Comparison

Imperfect vs AthleteDNA

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

Head to head
About

Imperfect

This app creates personalized training and wellness plans that adapt to your unique life circumstances, from weather to social events. It offers actionable recommendations, including nutrition and recovery advice, to help you achieve your fitness goals.

Highlights
  • Adaptive training programs
  • Actionable recommendations
  • Weather-aware planning
  • Nutrition and recovery advice
  • Integration with fitness wearables
  • Personalized wellness journey
Features
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Imperfect is a training coach for runners, cyclists, and triathletes. It's built for the imperfect ones: athletes with a job, kids, a trip next week, a night of bad sleep here and there, and a goal they still mean to hit. Pros never have to sort out their training alone: someone rebuilds their week every time a cold, a work trip, or a sore calf gets in the way. Imperfect gives you that coach. Tell your coach what you're working toward, whether it's a first 10K, a century ride, or a long-course triathlon, and together you land on a goal that fits you and a plan to get there. A rough week changes the plan and leaves the goal alone, with no guilt and no starting over. And when what you want to do and what your body can do don't match, your coach says so. What that looks like: • Checks the forecast before sending you out on a long ride into a thunderstorm • Reworks your week after you stay up late at a friend's wedding • Tells you how many tacos it takes to hit your protein after a long run • Suggests a power nap at the right time of day when you're running on fumes • Builds your training around your yoga and physical therapy • Makes room for a new baby or a puppy Your plan works with or without a watch. Connect Apple Health and your coach also sees how you slept and what you actually did, whatever watch or band you wear.

About

AthleteDNA

Features
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AthleteDNA turns your Apple Health data into a clear picture of how you're training, recovering, and progressing over time. DASHBOARD See your effort score, performance analysis, and weekly calorie burn at a glance — a daily snapshot of how your training is trending. ANALYSIS Browse your full workout history, synced automatically from Apple Health — heart rate, active energy, duration, and more for every session. DISCIPLINE Track your training consistency with a visual workout calendar and session stats, so you can see patterns in how often you're showing up. PROGRESS Follow performance trends over weeks and months, with a current assessment of where you stand across key training metrics. BODY COMPOSITION TRACKING Scan or upload an InBody result and AthleteDNA keeps a running history of your body composition changes over time. APPLE HEALTH INTEGRATION Connect once and AthleteDNA reads your heart rate, HRV, steps, active energy, sleep, and workouts from Apple Health to keep your training picture up to date — automatically, in the background. AthleteDNA never writes data back to Apple Health, and you control what's shared at any time from Settings.

Screenshots

Imperfect4 screens
AthleteDNA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Imperfect at every 5 days against AthleteDNA's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Imperfect ships an update every 5 days, AthleteDNA every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Imperfect versus AthleteDNA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImperfectAthleteDNA
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (26 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings26 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperImperfect Wellness, IncSebastian Chab

In-app purchases

None

Imperfect

No in-app purchases

None

AthleteDNA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Imperfect free?
Imperfect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AthleteDNA free?
AthleteDNA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Imperfect or AthleteDNA have ads?
Neither Imperfect nor AthleteDNA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Imperfect or AthleteDNA?
Imperfect ships an update every 5 days, and AthleteDNA every 2 weeks. Most recently, Imperfect was updated on October 31, 2026 and AthleteDNA on October 24, 2026.

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