Lift Point vs Next Set
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lift Point
This app simplifies barbell weight calculations. It quickly determines the correct number of plates needed for each side of the bar, eliminating mental math during workouts.
- Quick plate calculation
- Eliminates mental math
- Barbell weight determination
- Easy to use interface
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Lift Point is the easy plate math calculator! Quickly determine how many plates you need to put on each side of the barbell without having to do "plate math" in your head.
Next Set
Easily plan and log your fitness routines to achieve your goals. Create custom workout templates, organize them into programs, and visualize your progress with detailed stats. Enjoy a completely ad-free and purchase-free experience with local data storage.
- Create workout templates and programs
- Log workouts on the fly
- Visualize progress with graphs
- Support for circuits and random exercises
- Light and dark mode support
- Local data storage and backups
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Next Set is a workout planning and tracking app that makes it easy for you to log and track your workouts and reach your fitness goals. No ads. No in-app purchases. Once you have Next Set you can use all it's features. Features: - Add exercises and create workout templates, or just log a workout on the fly. - Organize your templates into programs to follow and let the app keep track of which workout is up next. - Visualize your progress over time through graphs on the Stats page, including workout volumes, rep counts, distance, pace, and more. - Create templates with more complex setups than just a series of exercises. Add circuits for repeated sets of exercises. Add randomly selected exercises to give some variety to your workouts. - Both light mode and dark mode fully supported. Your data is your own. - All data is stored locally on your phone and automatically backed up with your iPhone backups. - I the developer do not have access to your data. Your data is never uploaded or sent anywhere. - You can also manually backup your data to a storage location of your choice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Next Set at 15.1 against Lift Point's 26.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Lift Point against 5.0 for Next Set. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Lift Point ships an update every 2 days, Next Set every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lift Point | Next Set |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jared Lipton | Kyle Measner |
Customer experience
Lift Point
Next Set
In-app purchases
Lift Point
No in-app purchases
Next Set
No in-app purchases
