Rep Up for Watch vs SetWatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rep Up for Watch
This app acts as an intelligent gym assistant, helping you focus on your workout movements and muscle engagement. It removes the need to count reps by providing haptic feedback, allowing for a more focused and effective training session, even in noisy environments.
- Mind-muscle connection focus
- Automatic rep counting and resetting
- Haptic feedback for rep completion
- Workout Tracking integration
- Usable in loud gyms
- Fifteen free workouts
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Rep Up is an assistant for your gym workouts. It helps you focus on the movement that you are performing, and the muscles that you are trying to engage. It helps you create that mind muscle connection by removing the need to count your reps. It's simple and easy to use. Set your goal rep and start your workout, it taps you when It's time to stop. Alternatively, you can set it to tap you every five reps so you don't need to interact with your device at all till your workout is done. It detects when you've stopped and automatically resets the rep count. Since it's designed to tap you can use it in the gym even when there's loud music. It counts any exercise with prominent hand movements such as squats, deadlifts, rows, shoulder press, bench press, etc. and even most movements where your hand is stationary, like push-ups, pull-ups, leg raises etc. Rep Up is designed for Apple Watch, taking advantage of features like Workout Tracking, Taptic Engine and a powerful processor allowed us to build a truly meaningful experience. You can use Rep Up with iPhone as well but you'll need an armband. Main Features ⋅ Designed for Apple Watch. ⋅ Fifteen free workouts on watch and phone. ⋅ Automatically taps you when you reach your goal rep. ⋅ Detects when you've stopped and auto resets. ⋅ Tap every five reps setting (no user interaction required). ⋅ Fully Usable in gyms with loud music. ⋅ Workout Tracking for watch and integration with the Health App. ⋅ Works with iPhone (Armband required). Note the watch app requires Apple Watch Series 1 or higher and watchOS 5 or later.
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.
- Log exercises with reps, duration, and weights
- Automatic rest timer
- Health app integration
- Create unlimited routines
- Add custom exercises
- View workout metrics
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SetWatch at 100% against Rep Up for Watch's 54%. SetWatch also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Rep Up for Watch's advantage is ratings volume (50 vs 5) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Rep Up for Watch sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SetWatch asks for nothing beyond the download.
SetWatch holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rep Up for Watch has 50 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Rep Up for Watch's written reviews are positive against 100% of SetWatch's.
Rep Up for Watch ships an update fortnightly, SetWatch every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rep Up for Watch | SetWatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (50 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fusion Engineering | Maximilian Zoech |
Customer experience
Rep Up for Watch
SetWatch
Bugs and requests
Rep Up for Watch
Reported bugs
12 issues- Count resets automatically and randomly
- Does not count repetitions accurately
- Does not work on Apple Watch
- Fails to connect between iPhone and Apple Watch
- App gets stuck on start screen
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- App does not unlock on Apple Watch
- App does not count reps on iPhone
- App opens automatically and records erroneous exercise minutes
- App disappears from Apple Watch after updates
- Cannot install on V1 Apple Watch
- Does not count reps on phone
- Does not count reps on watch
Requested features
7 requests- Add a start and stop button
- Add a customizable interval timer
- Add vibration alert for next rep set
- Add alert/vibration for heart rate drop
- Vibrate on every rep to confirm count
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- Record final rep count in workout app
- Manual mode for counting (e.g., for burpees)
SetWatch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rep Up for Watch
- Rep Up Full VersionFree
SetWatch
No in-app purchases
Questions
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