Comparison

SetWatch vs Very Good Workouts

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

Head to head
About

SetWatch

Log strength training workouts directly on your Apple Watch without needing your phone. Track exercises, reps, and rest times, then review your progress. Create custom routines and sync data with the Health app.

Highlights
  • Log exercises with reps, duration, and weights
  • Automatic rest timer
  • Health app integration
  • Create unlimited routines
  • Add custom exercises
  • View workout metrics
Features
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SetWatch is the essential workout tracker for Apple Watch. Stay focused on your workout, not your phone. With SetWatch, you have everything you need to log strength training workouts right on your wrist. Log exercises, track repetitions, and perfectly time rests - all without ever reaching for your phone. And when you‘re done, you can review all your progress right on your watch. Create routines using a large collection of exercises to perfectly fit your workout plan. SetWatch also syncs your workouts with the Health app, where they are available to other apps and contribute to the Activity rings. Key Features: • Log all your exercises with repetitions, duration, and weights • Automatic Rest Timer • Health App Integration • Create unlimited many routines • Large collection of common exercises included • Add custom exercises • View metrics like Max. 1RM, total volume, and more • Export workouts as a CSV file

About

Very Good Workouts

Features
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Track strength training on Apple Watch with an on-screen rest timer. See your countdown between sets, get haptic alerts when rest is over. All data stored in Apple Health. Export to Strava with heart rate data in one tap. Optionally name your Strava activities with dad jokes. Available in English, French, and Latvian. - On-screen rest timer with haptic alerts - Live heart rate, calories, elapsed time - Workout history with HR charts on iPhone - One-tap Strava export with heart rate - Dad joke activity names for Strava - No account, no subscription

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Very Good Workouts at every 8 days against SetWatch's every 3 weeks. Very Good Workouts also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SetWatch ships an update every 3 weeks, Very Good Workouts every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SetWatch versus Very Good Workouts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSetWatchVery Good Workouts
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaximilian ZoechJanis Kirsteins

In-app purchases

None

SetWatch

No in-app purchases

None

Very Good Workouts

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SetWatch free?
SetWatch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Very Good Workouts free?
Very Good Workouts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SetWatch or Very Good Workouts have ads?
Neither SetWatch nor Very Good Workouts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SetWatch or Very Good Workouts?
SetWatch ships an update every 3 weeks, and Very Good Workouts every 8 days. Most recently, SetWatch was updated on September 15, 2026 and Very Good Workouts on September 9, 2026.

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