Comparison

Simple Calisthenics vs NextSet

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • Personalized workout programs
  • Interactive workout player
  • Audio and video instructions
  • Extensive exercise library
  • Detailed exercise guides
  • Workout builder
  • Training statistics
Features
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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

About

NextSet

This AI-powered fitness app creates personalized strength training plans based on your goals, equipment, and schedule. It adapts as you progress and allows you to customize workouts by simply asking. Log your lifts easily and get intelligent feedback and tracking.

Highlights
  • AI-driven personalized workout plans
  • Adaptive training based on progress
  • Customizable exercises with reasoning
  • Conversational AI coach for questions
  • Frictionless workout logging
  • Automatic personal record detection
  • Sport-specific training adjustments
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NextSet is an AI personal trainer and workout planner that builds your strength training week around you: your goals, your equipment, your schedule, your body. And it keeps adapting as you train. Most workout apps shuffle a fixed exercise library with a rules engine. NextSet runs a real AI coach. It reasons about your programming, explains its choices, and answers questions in plain language, the way a good trainer would. BUILT AROUND YOU Answer a few questions about your goals, experience, age, how many days you can train, what equipment you actually have, and any injuries or exercises you'd rather skip. Then get a complete weekly workout plan. Full gym, a garage rack, a single pair of dumbbells, or nothing but your bodyweight. The plan respects what you have. CHANGE ANYTHING, JUST BY ASKING Don't like an exercise? Ask for something else and get alternatives with the reasoning behind each one. Add a movement, drop one, or swap mid-workout. Nothing is locked. A COACH YOU CAN ACTUALLY TALK TO Ask about form, recovery, why a lift is programmed the way it is, or how to train around a cranky shoulder. You get an answer, not a search result. LOG EVERY LIFT WITHOUT THE FRICTION A workout tracker that stays out of your way. Sets, reps, weight, rest timer, warm-ups, timed holds, cardio. Spoken cues between sets so you're not staring at your phone. Calorie estimates built from published MET research, not a made-up formula. WATCH IT ADD UP Personal records detected automatically. Streaks, badges, weekly volume, and a full lifting history that syncs across your devices. TRAINING FOR YOUR SPORT Play something? Say so. In-season work stays out of your sport's way. Off-season builds what your sport actually needs. FOR EVERY LEVEL First week in a gym or ten years of lifting, the programming moves with you, and every new plan builds on what you've logged. Beginner strength training, hypertrophy, powerlifting-style strength blocks, or general fitness: the plan matches where you are. SUBSCRIPTION NextSet requires a subscription. Two plans are available, Standard and Pro, each as a monthly or annual option. Current pricing is shown in the app before you subscribe. Start with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://nextsettrainer.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://nextsettrainer.com/privacy.html NextSet provides training guidance, not medical advice. Talk to a doctor before starting a new exercise program.

Screenshots

Simple Calisthenics4 screens
NextSet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Simple Calisthenics at free with in-app purchases against NextSet's subscription. Simple Calisthenics also leads on ratings volume (208 vs 2) and device support (4 vs 2). NextSet's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

Both are free to download. Simple Calisthenics sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and NextSet sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NextSet 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Simple Calisthenics's written reviews are positive against 100% of NextSet's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Calisthenics ships an update every 5 days, NextSet every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Simple Calisthenics versus NextSet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple CalisthenicsNextSet
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (208 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings208 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size271 MB38 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperJonas WallmannRavenForge Solutions

Customer experience

Simple Calisthenics

All ratings208 ratings
Positive98.1%
Neutral0.5%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews97 reviews
Positive94.8%
Neutral1.0%
Negative4.1%

NextSet

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

NextSet

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Simple Calisthenics

Subscriptions7
  • 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
One-time1
  • Simple Calisthenics Lifetime$109.99
4 purchases

NextSet

Subscriptions4
  • Next Set Standard Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Next Set Pro Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Next Set Standard Annual7 Days trial$83.901 Year
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  • Next Set Pro Annual7 Days trial$107.991 Year

Questions

Is Simple Calisthenics free?
Simple Calisthenics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NextSet free?
NextSet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Simple Calisthenics or NextSet?
NextSet is rated higher. Simple Calisthenics averages 4.8 out of 5 from 208 ratings, while NextSet averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Simple Calisthenics or NextSet have ads?
Neither Simple Calisthenics nor NextSet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Calisthenics or NextSet?
Simple Calisthenics ships an update every 5 days, and NextSet every 4 days. Most recently, Simple Calisthenics was updated on November 8, 2026 and NextSet on November 9, 2026.

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