Dumbbell & Barbell Workouts vs Spartacus Workout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dumbbell & Barbell Workouts
This app provides a comprehensive bodybuilding and weightlifting workout plan designed to help you build muscle and gain strength. It features guided exercises with animations, personalized load adjustments, and detailed progress tracking to help you achieve your fitness goals.
- Ready-made workout plans
- Exercise illustrations and animations
- Virtual personal trainer voice guidance
- Personalized load adjustment
- Detailed workout log
- Custom workout creation
- Expandable exercise library
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Build muscle and gain strength with your bodybuilding workout plan. With this app, you'll get everything you need: • Ready-made effective workout plan to help you reach your fitness goals • Clear illustrations and animations to guide you through proper form for each exercise • Convenient voice guidance from a virtual personal trainer • Personalized load adjustment for progressive strength gains • Detailed workout log to track your progress and stay motivated • Create your own custom workouts tailored to your needs and goals • Expandable exercise library – add your favorite exercises and discover new ones • Achieve the toned body and strong muscles you've always dreamed of! • Integration with Apple Health Advice: Start with lighter weights and allow your body to adapt and get stronger. When workouts start to feel easy, don't stop pushing yourself! Increase the weight or reduce rest time to keep progressing and challenge yourself. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Spartacus Workout
This app offers a total-body workout program designed for men using dumbbells at home. It features 10 highly effective exercises to help you achieve your fitness goals.
- 10 effective exercises
- Total-body workout
- Dumbbell training
- Home fitness program
- Designed for men
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The Spartacus Workout is a mix of 10 very effective exercises. Total-body workout program for men with dumbbells at home. Try now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Dumbbell & Barbell Workouts at none against Spartacus Workout's shown. Dumbbell & Barbell Workouts also leads on ratings volume (481 vs 149). Spartacus Workout's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Dumbbell & Barbell Workouts sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Spartacus Workout sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Dumbbell & Barbell Workouts against 4.8 for Spartacus Workout. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 481 and 149 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Dumbbell & Barbell Workouts's written reviews are positive against 83% of Spartacus Workout's.
Dumbbell & Barbell Workouts ships an update every 4 months, Spartacus Workout every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dumbbell & Barbell Workouts | Spartacus Workout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (481 ratings) | 4.8 (149 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.1% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 481 — better | 149 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Axiom Mobile LLC | Konrad Galczynski |
Customer experience
Dumbbell & Barbell Workouts
Spartacus Workout
Bugs and requests
Dumbbell & Barbell Workouts
Reported bugs
3 issues- Workout progress is lost when the app is closed unexpectedly
- Inability to resume a workout after accidentally exiting
- Inconsistent behavior when navigating back during a workout
Requested features
5 requests- Add more exercise variations, including cable and machine exercises
- Allow users to create and save their own custom exercises
- Implement a warm-up and cool-down feature
- Provide the ability to adjust rest times between sets
- Add a notes section for each exercise
Spartacus Workout
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dumbbell & Barbell Workouts
- Full Version$1.991 Month
- Full Version$4.996 Months
- Full Version$1.99
- Full Version$4.99
- Full Version$9.99
Spartacus Workout
- Remove ads$5.99
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