SwoleMate vs Boostcamp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SwoleMate
Generate a new workout daily with this fitness tool that helps you break through plateaus. Select muscle groups and exercise types to create complete, varied routines. Video demonstrations ensure proper exercise form.
- Daily workout generation
- Customizable muscle groups and exercise types
- Video demonstrations for exercises
- Create custom exercises (premium)
- Workout library in your palm
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Generate a new workout every day with SwoleMate, your hand-held workout builder! SwoleMate aims to help you blast through your workout plateaus by constantly giving you fresh new workouts to keep your body from adapting to the same old exercise routines. By using SwoleMate you will be able to select various muscle groups and exercise types and build complete workouts off of these selections. With endless combinations of exercises to choose from, you will never have to stick to the same workout routine ever again! SwoleMate offers users a unique-simplistic-experience that is not often found in today’s fitness software. SwoleMate aims to be the easiest solution for an individual to be able step into a gym and begin a workout without having to do any unnecessary planning. With SwoleMate, your entire workout library is in the palm of your hands and you no longer need cumbersome journals full of workout routines and exercises. Not sure how to perform an exercise? No problem! The SwoleMate exercise library offers tons of video demonstrations showing you the proper equipment and form you need to perform an exercise correctly. Still want to add your own custom exercises? Get SwoleMate premium and be able to create your own custom exercises saved to your profile. Create a random workout using a combination of your own exercises as well exercises from the SwoleMate library for a truly pumped up gym session!
Boostcamp
This app offers a vast library of structured strength training and muscle-building programs, including popular routines like nSuns and Reddit PPL. It provides tools for tracking workouts, monitoring progress, and even building custom plans. The app is designed to eliminate guesswork and provide proven methods for achieving fitness goals.
- 130+ expert-designed programs
- 10,000+ community-shared routines
- Full workout logging with RPE/1RM
- Auto-progression for weights
- Muscle volume tracking
- Custom program builder
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Trusted by over 1,300,000 lifters. 300M+ workouts logged. 4.8 stars. Boostcamp is a free workout tracker and gym logger with 11,000+ programs and an AI coach that builds a custom plan from your goal, schedule, and equipment. Log every set. Run nSuns, GZCLP, 5/3/1, Reddit PPL, PHUL, PHAT, or 130+ coach programs. No spreadsheet. Garage Gym Reviews named Boostcamp the Best Workout App Overall in 2026. "I primarily train for strength and hypertrophy, and Boostcamp is the best app I’ve ever used. I love all the data it provides, and there are so many great programs to choose from within the workout library." – Matt Dustin, CSCS, PN1-NC, Garage Gym Reviews Featured in Fortune’s 2026 trainer-approved Boostcamp review. "Boostcamp has all the features of Strong and Hevy, but what puts Boostcamp decidedly #1 is that it features a library of programs from some of the most recognizable figures in fitness." – Alex Bromley, Professional Strongman "Boostcamp puts all of Reddit's best free workouts in one slick app...give Boostcamp a try." – Lifehacker WHAT YOU GET • Workout Tracker – Log sets, reps, and weight with RPE, RIR, and e1RM. Auto-progression sets your next weights. Rest timer, plate calculator, supersets, drop sets, warmup templates, form videos, and mid-set exercise swaps that keep your numbers. PRs flag in-session. Weekly Sunday reports and year-end Wrapped. Offline. Live Activities put your set and rest timer on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Syncs bodyweight with Apple Health. • AI Coach – Short questionnaire, then a customized multi-week program you log in the same tracker. Or pick a named coach program and start today. Fork any program, or build your own with no cap. • 11,000+ Programs – 130+ coach-designed plans with progressions, periodization, and deloads, plus a huge community library. Filter by goal, level, and days per week. The library is free. No ads. • Analytics – Volume, muscle-group engagement, PRs, and training history. Pro adds Strength Score (0–100 across the big lifts) and a per-muscle volume heatmap. POPULAR PROGRAMS nSuns 5/3/1, GZCLP, 5/3/1 BBB, 5/3/1 for Beginners, Building the Monolith, Candito 6 Week, TSA, Bullmastiff, Greyskull LP, PHUL, PHAT, Reddit PPL, KONG, MASS IMPACT, Jacked and Tan 2.0, Strong Curves, Alberto Nuñez Upper Lower, Eric Helms Intermediate Bodybuilding, Greg Nuckols Beginner, Reddit Bodyweight Fitness RR, and thousands more. COACHES Dr. Eric Helms, Alex Bromley, Cody Lefever (GZCL), Geoffrey Verity Schofield, Alberto Nuñez, Bryce Lewis, Greg Nuckols, Jonnie Candito, Bald Omni-Man, Natural Hypertrophy, Basement Bodybuilding, Brandon Campbell (PHUL), Dr. Swole, Matt Vena, Menno Henselmans, Justina Ercole, Tiffany Ma, Rebecca Rouse, and 50+ more. Competitive athletes and researchers, not random influencers. WHO IT'S FOR Beginners who want a plan and a gym logger. Intermediate lifters done with spreadsheets. Anyone who wants an AI coach plus a real tracker. Men and women. Full gym, garage gym, or dumbbells at home. 2–6 days per week. ABOUT Boostcamp started by putting Reddit’s best programs into a workout tracker that works. 1.3M+ lifters now log training, follow 11,000+ programs, and build custom plans with an AI coach. Free to start. No ads. Questions? support@boostcamp.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SwoleMate at none against Boostcamp's 24. SwoleMate also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (75% vs 60%). Boostcamp's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Boostcamp sells 20 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. SwoleMate asks for nothing beyond the download.
Boostcamp holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boostcamp has 10K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of SwoleMate's written reviews are positive against 60% of Boostcamp's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SwoleMate ships an update every 3 months, Boostcamp fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SwoleMate | Boostcamp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (10K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 10K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #138 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 293 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zephaniah Cohen | BPM Health Co. |
Customer experience
SwoleMate
Boostcamp
Bugs and requests
SwoleMate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Boostcamp
Reported bugs
4 issues- Workouts not saving properly
- Inability to reorder exercises
- Crashing and loading issues
- Inconsistent exercise tracking
Requested features
5 requests- Offline mode for workouts
- Apple Watch integration
- More customization options
- Improved exercise video demonstrations
- Ability to create and share custom programs
In-app purchases
SwoleMate
No in-app purchases
Boostcamp
- Boostcamp Pro14 Days trial$11.991 Month
- Boostcamp Pro7 Days trial2 variants$14.991 Month
- Boostcamp Pro14 Days trial$14.991 Month
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- Boostcamp Pro$14.991 Month
- Limited-Time Offer14 Days trial$48.991 Year
- Boostcamp Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Boostcamp Pro14 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Boostcamp Pro3 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Boostcamp Pro1 Year trial2 variants$59.991 Year
- Boostcamp Pro14 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Boostcamp Pro7 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Boostcamp Pro14 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Boostcamp Pro7 Days trial$119.991 Year
- Coffee$0.99
- Lunch$4.99
- Access to Coach's Program$9.99
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- Program Donation$19.99
- Access to Coach's Program$24.99
- Access to Coach's Program$39.99
- Access to Coach's Program$49.99
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