Comparison

Ready Trainer One vs Gloam

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

Head to head
About

Ready Trainer One

Features
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If you run, lift, ride, or train for anything and you're on a GLP-1 like Ozempic, Mounjaro, or Wegovy, most fitness apps don't understand what your body is doing. They were built before GLP-1s changed the game. Ready Trainer One starts from your reality: your dose schedule, your training load, your recovery, your appetite, your sleep — all pulled directly from Apple Health. RTO gives you insights, not shame, judgment, or criticism. Your data tells a story about your health and your training. RTO helps you read it. WHAT IT DOES • Reads your Apple Health data: workouts, sleep, HRV, resting heart rate, weight, food, medications and supplements. • Surfaces real patterns. Did your readiness drop after your last dose? Did under-fueling on travel days cost you yesterday's workout? You get answers backed by your own data, not vibes. • Daily Brief: a short, honest morning read on where you are and what to watch for today. • Today screen: dose schedule, readiness, training load, sleep at a glance. • Chat with an AI coach that knows your data. Ask anything about your last week, your training, your meds, your weight. Get answers grounded in what actually happened, not generic advice. • Log food with text or a photo. Track doses, side effects, hydration. • Insights: charts, correlations, and pattern interpretation that explain what your data means. WHAT IT ISN'T • Not a diagnostic tool. Not medical advice. Not a substitute for your trainer, your doctor, or your prescriber. • Not a tracker that ignores your medication. Your GLP-1 schedule shapes everything else, and Ready Trainer One treats it that way. • Not a shame engine. No streaks, no judgment, no "should-haves." PRIVACY & AI DATA USE • Apple Health data stays on your device unless you choose an AI-powered feature that needs bounded context to answer. • AI coaching currently uses Anthropic. Signed-in users route requests through readytrainerone.com before Anthropic; Bring-Your-Own-Key users send requests from their device directly to Anthropic. • We do not intentionally send your name, email, Apple ID, or Ready Trainer One account identifier to Anthropic. Your messages, selected photos, and health context may still contain personal information. • We do not sell your data or use it for advertising, marketing, or cross-app tracking. • Anthropic's API terms say Customer Content is not used to train Anthropic models. • You can turn AI data sharing off in Settings. Manual logging, Apple Health reads, and non-AI features still work. PRICING • Free: daily dashboard, manual logging, charts, correlations, dose tracking, and limited AI coaching/photo food parsing. • Pro ($3.99/month or $29.99/year): higher AI limits, AI-narrated Daily Brief, AI interpretation of your patterns, deeper memory, and more photo food parsing. • Bring your own Anthropic API key: power users can use their own key in Settings. No AI usage charges from us. Terms of Use (EULA): https://readytrainerone.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://readytrainerone.com/privacy

About

Gloam

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Gloam is the screen-time app that's actually fun. Most screen-time tools nag, shame, or bore you into deleting them. Gloam does the opposite. It turns cutting back into a game you actually want to play, with a currency to manage, a creature to keep happy, and friends to beat. HOW IT WORKS Every day you get Elixir, your right to screen time. The apps you are trying to avoid cost Elixir to open. The apps that are good for you cost nothing, and can even earn a little back. Watch the balance and you finally see what mindless scrolling really costs, in a way that feels tangible instead of preachy. Sort your apps into three tiers. Green apps are free. Amber apps cost a little. Red apps, the endless-scroll ones, cost more the longer you stay. Run out of Elixir and those apps rest until tomorrow. It is a gentle nudge, never a hard lockout. MEET YOUR CREATURE At the heart of Gloam is a companion that thrives when you do. Bank your leftover Elixir and it grows, glows, and evolves. Blow your budget and it droops, but it never dies and it never shames you. Give it a name, feed it in the Den, and watch it react to your day. EARN YOUR TIME BACK Go for a walk, finish a workout, solve a quick puzzle, or take a mindful minute. Gloam turns your steps and activity into Elixir, so time off your phone quietly buys you a little more when you want it. BEAT YOUR FRIENDS Add friends and climb a fair leaderboard that compares how well each of you sticks to your own goals, not raw hours. Go head to head in matchups, chase group goals together, and send a friend some Elixir when they are running low. TRACK, DON'T ENFORCE Gloam is built on one idea. Make the cost of scrolling visible and a little bit fun, and you spend less without feeling deprived. It cheers you on. It never locks you out of your life. Your solo world works fully offline. Add friends when you want the social side. MEMBERSHIP Gloam is an auto-renewing subscription. Try it free for 7 days, then continue with the plan you choose. Elixir is never sold for money. It is only earned, topped up daily, or gifted between friends. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://api.gloam.works/terms Privacy Policy: https://api.gloam.works/privacy

Screenshots

Ready Trainer One4 screens
Gloam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Gloam at 18.0 against Ready Trainer One's 26.4. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Ready Trainer One sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Gloam sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ready Trainer One ships an update every 4 days, Gloam every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Ready Trainer One versus Gloam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReady Trainer OneGloam
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.418.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB14 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperShift Human LLCKeshav Nautiyal

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Ready Trainer One

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Pro Annual$29.991 Year
3 purchases

Gloam

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$7.997 Days
  • Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$89.991 Year

Questions

Is Ready Trainer One free?
Ready Trainer One is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gloam free?
Gloam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ready Trainer One or Gloam have ads?
Neither Ready Trainer One nor Gloam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ready Trainer One or Gloam?
Ready Trainer One ships an update every 4 days, and Gloam every 3 days. Most recently, Ready Trainer One was updated on October 25, 2026 and Gloam on October 24, 2026.

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