Dropset vs VARIS
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.
VARIS
Log your weightlifting sets with detailed metrics like weight, reps, and RPE. Features RPE-aware autoregulation for honest progressive overload and allows building custom workouts and programs. Share progress visually.
- Log weight, reps, and RPE per set
- RPE-aware autoregulation
- Build custom workouts and programs
- Track personal records and volume
- Share progress cards
- Curated program library
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VARIS is a strength training log built for lifters who already know what they're doing. No AI-generated programs. No gamified streaks. No manufactured urgency — just your weight, reps, and RPE, recorded honestly, session after session. WHAT VARIS DOES - Log every set — weight, reps, RPE, rest — for every workout - RPE-aware autoregulation tells you exactly when to add weight and when to hold (Varis Meno) - Build your own workouts and multi-week training programs - Track personal records, lifetime volume, and real milestones — not manufactured streaks - Share your progress as editorial, desert-toned cards - Start training on day one with a curated program library VARIS MENO Removes free-tier limits on workouts, programs, and custom exercises, and unlocks RPE-aware autoregulation — the honest version of progressive overload, built from what you actually logged instead of a chart written weeks in advance. Built solo — design and code — by one person who lifts. Not a studio. Not a template. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internal/terms/site/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VARIS at 5.0 against Dropset's 4.4. VARIS also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 78%). Dropset's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (96 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 VARIS sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
VARIS 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 VARIS's.
Dropset ships an update every 4 days, VARIS every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dropset | VARIS |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fortyfour AB | MATHEW ALEMAN |
Customer experience
Dropset
VARIS
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
VARIS
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
VARIS
- monthly$6.991 Month
- yearly14 Days trial$34.991 Year
- lifetime$99.99









