# RPE Calculator: Powerlifting — Paused, tempo & Variations > Paused, tempo & Variations (iPhone/iPad app by paolo aru.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rpe-calculator-powerlifting/id6796453801 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [paolo aru](https://appshunter.io/developer/6796453803) - Category: Sports, Health & Fitness - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.0 · 19 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-08-06 - Data updated: 2026-08-29 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/rpe-calculator-powerlifting/id6796453801/reviews.md ## What is RPE Calculator? Hit the right weight on every set — including the ones nobody else calculates. RPE Calculator is the free tool for powerlifters, strength athletes and anyone training with RPE-based programming. Enter one set and get your estimated 1RM and the exact weight for the next one. Then go further than any other calculator: paused, tempo, deficit and board work, priced properly. THE VARIATION CALCULATOR (Pro) Every other RPE calculator assumes you are doing the competition lift. Real training is not like that. • Pick the variation: front, high bar, pin or box squat, close grip, Larsen, Spoto or board press, deficit deadlift, rack pull, snatch grip • Set the pause and the eccentric, second by second • Get one weight for your target reps and RPE — not a percentage you still have to work out • Calibrate it: tell the app what you actually lifted on a variation and it learns your own coefficient, then remembers it for every future session The model multiplies the leverage, the pause and the tempo instead of adding them, and the pause curve is concave — the first second costs the most, the following ones progressively less, exactly like it feels under the bar. FREE • RPE calculator — weight, reps and RPE in, estimated 1RM and next-set weight out • Plate loader — the exact plates for each side, with a visual barbell in competition colours • Warm-up preview — your first ramp-up sets, calculated on your own numbers RPE PRO — one-time unlock, no subscription • Variation calculator with personal calibration • Full warm-up generator — every ramp-up set from the empty bar to your work weight, with the plates for each • Meet attempt planner — 1st, 2nd and 3rd attempts for squat, bench and deadlift, with your projected total • All future Pro features BUILT FOR THE GYM • Big buttons and tap targets you can hit between sets • Fully offline — no account, no ads, no data collection, nothing leaves your phone • kg and lb, with customizable rounding, bar weight, collars and available plates • Light and dark themes • English and Italian Whether you run RTS-style autoregulation, a percentage-based program, or you are prepping for your first meet, RPE Calculator keeps every number one tap away. Typical variation percentages, the full RPE chart and a printable PDF are free at rpecalc.app ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | RPE Pro | $3.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 4 releases) ### 2.2 — 2026-08-26 NEW: slow ascents, boards in the sizes that exist, and a tidier screen. "3 seconds down, 3 seconds up" is now something you can build: a second row next to the eccentric, and the weight moves with it. Refusing to accelerate out of the sticking point costs more than lowering under control. Boards are now 1, 2 and 3 board - 4, 8 and 12 cm. Pick one and the chest pause disappears: with a board in the way you cannot reach it. And EXECUTION folds away when you don't need it. ### 2.1.2 — 2026-08-14 various improvements to the graphical interface and fixes for several minor errors ### 2.0 — 2026-08-12 NEW: pauses anywhere in the lift, and more than one in the same rep. Your coach writes "pause 1 cm off the chest, then at the chest". Until now no calculator had a place to put that. Now you do. • Pick the height on a visual bar path — chest, 1 cm off, 2-board, mid, three quarters, lockout; in the hole, at parallel; off the floor, below the knee • Up to three pauses in the same repetition, each with its own seconds • A pause suspended off the chest is priced harder than one resting on it, because it is: no contact, and the worst leverage in the whole range • Save the combinations your coach keeps prescribing, under a name, and load them in one tap WHAT'S NOW FREE Building the setup — the lift, the variation, every pause and the eccentric — no longer needs Pro. You can see exactly what you are about to do. Pro turns it into the weight to load, and learns your own coefficient from a set you actually did. A NEW LOOK Dark by default, hairline borders, and a technical monospace on every number: weights, reps, RPE and results are column-aligned and stop shifting while you change them. The light theme is still in Settings. Also: bar path labels are read out properly by VoiceOver, and the competition pause on the bench is now marked and locked — a bench with no pause at all is not something this model can honestly price, so it can no longer be set by mistake. Fixes: the keyboard can now be dismissed by tapping anywhere outside the field, or by scrolling. ### 1.0 — 2026-08-06 No release notes. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*