Stark Barbell vs MetCount
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stark Barbell
This app provides a comprehensive workout experience with HD video demonstrations of 51 exercises. Users can create personalized routines, track progress, and utilize built-in timers for various training styles like HIIT and Tabata. It integrates with Apple Health to log burned calories and completed workouts.
- 51 HD exercise videos
- Customizable workout creation
- Step-by-step workout guidance
- Timers for Tabata, HIIT, Circuit
- Muscle group targeting
- Progress tracking and rewards
- Apple Health integration
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Optimise your results with Virtual Trainer Barbell! - Be inspired by 51 exercises presented in sharp HD video. - Create your own personal workout. - Get a full body workout with exercises in all ranges of difficulty - While working out, follow the step by step workout-feature which take you through the workout using timers and your chosen specifics. - The timers support different workout types including Tabata, HIIT and Circuit training. - Challenge yourself, get rewards and keep track of your score. - Find exercises targeting specific muscle groups. Integration with Apple Health: Save burned calories and performed workouts. Exercises are performed by the professional instructors, Benjamin Sällström & Jenny Ahlin.
MetCount
Track various workout types like AMRAP, EMOM, Tabata, and Rounds for Time. Log your workouts, heart rate, and calories to Apple Health. Enjoy background execution with audio and haptic feedback.
- AMRAP, EMOM, Tabata, Rounds for Time workout modes
- Logs workouts, heart rate, and calories to Apple Health
- Background workout execution
- Audio and haptic feedback
- AirPods mode with workout assistant
- Now Playing screen music control
- Complications for live progress viewing
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The following workout modes are supported: 1) AMRAP - "as many rounds as possible" in a fixed time cap 2) EMOM - "every minute on the minute". But any interval is supported, including 1 minute intervals 3) Tabata - 20 seconds on, 10 seconds off, for 4 minutes 4) Rounds for time - Complete a fixed amount of rounds as quickly as possible, within a time cap Here are some hightlights: 1) Workouts, heart rate data, and calories are logged to your Apple Health and Activity apps. 2) AirPods mode with an assistant that tells you useful information about your workout 3) Use the Now Playing screen to control music or podcasts 4) Use complications to view live workout progress, and previous workout performance. More Information: Workouts are logged to your Apple Health and Activity apps. While you are working out, this app continues to run in the background. Background execution grants the following abilities: 1) The app continues to run throughout the entire workout session, even when you lower your wrist or interact with a different app. When you raise your wrist, the app reappears, letting you quickly check your current progress and performance, complete a round, undo a round, pause, or end the workout. 2) If you navigate back to the watch face, a small icon will be available at the top of the screen, indicating that a workout session is running. You can tap the icon to navigate back to this app. 3) The app continues to receive data from HealthKit and Apple Watch’s sensors in the background. 4) The app will give audio and haptic feedback for time running out while running in the background.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MetCount at Free against Stark Barbell's $4.99. MetCount also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). Stark Barbell's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (93% vs 56%). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
MetCount is free to download; Stark Barbell costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Stark Barbell holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 69 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Stark Barbell's written reviews are positive against 56% of MetCount's.
Stark Barbell ships an update every 3 months, MetCount every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stark Barbell | MetCount |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (69 ratings) — better | 4.1 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.3% of reviews — better | 55.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Postra AB | Brett Kuprel |
Customer experience
Stark Barbell
MetCount
In-app purchases
Stark Barbell
No in-app purchases
MetCount
No in-app purchases
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