Comparison

Set Coach vs Stacking

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

Head to head
About

Set Coach

This app helps you track your workout sets and time your rest periods. It ensures you stay focused on your exercise without losing count or interrupting your music. Ideal for maintaining workout momentum.

Highlights
  • Counts workout sets
  • Rest timer
  • Set timer
  • Background timers
  • Music playback unaffected
  • Minimal interaction required
Features
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Have you ever been in the middle of an intense workout and lost count of which set you are on? Then Set Coach is for you. Are you looking for a simple app to time your exercise or time your rest between sets? Then Set Coach is for you. Set Coach is the easy way to stay focused on your workout, because Set Coach takes care of the counting and timing. There's no reason to have your workout derailed when you can't remember how many sets you've completed. Let Set Coach do this for you. Features: - Counts your sets - Has a timer for rest - Has a timer for your sets - Timers go off even if you leave the app - Does not interfere with music you have playing - Requires little to no interaction with the app during exercise Get the app you'll use every time you exercise. Get Set Coach. ** FREE BONUS ** Integrates seamlessly with the app "Workout Coach Plus".

About

Stacking

This app helps you understand your long-term running progress and consistency. Visualize your workouts with trend charts and activity grids, set personalized goals, and gain insights into your performance. It integrates with Apple Health to track various metrics and offers customization options for your training preferences.

Highlights
  • Trend charts for long-term progress
  • Activity grids for workout history
  • Heart rate zone analysis
  • Personalized fitness goal setting
  • Progress tracking for multiple activities
  • Insights and comparisons
  • Apple Health integration
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Your Apple Watch tracks every run. But are you actually getting better? Stacking is your running companion for the long run. Understand your long-term progress, set goals that match how you train, and master the consistency that makes you a better runner. Your Workouts, Visualized - Trend Charts - Track your running progress over weeks, months, and years with clear visual comparisons - Activity Grids - See your workout history at a glance with intuitive calendar views for the week, month, and year - Heart Rate Zone Analysis - Understand the intensity of every workout with detailed 5-zone breakdowns using the proven Heart Rate Reserve method - Explore detailed run data & charts - Filter your past workouts and view detailed data for your runs, which includes effort insights, heart rate data, pace, grade adjusted pace, splits and more. Set Goals That Stick Create personalized fitness goals that match how you actually train: - Frequency - "Run 3 times a week" - Duration - "Exercise for 150 minutes a week" - Distance - "Cycle 100 km a month" - Elevation - "Gain 5,000 m this year" Track progress for any activity: running, cycling, swimming, strength training, yoga, HIIT, and more. Set weekly, monthly, or yearly targets and watch your progress build. Insights That Matter - Compare this week to last week, this month to last month, this year to last year - Filter by activity type to focus on what matters to you - Track total time, distance, and elevation gained across all your workouts - Track Resting Heart Rate, HRV, VO2 Max, Active Energy, and Cardio Recovery with clear 3-year trends from Apple Health Upgrade to Stacking Pro - Monitor your heart rate zones over time - Compare your easy pace week-to-week improvements - View your Yearly Activity progress - and more! Built for Your Preferences - Customize heart rate zones to match your training - Choose your units: kilometers or miles, meters or feet - Set your week to start on Monday or Sunday Privacy First Stacking reads directly from Apple Health. Your data stays on your device where it belongs. --- Stack your runs. Track your trends. See your progress. For terms of service: https://stackingapp.net/terms

Screenshots

Set Coach4 screens
Stacking4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Stacking at 5.0 against Set Coach's 3.1. Stacking also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). Set Coach's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Stacking sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Set Coach asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stacking holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Set Coach has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Set Coach's written reviews are positive against 100% of Stacking's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Set Coach ships an update every 3 months, Stacking every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Set Coach versus Stacking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSet CoachStacking
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCHASE PLACE LLCJeremiah Daneil de la Rouviere

Customer experience

Set Coach

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.3%

Stacking

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Set Coach

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Stacking

Subscriptions1
  • Stacking Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
One-time2
  • Stacking Pro - 14-day accessFree
  • Stacking Pro - Lifetime Access$19.99

Questions

Is Set Coach free?
Set Coach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stacking free?
Stacking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Set Coach or Stacking?
Stacking is rated higher. Set Coach averages 3.1 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Stacking averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Set Coach or Stacking have ads?
Neither Set Coach nor Stacking shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Set Coach or Stacking?
Set Coach ships an update every 3 months, and Stacking every 2 weeks. Most recently, Set Coach was updated on September 24, 2026 and Stacking on June 5, 2026.

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