Comparison

SetDeck vs CivilDusk

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

Head to head
About

SetDeck

This fitness companion app helps you structure and track your workouts, hydration, and energy goals, providing a clear and measurable path to improving your fitness. With features like customizable routines, set-by-set tracking, and trend analysis, you can stay on top of your progress and build strength over time.

Features
Read full description

SetDeck: Plan the week. Log every set. Watch the numbers climb. SetDeck is a strength training companion for people who want structure without friction. Build a weekly routine, work through it set by set, and let SetDeck keep the history, the stats, and the streaks. Then check in on hydration and calories with a swipe, right alongside your training. BUILD YOUR WEEK Plan up to seven training days, each with its own ordered list of exercises. Add notes, equipment, and a reference video to any exercise. Type an exercise name and SetDeck can suggest the muscle groups it works, entirely on device. TRAIN SET BY SET Every exercise holds the sets you plan to do: reps and weight, as many as possible, timed, or freeform. As you train, log what you actually did, add an RPE if you want, and swipe on to the next card. Start a strength workout and a Live Activity keeps the elapsed time on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. SEE REAL PROGRESS SetDeck records a history entry every time you finish a set. The Stats tab turns that history into volume trends, personal records, a muscle heatmap, balance analysis, and intensity breakdowns so you can see what is working and what needs attention. EARN ACHIEVEMENTS Unlock badges for consistency, volume, variety, strength milestones, and a fully built routine. Hit a plate milestone or a month-long streak and SetDeck celebrates with you. HYDRATION AND ENERGY Log water and calories with a swipe, and see today's totals against your goals. Everything is written to Apple Health, and Home Screen widgets show hydration and energy at a glance. APPLE WATCH See today's routine on your wrist, log sets as you finish them, and follow a guided rest timer between sets. Start or stop a workout from the Watch, and keep today's session on your watch face with a complication. WORKS WITH YOUR IPHONE - Ask Siri "What's my workout today?" or start a workout hands-free - Start and stop workouts from Control Center - Find any exercise from Spotlight - Sync privately across your devices with iCloud - Available in English, Spanish, French (Canada), and Japanese PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your training data lives in your private iCloud database and in Apple Health. There are no accounts, no ads, and no tracking. Download SetDeck and take control of your training, one set at a time.

About

CivilDusk

Features
Read full description

Light in the morning. Wind down at night. CivilDusk times the two habits sleep science agrees on - from your own wake time, with no account, no ads, and no sleep score. YOUR RHYTHM, THREE MOMENTS - Wake: set it once, or let it follow your recent sleep from Apple Health. Everything else is timed from it. - Morning Light: 10 to 30 bright minutes soon after waking anchors your energy and tonight's sleepiness. Get a gentle nudge, or run it hands-off. - Wind-Down: a calm evening window - dim, wind down, bed - built from your target sleep and shown as an estimate, never a measurement. A REAL WAKE-UP SEQUENCE - Sunrise light that ramps up and ends at your wake time. - A real alarm at the top - snooze or slide to stop, like the Clock app. - Edit the order and degree: ramp length, peak brightness, alarm on or off. WORKS WITH YOUR LIGHTS - Wi-Fi bulbs, including older bulbs that never worked with a smart-home hub - scan your network and control them directly. No bulb account, no cloud. - HomeKit and Matter lights run the schedule automatically on your home hub while you sleep, no app open. - Manual control too: on and off, brightness, color - with recommended morning and evening colors. ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN - Timers run as Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, with a stop button right there. - Start Morning Light or Wind-Down with Siri and Shortcuts. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No account. No ads. No sleep score. - Nothing about you leaves your phone. Health sleep data is read-only and optional. - The only networking is local control of your own lights. CivilDusk is free. It shows estimates based on your schedule - it does not measure or diagnose anything, and it is not a medical device.

Screenshots

SetDeck4 screens
CivilDusk3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: SetDeck at 3 against CivilDusk's 1. SetDeck also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SetDeck ships an update every 11 days, CivilDusk every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
SetDeck versus CivilDusk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSetDeckCivilDusk
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 10 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size14 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicholas Molargikcraig merry

In-app purchases

None

SetDeck

No in-app purchases

None

CivilDusk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SetDeck free?
SetDeck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CivilDusk free?
CivilDusk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SetDeck or CivilDusk have ads?
Neither SetDeck nor CivilDusk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SetDeck or CivilDusk?
SetDeck ships an update every 11 days, and CivilDusk every 10 days. Most recently, SetDeck was updated on October 6, 2026 and CivilDusk on October 19, 2026.

Other comparisons