today - One Share button: post to GymBeat, your Instagram story, or anywhere else **SMART WORKOUT TRACKING** - Log sets, reps, weight, and RIR; timer mode for planks and holds - Your last session's numbers next to every exercise; automatic PR detection - After every workout: the best fact of your session and your next workout booked - Rest timer, edit completed workouts, custom exercises, searchable history **EXERCISE LIBRARY** - 200+ exercises with animated form illustrations - Filter by type or muscle; progression charts with PR markers **NUTRITION TRACKING** - Calories, protein, carbs, and fats; backdate forgotten meals - 3M+ foods plus a barcode scanner — product not found? Snap its nutrition label and we fill in the numbers - Custom foods, meals, and recipes; share recipes with a link - TDEE and macro targets, target weight with rate-of-change presets **APPLE HEALTH** - Sync steps, active calories, heart rate, and sleep from Apple Watch - Weight and workouts written back to Apple Health, with per-metric privacy controls **GYMS & COMMUNITY** - Map of nearby gyms with amenities and check-ins; jump to any city before you travel - Search gyms by equipment; reviews, ratings, and gym chat - Share workouts to the feed, follow other lifters, import their templates in one tap - Verified checkmark for partner coaches and gyms **PROGRESS** - Weight trend with progress photos and before/after comparison - PRs detected automatically; goal progress with an estimated timeline **GYMBEAT PRO** - Try PRO free for 14 days — cancel anytime - Core tracking is free: workout, nutrition, and weight logging, the feed, and gym chat - PRO unlocks unlimited Coach, the full Weekly Recap, and unlimited templates, meals & recipes - Got a code from a coach, gym or creator? It unlocks a lower subscription price - Founder badge for early adopters **DESIGNED FOR YOU** - Light and dark themes; metric or imperial units - English and Romanian - Configurable push notifications Privacy: https://gymbeat.app/privacy Terms: https://gymbeat.app/terms Download GymBeat and start your fitness journey today!
Bruce
This app helps you track workouts with a focus on simplicity. Log sets, use built-in timers for rest, and monitor your progress with detailed charts and personal records. It offers a large exercise library and allows for custom plan creation.
- Customizable workout plans
- Extensive exercise library
- Per-set timers and rest countdowns
- Automatic personal record detection
- Volume and frequency charts
- Body weight tracking
- Optional iCloud sync
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Track your workouts without the noise. Bruce is a workout tracker that stays out of your way. Pick a plan, log your sets, rest when the timer beeps, repeat. That's it. PLANS • Create your own or choose from suggested programs (PPL, Upper/Lower, and more) • Warm-ups, drop sets, and supersets that alternate set by set • Share plans as tappable links • 800+ exercise library with beginner-friendly defaults • Plate calculator built into every barbell exercise TRACKING • Per-set timers, rest countdowns, and skip/complete controls • Pausable hold timers for planks and carries, with a lead-in countdown • Edit past workouts or log one you did without the app • Personal records detected automatically (weight, volume, estimated 1RM) • Post-workout summary with stats and optional progress photo • Body weight log with notes and sparkline trend TIMERS • Rest — repeating interval for between sets • Tabata — 20s work / 10s rest × 8 rounds • HIIT — custom work/rest/rounds • EMOM — every minute on the minute • Stretch — timed holds for flexibility PROGRESS • Volume and frequency charts • Weekly training-days goal • Workout streaks • Muscle ranks on a body map • Calendar view • Body weight history SYNC • Optional iCloud sync across devices • Optional Apple Health integration (workouts + body weight) • JSON export of your plans and history • Live Activity and Dynamic Island during workouts on iPhone • Runs on iPhone and iPad, in portrait and landscape PRIVACY • No account required • No analytics or tracking • iCloud and Apple Health sync are off until you turn them on • Your data stays on your device unless you choose to sync Free. No trials, no paywalls, no "pro" tier.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bruce at none against GymBeat's 5. Bruce also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, 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
Both are free to download. GymBeat sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Bruce asks for nothing beyond the download.
GymBeat ships an update every 2 weeks, Bruce every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GymBeat | Bruce |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BND Team Software | Abhishek Agrawal |
In-app purchases
GymBeat
- GymBeat Pro14 Days trial$5.991 Month
- GymBeat Pro14 Days trial$6.991 Month
- GymBeat Pro14 Days trial$39.991 Year
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- GymBeat Pro14 Days trial$47.991 Year
- GymBeat Pro - Lifetime$79.99
Bruce
No in-app purchases









