Comparison

Riker vs SetWatch

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Riker

Log your strength training progress by tracking reps, weight, and rest times. Monitor body measurements and visualize your gains with detailed charts. Integrates seamlessly with Apple Health and offers an independent Apple Watch app.

Highlights
  • Track reps, weight, and sets
  • Log body measurements
  • Automatic rest time tracking
  • Progress charts and graphs
  • Apple Health integration
  • Standalone Apple Watch app
  • CSV data export/import
Features
Read full description

Track your strength with Riker. Riker lets you track your reps during your strength training workouts. Search or drill-down to find your movement and variant (e.g., bench press with dumbbells), and simply enter the weight used and the number of reps. You can also indicate if you went to failure or not. Riker will also keep track of your rest time spent between sets automatically. In addition to tracking your sets, Riker lets you track relevant body measurements, including your arm size, chest size, calf size and more. Plenty of charts are provided to track your progress. Riker provides charts to track your weight lifted over time, your rep count over time and your time spent between sets over time. Pie charts are provided to give you an aggregate view of these metrics. Riker's Apple Watch app allows you to input your sets and body measurements with ease. Riker integrates with Apple's Health app. The sets you record are saved as strength training workouts in Apple Health. Any body weight measurements you record in Riker will also be saved in Apple's Health app. Forget to bring your iPhone to the gym? Riker's Apple Watch app works just fine untethered from your iPhone enabling it to work perfectly when your iPhone is unreachable. Riker will save your sets and body measurement logs locally to your Apple Watch, and later you can bulk-sync them to your iPhone. Want to import your Riker data into your favorite spreadsheet program? Riker has an export function to extract your sets and body measurement log data to CSV files. There's also an import function so you can restore your data to a new device. It's your data. You'll always be in full control of your data with Riker.

About

SetWatch

Log strength training workouts directly on your Apple Watch without needing your phone. Track exercises, reps, and rest times, then review your progress. Create custom routines and sync data with the Health app.

Highlights
  • Log exercises with reps, duration, and weights
  • Automatic rest timer
  • Health app integration
  • Create unlimited routines
  • Add custom exercises
  • View workout metrics
Features
Read full description

SetWatch is the essential workout tracker for Apple Watch. Stay focused on your workout, not your phone. With SetWatch, you have everything you need to log strength training workouts right on your wrist. Log exercises, track repetitions, and perfectly time rests - all without ever reaching for your phone. And when you‘re done, you can review all your progress right on your watch. Create routines using a large collection of exercises to perfectly fit your workout plan. SetWatch also syncs your workouts with the Health app, where they are available to other apps and contribute to the Activity rings. Key Features: • Log all your exercises with repetitions, duration, and weights • Automatic Rest Timer • Health App Integration • Create unlimited many routines • Large collection of common exercises included • Add custom exercises • View metrics like Max. 1RM, total volume, and more • Export workouts as a CSV file

Screenshots

Riker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Riker at 4.9 against SetWatch's 4.2. Riker also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and ratings volume (19 vs 5). SetWatch's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 82%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Riker holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Riker's written reviews are positive against 100% of SetWatch's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Riker versus SetWatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRikerSetWatch
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (19 ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaul EvansMaximilian Zoech

Customer experience

Riker

All ratings19 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral5.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral18.2%
Negative0.0%

SetWatch

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Riker

No in-app purchases

None

SetWatch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Riker free?
Riker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SetWatch free?
SetWatch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Riker or SetWatch?
Riker is rated higher. Riker averages 4.9 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while SetWatch averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Riker or SetWatch have ads?
Neither Riker nor SetWatch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Riker or SetWatch?
Riker ships an update every 3 weeks, and SetWatch every 3 weeks. Most recently, Riker was updated on July 7, 2026 and SetWatch on September 15, 2026.

Other comparisons