BuraGym vs Ema Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
BuraGym
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BuraGym helps you turn everyday walks into a visible record of progress. Start a session with one tap, wherever you are. There are no courses or routes to choose. Acquired elevation is an in-app activity metric that combines your ascent, walking distance, and pace. See your progress in Tokyo Tower (333 m) equivalents. It is not a measurement of geographic elevation difference. Record steps, distance, and climbed floors. Review your activity by day, week, month, and year, and look back at individual sessions. Daily step and acquired-elevation goals help you follow your progress. Weather-aware suggestions are available when you allow location access; you can still record a walk without it. BuraGym does not save your route. HealthKit is used to read steps, walking and running distance, and flights climbed only. BuraGym does not write to Health. Newly recorded activities estimate ascent using the device barometer. Gaps are supplemented using flights climbed and remain marked as partially unavailable. Daily totals adjust overlapping activity data to avoid double counting. Earlier saved records are preserved. The free version lets you start, save, and review walks. It displays a banner ad. BuraGym Pro is a monthly auto-renewing subscription. It adds a breakdown of acquired elevation and average pace, more on-device trainer suggestions, detailed post-walk feedback and a plan for the rest of the day, advice and feedback history, manual export of saved sessions to a dedicated iCloud calendar, and an ad-free experience. Calendar export requires an Apple Account with iCloud Calendar enabled. Your Apple Account is charged when you confirm a purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Check the purchase screen and App Store for the current price and billing period. On iOS 26 and later, an Apple workout session supports continued barometric measurement while the screen is locked. iOS may explain locked-device data access when you first start a session. The App does not save workouts or exercise samples to HealthKit. On earlier iOS versions or when the session is unavailable, recording continues with available sensors; barometer gaps are supplemented and marked partially unavailable. Privacy Policy: https://bus-navi-d41ba.web.app Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ema Note
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Ema Note is a free recording app inspired by recording methods used in cognitive behavioral therapy homework. Record and organize what you enter in five fields. RECORD IN FIVE OPTIONAL FIELDS β’ Situation: what happened, and where β’ Automatic thoughts: what went through your mind β’ Feelings: how you felt, and how strongly β’ Physical sensations: what you noticed in your body β’ Behavior: what you did at the time Every field is optional. Enter something in any one field, and your record saves automatically. REVIEW AND EXPORT A PDF Find past records in a calendar and list. Turn a selected date range into an A4 PDF worksheet to review or bring to counseling and medical appointments. Export up to 31 days at a time, and choose where to save or share the file. KEEP NOTES FOR YOUR NEXT VISIT Keep the appointment date, location and talking points together. Set a reminder for the day before if you need one. Talking points belong to the appointment and are not included in the records PDF. RECORDS STORED ON YOUR DEVICE No account is needed. Your records and appointment content are not sent to our servers. Writing and reviewing work offline. Use app lock, export all data as a backup, and import it on another device. No analytics, advertising or crash collection SDKs. The app connects to check for and download updates without including record or appointment content. OS backups follow your device and cloud service settings. You may see notices about services from the developer or its partners. BEFORE YOU BEGIN Ema Note does not provide diagnosis, treatment or advice, or replace a doctor or counselor. If you use it as homework, discuss its use with your doctor or counselor. Japanese and English interfaces. Light and dark appearance. Made by Pluralworks LLC. Support: https://emanote.app/en-US/support Privacy policy: https://emanote.app/en-US/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ema Note at none against BuraGym's 1. Ema Note also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. BuraGym sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.49 per month. Ema Note asks for nothing beyond the download.
BuraGym ships an update every 5 days, Ema Note every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BuraGym | Ema Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 3 days β better |
| Ads | Yes | No β better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad β better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | hirofumi kurosaki | PLURAL WORKS, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY |
In-app purchases
BuraGym
- BuraGym Pro Monthly$0.491 Month
Ema Note
No in-app purchases









