Comparison

Rekord vs Athelyst

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

Head to head
About

Rekord

Track your personal best lifts and project your one-rep maximum. This app helps you monitor progress, understand your lifting status, and prepare for your strongest performances. It's designed to support a lifetime of safe and effective training.

Highlights
  • Log personal best lifts
  • Project theoretical one-rep maximum
  • Track lifting progress
  • Assess lifting status (Beginner, Advanced, Elite)
  • Share progress with friends
Features
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The Rekord App was inspired by a search for the perfect Rekord log which could securely hold my best results (personal records) so that I could view them and use them to improve my lifting results - a lifelong journey. What you measure gets improved (and what you don't doesn't!). The App leverages important calculations for your personalized theoretical one-rep maximum projection. This key calculation estimates how much you could lift for one-repetition and bases it on a lift you did of higher repetitions. Higher repetitions are safer, put your body at less injury risk, and ensure that you can continue to lift for a lifetime. But we all dream of the most emotional lifts possible - those done for 1 repetition - an all-out effort. So the estimator helps you prepare for that rare moment, knowledge of your one-rep-max Rekord is power. Are you interested in where you stand with respect to your competition? Know it, with the Rekord's Status (Beginner, Advanced, Elite). Share with your friends: compete, advance. Be prepared for your best lifts, with the Rekord App. It's free. Please exercise with proper precautions at your own risk. Having a Spotter is both safe and effective (pushes you to new heights)

About

Athelyst

Features
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Athelyst offers a straightforward and cost-effective approach to achieving your fitness objectives, regardless of your experience level. If you’re new to fitness training, Athelyst provides valuable guidance on how to get started by showing you what to do and how to perform exercises effectively. This comprehensive support is available for free, eliminating the need for additional subscriptions or financial barriers that could deter you from taking the first step. Moreover, if you’ve already embarked on your fitness journey, Athelyst serves as an excellent resource for developing a new training plan, enhancing your performance, and finding renewed motivation. Additionally, it offers structured training sessions that maximize your results. Features: - generate training plans for free with AI or add your own ones manually - descriptions and additional information for each exercise, in addition to rest time and number of reps and sets - save your weights to each exercise - save each training session in the history to see your progress - monthly overview of the days you trained - native alarm for the pause timer with Dynamic Island and lock screen support so you don't miss the next set - all data is saved locally on your device and never gets transferred to any server or third party Give Athelyst a spin and accelerate your gains! If you have questions or feedback, you can reach out via E-Mail to servus@magnus-singer.com

Screenshots

Rekord4 screens
Athelyst4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Rekord at every 2 days against Athelyst's every 5 weeks. Rekord also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.3 vs 26.0). 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

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

Rekord ships an update every 2 days, Athelyst every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Rekord versus Athelyst: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRekordAthelyst
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.3 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJeffrey ForsythMagnus Singer

In-app purchases

None

Rekord

No in-app purchases

None

Athelyst

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rekord free?
Rekord is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Athelyst free?
Athelyst is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rekord or Athelyst have ads?
Neither Rekord nor Athelyst shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rekord or Athelyst?
Rekord ships an update every 2 days, and Athelyst every 5 weeks. Most recently, Rekord was updated on October 10, 2026 and Athelyst on October 28, 2026.

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