Comparison

Tempo 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

Tempo Coach

This app guides users through tempo lifting exercises by counting out specific phases like eccentric, concentric, and isometric holds. It helps users break through plateaus and aid in injury rehabilitation by ensuring proper pacing during strength training.

Highlights
  • Tempo counting for lifting exercises
  • Signals eccentric and concentric phases
  • Guides isometric holds
  • Helps break through plateaus
  • Aids in injury rehabilitation
  • Integrates with Workout Coach Plus
Features
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Counts out the tempo for your lifting. This app will take your strength to the next level by incorporating tempo lifting into your workouts. A great way to blow past plateaus or to rehabilitate from a sports injury is with tempo lifting. Tempo Coach keeps the tempo for you so that fatigue or impatience doesn't short change your gains. Tempo Coach signals your eccentric (lowering), bottom isometric (pause at the bottom), concentric (lifting), and top isometric (pause at the top) phases. Stay on tempo, get Tempo Coach. ** Bonus ** Now purchase of Tempo Coach App unlocks the Tempo in-app purchase in Workout Coach Plus!! Use Workout Coach Plus on your workouts and have Tempo Coach built in to your exercises. Find Workout Coach Plus in other apps by CHASE PLACE.

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

Tempo Coach4 screens
Stacking4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stacking at 100% against Tempo Coach's 69%. Stacking also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Tempo Coach's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). 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. Tempo Coach sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Stacking sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stacking holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tempo Coach has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Tempo Coach's written reviews are positive against 100% of Stacking's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tempo Coach ships an update every 3 months, Stacking every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tempo Coach versus Stacking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTempo CoachStacking
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCHASE PLACE LLCJeremiah Daneil de la Rouviere

Customer experience

Tempo Coach

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.8%

Stacking

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tempo Coach

One-time1
  • No Adds$0.99
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 Tempo Coach free?
Tempo Coach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stacking free?
Stacking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tempo Coach or Stacking?
Stacking is rated higher. Tempo Coach averages 4.8 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Stacking averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tempo Coach or Stacking have ads?
Neither Tempo Coach nor Stacking shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tempo Coach or Stacking?
Tempo Coach ships an update every 3 months, and Stacking every 2 weeks. Most recently, Tempo Coach was updated on October 22, 2026 and Stacking on October 5, 2026.

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