Comparison

Handstand Pro vs CalliShape

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

Head to head
About

Handstand Pro

Learn to hold a handstand with a personalized program. It assesses your current level and provides tailored drills to build strength, balance, and confidence. Track your progress and achieve your goals with guided sessions and consistent practice.

Highlights
  • Personalized level assessment
  • Skill tree progression
  • Safe bail-out training
  • Wrist warm-up routines
  • Guided timed sessions
  • Progress tracking and personal bests
  • Consistency rewards (streaks, badges)
Features
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Hold a handstand. For real. Handstand Pro teaches you to balance on your hands with a real program, not random tutorials watched out of order. You take a 2-minute level test, the app finds exactly where you're at, and gives you the drills you need. Never too hard, never useless. 15 minutes a day is enough. Every session counts, every second you gain is logged, and you see your progress in black and white. WHAT MAKES HANDSTAND PRO DIFFERENT - One test, your level. The app assesses your base (core, wrists, balance) and builds a progression made for you. - A clear path. A skill tree guides you from your very first hold at the wall to a freestanding handstand. You unlock what's next by mastering the step you're on. - Fear of falling, treated as a skill. The "Cartwheel bail out" module teaches you to come down safely before you ever attempt freestanding balance. It's the number one blocker for adults, and it's solved in two sessions. - Wrists protected. Every session starts with their guided warm-up: 5 minutes that prevent the vast majority of pain. - Guided sessions. Timer, spoken countdown, coaching cues and a video demo for every drill. - Your records tracked. The app times your best holds and celebrates every new personal best. Handstand progress is invisible day to day and spectacular month to month: seeing it is what keeps you going. - Your consistency rewarded. You choose your weekly pact, the app helps you keep it. Streaks, badges, shareable progress cards. WHO IS IT FOR? Adults. Whether you've never left the floor or you already hold a few seconds against a wall, the program starts from YOUR starting point and takes you further. And no, 30 or 40 is not too late: Handstand Pro was built by an adult who rebuilt their handstand at 40, on a gymnastics foundation. WHAT YOU'LL TRAIN - Wrist strength and mobility, the base of every solid handstand - Core and alignment - Balance at the wall, then away from it - The safe bail out, so you can practice without fear - The hold, second after second FREE TRIAL, NO TRICKS The full program is included in the Handstand Pro subscription: 14-day free trial on the yearly plan, 7 days on the monthly, or lifetime access as a one-time purchase. You're reminded before the trial ends, and you can cancel in 2 taps in Settings. No commitment. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No account to create. Your progress lives on your iPhone. Ready to get upside down? Take the test, and start today. Terms of Use (Apple's standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://privacy.handstandpro.app

About

CalliShape

Features
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CalliShape builds your calisthenics program around your body, not an average one. Two minutes of questions — goal, age, height, weight, build, available equipment, sensitive joints — and the app lays out your week. From then on, every set you log tunes the next one: too easy and the difficulty goes up, too hard and it comes back down. Nothing to configure. WHAT YOU GET • A plan that recalculates after every set • 154 animated exercises, from wall push-ups to the human flag, with technique cues and common mistakes • 10 skill trees: muscle-up, handstand, front lever, planche, L-sit, pistol squat, back lever, human flag, one-arm push-up and one-arm pull-up • 16 guided programs: my first pull-up, road to 100 push-ups, handstand in 8 weeks, gentle restart, active after 50, everyday mobility and more • Custom workouts you build yourself, with the same progression applied DURING THE WORKOUT • Giant counter, one-tap logging, rest timer with fifteen-second adjustments • Voice coach for sets, rest and side switches • Lock screen and Dynamic Island: the timer keeps running and the buttons respond without unlocking • An easier or harder variation one tap away, at any moment ON APPLE WATCH Your workout travels to your wrist and runs without your iPhone. Heart rate, calories, Activity rings, haptics at the end of each rest. The result returns to your iPhone, which applies the progression. YOUR PROGRESS, MEASURED CalliScore and ranks, a six-axis strength radar, curves per movement family, weekly volume, personal records, twelve weeks of consistency, weight, measurements and before/after photos. 44 trophies and challenges calibrated on your last four weeks, not on generic targets. YOUR BODY, YOUR LIMITS Wrists, shoulders, elbows, back, knees, hips, blood pressure, pregnancy, postpartum, osteoporosis: risky movements are replaced with safe variations, and both warm-up and recovery grow with age. YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOU No account, no server, no ads, no tracking. Everything is stored on your iPhone. Backup and CSV export whenever you want. Health app sync only if you allow it. Available in English, French, Spanish, German and Portuguese. CalliShape offers general training programs and is not a substitute for medical advice. Stop if you feel pain.

Screenshots

Handstand Pro4 screens
CalliShape4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CalliShape at none against Handstand Pro's 4. Handstand Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Handstand Pro sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. CalliShape asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Handstand Pro versus CalliShape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHandstand ProCalliShape
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStephane, Robert,Jean PERRINMAXIME MICHEL JEREMY PREAUX

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Handstand Pro

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly14 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Yearly special offer1 Year trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$89.99
None

CalliShape

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Handstand Pro free?
Handstand Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CalliShape free?
CalliShape is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Handstand Pro or CalliShape have ads?
Neither Handstand Pro nor CalliShape shows ads.

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