Creatine reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 295 Reddit reviews across 34 subreddits and 76 posts to rank the best Creatine brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/workout, r/Fitness_India, r/HubermanLab, r/Supplements, r/Biohackers. Top-rated brands include Creatine Monohydrate (4.7/5), Creatine (4.0/5), Optimum Nutrition (4.3/5).
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Reviews295
Subreddits34
Posts76
Brands74
Products61
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#1
Creatine Monohydrate
4.7
(36)
"Whatever monohydrate is cheapest on Amazon, 5g a day. It’s really that simple"
"Regular old monohydrate has the most clinical proven studies behind it by far."
"Monohydrate. Take 5g daily. Brand doesn't matter."
"Cheap basic single ingredient monohydrate and that’s it the rest for the most part is just marketing garbage."
"Definitely Nutratology's creatine monohydrate. Good quality, 80 servings for cheaper price."
"They have Optimum Nutrition creatine monhydrate for cheap now."
"Basic creatine monohydrate is all you need. It’s tasteless and mixes easily."
"I bought this creatine brand from Amazon and have had ZERO issues."
"The best creatine for me has been creatine monohydrate."
"Just go for monohydrate if you’re on a budget and make sure its a trusted or legit brand"
#2
Creatine
4.0
(40)
"NutriCost, just got a kilo of it. 3rd party tested and cheap."
"Thorne."
"I like Momentous. It’s made with creapure. Right up there with Thorne."
"Thorne creatine 5mg daily. It’s life changing for me as far as cognitive function, muscle gain, and sustained energy."
"Get the cheapest. It doesn't matter. Brands don't make money off creatine bc its so ubiquitous."
"Using it for one year and gained 12kg of muscle with it, can recommend it👍🏻."
"Thorne Creatine is best in my opinion. I would highly recommend it."
"Any creatine will do, no need of fancy creatine."
"Bhai get an unfavored one. Don't need to make creatine flavored."
"Amazing brand, no bs in the mix."
#3
Optimum Nutrition
4.3
(26)
"I recommend choosing one of these: Optimum Nutrition Creatine, ABE Creatine, or Sport Research Creatine."
"Optimum nutrition lo leu bro it’s best."
"Optimum Nutrition’s Micronized Creatine is a great choice."
"The best creatine product I’ve found is Optimum Nutrition Micronized Creatine Powder."
"Creatine Monohydrate is inexpensive, well researched and highly effective."
"Good luck!"
"Optimum Nutrition Creatine is effective and enhances my workout performance."
"Optimum Nutrition creatine is the best creatine I have ever used."
"ON creatine 250gm costs around ₹949 (it is micronised so better for tummy)
Other normal indian brands give monohydrated creatine (not micronised) for ₹650-700
I prefer ON as there is hardly any difference in pricing of both in comparison to what they are offering(good quality)"
"I usually grab optimum nutrition."
#4
Thorne
4.3
(23)
"I have been using Thorne Creatine for few months now.. its great."
"Thorne Creatine is best in my opinion. I would highly recommend it."
"I like Thorne supplements."
"Thorne till I die"
"My top 2 are Metagenics Creatine UP powder and Thorne Creatine."
"Thorne"
"Creapure has been tested and shown to be the best."
"Quality control"
"I have a friend who uses Thorne. he never complained."
"Second Thorne for any supplement. You know what you’re getting with them."
#5
Nutricost
4.2
(19)
"Nutricost has 30% off till April 7th. I got mine there"
"Nutricost"
"Just got some nutricost crea mono from Amazon, 100 servings for $21.50"
"Nutricost on Amazon sells cheap 2.2lb container"
"I mix mine in a smoothie and use Nutricost’s CreaPure, my understanding is that CreaPure is all the same from the same German supplier."
"Bulk item for cheap"
"Nutricost is a great brand for so many things."
"I use nutricost because I like the fruit punch flavor lol but there are so many out there."
"I've been using this brand Nutricost and it's reasonably priced!"
"I've been using this brand Nutricost and it's reasonably priced!"
#6
CreaPure
4.5
(17)
"The best would be Creapure creatine simply because it is the most rigorously tested."
"Look at creapure creatine. From Germany. Best type of creatine"
"Creapure creatine***"
"Look up creapure protein. It’s the highest quality one from Germany."
"Creapure"
"If price is irrelevant get creapure."
"Creapure is what you want."
"Creapure"
"I like products made with CreaPure®. It's from Germany, really good testing profile."
"Some prefer Creapure, because it’s from Europe and not China, but the China stuff seems legit as well."
#7
Bulk Supplements
4.2
(11)
"Bulk supplements creatine monohydrate is the best."
"It's inexpensive, and I like that I can dose it precisely myself."
"Get the 1kg unflavored creations monohydrate from bulk supplements on Amazon, it’s the cheapest one you can find"
"I usually buy the kilo size bag of Bulk Supplement brand on Amazon."
"6 month supply from bulk supplements for like $25"
"Buy creatine monohydrate from bulk supplements on amazon."
"Bulksupplements.com"
"Bulk supplements has decent prices for the 2.2 lb bag"
"Bulk Supplements on Amazon. Micronized and cheap."
"I get mine from Bulk Supplements."
#8
Nakpro
4.5
(8)
"Nakpro is the best"
"I mixed equal amount of unflavoured and flavoured."
"Selling creatine for a steal price"
"Good brand"
"Nakpro. Got it for 229 from amazon."
"Nakpro, Healthfarm"
"Nakpro nd nutrabay are most affordable."
"Nakpro."
#9
Naked
4.7
(6)
"Thank me later purchase on Amazon."
"Creatives not only beneficial for the body but also what it does for the brain. Better focus and helps concentration."
"Creatine is creatine. Just make sure you take a reputable brand."
"Creatine"
"I got Naked Creatine off Amazon. It’s cheap and has no frills, just creatine and it’s recommended by others as well."
"Pretty solid"
#10
Equate
3.9
(7)
"I use creatine monohydrate from Walmart the equate brand and it’s a 90 serving so it’s good for three months because it’s all the same and there is no designer creatine."
"Yep that brand is good"
"Equate. $10 for 60 servings. Does the same thing other creatine monohydrate does. It's easily available since it's at Walmart."
"I get the equate brand at Walmart. It’s cheap and half the price as the “name brand” shit."
"The Walmart brand “equate” one has 90 servings for about 19$"
"I just use the Walmart/Equate Creatine Monohydrate."
"I just use the equate brand"
#11
Nutrabay
4.0
(6)
"I recently bought it from Nutrabay."
"For sure you can go for nutrabay and get both at a fair price."
"You can get 250gm of Nutrabay or Nakpro under 600."
"Decent"
"Effective results."
"It is quite good."
#12
Myprotein
4.2
(5)
"Best bang for the buck per 100gms!"
"Good brand"
"Myprotein.com has the cheapest options."
"Stock myprotein for 6 months as it is in 55% sale currently."
"Monohydrate from myprotein. Bulk supplements had a weird taste, tossed the bag."
#13
Naked Nutrition
4.3
(4)
"Naked Creatine is simple and effective"
"I buy naked it’s cheap and last months"
"I roll with Naked - only ingredient being creatine mono hydrate."
"I like Naked brand creatine it’s 3rd party tested and has no added ingredients"
#14
BulkSupplements
4.3
(4)
"Bulk supplements on Amazon. Works great as it should"
"BulkSupplements monohydrate creatine, ON creatine, whatever is cheaper"
"Just bulksupplements. cheap and clean. mixes into protein shake wo knowing its there"
"I get mine on Amazon from BulkSupplements. It’s super fine and mixes somewhat well"
#15
Creapure
5.0
(3)
"You can trust any brand that is using Creapure creatine monohydrate as their base ingredient."
"You want creapur branded creatine monohydrate."
"Buy creatine with Creapure trademark."
#16
Asitis
4.7
(3)
"Good brand"
"Try asitis from their original website (have consumed unflavoured raw whey all my life), but if you have tight budget then it’s flavoured whey p ATOM would be a good start."
"Decent"
#17
Muscleblaze
4.7
(3)
"Good brand"
"Muscleblaze is good enough."
#18
Transparent Labs
4.3
(3)
"Transparent labs"
"Transparent labs makes great product, also Thorne is really good as well."
"Transparent labs & simple clean eats."
#19
Allmax
4.3
(3)
"I like allmax 1000g creatine, yes It’s Safe at 16, I was taking it at 14 and it’s helped me since."
"I think Allmax is the best value for 1kg."
"I pay $25 Canadian for 2.2lbs of allmax creatine"
#20
MuscleTech
4.3
(3)
"Mixes well and no bloating for me."
"I use muscle tech personally"
"Decent"
#21
Jacked Factory
4.0
(3)
"Grab the cheapest from a reputable company and you’re good to go. When jacked factory had a good sale, I got like 2 years worth."
"The Jacked Factory stuff from Amazon is cheap, and good enough for me lol."
"Be ready to drink lots of water."
#22
GNC
5.0
(2)
"It helped me wonders."
"Had some great results when using with a heavy lifting cycle and cut."
#23
Gorilla Mode
5.0
(2)
"Yup Gorilla Mode and Sports Research is what I use too"
"This one is my go-to now."
#24
Dymatize
4.5
(2)
"Dymatize had great mass gainer and tasty whey."
"Decent price and it does the job."
#25
Wellcore
4.0
(2)
"In my opinion, go with wellcore"
"You can get Wellcore , MB or Naturaltein ones. These are good."
#26
Creatine HCL
4.0
(2)
"There are two types of creatine, HCL and monohydrate. HCL is supposedly more efficient."
"If you have gastro issue with regular creatine then try creatine hcl."
#27
Ekkovision
4.0
(2)
"I usually get ekkovision because it’s fairly cheap and they have some flavored options which taste pretty decent"
"Ekkovission is cheap and gets the job done"
#28
Micronized Creatine Monohydrate
4.0
(2)
"I prefer micronized creatine monohydrate. Goes down easier."
"Micronized creatine monohydrate is the best for buck."
#29
ON
3.5
(2)
"This creatine from ON is highly effective and mixes well."
"The product may cause hair fall, so take precautions."
#30
Naturaltein
5.0
(1)
"I personally use naturaltein creatine monohydrate unflavored."
#31
Animal
5.0
(1)
"Off of Amazon."
#32
Promix
5.0
(1)
"Promix."
#33
NOW Sports
5.0
(1)
"Plain creatine monohydrate is all you need."
#34
Scorpion Supplements
5.0
(1)
"Scorpion supplements are my go too for both creatine."
#35
sneakygainz.com
5.0
(1)
"I really like sneakygainz.com but it's sugar flavored creatine. It has no sugar or additives and I add it into my coffee or oatmeal every morning!"
#36
Hoorbach
5.0
(1)
"It dissolves well with no grittiness or aftertaste and is priced right."
#37
Vintage Muscle
5.0
(1)
"I like the gummies from Vintage Muscle. No powder to mix and I don't get any bloating."
#38
GRN Session
5.0
(1)
"A clean, honest, and effective supplement that helps wellness enthusiasts achieve their peak potential."
#39
Metagenics
5.0
(1)
"My top 2 are Metagenics Creatine UP powder and Thorne Creatine."
#40
Trumeta
5.0
(1)
"Best is any creatine brand that uses CREAPURE (a German creatine manufacturer). This ensures your creatine is PURE and not contaminated."
#41
Beyond Raw
5.0
(1)
"I like the Beyond Raw Creatine HCL"
#42
German
5.0
(1)
"I like the German Creatine with Creapure."
#43
Naked Brand
5.0
(1)
"They are a quality and clean brand. I take 5 Grams daily (mostly for the cognitive benefits)"
#44
BPN
5.0
(1)
"I like BPN’s buffered creatine."
#45
Kre-Alkalyn
5.0
(1)
"Kre-Alkalyn is my fav"
#46
Pea Protein
5.0
(1)
"Powders"
#47
Brown Rice
5.0
(1)
"Powders"
#48
Muscle Feast
4.0
(1)
"Creavitalis dissolves the best."
#49
Walmart
4.0
(1)
"I liked the one I got at Walmart, good bang for buck."
#50
Weider
4.0
(1)
"I would recommend Weider double buffered."
#51
EFX Sports
4.0
(1)
"I recommend EFX Sports Kre-Alkalyn."
#52
Purple K
4.0
(1)
"If cost isn't an issue, Purple K may work for you"
#53
Protein Factory
4.0
(1)
"Phn creatine from the protein factory."
#54
Scorpions
4.0
(1)
"I go scorpions for the taste of their products."
#55
NSP Nutrition
4.0
(1)
"NSP Nutrition Micronized Creatine Monohydrate."
#56
INC
4.0
(1)
"Creatine brand doesn't really matter, and I think I saw someone else comment that the INC from chemist warehouse is the cheapest."
#57
True Nutrition
4.0
(1)
"True nutrition is the brand I've liked the most, it dissolves the best and is inexpensive."
#58
Ghost
4.0
(1)
"Ghost protein tastes amazing but is pretty expensive."
#59
Levels
4.0
(1)
"Levels makes some pretty great protein too."
#60
HCL
4.0
(1)
"HCL is said to be more friendly for your stomach. Micronized creatine is a good option."
#61
TrainingPeaks
4.0
(1)
"It definitely helps for lifting."
#62
Yamamoto Nutrition
4.0
(1)
"I prefer creatine in powder form without a loading period, taking 3-5g per day."
#63
Jocko Fuel
4.0
(1)
"It’s a really fine powder that has the consistency of starch. It dissolves easily in water and has a slight taste."
#64
Various Brands
4.0
(1)
"All monohydrate from most brands is the same, but I prefer brands using Creapure for its purity and better solubility."
#65
Monohydrate
4.0
(1)
"Monohydrate gives me more water weight, making my muscles look fuller."
#66
Bulk Supply
4.0
(1)
"Creatine Monohydrate by Bulk Supply works well for me. The resealable bag is crappy but the product is good."
#67
Sports Research
4.0
(1)
"It's worth the extra money personally with my situation."
#68
1st Phorm
4.0
(1)
"The creatine is effective, but the scoop size is misleading."
#69
L-glutamine
4.0
(1)
"L-glutamine and bone broth are good for IBS."
#70
Bone Broth
4.0
(1)
"Bone broth might irritate your stomach initially but could ease IBS over time."
#71
B Vitamin Complex
4.0
(1)
"A B vitamin complex could be beneficial for those with digestive issues."
#72
Most studied supplement
4.0
(1)
"Take it. But you need to make sure you drink enough water. Just don’t use it when cutting weight."
#73
Big Muscles
1.0
(2)
"The worst"
"Scammy brand"
#74
Nike
2.0
(1)
"The creatine tasted awful and was difficult to mix."
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