RepSpeed vs Loadwave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RepSpeed
This app uses your phone's camera to analyze barbell lifts, providing detailed metrics like bar path, velocity, and power. Optimize your training, improve form, and get stronger faster with advanced analytics.
- Automatic barbell detection
- Barbell path visualization
- Velocity and power metrics
- Video recording and upload
- Repetition tracking
- Workout notes
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Best barbell tracking app! Simply record a video from the side of your barbell lift to get detailed analytics such as bar path, range of motion, velocity/speed, and power. Join the tens of thousands of people using analytics to optimize their training and get stronger faster with this app! https://www.repspeed.net/ Features: Automatic barbell detection Trim video to eliminate excess time Take video with camera or upload from video on device Easily visualize repetitions over time View barbell path throughout lift Frame by frame playback Add notes to every workout Unlimited videos for analysis (premium) View time, velocity, and power for every repetition and set average (premium) RPE and One-Rep max calculation coming soon (premium) Use cases: Velocity based training - Lift in the correct velocity range. Power based training - Train to maximize power to increase vertical jump and explosiveness. Olympic Lifting - Know if failed lift was technical (didn't get under the bar fast enough) or because of strength (bar did not reach adequate height to get under) Correct form - Ensure the bar path is completely vertical, squat depth is low enough, catch is not too low during power clean, etc. User's thoughts: "I like seeing how fast I’m performing each rep for things like pause squats and more explosive Olympic lifts" "Nice way to visualize how much time you have between reps" "Let's me measure power on my lifts without having to spend lots of money" "I've never been able to measure my workouts so easily before" Privacy Policy: https://repspeed.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/Privacy%20Policy.htm Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Don't waste hundreds of dollars buying inaccurate accelerometers or other bulky hardware to track the barbell. With just your phone and an inexpensive $1/month subscription, you'll have everything you need to optimize your training.
Loadwave
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One more set? Have I done enough? Am I overdoing it? You've been answering by feel. Loadwave answers with a light. Log a set — weight and reps — and you immediately see green, yellow or red. Green: keep going. Yellow: you're at the top edge. Red: that's enough for today. That's it. The maths runs underneath; you never have to learn it. WHY IT WORKS Every weight has an ideal number of reps. Fewer, and the stimulus is too small. More, and you accumulate fatigue and risk. Just right, and you get the most out of the session. A. S. Prilepin worked this out from the training logs of thousands of elite lifters, and it still underpins strength programming today. Loadwave measures every set against it — and on a mixed-zone day it switches to Hristov's INOL formula, so a textbook multi-zone session never triggers a false alarm. WHAT YOU GET • A live light after every set — at the bar, not in hindsight • Working-weight calculator: pick a percentage, get the kilos and the recommended sets and reps • Four lifts: squat, bench, deadlift, curl — with variations (paused, close grip, speed, tempo, pin, deficit, block) • Per-variation references you never have to test for: derived from your competition max • Weekly load chart across 8 weeks, with thresholds — see when you're drifting into too much • RPE drift detection: if the same weight feels heavier week after week, you hear about it early • INOL · NL · AWL for the curious — one tap away, never in the way • Export and restore — your data is yours, and opens in any spreadsheet HOW IT BEHAVES No account. No sign-up. No ads. No internet needed — reception in a gym is bad anyway. Everything stays on your phone. WHAT'S FREE Everything for the first 30 days, with no card required. Nothing starts charging; the trial simply ends. After that these stay yours with no time limit: logging, the light, the working-weight calculator, all four competition lifts, 30 days of history, and full export. Pro is a one-time purchase — no subscription. It opens the complete history, the weekly chart, RPE drift detection and the variations. Your sessions are never deleted. Older ones aren't shown without Pro, but they stay on your phone and in every export — and reappear the moment you unlock. WHO IT'S FOR Powerlifters and strength trainees who work with numbers but don't want to keep a spreadsheet. Competing or just getting stronger, the question is the same: was today enough? IMPORTANT Loadwave gives guidelines, not medical advice. Prilepin's numbers assume explosive sets taken short of failure. You know your body — the app is just a better pair of glasses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: RepSpeed at 3 against Loadwave's 1. RepSpeed also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. RepSpeed sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month and Loadwave sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | RepSpeed | Loadwave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (17 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sreyas Rangaraju | Bitagent Kft. |
In-app purchases
RepSpeed
- RepSpeed Premium14 Days trial$0.991 Month
Loadwave
- Loadwave Pro$8.99









