Comparison

Belay vs Zubdah

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

Head to head
About

Belay

Track your strength and HIIT workouts with guided logging and progress analysis. Build routines, view history, and connect with a supportive community for motivation. Features Apple Watch and Health app integration for seamless tracking.

Highlights
  • Guided set-by-set workout logging
  • Rest timer with automatic activation
  • Progression suggestions based on history
  • HIIT and interval training support
  • Strength gained and per-lift trend analysis
  • Customizable routine building
  • Community workout sharing and support
Features
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Belay is a strength and HIIT training tracker built on one idea: you are your ONLY competition, and the only one to measure against. Log your workouts, compare your progress against your history, and reach for a new personal best. Around it is a leaderboard-free community sharing workouts and helping each other. Every tap is designed to make creating and logging workouts simple. SIMPLE WORKOUT LOGGING - Apple Watch and Health app integration makes tracking workouts convenient. - Guided, set-by-set logging that shows what you entered previously for each set. - A clean, natural design that quickly gets you back to your training session. - A built-in rest timer that can automatically activate between sets. - Progression suggestions that recommend your next weight based on your historical performance. - HIIT and interval training with timed phases, phase-change haptics, and a recap when you finish. YOUR DAY, AT A GLANCE - Home is a bird's-eye view of your day: what you are training, your streak, and your top lifts. Jump straight into the workout with one tap. ANALYZE YOUR PROGRESS - Strength gained: see your estimated one-rep-max change over any timeframe, with your single biggest gain highlighted. - Per-lift trends, a training-days heatmap, streaks, weekly volume, and muscle-group balance. - Personal records, surfaced automatically. - Every number is computed from your logged sets for custom fitness guidance. PLAN YOUR WEEK IN A FEW TAPS - Build routines from an exercise library that contains built-in and your own custom exercises. - Schedule, add, and edit with a few taps, and assign a workout to any day of the week. - Track by reps, time, distance, and weight. EASILY VIEW FULL SESSION HISTORY - A complete, searchable history of your workouts. Browse any fitness session, review notes that capture how you felt, and refresh your memory before you train again. COMMUNITY-TESTED WORKOUTS (opt-in) - Shared, community-tested workouts. Use real feedback, saves and spots, to find the routines worth trying, then save one straight into your plan. - Spots to show support. Encouragement is the currency here. - Post Wins to the community to share excitement and receive encouragement. - Ask a Spotter: Ask the community a quick question and get quick answers from people who've been there. BADGES THAT MOTIVATE YOU TO KEEP GOING - Badges for accomplishments such as long-term streaks, helping others and being early pioneers on the app. BUILT FOR iPHONE - Native and fast, with light and dark themes, plus Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. - An Apple Watch companion and Apple Health sync. - Works offline and syncs when you are back online. TWO PLANS: SOLID BASE. SUPER RESULTS. Belay Base is a complete tracker, free forever: unlimited logging, training, planning, and community engagement. Report on your last 30 days of progress. Belay Super unlocks the whole picture: - Report over 60 days, 90 days, 1 year, and all time, so you see your whole journey. - Advanced Exercise Reports for every lift: rep records, top-set and volume trends, a records timeline, and Journey Totals such as total weight moved since day one and Lifetime Training Duration. - SmartSpot insights that recommend increasing or decreasing based on your past performance. - Every new Belay feature is available on the Super plan. Super is $49.99 per year or $5.99 per month. You are your only competition. Beat your last one. Super is an auto-renewing subscription: Super Annual $49.99/year or Super Monthly $5.99/month. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Belay uses Apple’s EULA, which can be located here, https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Zubdah

Easily track your food intake by snapping photos to automatically calculate macronutrients. Edit entries and monitor your progress towards your health goals with verified recipes.

Highlights
  • Snap and calculate macros
  • Edit food entries easily
  • Reach health goals
  • Track progress
  • Verified recipes
Features
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Zubdah is an app for tracking calories and macros. Just take a photo of your food, and AI does the rest: it analyzes the image, calculates calories, protein, carbs, and fat, and logs it into your day within seconds. Beyond this, Zubdah also gives you: Log in words: type what you ate, AI does the math. Barcode scan: point at the package, it's logged instantly. Explore: hand-picked dishes with pictures, macros and measures, for losing or gaining weight. Recipes from reels: share a TikTok, Instagram or YouTube link and get the recipe with its calories. Workouts: a program built for you, log your weights and watch your strength grow. Progress: your weight and your streak at a glance. Make it yours: change grams, add or remove ingredients, and the numbers update instantly. - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - Privacy Policy: https://zubdah.ai/legal/privacy

Screenshots

Belay4 screens
Zubdah4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Belay at 5.0 against Zubdah's 4.6. Zubdah's advantage is ratings volume (89 vs 3). 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. Belay sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Zubdah sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Belay holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zubdah has 89 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Belay ships an update every 6 days, Zubdah every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Belay versus Zubdah: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBelayZubdah
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.6 (89 ratings)
Positive reviews—88.2% of reviews
Number of ratings389 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLOVE BOND INCM7MDIYAT LLC

Customer experience

Belay

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Zubdah

All ratings58 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.8%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Belay

Subscriptions2
  • SpotMe Super$5.991 Month
  • SpotMe Super$49.991 Year
4 purchases

Zubdah

Subscriptions4
  • Zubdah Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Zubdah Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
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  • Yearly3 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Belay free?
Belay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zubdah free?
Zubdah is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Belay or Zubdah?
Belay is rated higher. Belay averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Zubdah averages 4.6 from 89 ratings.
Do Belay or Zubdah have ads?
Neither Belay nor Zubdah shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Belay or Zubdah?
Belay ships an update every 6 days, and Zubdah every 3 days. Most recently, Belay was updated on October 31, 2026 and Zubdah on November 2, 2026.

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