Comparison

Pvolve Studios vs NextSet

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

Head to head
About

Pvolve Studios

Discover and reserve fitness classes at studios. Manage your account, view schedules, and check studio locations. This app helps you stay organized with your fitness bookings.

Highlights
  • Book fitness classes
  • View studio locations
  • Check class schedules
  • Manage account
  • Review reservations
Features
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Download today to find and book your Pvolve classes. You can view studio locations and class schedules, review existing reservations, manage your account, and more.

About

NextSet

This AI-powered fitness app creates personalized strength training plans based on your goals, equipment, and schedule. It adapts as you progress and allows you to customize workouts by simply asking. Log your lifts easily and get intelligent feedback and tracking.

Highlights
  • AI-driven personalized workout plans
  • Adaptive training based on progress
  • Customizable exercises with reasoning
  • Conversational AI coach for questions
  • Frictionless workout logging
  • Automatic personal record detection
  • Sport-specific training adjustments
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NextSet is an AI personal trainer and workout planner that builds your strength training week around you: your goals, your equipment, your schedule, your body. And it keeps adapting as you train. Most workout apps shuffle a fixed exercise library with a rules engine. NextSet runs a real AI coach. It reasons about your programming, explains its choices, and answers questions in plain language, the way a good trainer would. BUILT AROUND YOU Answer a few questions about your goals, experience, age, how many days you can train, what equipment you actually have, and any injuries or exercises you'd rather skip. Then get a complete weekly workout plan. Full gym, a garage rack, a single pair of dumbbells, or nothing but your bodyweight. The plan respects what you have. CHANGE ANYTHING, JUST BY ASKING Don't like an exercise? Ask for something else and get alternatives with the reasoning behind each one. Add a movement, drop one, or swap mid-workout. Nothing is locked. A COACH YOU CAN ACTUALLY TALK TO Ask about form, recovery, why a lift is programmed the way it is, or how to train around a cranky shoulder. You get an answer, not a search result. LOG EVERY LIFT WITHOUT THE FRICTION A workout tracker that stays out of your way. Sets, reps, weight, rest timer, warm-ups, timed holds, cardio. Spoken cues between sets so you're not staring at your phone. Calorie estimates built from published MET research, not a made-up formula. WATCH IT ADD UP Personal records detected automatically. Streaks, badges, weekly volume, and a full lifting history that syncs across your devices. TRAINING FOR YOUR SPORT Play something? Say so. In-season work stays out of your sport's way. Off-season builds what your sport actually needs. FOR EVERY LEVEL First week in a gym or ten years of lifting, the programming moves with you, and every new plan builds on what you've logged. Beginner strength training, hypertrophy, powerlifting-style strength blocks, or general fitness: the plan matches where you are. SUBSCRIPTION NextSet requires a subscription. Two plans are available, Standard and Pro, each as a monthly or annual option. Current pricing is shown in the app before you subscribe. Start with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://nextsettrainer.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://nextsettrainer.com/privacy.html NextSet provides training guidance, not medical advice. Talk to a doctor before starting a new exercise program.

Screenshots

Pvolve Studios4 screens
NextSet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pvolve Studios at none against NextSet's 4. Pvolve Studios also leads on ratings volume (1.9K vs 2). NextSet's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On price, rating, ads 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. NextSet sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Pvolve Studios asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pvolve Studios against 5.0 for NextSet. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pvolve Studios has 1.9K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Pvolve Studios's written reviews are positive against 100% of NextSet's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pvolve Studios ships an update every 3 weeks, NextSet every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pvolve Studios versus NextSet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPvolve StudiosNextSet
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1.9K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.9K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB38 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPvolve LLCRavenForge Solutions

Customer experience

Pvolve Studios

All ratings1,871 ratings
Positive99.1%
Neutral0.4%
Negative0.5%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%

NextSet

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pvolve Studios

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

NextSet

Subscriptions4
  • Next Set Standard Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Next Set Pro Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Next Set Standard Annual7 Days trial$83.901 Year
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  • Next Set Pro Annual7 Days trial$107.991 Year

Questions

Is Pvolve Studios free?
Pvolve Studios is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NextSet free?
NextSet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pvolve Studios or NextSet?
NextSet is rated higher. Pvolve Studios averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1.9K ratings, while NextSet averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Pvolve Studios or NextSet have ads?
Neither Pvolve Studios nor NextSet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pvolve Studios or NextSet?
Pvolve Studios ships an update every 3 weeks, and NextSet every 4 days. Most recently, Pvolve Studios was updated on November 7, 2026 and NextSet on November 9, 2026.

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