standard vs Taikan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
standard
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Standard is a staff-management app for gym and box owners and managers. It is not an app for members and not a workout log: it is the tool for whoever manages the people. Who is covering the class, who opened the gym, what is broken, who still has not sent what you asked for โ everything your team sorts out in a WhatsApp group today, in one place. Every request reaches the right person, you can see who has dealt with it and who has not, and the app does the reminding for you. SHIFT SWAPS A coach opens a swap request โ a single class or several shifts across different dates. The whole team is notified, and one tap closes it. If the class is still uncovered, the app sends a reminder 24 hours before it starts. A holiday splits into a separate request per class and can be cancelled as one. TEAM TASKS A task for the whole team or for chosen coaches, with a deadline โ bring a valid first-aid certificate, send your availability for next month. Each coach is notified and marks it done, and you see who has done it and who has not. Anyone who has not gets a reminder before the deadline, so you do not have to chase them. OPENING AND CLOSING CHECKLISTS A fixed, customisable checklist for opening and closing the gym, with a history of who marked what and when. No more asking the group whether anyone turned off the air conditioning. FAULT REPORTING A coach reports through the app, management is notified immediately, and the fault gets closed quickly. The history keeps the names of who reported it and who handled it. Everything is documented. COACH EVALUATIONS Build your own questionnaire โ categories, questions and scoring to match how your gym works. Evaluate during a class: one question per screen, four answer options, usable while you are standing at the edge of the mat. An N/A answer is excluded from the score rather than lowering it. Every coach gets a full history, a progress graph over time, and a PDF export carrying your gym's logo. The app reminds you when a coach is due for an evaluation again โ monthly, quarterly or every six months. START FROM THE TIMETABLE YOU ALREADY HAVE Paste your class timetable from Arbox and Standard builds the coach list and the weekly shifts by itself. No typing coach by coach, no filling in a table. No need to connect an Arbox account or hand over a password, and the import works with Hebrew and English timetables. Re-import on any timetable change, without duplicates. ROLES - Owner โ full access: evaluations, dashboard, coaches and tasks, editing the questionnaire, and inviting more users - Manager โ runs evaluations, gives tasks, manages coaches, checklists and faults - Coach โ opens swap requests, marks checklists and tasks, reports faults, and sees the feedback they received only once the evaluation is complete Permissions are enforced on the server and not only on screen, and each gym sees only its own data. YOUR BRAND Your gym's logo and brand colour inside the app, and on the PDFs sent to coaches at the end of an evaluation. The app is in English and Hebrew. The whole team sees it in the gym's language, and anyone can switch it for themselves in Profile; Hebrew is laid out right-to-left. A new gym starts from a questionnaire and checklists in the language it was set up in, and edits them from there. Access is by invitation only: a gym owner or manager invites the users. Account deletion: you can delete your account at any time from the Profile screen in the app. Details: https://standardwod.com/delete-account
Taikan
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Taikan is the member app for gyms, studios, and coaches that run on Taikan. If your gym has invited you, everything you need for training lives here. BOOK CLASSES See what your gym is running this week and book a spot in seconds. Join the waitlist when a class is full and get your place automatically if someone drops. Cancellation windows are shown up front, so you always know where you stand. Book or cancel while offline and it syncs the moment you reconnect. CHECK IN WITHOUT THE QUEUE Scan the QR code at the door, or check in by location once you have arrived. No sign-in sheet, no waiting at the front desk. FOLLOW YOUR PROGRAM Your coach assigns workouts day by day. Open one to see every section and movement, watch the demo video when you are unsure of a lift, read your coach's notes, and mark it done when you finish. TRACK WHAT YOU LIFT Your PR Board keeps the current best for every lift and benchmark workout, each with its own trend chart. Log a PR in a couple of taps and watch the line move. SEE PROGRESS BEYOND THE BAR Log body metrics, keep progress photos side by side in the compare view, and set goals you actually revisit. Your photos stay private to you and your coaches. TALK TO YOUR COACH Direct messages, comment threads on specific workouts, and announcements from your gym, all in one inbox. HANDLE THE ADMIN ONCE Your membership, remaining class credits, upcoming bookings, payment method, and receipts are all in the app. Sign waivers and health forms without printing anything. IN YOUR LANGUAGE Hebrew, English, and Russian, with full right-to-left support. A note on memberships: plans and class packs are sold by your gym. Payment goes to your gym through its own payment provider, not through the app. Taikan is only useful if your gym, studio, or coach uses Taikan. Ask them for an invite.
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Verdict
standard and Taikan are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
standard ships an update every 10 days, Taikan weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | standard | Taikan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 โ better | 15.1 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Evgeny Andzhelo | Saar Kuriel |
In-app purchases
standard
No in-app purchases
Taikan
No in-app purchases









