Comparison

Pilates Teaching Studio vs Benchplate

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

Head to head
About

Pilates Teaching Studio

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Pilates Teaching Studio was built for instructors who need more than an exercise list and a blank class builder. PTS brings professional movement knowledge, reusable programming, complete class planning, contextual references and live teaching into one workspace. KNOW YOUR MOVEMENTS Start with a structured Pilates movement catalog covering apparatus, setup, teaching cues, timing, anatomy and variations. Adapt a canonical Movement for your own teaching without losing its identity. Variations inherit from their base Movement unless you choose to override specific details. PROGRAM THE WAY YOU ACTUALLY TEACH Build reusable Mini-Flows for combinations you use often. Create reusable Transitions with the actual apparatus setup and spring choices you intend to use. Then assemble complete Flows with Sections, Movement and Variation snapshots, selected cues, timing and transitions. TEACH FROM THE PLAN YOU BUILT Choose a Flow as Active and open Teach for a focused, read-only class view. Move through the class manually with Previous and Next while seeing the current Movement or Transition, selected cues, timing, setup and class progress. Timers never advance the class for you. KEEP REFERENCE MATERIAL IN CONTEXT Add your own video links and privately imported PDF manuals. A Movement can point directly to the page you use in a manual, so reference material stays connected to the teaching context where it matters. Anatomy is available as another professional lens rather than a separate encyclopedia. WORK ACROSS YOUR DEVICES Your private instructor-created content can sync through iCloud across supported devices. The canonical movement catalog stays separate from your own adaptations, classes, media relationships and teaching notes. START WITH A REAL EXAMPLE A fresh install includes sample programming, including Reformer Foundations, reusable transitions and a Feet in Straps Mini-Flow, so you can see the complete Programming β†’ Classes β†’ Teach workflow immediately. Pilates Teaching Studio is designed for instructors who want their knowledge, planning and teaching workflow in the same placeβ€”not another generic workout playlist. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Benchplate

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Benchplate is a nutrition tracker built for people who train. Most food apps stop at calories and three macro bars. Benchplate tracks the whole picture β€” protein, carbs and fat alongside fibre, minerals and vitamins, each with its own target or upper limit, and each shown only if you want to see it. WHAT YOU GET β€’ Calories, macros and a full micronutrient catalogue, with reference values one tap away β€’ Barcode scanner backed by the Open Food Facts database, plus a nutrition-label scan for products without a barcode β€’ Your own food library and meal templates β€” log a repeat meal in two taps β€’ Say what you ate, also with Siri, the Action Button or Control Center β€’ Recipes with AI search, cooking mode, meal prep and a weekly plan with shopping list, or import your own from a link, photo or text β€’ Water, protein per meal, body measurements, and warnings for intolerances and allergies β€’ A weekly review that shows where the week actually went β€’ Progress photos and a weight history with trend line β€’ Switching from another app? Bring your meals and weight along via Apple Health or an export file β€’ My Trainer: share your week with your personal trainer, only with your consent APPLE HEALTH Benchplate reads your steps from Apple Health and, only if you switch it on, your workouts and your weight. A workout turns the day into a training day with a higher calorie target. If you like, Benchplate also writes the nutrition of everything you log back to Apple Health. GOALS THAT KEEP UP Tell Benchplate how fast you want to move, in kilos per week, and it adjusts. Every week it recalculates your calorie target from your real weight trend and pulls protein, fat and the energy-dependent nutrient targets along with it. No redoing the maths after every phase change. AI WHERE IT EARNS ITS PLACE Photograph a meal or just describe it, and get nutrition values you can log straight away. The Coach answers questions about your day or your week from your own data and proposes calorie, macro, nutrient and step targets you can apply in one tap β€” it already knows your height, age and activity level, and it remembers what matters to you, on your device only. KEEP THE STREAK A streak counts every day you hit both your calories and your protein, with enough tolerance for normal fluctuation. A reward waits at 100 days. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Everything lives in your own private iCloud account and syncs across your devices. No analytics SDKs, no advertising networks, no third-party trackers, no password to remember. Only optional features send anything off your device: the AI ones, where nothing personal is stored, and the trainer connection, which shares exactly what you agree to. Widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen, an Apple Watch app and Share to Benchplate included. Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch and Polish. Three days free, then a monthly or yearly subscription. That subscription is the entire business model β€” there is no advertising or data angle behind it. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Benchplate gives estimates for everyday use and is not medical or dietary advice. Terms of Use: https://benchplate.com/terms Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://benchplate.com/privacy

Screenshots

Pilates Teaching Studio4 screens
Benchplate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Pilates Teaching Studio at 5 against Benchplate's 2. Pilates Teaching Studio also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Pilates Teaching Studio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Benchplate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Pilates Teaching Studio versus Benchplate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPilates Teaching StudioBenchplate
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro β€” betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.6 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size12 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHELM Coders LLCRichard Marschner

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pilates Teaching Studio

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$3.991 Month
  • Annual Pro$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Benchplate

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$79.901 Year

Questions

Is Pilates Teaching Studio free?
Pilates Teaching Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Benchplate free?
Benchplate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pilates Teaching Studio or Benchplate have ads?
Neither Pilates Teaching Studio nor Benchplate shows ads.

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