Comparison

BoxBoard vs GymRank

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

Head to head
About

BoxBoard

This app helps you track your fitness progress and connect with your gym community. Log scores, monitor personal records, and view daily leaderboards. Share your fitness journey and engage with others through a dedicated community feed.

Highlights
  • Automatic PR tracking
  • Workout journal with notes
  • Daily leaderboard
  • Community feed for sharing
  • Gym admin tools
Features
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Take your CrossFit community with you wherever you go. If you’re looking for a fast and reliable way to track your workouts and stay connected to your gym, BoxBoard is for you. Stay up to date with the daily leaderboard, log your scores in seconds, and keep track of your personal records. BoxBoard automatically tracks your lifts and helps you understand your progress over time. Features: • Automatic PR Tracking Max effort scores are automatically added to your movement history. • Workout Journal See your PRs, review past workouts, and add personal notes. • Leaderboard Track scores, compare with your gym, and celebrate progress. • Community Feed Like, comment, and share your fitness journey with others. • Gym Tools Gym admins can post workouts, edit scores, and manage their gym community. BoxBoard is built for the committed athlete and coach. BoxBoard is not affiliated with CrossFit, Inc.

About

GymRank

Features
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Know exactly where you stand. GymRank lets strength athletes submit, verify, and compare their max lifts — squat, bench press, and deadlift — against lifters worldwide. Every lift on the leaderboard has video proof, reviewed by the community. No fake numbers. No guessing. TRACK & VERIFY • Submit your max lifts with video proof • Community reviews confirm every rep • Only verified lifts make the leaderboard COMPARE & COMPETE • See how you rank globally • Filter by age, bodyweight, experience level, and natural/enhanced status • Find lifters just like you LOG & IMPROVE • Full workout log with exercise tracking • Save and reuse your favourite workouts as templates • Progress charts to visualise your strength gains over time Whether you're chasing your first 100kg bench or competing at the top — GymRank tells you where you really stand.

Screenshots

BoxBoard4 screens
GymRank4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BoxBoard at none against GymRank's 1. BoxBoard also leads on ads (none vs shown). GymRank's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. GymRank sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.49 per month. BoxBoard asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BoxBoard ships an update every 6 months, GymRank every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BoxBoard versus GymRank: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoxBoardGymRank
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB51 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJason CypretHubert Kiepura

In-app purchases

None

BoxBoard

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

GymRank

Subscriptions1
  • GymRank Pro$3.491 Month

Questions

Is BoxBoard free?
BoxBoard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GymRank free?
GymRank is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BoxBoard or GymRank have ads?
GymRank shows ads; BoxBoard does not.
Which is updated more often, BoxBoard or GymRank?
BoxBoard ships an update every 6 months, and GymRank every 5 days. Most recently, BoxBoard was updated on November 1, 2026 and GymRank on October 31, 2026.

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