Comparison

WeightsBook vs Marathon training

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

Head to head
About

WeightsBook

This app offers a digital alternative to traditional paper weightlifting journals. It tracks advanced training metrics and provides tools for both beginners and experienced lifters, including client management for trainers.

Highlights
  • Digital weightlifting journal
  • Advanced exercise tracking (RIR, RPE, partial reps)
  • Superset and drop set support
  • Multiple client diaries
  • Workout and rest timer
  • Workout calendar
Features
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I’ve been lifting for more than 20 years, and I built WeightsBook because I was tired of workout-logging apps that made a simple job feel complicated. With every app I tried, I came away with the same impression: its designers did not understand how lifters actually use a training journal. As a programmer, I decided to build the app I wanted. I returned to what had always worked—pen and paper—and built from there. While training a friend one day, I realized the same journal idea could help personal trainers: a separate weightsbook for every client, all in one app. That led me to add support for multiple weightsbooks, allowing trainers to record each client’s workouts separately and export or share each one. The result is WeightsBook: a modern lifting log that retains the look, feel, and simplicity of a traditional training journal. Its distinctive handwritten style is intentional. Logging a set should feel like writing it down, not operating a dashboard. Within that familiar design, experienced lifters will find detailed tracking for RPE, RIR, supersets, drop sets, and partial reps. If you have ever abandoned a workout app and gone back to a notebook, WeightsBook was made for you.

About

Marathon training

This AI-powered running coach offers personalized and adaptive workout suggestions for any distance. It learns your abilities to predict your pace and endurance, syncing directly to your Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • AI-powered personalized training plans
  • Adaptive workout suggestions
  • Predicts pace and endurance
  • One-tap Apple Watch syncing
  • Supports various running distances
Features
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Discover the future of training with RunRight, your AI Running Coach. Our advanced AI technology gets to know your abilities and predicts for any distance how fast you can run and how far you can go. RunRight creates personalized and adaptive workout suggestions that you can schedule to your Apple Watch in one tap. Join RunRight and experience smarter, tailored training that evolves as you do. Running has never felt so right. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

WeightsBook4 screens
Marathon training4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Marathon training at Free against WeightsBook's $4.99. Marathon training also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). WeightsBook's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (80% vs 67%). On update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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

Marathon training is free to download; WeightsBook costs $4.99 up front. Marathon training sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. WeightsBook asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Marathon training holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Marathon training has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of WeightsBook's written reviews are positive against 67% of Marathon training's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WeightsBook ships an update every 2 weeks, Marathon training fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
WeightsBook versus Marathon training: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeightsBookMarathon training
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)4.2 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMike HurwitzJean-David Morgenstern-Peirolo

Customer experience

WeightsBook

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

Marathon training

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

WeightsBook

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Marathon training

Subscriptions2
  • RunRight+ Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • RunRight+ Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is WeightsBook free?
WeightsBook costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Marathon training free?
Marathon training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WeightsBook or Marathon training?
Marathon training is rated higher. WeightsBook averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Marathon training averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do WeightsBook or Marathon training have ads?
Neither WeightsBook nor Marathon training shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WeightsBook or Marathon training?
WeightsBook ships an update every 2 weeks, and Marathon training fortnightly. Most recently, WeightsBook was updated on October 7, 2026 and Marathon training on October 23, 2026.

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