One subscription, or one payment?
Both Juna and Mumma Glow can help you rebuild a postpartum core. The honest difference is how each one fits a tired mum's week, and her budget.
Quick answer
Juna is a subscription app built around pregnancy, with trimester workouts, nutrition guidance, birth and newborn classes, and a six-week core restore program developed with a pelvic floor physical therapist. It suits mums who want a broad app they will open most days, from pregnancy through the first year. Mumma Glow is narrower and cheaper: one-time digital guides focused on postpartum core, pelvic floor and glute rebuilding, with individual guides from $15 and the full bundle at $50, paid once with no subscription. If you want breadth, ongoing new content and an app on your phone, Juna is the better fit. If you want a finishable plan for the specific problem of a weak postpartum core, and you do not want another monthly charge, Mumma Glow is the affordable one-time option.
What Juna does well
Credit where it is due. Juna is a genuinely well-built product, and it is not really a postpartum program that happens to cover pregnancy. It is the reverse: a pregnancy-first platform that carries you through into the fourth trimester.
Its strengths are real:
- Breadth. Over 200 pregnancy workouts organised by trimester, plus postpartum programs, nutrition guidance, and classes covering birth prep, breastfeeding, newborn care and newborn sleep. That is a lot of ground for one subscription.
- A dedicated core restore block. Juna's six-week Core Restore program was developed with a pelvic floor physical therapist and targets diastasis recti and related core dysfunction, rather than treating the postpartum body as a lighter version of a general fitness plan.
- Video coaching. Following along with someone on screen is easier than reading a description when you are running on broken sleep, and users consistently praise how easy the sessions are to follow.
- Community and habit. An app you open daily builds momentum. For some mums that is the single biggest factor in actually doing the work.
If any of that sounds like what you want, Juna is a reasonable buy and you should try the trial. Not every mum needs the cheapest option; some need the one they will actually open.
What Mumma Glow is, and where it fits
Mumma Glow is deliberately smaller. It is a set of one-time digital guides written for the postpartum body: reconnecting the deep core, retraining the pelvic floor, rebuilding glute and hip strength, and getting energy back on very little sleep. There is no app, no daily video drop, and no subscription. You buy it, you download it, it is yours.
That narrowness is the trade-off. You do not get birth prep classes or a trying-to-conceive plan, because those are not the problem it was written for. What you get is a plan aimed squarely at the mum whose belly still domes when she sits up, who leaks when she sneezes, and who has fifteen minutes while the baby naps.
It is also the reason the pricing model is different. A guide that is meant to be finished does not need to bill you every month to stay useful. If you are still weighing whether an app or a fixed plan suits you better, our breakdown of subscription apps versus a guided plan goes through it properly.
Side by side
| Juna | Mumma Glow | |
|---|---|---|
| Format | Mobile app, video-led | Downloadable digital guides (PDF) |
| Payment model | Subscription, advertised at roughly $14.99 per month or about $120 per year at the time of writing, with a free trial | Paid once. Guides from $15, full bundle $50. No renewal |
| Main focus | Pregnancy through postpartum, plus nutrition and newborn classes | Postpartum core, pelvic floor, glutes and energy |
| Diastasis-specific content | Yes, a six-week Core Restore program built with a pelvic floor PT | Yes, the core rebuild is the central purpose of the guides |
| Ongoing new content | Yes, that is what the subscription buys | No. You get the plan and keep it |
| Works offline / no phone needed | Limited | Yes, print it or read it on any device |
| Best for | Mums who want breadth, video coaching and daily prompts from pregnancy onwards | Mums who want one focused, finishable plan without a recurring charge |
Advertised prices change, so check both directly before you buy. The structural difference does not change: one is a recurring charge that continues while you use it, the other is a single payment.
What each costs across a full year
This is where the two models separate most clearly. The chart below compares publicly advertised pricing for a mum who keeps a subscription running for twelve months against Mumma Glow's one-time prices.
$179.88
$119.90
$50 once
$15 once
Source: Publicly advertised subscription pricing and Mumma Glow list prices, August 2026. Prices change; check current rates before buying.
None of those numbers make one product better than the other. A $180 year is excellent value if you use the app four times a week and it replaces a gym membership. It is poor value if the app sits unopened after week three, which is a very common postpartum story. For a wider look at what recovery actually costs, including physiotherapy, see our guide to the real cost of fixing diastasis recti.
How common is the problem you are paying to fix?
Worth knowing before you commit to anything, because abdominal separation is far more normal, and far more likely to improve, than most mums are told.
of women had diastasis recti at 6 weeks postpartum
still had it at 6 months postpartum
at 12 months postpartum
Those figures come from Sperstad et al., British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2016. Two things follow. First, if you have a gap at six weeks you are in the majority, not the exception. Second, the trend is downwards over the first year, which means part of what you would credit to any program is natural recovery happening alongside it. Honest programs say so. It is also why the pelvic floor matters as much as the gap itself, something we cover in the link between your pelvic floor and diastasis recti.
So which should you choose?
Choose Juna if
You are still pregnant or newly postpartum and want one place for workouts, nutrition and newborn classes; you follow along better with video than with text; and a recurring charge of roughly $15 a month sits comfortably in your budget. Use the free trial and be honest with yourself about how many times you opened it.
Choose Mumma Glow if
Your problem is specific, your budget is tight, and you want a plan with an end point. You are past the newborn classes stage and what you actually want is a clear, safe core and pelvic floor rebuild you can do in short blocks while the baby naps, without another subscription renewing in the background.
A third answer is legitimate too: neither. If you have pain, prolapse symptoms, or a gap that is not changing, a women's health physiotherapist is the right first spend, and no digital program replaces that. We also have an honest look at what free programs can and cannot do if you would rather not spend at all yet.
The one-time option
Mumma Glow's full bundle covers core, pelvic floor, glutes and energy in short nap-time sessions, written for mums with no equipment and no spare hours. Pay once, keep it forever. See the full postpartum bundle, and use code GLOW20 for 20% off. Results vary from mum to mum.
Before you start either one
Whichever you pick, the sequencing matters more than the brand. Rebuilding pressure control comes before load, which is why sitting up, crunching or dropping into a plank too early can set you back. If a plank is on your list, read when it is safe to plank again after having a baby first, and use the doming test in there as your green light rather than a date on a calendar. And if you have started and abandoned plans before, our notes on choosing a program you will actually finish are worth ten minutes.
Frequently asked questions
Is Juna worth it for postpartum only?
It can be, but you are paying for a platform whose centre of gravity is pregnancy. If you are twelve months postpartum and only want core rehabilitation, you will use a fraction of what you are subscribed to. If you are pregnant now and plan to continue after birth, the value equation is much stronger.
Does Mumma Glow have videos?
No. Mumma Glow is written guides with clear photographs and instructions, which is part of why it costs what it does. Some mums prefer that, because a PDF opens in seconds and does not need headphones or a charged phone. Others genuinely need video, and should choose accordingly.
Can I use both?
Yes, and some mums do. A common pattern is a subscription during pregnancy and the first weeks, then a one-time guide once the newborn classes are no longer relevant and the goal narrows to rebuilding the core.
Will either one close my gap completely?
Neither can promise that, and you should be wary of any program that does. Research by Sperstad and colleagues found abdominal separation persisting in about a third of women at twelve months. Good training improves how the tissue tolerates load and how your core functions day to day, but results vary from mum to mum, and some separations need a physiotherapist or, occasionally, surgical review.
When is it safe to start either program?
Gentle breathing and pelvic floor work can usually begin in the early weeks, but progressive exercise should follow your postnatal check. The NHS advises waiting until after your postnatal check, generally around six to eight weeks, before returning to higher-impact exercise, and longer after a caesarean. ACOG similarly recommends resuming gradually once you are medically cleared. Ask your GP, midwife or physiotherapist about your own situation.
Sources: Sperstad JB et al., "Diastasis recti abdominis during pregnancy and 12 months after childbirth", British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2016. NHS, Keeping fit and healthy with a baby. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), Exercise After Pregnancy. Publicly advertised Juna subscription pricing and product information, accessed August 2026.
This article is general education, not medical advice. Mumma Glow is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Juna or any other program named here, and details about other programs are based on publicly available information at the time of writing. Results vary from mum to mum. Please see your GP, midwife or a women's health physiotherapist about your own recovery, particularly if you have pain, prolapse symptoms, or a separation that is not changing.