Dropset vs UpDn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dropset
This app provides a clean and minimal interface for tracking gym workouts. It focuses on essential features for setting up routines and exercises, offering flexibility for various exercise types beyond just sets and reps. The goal is to provide a non-distracting and serious tracking experience for dedicated gym-goers.
- Superset tracking
- Dropset tracking
- Custom workouts and exercises
- Workout notes
- Community chat
- Flexible scheduling
- Flexible tracking options
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Dropset is a clean and minimal tool for tracking your gym workouts, designed to be as non distracting as possible. You won’t find annoying upsells, or unnecessary options. There's simply what you need to set up your workout routine and your exercises and then track them at the gym. Also, it's super flexible. Not just designed for sets and reps but most other common exercises. So you can do things like interval timers, duration timers, distances, or, simply check exercises off of a list. Flexibility, focus and simplicity is what Dropset is all about. A few key features · Superset · Dropsets · Custom workouts and exercises · Workout notes · Community with a live group chat · Flexible scheduling options · Flexible tracking options In short, it's serious tracking for serious gym workouts.
UpDn
Create and track custom workout routines with an intuitive interface. Design your own exercises or use AI assistance, then run them on your iPhone or Apple Watch. Monitor progress, personal bests, and history to stay motivated.
- Custom workout design
- AI workout generation
- iPhone and Apple Watch support
- Goal and PR tracking
- Workout history log
- Exercise lookup
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UpDn simplifies custom workout routines with a clean, intuitive interface. Design workouts on your own or with the help of AI, and run them on your iPhone or Apple Watch. Track your goals, personal records, and workout history, and stay motivated as you make progress each day. Utilize the app's core features for free, and upgrade with a one-time purchase (no subscriptions). Free Features: - Add unlimited workouts, goals, and personal records - Run workouts on your iPhone - Track your workout history - Share workouts with others - Quickly look up how to do exercises - Set daily workout reminders Premium Features: - Generate workout ideas using AI (requires Apple Intelligence) - Run workouts on your Apple Watch, with Apple Fitness integration
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: UpDn at 5.0 against Dropset's 4.4. UpDn also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 78%). Dropset's advantage is ratings volume (96 vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Dropset sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and UpDn sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
UpDn holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dropset has 96 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Dropset's written reviews are positive against 100% of UpDn's.
Dropset ships an update every 4 days, UpDn weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dropset | UpDn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (96 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 96 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Fortyfour AB | Jack Edmonds |
Customer experience
Dropset
UpDn
Bugs and requests
Dropset
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashes when changing equipment type
- App crashes when modifying weight amounts
- Account deletion removes all workout logs
- Social/messaging features non-functional
- Data import functionality not working
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- Inconsistent crash frequency during sessions
Requested features
16 requests- Apple Watch app/integration
- Exercise demonstration videos
- Kilogram (KG) unit support
- Resistance bands equipment option
- Multiple instances of same equipment in workout
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- Apple Health body composition/weight sync
- Weekly routine organization view
- Consolidated progress tracking on single screen
- Ability to log past workouts
- Lifetime purchase option
- Nutrition tracking with barcode scanner
- Social sharing features
- Weekly routine builder
- Martial arts workout tracking
- Goal countdown tracker
- Better exercise descriptions and images
UpDn
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dropset
- Monthly plan2 variants$4.991 Month
- Yearly plan2 variants$39.991 Year
- Lifetime$99.00
UpDn
- UpDn Premium$9.99









