Features
Train with people, not an audience
MuscleBuddy's social layer is a real friend graph, not a follower count — a feed for the wins that matter (workouts, PRs, rank-ups), a way to find lifters like you, and time-boxed challenges to race together. It's the community behind the ranks and leaderboards covered on the gamification page.
A bidirectional friend graph — no follower asymmetry
Following someone on MuscleBuddy means both sides see it. There's no public follower count to chase and no one-way "fan" relationship — the graph exists so leaderboards, feeds, and challenge invites reflect people who actually train alongside you, not an audience.
That same friend graph powers the friends-scoped leaderboard covered on the gamification page: rank yourself against people you've actually connected with, not strangers. Blocking is mutual and immediate — a block hides both directions of the relationship, pulls existing posts and comments from view, and prevents new follows or likes between the two accounts.
An activity feed for the training you're actually doing
The feed surfaces posts from people you follow (plus your own): completed workouts, new PRs, meal logs, check-ins, progress photos, rank-ups, achievement unlocks, and challenge milestones. Auto-generated celebration posts — a rank-up, a PR, an achievement — are deduped server-side, so a win only ever posts once even if the client retries.
Every post supports likes, threaded comments (one level deep — replies to a reply attach to the same root), and reposts. Posting visibility is yours to choose per post: public, or followers-only. Report and block controls sit on every post and comment, and a hidden or reported post drops out of the feed for everyone except its author.
Discovery: find lifters like you, not random accounts
Search finds people by display name. The suggested-users feed goes further — it ranks candidates by real signals: training at the same gym (for GymOrg members), mutual follows (friends of friends), and shared active challenges, so suggestions surface people you're actually likely to recognize or want to train alongside. Anyone you've blocked, or who has blocked you, never appears.
Community challenges, including the open-beta "20/30"
Beyond the general challenges covered on the gamification page, MuscleBuddy runs a time-boxed open-beta challenge: opt in, then log a qualifying day — a daily check-in and at least one logged meal on the same calendar day — on 20 of your first 30 days. Complete it and you're one of the first 100 winners to earn a full year of free Pro.
The opt-in window is open for a limited time; once you're in, your personal 30-day clock keeps running even after new opt-ins close, so joining early only helps. It's a genuinely time-limited push distinct from the always-on gamification challenges — designed to reward people who commit to consistent logging during the open beta.
Frequently asked
- Is the social feed free, or behind the Pro tier?
- The feed, following, discovery, challenges, leaderboards, and the beta challenge are all available on the Free tier — none of the community layer is Pro-gated.
- Can I control who sees my posts?
- Yes. Each post is public or followers-only, your choice at posting time. You can also hide your own post afterward, and delete it entirely at any point.
- What happens if I block someone?
- Blocking is mutual and immediate: neither account can see, follow, like, or comment on the other afterward, and existing posts/comments between you drop out of view. Reported posts and comments are reviewed and can be hidden platform-side.
- Is following mutual, like a friend request, or one-way like a follower count?
- Following is bidirectional the moment you tap it — there's no request/approval step and no asymmetric "fan" relationship. It's built to model real training partners, which is also what feeds the friends-scoped leaderboard.
- How does the "20/30" beta challenge work?
- Opt in, then log a qualifying day — a check-in plus at least one meal, same calendar day — on 20 of your first 30 days. The first 100 people to complete it win a full year of free Pro. Your personal 30-day window keeps running on your own opt-in date even after new opt-ins close.
Find your training community
The feed, friend graph, discovery, and challenges are all part of the Free tier. Ranks, streaks, and leaderboards live on the gamification page.