BarLoad Plate Calculator vs RackMath
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BarLoad Plate Calculator
Easily calculate the correct weight plates to load onto your barbell. Customize your plates and barbells with unlimited options and organize them by gym. Supports both kilograms and pounds, and can mix them in a single calculation.
- Custom plate and barbell creation
- Multiple gym profiles
- Mix kg and lbs plates
- Syncs across Apple devices
- Accurate plate calculation
- No ads
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Calculate which plates to load onto the bar easily. Customize your plates and barbells with no limit. Organize them into multiple gyms. Features: - Create custom plates and barbells of any weight, in kilograms and pounds - Create custom profiles for multiple gyms - Able to mix pounds and kilogram plates together - Syncs across multiple Apple devices - Accurate plate calculation - No ads
RackMath
This app removes the guesswork from loading a barbell, providing color-coded diagrams for precise plate loading. It offers alternative weight options when exact matches aren't possible and allows for real-time bar monitoring as plates are added or removed.
- Color-coded plate diagrams
- Nearest weight alternatives
- Customizable plate inventory
- Real-time bar weight monitoring
- Multiple barbell setup organization
- Efficient weight transitions
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Stop doing plate math between sets. Type the weight you want on the bar and Rack Math shows exactly which plates to load per side, based on your plates, your bar, and your gym. Build a list of weights, and it tells you precisely what to ADD and REMOVE to get from each set to the next, so you spend your rest resting. FREE, FOREVER • Instant plate math for any weight, in lb or kg • Your plate inventory: only weights you can actually make • Bar diagrams that match what’s on the bar • Build-on-bar: enter what’s loaded right now and work from there RACK MATH COACH Turn the calculator into a training partner. Try the Coach free for your first 10 workouts. No account. Nothing to cancel. Keep it with a subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase. • A daily plan built around your lifts: Rack Math schedules what to train next and adapts as you recover • Freshest: an extra generated session for off days. Lifts picked from whatever your recovery says is most rested, with the day’s plan built around them • Cardio-aware recovery: with Apple Health, your runs, rides, and swims count toward what’s fresh, tracked as one total across activities, so swapping a walk for a run never reads as slacking • Unlimited weights in your stack • Warmup ramps in one tap: straight sets, top set + backoff, or 5/3/1 • Follow mode: the current set lights up, DONE advances, the next plate change is always right in front of you • Lock Screen Live Activity: your rest countdown, next set, and exact plate change. Log your set, skip rest, or load the next exercise without unlocking your phone • Apple Watch: follow along from your wrist with displays for weight, per-side plates, a rest timer that taps you when it’s up, and one-tap DONE, synced from your iPhone • Automatic progression: Rack Math suggests your next weights and reps • Strength tracking: your estimated 1-rep max over time, and personal records • Gyms: save plate setups for home, work, or travel and switch in two taps • Workout timer with per-exercise split times • Apple Health: finished workouts logged as strength training (optional) • Workout history: what you lifted, how long it took, your top weight, and the ability to reload any past stack onto the bar • Fewer-swaps optimizer: re-arranges the whole workout’s plate layouts to minimize how many plates you touch • Save and reload your stacks Choose your plan: Monthly, Annual (best value), or pay once for Lifetime. The plate calculator stays free either way. No ads. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Rack Math has no accounts and no ads. Your training lives on your device and, if you use iCloud, syncs privately through your own iCloud account; we never see it. We use one privacy-first analytics tool that collects no personal data and can’t identify you. Writing to Apple Health is entirely opt-in. See our privacy policy: https://keithjeffery.org/rack-math-privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BarLoad Plate Calculator at 4.1 against RackMath's 3.0. BarLoad Plate Calculator also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (57% vs 33%). RackMath's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 18 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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. RackMath sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. BarLoad Plate Calculator asks for nothing beyond the download.
BarLoad Plate Calculator holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of BarLoad Plate Calculator's written reviews are positive against 33% of RackMath's.
BarLoad Plate Calculator ships an update every 18 months, RackMath weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BarLoad Plate Calculator | RackMath |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (7 ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Steven Leonard | Keith Jeffery |
Customer experience
BarLoad Plate Calculator
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In-app purchases
BarLoad Plate Calculator
No in-app purchases
RackMath
- Monthly Access to Coach$9.991 Month
- Annual Access to Coach$49.991 Year
- Lifetime Full Access$99.99
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