Simple Calisthenics vs Incremental
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Calisthenics
This app provides personalized calisthenics workout programs tailored to your fitness level, goals, and schedule. It offers interactive workout guidance, a comprehensive exercise library, and detailed progress tracking to help you build muscle, gain strength, and master calisthenics skills.
- Personalized workout programs
- Interactive workout player
- Audio and video instructions
- Extensive exercise library
- Detailed exercise guides
- Workout builder
- Training statistics
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Simple Calisthenics offers the most personalized and customizable calisthenics workout programs. Whether you want to build Muscle, Gain Strength, achieve impressive Calisthenics Skills, improve your Mobility, or other goals, Simple Calisthenics has you covered! Suitable for all levels and continuously adapting the program to progress together with you! PERSONALISED WORKOUT PROGRAMS -> Based on your current level, whether you are a total beginner or an advanced athlete -> Optimized to achieve your goals, such as gaining strength, building muscle, or learning calisthenics skills such as Handstand, Muscle Up, Front Lever, Planche, and many more -> Tailored to your personal schedule: Define how often and when you want to work out -> Using your available equipment: Train with weights, in a gym, at home or while traveling -> Highly customizable: you can edit each workout in detail to fit your exact preferences INTERACTIVE WORKOUT PLAYER -> Audio- and Video Instructions: focus on your workout while always knowing what to do -> Automated Exercise & Rest Times -> Repetition & Weight Tracking to keep track of your progress -> Record your Workouts and Exercises to analyze your form and correct mistakes without switching apps. LEARN EVERYTHING YOU NEED ABOUT CALISTHENICS -> Exercise Library with over 1.000 exercises: a large database of Calisthenics Exercises with progressions for all levels -> Detailed Exercise Guides about execution, tips, and common mistakes for all Calisthenics exercises, and progressions. -> Basic Lectures: learn about important topics such as Nutrition, Regeneration, Rep Ranges, Intensity, and more STATISTICS ABOUT YOUR TRAINING -> Analyze your progress using detailed statistics from your workouts -> Track your improvements in Repetitions and Weights over time with charts that plot your progress -> Save logs of every single Workout to jump back in time and see how your workouts have changed -> View previous Workout Recordings to learn how your execution of exercises has improved and where you can still improve on -> Learn about your records in repetition and weights for every exercise or your average values WORKOUT BUILDER -> Create your own workouts exactly to your preferences in minor detail -> Edit existing workouts to fit your preferences -> Select exercises from a large database or create your own exercises Start your Calisthenics Journey now or bring your current training to a whole new level! Website: https://www.simple-calisthenics.com Privacy Policy: https://www.simple-calisthenics.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.simple-calisthenics.com/tos Support: https://www.app.simple-calisthenics.com/support
Incremental
This app generates personalized calisthenics exercise suggestions with automatic rep adjustments based on your performance. It helps you track progress and discover new routines from your custom list.
- Randomized exercise suggestions
- Customizable exercise repertoire
- Automatic rep increment/decrement
- Performance-based adjustments
- Progress tracking
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This app randomly suggests your next calisthenics exercise and reps from your custom repertoire. It will automatically increment and decrement based on your previous attempts and how difficult they were for you. You can find the terms of use here: https://sites.google.com/view/someapps/incremental-calisthenics?authuser=1
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Simple Calisthenics at 208 against Incremental's 3. Simple Calisthenics also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). Incremental's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Simple Calisthenics sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Incremental sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Incremental holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Calisthenics has 208 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Simple Calisthenics ships an update every 5 days, Incremental every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Calisthenics | Incremental |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (208 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 208 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 271 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonas Wallmann | Jared Jones |
Customer experience
Simple Calisthenics
Incremental
Bugs and requests
Simple Calisthenics
Reported bugs
8 issues- Fails to move from one workout to the next
- Progression resets frequently
- Preview videos are faulty and incomplete
- Exercise doesn't always switch to the next one
- Cannot save workouts or update plan
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- Cannot change workout time and equipment at the top of daily workout
- Previous bug preventing functionality is now fixed
- App sometimes gets stuck
Requested features
13 requests- Add more preview images for next exercise
- Apple Watch app integration
- Easier starting points/progressions for some moves
- Ability to go back within an exercise
- Automate weight increases weekly
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- Add supersets, trisets, drop-sets
- Incorporate cardio
- Add more nutrition options
- Improve UI for fewer taps
- Better integration of kettlebells
- Music playback during workouts
- More detailed statistics display
- Option to play music during workouts
Incremental
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Simple Calisthenics
- Monthly Premium Membership7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Premium Membership7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Monthly Premium Membership7 Days trial$11.991 Month
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- 3 Month Premium Membership7 Days trial$24.993 Months
- 6 Month Premium Membership7 Days trial$49.996 Months
- Annual Premium Membership7 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Premium Membership7 Days trial$89.991 Year
- Simple Calisthenics Lifetime$109.99
Incremental
- Subscribe Monthly1 Month trial$0.991 Month
Questions
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