Comparison

Defy Pilates vs SpringChange

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

Head to head
About

Defy Pilates

Features
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Download the Defy Pilates app today to plan and schedule your classes! View class schedules, book your spot, and purchase memberships or class packs right from the Defy Pilates app! Download the Defy Pilates app today and start managing your membership, tracking your milestones, and booking your classes with ease!

About

SpringChange

This app helps Reformer Pilates instructors plan and run their classes efficiently. Create a library of moves, build class routines with detailed timings and cues, and use the app to guide you through each session. It also offers Apple Watch integration and the ability to share routines with colleagues.

Highlights
  • Build and save custom exercise library
  • Plan classes with timed blocks and cues
  • Full-screen countdown timer for class execution
  • Apple Watch integration for on-wrist guidance
  • Track teaching schedule and routine history
  • Share routines with other instructors
  • Attach Spotify playlists to routines
Features
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SpringChange is a planning tool for Reformer Pilates instructors. Build your class ahead of time, every move, spring setting, and duration, then let the app run the timing while you teach. BUILD A MOVES LIBRARY Save each exercise the way you actually teach it: spring load, teaching cues, layers and variations, and modifications for clients who need an alternative. Tag moves so you can find them fast when you're planning. PLAN CLASSES IN BLOCKS Group moves into blocks, warm-up, footwork, arms, a left side and a right side. Drag to reorder. Duplicate a block to mirror it for the other side. Give each block a color so transitions are obvious mid-class. RUN THE CLASS A full-screen countdown steps through your routine move by move, with the spring setting and duration for each. Pause, skip, and see what's coming next. Block colors shift as you move through the class, so you always know where you are. ON YOUR WRIST Send a routine to your Apple Watch and the countdown runs there instead. Your watch taps you on the wrist at every move change, so you can leave your phone off to the side. TRACK YOUR TEACHING Set up your weekly schedule, and log what you taught and when. Each routine keeps its own history, so you can see when you last used it. SHARE WITH OTHER INSTRUCTORS Send a routine to another instructor. They can view it and save their own copy to adapt, your original stays untouched. MUSIC Attach a Spotify playlist to a routine so the right music is one tap away when class starts. — SUBSCRIPTION New accounts get a 7-day free trial with full access, no payment details needed. After the trial, creating and editing requires a subscription: • Monthly - $4.99 • Annual - $39.99 (save around 33%) Reading is always free. Even without a subscription you can browse your routines and moves, run the timer, and view your teaching history, you just can't create or edit new ones. Nothing you've made is ever locked away. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled. Manage or cancel any time in your iPhone Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://springchange.app/privacy Requires an account (email and password) to sync your library across your devices. Questions or ideas? hello@springchange.app, this is a small, independent app and feedback genuinely shapes what gets built next.

Screenshots

Defy Pilates3 screens
SpringChange4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Defy Pilates at none against SpringChange's 2. Defy Pilates also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). SpringChange's advantage is update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). 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. SpringChange sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Defy Pilates asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Defy Pilates ships an update fortnightly, SpringChange daily. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Defy Pilates versus SpringChange: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDefy PilatesSpringChange
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size191 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDEFY FITNESS STUDIOS, LLCNicholas Gunther

In-app purchases

None

Defy Pilates

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

SpringChange

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Annual$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Defy Pilates free?
Defy Pilates is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SpringChange free?
SpringChange is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Defy Pilates or SpringChange have ads?
Neither Defy Pilates nor SpringChange shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Defy Pilates or SpringChange?
Defy Pilates ships an update fortnightly, and SpringChange daily. Most recently, Defy Pilates was updated on October 13, 2026 and SpringChange on October 1, 2026.

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