Comparison

GymScape vs Mantis

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

Head to head
About

GymScape

This app gamifies your fitness journey by awarding experience points for real-world exercises and healthy eating. Track your progress, build custom workout routines with progressive overload, and challenge friends to stay motivated.

Highlights
  • Real-world exercise XP tracking
  • Customizable workout routines
  • Progressive overload implementation
  • Food scanning for calorie/protein tracking
  • In-game food item generation
  • Clan and friend challenges
  • Motion detection for exercise verification
Features
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GymScape is a fantasy MMORPG you play with your body. Your phone's camera counts your reps, and every clean rep lands a hit on the monster in front of you. Your steps mine ore and chop trees. Everything you gather goes into the gear you wear. FIGHT WITH REAL REPS Push-ups, squats, sit-ups, lunges, curls, planks and more. Prop your phone up, step back, and the camera watches your form and counts each rep you do properly. Half reps do not count. Your form is tracked on your phone. WALK TO GATHER Your steps train Mining and Woodcutting. Walk during the day, bank your steps, then spend them at the copper rocks, the oak woods or the mithril mine. Every gathering spot has its own animated scene, and you can see other players working beside you. ELEVEN SKILLS Melee, Ranged, Magic, Defense, Hitpoints, Raiding, Mining, Woodcutting, Smithing, Fletching and Crafting. Every level is earned with real exercise. OVER 50 ADVERSARIES From chickens and boars to giants, dragons and the Orc Warlord. Each one is beaten with a particular exercise. Better armor and higher levels let you last longer and hit harder, and the rare drops are rare. SMITH, FLETCH AND CRAFT Smelt ore into bars, smith armor and weapons, fletch bows and arrows, and tan hides into leather and dragonhide. Wear what you make and see it on your character. PLAY WITH OTHERS Join a clan and fight bosses together. Everyone's reps hit the same health bar at the same time, and each player rolls their own loot. Take raid contracts, climb the hiscores and see how your levels stack up. WATCH YOURSELF GET STRONGER Your reps, personal bests and steps are logged by day, week and month. The number that moves is not just your XP. It is how many clean push-ups you can do in a row. FREE TO PLAY GymScape is free to download and play. An optional membership opens more adversaries, gear and raid organizers. GymScape needs your camera to count reps, and access to Apple Health or Health Connect to count your steps. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gymscape.app/privacy

About

Mantis

Features
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Mantis is the workout app where you never count. Put your iPhone in front of you: the camera recognizes the exercise and counts every rep. Your only job is to move. JUST TRAIN. WE COUNT. • Camera rep counter for push-ups, squats, pull-ups, burpees, jumping jacks and more • Plank timer that starts on its own as soon as you hold the position • Only full reps count — partial reps are shown separately, so your numbers stay honest • Free mode: do exercises in any order, Mantis figures out what you're doing • Sets mode: rep goals, number of sets and a rest timer • Voice coach that guides the workout and counts out loud • Technique videos before exercises you haven't done yet • On iPhone models with LiDAR, movement is tracked in 3D for even better accuracy SHORT, NO EXCUSES A 4-minute warm-up, a home workout or a street workout on the bar and dips. 15 exercises, most of them bodyweight. No gym needed — just your phone and a bit of floor. PROGRESS YOU CAN SEE • Workout report: reps, time, pace and intensity rating • Charts for the week, the month and all time • Day streak and weekly goal • Home Screen widget — the mantis reminds you when your streak is at risk TRAIN WITH FRIENDS • A feed of your friends' workouts with likes and comments • Teams of up to 8: points for every workout and weekly quests • A new season every month with a team leaderboard and podium places • 11 achievements, from Rookie to Titan YOUR WORKOUT RECEIPT Share your result to Instagram Stories, TikTok or Telegram as a stylish receipt or a polaroid. Mantis takes photos while you train — just pick the best one. APPLE WATCH On Apple Watch: your streak, weekly goal and latest workout, and the streak flame on your watch face. Heart rate from the watch during a workout, on screen and in the summary. Pause right from the watch. APPLE HEALTH Workouts are saved to Apple Health and close your Activity rings on iPhone and Apple Watch. Calories are estimated from your weight. PRIVACY Movement is recognized right on your iPhone. Video is never recorded or uploaded. Heart rate from the watch stays on your devices. Only the photos you choose appear in the feed. Your profile can be private. Mantis is free — no subscriptions and no ads. Put your phone down. Start with a short one.

Screenshots

GymScape4 screens
Mantis4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mantis at none against GymScape's 2. GymScape's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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. GymScape sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Mantis asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
GymScape versus Mantis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGymScapeMantis
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (65 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews93.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings65 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB28 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperBogey Games LLCMikhail Kurbatov

In-app purchases

2 purchases

GymScape

Subscriptions2
  • Membership7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Membership7 Days trial$39.991 Year
None

Mantis

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GymScape free?
GymScape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mantis free?
Mantis is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GymScape or Mantis have ads?
Neither GymScape nor Mantis shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GymScape or Mantis?
GymScape ships an update every 3 days, and Mantis every 3 days. Most recently, GymScape was updated on October 28, 2026 and Mantis on October 26, 2026.

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