# Samurai-Plan your cycles, — Plan cycles, log your lifts

> Plan cycles, log your lifts (iPhone/iPad app by Hibiki Kakinuma.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/samurai-plan-your-cycles/id6789862340 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Hibiki Kakinuma](https://appshunter.io/developer/6789862342)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Sports
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 4 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese
- Released: 2026-07-14
- Data updated: 2026-10-10
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/samurai-plan-your-cycles/id6789862340/reviews.md

## What is Samurai?

"Wait, what was I supposed to do today?" — this app kills that moment of confusion the second you open it at the gym.

■ See today's workout the instant you open the app
Set up a training cycle (2–12 weeks) once, and the app automatically calculates which week and day you're on. Open the app and today's exercises, target sets, and your last recorded weights are already there. Cycles loop back to Week 1 automatically, so progressive overload never stops.

■ Auto-generate 5x5, 5/3/1, PPL, and more
Pick your training days and cycle length, and the app builds out a proven program for you — including target weights calculated from your own 1RM. Or build your own plan from scratch, exercise by exercise.

■ A free, fully on-device AI coach
Apple's on-device AI turns your training data into plain-language coaching: target suggestions, weekly/monthly reports, rest-day check-ins, and a coach chat that answers set questions about your progress. Everything runs on your iPhone — nothing is sent to a server.

■ Fast logging with wheel pickers
Enter weight, reps, and RIR with iOS-style drum-roll wheels — no typing needed. Voice input works too: just say "80 kilos, 8 reps" and the set fills in. Track failed reps and assisted reps, and personal records (1RM PRs) are detected automatically.

■ See your progress
Monthly heatmaps, muscle-group volume comparisons, BIG3 1RM trends and a shareable year-end recap image.

■ Privacy & pricing
All data stays on your device (SwiftData) — no account, no server sync. No ads, no in-app purchases. Every feature is free.

■ Compatibility
Requires iOS 17+. The AI coach requires an Apple Intelligence–capable device (iOS 26+). Available in Japanese and English.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.91 — 2026-10-03

improved UI

### 1.9 — 2026-09-19

Bug fixed

### 1.8 — 2026-09-13

Bugs were fixed

### 1.7 — 2026-08-05

Changed the name of this app.

### 1.6 — 2026-07-31

The app is now called Tanren. It was MusclePlan — everything inside, including all your logs, is unchanged.

■ Share a session as a single image

You can now turn a workout you just finished into a clean card showing only your exercises and weight × reps.

• Lay it over your own photo or video (video keeps its audio)
• Or show your Big 3 bests instead
• Switch the card to English
• Send it straight to Instagram Stories

Share from Today's Logs on the Home tab, or from a day in the stats calendar — past sessions work too.

■ A tidier Home

Today's results are now folded into each planned exercise, so a single card shows the target, last session, and what you did today. Saving a log jumps straight to that exercise's card, and you can swipe a card to delete its log.

■ A shorter exercise list

The starting exercise list is now 31 core movements, down from 68. Finding the one you wanted was taking too long.

If you already use the app, only starter exercises you have never touched are cleaned up. Anything with logs, anything used in your schedule, and anything you added yourself stays exactly where it is.

■ Also in this update

• The rest timer can now go full screen, so you can read the countdown from across the gym
• Each set in Today's Logs now shows how it compares with the same set last time

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