BrookesSport vs Buzz Gym
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BrookesSport
Manage your sports center membership, book fitness classes, and stay updated on events and offers. Access facility information, contact details, and share activity data via HealthKit to encourage an active lifestyle.
- Membership sign-up
- Fitness class booking
- Sports center information
- Notifications for events and offers
- HealthKit data sharing
- Contact and directions
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Use the BrookesSport app to sign up for a membership, book a visit to one of our sports centres and be notified of important information for both the Headington and Botley campuses. CLASS TIMETABLES Find more information about fitness classes and book your space CENTRE INFORMATION Find our opening times, how to contact us and an overview of Brookes Sport facilities. NOTIFICATIONS AND OFFERS With the app, you’ll immediately know when there are new events, classes, or offers - ensuring that you’ll never miss out. MEMBERSHIP View membership packages for our Headington and Harcourt Hill sites, with direct links to e-mail our reception team to answer any questions you might have. CONTACT US Easily contact our centres with site telephone numbers and email addresses or view directions and maps. SOCIAL MEDIA Find links to our social media accounts. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. For help or to contact us, go to http://www.brookes.ac.uk/brookes-sport/contact-us/ APPLE HEALTHKIT We also use HealthKit to allow users to share their activity and workout data with the app. This data is used to incentivise users to stay active.
Buzz Gym
Design personalized training programs, track your workouts, and monitor nutrition. Access a library of 3D exercise demonstrations and join community groups for support. Book group classes and earn rewards for your fitness journey.
- Design training programs
- Track workout sessions
- Food tracker for nutrition
- 3D exercise demonstrations
- Book group classes
- Community support groups
- Sync with wearable devices
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PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU MUST CREATE AN ACCOUNT AND PASSWORD FOR THE APP BEFORE LOGGING IN. THIS IS SEPARATE TO YOUR BUZZ GYM PIN. DO THIS VIA THE APP EMAIL INVITATION YOU WOULD HAVE RECEIVED WHEN YOU JOINED BUZZ GYM. THIS EMAIL CAN BE RESENT VIA THE MEMBERS AREA OF THE BUZZ GYM WEBSITE. Design a training programme and track your sessions Try out our Personal Trainers' favourite workouts Get support from other Buzz Gym members in our community groups An amazing food tracker to help you hit your nutrition targets Book a place on our superb group classes Over 2000 3D exercise demonstrations Earn over 150 reward badges Sync to your wearable health devices You can sync this app with Apple Health App. If you enable this connection, any workout in the Health app with automatically be added to your Activity Calendar.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Buzz Gym at 35 against BrookesSport's 5. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BrookesSport against 4.9 for Buzz Gym. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Buzz Gym has 35 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 40% of BrookesSport's written reviews are positive against 45% of Buzz Gym's.
BrookesSport ships an update every 2 months, Buzz Gym every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BrookesSport | Buzz Gym |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.9 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 44.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 35 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 210 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Oxford Brookes University | Buzz Gym Ltd |
Customer experience
BrookesSport
Buzz Gym
In-app purchases
BrookesSport
No in-app purchases
Buzz Gym
No in-app purchases








