Comparison

Keging vs 5

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

Head to head
About

Keging

Features
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Keging — a Kegel timer that guides you by feel Squeeze. Relax. Repeat. Keging runs your squeeze-and-relax cycles for the seconds and reps you choose, and tells you each phase with a vibration. Completely free — no ads, no purchases. ■ How it works • One big Start button. A short countdown, then your first squeeze begins • Squeeze as the circle shrinks, let go as it swells • Finish every rep and the set is saved. A set you stop midway isn't recorded ■ Pick a preset • A preset is one cycle: ready time, squeeze, relax, reps, rounds. You start with "Default" (10 s squeeze, 5 s relax, 20 reps, about 5 minutes) • Swipe left or right on the main screen to switch presets, then tap Start • Ready 0–10 s, squeeze and relax 1–60 s, 1–100 reps. Make as many presets as you like • Rounds — do several sets in a row with a rest in between. Each set is recorded • Your presets are sent to Apple Watch as they are ■ Haptic cues — no need to look • Squeeze and relax start with different vibrations, so you know what to do with the phone in your pocket • Three patterns (Standard, Two Taps, Long Buzz) for squeeze and relax, with a preview • Sound cues too (chime, beep or voice), or silent for haptics only. Optional 3-second countdown • A long celebratory buzz when you finish • Timer and haptics keep going in other apps or with the screen off ■ Dynamic Island and Lock Screen • Leave the app mid-workout and a live status appears in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen • The set is drawn as a timeline in squeeze (mint) and relax (amber), with a line that moves in real time and the remaining time • A Stop button on the Lock Screen and in the island — end a set without opening the app • A "Discreet Display" with the timeline only, and optional phase banners in other apps ■ Widgets and Control Center • Widgets (small, medium, large): today's sets and reps, the last 7 days, recent records and a Start button • Add a Start control to Control Center or the Lock Screen • Assign a preset to a widget or control, or tell Siri "Start (preset) in Keging" • A watch complication opens Keging ■ Apple Watch • Open the watch app and tap Start. The workout runs on your wrist, haptics included. Double Tap works too • Swipe up or down to pick a preset — the same list as on your iPhone • Start on iPhone and the watch app opens by itself to measure your heart rate. Haptics play only where you started • Haptic and Health settings live on the watch itself (swipe left) • Sets finished on the watch flow into your iPhone stats ■ Statistics • Swipe up from the main screen: daily, weekly, monthly • The day timeline shows when you worked out as dots on a 24-hour axis, with arrows and a calendar for past days • Weekly: reps by day plus a 7-day timeline. Monthly: reps by day and totals • Swipe a record left to delete it, along with its Health workout • Totals include exercise time, and every record can be exported as CSV ■ Apple Health and Shortcuts • Completed sets are saved to Apple Health as workouts (type and effort adjustable, or turn it off) • With a watch on, the watch measures heart rate and active energy whichever device you start from • The "Start Kegel Workout" action in Shortcuts starts from a Home Screen icon, Back Tap or Siri • Run a shortcut after a completed set ■ And more • Light and dark themes, in-app language choice (한국어 · English · 日本語) • No account needed ■ Works well with Haru Danim, a time and habit tracker from the same developer: workouts Keging saves to Apple Health count toward your Haru Danim exercise quests automatically. ■ Privacy Keging collects no personal data. Every record stays on your iPhone and Apple Watch and is never sent to any server. Apple Health entries are written only if you allow it. Privacy Policy: https://github.com/notalentprogrammer/Keging/blob/main/PRIVACY.md ※ Keging is an exercise timer and does not provide medical advice. If you have pain, discomfort or a medical condition, consult a professional first.

About

5

This app offers a quick, equipment-free core workout with five moves, each lasting one minute. It includes beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, plus specialized routines for pregnancy and postpartum recovery. The app guides you through each exercise with visual and audio cues.

Highlights
  • Daily 5-minute core workouts
  • No equipment required
  • Beginner to advanced levels
  • Pregnancy and postpartum routines
  • Visual and audio exercise guidance
  • Apple Watch integration
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For over 17 years I've done a 5-minute ab workout. It's short enough to stick with, so I made it into an app. Five moves, one minute each. Beginner is free. No account to set up. No ads. The prices are on the first screen. 5-Minute Abs is a quick ab and core workout you can do at home with no equipment. Every move uses only your own body weight. The app keeps the time and shows you each move. All you have to do is press play and follow along. HOW IT WORKS Pick a level and press Start. When you're in position, press the play button. You get 10 seconds to get ready. Then it's five moves, one minute each, with 10 seconds between moves to change position. When you finish, the app counts that day as done, and seven dots show your last seven days. If you want one, a daily reminder comes at the time you pick. - Beginner: 10 seconds on, 5 seconds rest, four times per move. - Intermediate: 25 seconds on, 10 seconds rest, 25 seconds on. - Advanced: the full minute. Moves done on both sides give you 5 seconds to switch halfway. PRE & POSTNATAL Three short routines for pregnancy and after birth, built around your breathing and your pelvic floor. Some moves use a firm chair. Every routine here was reviewed by a certified pre- and postnatal fitness coach in my family, so each move was checked for its stage by someone trained for it. - Pregnant: gentle breathing and lifts, with one stretch. Nothing on your back. - First 6 weeks after birth: gentle moves for the first weeks, once your doctor says it's OK. - 6 weeks and later: lifts and core moves to build back up. A bar shows when to lift and when to let go, and a count shows which one you're on. These are general exercises and aren't medical advice. Check with your doctor or midwife before you start, while you're pregnant and again after you give birth. Told you have diastasis recti (ab separation)? The after-birth routines start with breathing and gentle moves, and every workout here says to stop if a ridge bulges down the middle of your belly. Ask your doctor or a pelvic floor physical therapist before you start a workout routine. SEEING AND HEARING EACH MOVE - A figure does the move on screen while you do it. - Press any move to see how it's done. - A sound for each change: get ready, go (or lift), almost there, rest (or let go), switch sides, breathe in, breathe out, move finished, all done. - A voice names the next move before it starts. - The sounds play over your music and keep going when your phone is locked. ON APPLE WATCH - The ready-made routines on your wrist, with the moving figure and the countdown. - Your own routines are there too. If you're on a plan or bought Lifetime, you can build and edit ab routines on the Watch, and change the moves in the ready-made levels. - Your Watch vibrates at every change, so you can follow along without looking. - Start a workout on your iPhone or your Watch and it shows on both. Pause or skip on either one. - With your permission, Watch workouts are saved to Apple Health. WHAT'S FREE AND WHAT'S PAID The app is free to download. The Beginner routine and the Pregnant routine stay free on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. There are three ways to open the rest inside the app: a monthly plan, a yearly plan, or a lifetime purchase you pay once. The lifetime purchase can be shared with your family through Apple's Family Sharing. Each one opens: - The Intermediate and Advanced routines, on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch - The two routines for after birth - Changing any move in any routine - The exercise library - Saving your own routines, on all your devices The monthly and yearly plans renew until you cancel. You can cancel anytime in your Apple account settings. 5-Minute Abs shows you short ab and core exercises and general exercises for pregnancy and after birth. It is not medical advice, and it does not promise a 6-pack. Terms of Use: https://grumbees.com/5-minute-abs/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://grumbees.com/5-minute-abs/privacy/

Screenshots

Keging4 screens
54 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Keging at none against 5's 3. Keging also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). 5's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). 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. 5 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Keging asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Keging ships an update weekly, 5 every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Keging versus 5: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeging5
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB11 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperYECHAN SONGGrumbee's Bookkeeping LLC

In-app purchases

None

Keging

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

5

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Keging free?
Keging is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 5 free?
5 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Keging or 5 have ads?
Neither Keging nor 5 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Keging or 5?
Keging ships an update weekly, and 5 every 2 days. Most recently, Keging was updated on October 31, 2026 and 5 on November 6, 2026.

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