Comparison

MacroFactor Workouts vs PHYZIK

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

Head to head
About

MacroFactor Workouts

This app offers science-based, personalized workout routines and an intuitive tracker for strength training. It automatically adjusts your plan based on progress and allows for custom routines, home gym setups, and detailed progress monitoring.

Highlights
  • Personalized workout routines
  • Intuitive workout tracker
  • Automatic progression adjustments
  • Home gym equipment customization
  • Progress charts and data insights
  • Exercise technique videos
  • Plate and PR calculators
Features
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MacroFactor Workouts combines innovative coaching algorithms with science-based workout routines customized to your goals, fitness level, and gym equipment. Effortlessly track your strength training routines with an intuitive workout planner, and easily monitor your PRs and progress with charts and data insights. MacroFactor Workouts uses progressive overload to automatically adjust your strength training workouts based on your progress, helping you break through plateaus and reach your fitness goals. No gym? No problem. Create routines based on the equipment you have available in your home gym. Download to start your 7-day trial of this premium, ad-free workout tracker app. WORKOUT TRACKER & PLANNER FEATURES - Effortlessly track your workouts with an intuitive interface - Hundreds of strength training exercises with helpful tips and cues, and technique videos by Jeff Nippard - Customizable rest timers - Plate calculator based on available plates and bars - Tracker for supersets, partial reps, and myoreps - RIR tracker - Smart warm-up planner - Track different weights and reps on your right and left sides - Easily swap exercises with smart suggestions - Create new exercises - Notes sections for exercise and workout details - Create gym profiles for each of the places you workout CUSTOMIZED WORKOUT PLANS - Get a personalized workout routine based on your goals, fitness level, the gym equipment you have access to, and more - Built by fitness experts and based on science - Easily import and track popular Jeff Nippard routines - Customize your workouts with smart exercise swaps, custom exercises, and more - Prefer to create your own workouts? Use the workout planner for manual tracking, building, and saving custom routines and workouts SMART AUTO-PROGRESSION FOR STRENGTH TRAINING - Your plan automatically adjusts day-to-day based on your progress - Simply track your strength workouts, and the app will tell you what to do to keep making progress – just like a coach would - Reach your fitness goals efficiently – no wasted time, no guesswork, no pseudoscience REACH YOUR FITNESS GOALS - See your progress over time with beautiful and functional charts, visuals, and graphs - Easily access your workout history - PR tracker - Volume tracker - Progress photos and body metrics tracker - Design your dashboard to feature the insights you value most SUBSCRIPTION PRICING & TERMS MacroFactor Workouts is a premium strength training and planner app that offers three auto-renewing subscription options: $11.99 / month $47.99 / half year $71.99 / year (equal to $5.99 a month) MacroFactor Workouts has a free trial, but does not offer a free subscription tier. These prices are for US customers. Pricing in other countries may vary. Payment will be charged to your Apple account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription to MacroFactor Workouts will automatically renew, unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can cancel or manage your subscription from your Apple account settings. Terms & Conditions: https://terms.macrofactorapp.com/ Privacy Policy: https://privacy.macrofactorapp.com/

About

PHYZIK

Log workouts, track progress, and share achievements with your training partners. Features hands-free set logging, AI-powered nutrition tracking, and science-backed programming to optimize your fitness journey.

Highlights
  • Hands-free set logging via voice dictation
  • Social squad features with leaderboards
  • AI-powered nutrition tracking with photo logging
  • Science-backed, auto-adjusting training programs
  • Recovery tracking and daily readiness scores
  • Workout highlight reel creation
Features
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PHYZIK is the social training platform for lifters. Every set. Every PR. Every meal — logged, analyzed, and shared with the people who push you. HANDS-FREE SET LOGGING Talk your set into the app between reps. Voice dictation captures weight and reps without breaking your tempo. The fastest way to log a working set, ever. YOUR SQUAD Build a private squad with your training partners. The squad schedule grid shows who trained each day — when your crew is watching, you don't skip leg day. Weekly leaderboards rank total volume, PRs, and consistency. Solo sessions become team competition. THE FLOOR Your feed, built from real sessions by real people. No influencer noise. Just the lifters you train with, putting in work. Post your workouts, give respect when someone hits a PR, and share any post straight to your friends. A dedicated discovery page surfaces athletes, workouts, and gyms you haven't found yet. NUTRITION BUILT FOR LIFTERS Snap to track. Photograph your plate and AI breaks down the foods, portions, and macros — it even accounts for restaurant cooking oils and dressings. Multi-ingredient dishes log as one meal you can expand and edit ingredient by ingredient. Or talk through your meal and we transcribe it. When you want precision, scan a barcode or search 300,000+ foods backed by USDA + Open Food Facts. Save your go-to meals. Import recipes from any URL. Calories shift between training days and rest days automatically. SMART TRACKING A tracker built for speed between sets. Previous session numbers stay visible — down to the exact machine brand you trained on. Plate calculator for barbells and plate-loaded machines. Supersets, warm-ups, and drop sets that count like real sets. Tell PHYZIK what muscle group you're hitting and get instant exercise suggestions. Rest timers start automatically. Tag your gym right from the workout. SCIENCE-BACKED PROGRAMMING Programs built on peer-reviewed exercise science. Volume is prescribed within evidence-based thresholds — minimum effective volume to maximum recoverable volume. The system auto-adjusts to your actual performance: hit the top of your rep range and the weight goes up; fall short and it recalibrates. Set rep ranges per exercise or per individual set. Hypertrophy, strength, recomposition, fat loss — every program is periodized around how muscle actually adapts. RECOVERY INTELLIGENCE Muscles don't grow in the gym — they grow when you recover. An interactive muscle map tracks fatigue across every muscle group, and every group carries its own 0–100 readiness score so you can see exactly what's ready and what still needs time. A whole-body readiness score tells you when to push and when to back off, built from your actual training load. ELITE ANALYTICS Every lift scored against real strength standards, from beginner to elite. Volume landmarks show weekly sets per muscle group against sport science benchmarks. Body weight uses smoothed trend analysis with goals and projected completion dates. Personal records, tracked and ranked across every exercise you've ever logged. Ten years in or ten days in, this is your platform. Built by lifters, for lifters. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://phyzik.app/privacy

Screenshots

MacroFactor Workouts4 screens
PHYZIK4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: PHYZIK at free against MacroFactor Workouts's subscription. PHYZIK also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 74%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). MacroFactor Workouts's advantage is ratings volume (4.6K vs 11) and chart position (#121 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MacroFactor Workouts sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month and PHYZIK sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PHYZIK holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MacroFactor Workouts has 4.6K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of MacroFactor Workouts's written reviews are positive against 100% of PHYZIK's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MacroFactor Workouts ships an update every 10 days, PHYZIK weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
MacroFactor Workouts versus PHYZIK: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMacroFactor WorkoutsPHYZIK
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4.6K ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.6K — better11
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
Best chart rank#121 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size299 MB99 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperStronger By Science Technologies LLCPhysique Technologies LLC

Customer experience

MacroFactor Workouts

All ratings4,631 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral2.0%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews351 reviews
Positive74.1%
Neutral10.0%
Negative16.0%

PHYZIK

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

MacroFactor Workouts

Subscriptions7
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Semiannual Subscription7 Days trial$47.996 Months
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  • Semiannual Subscription14 Days trial$47.996 Months
  • Annual Subscription14 Days trial$71.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$71.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription Bundle2 variants$89.991 Year
2 purchases

PHYZIK

Subscriptions2
  • PHYZIK Pro Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • PHYZIK Pro Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is MacroFactor Workouts free?
MacroFactor Workouts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PHYZIK free?
PHYZIK is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MacroFactor Workouts or PHYZIK?
PHYZIK is rated higher. MacroFactor Workouts averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4.6K ratings, while PHYZIK averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do MacroFactor Workouts or PHYZIK have ads?
Neither MacroFactor Workouts nor PHYZIK shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MacroFactor Workouts or PHYZIK?
MacroFactor Workouts ships an update every 10 days, and PHYZIK weekly. Most recently, MacroFactor Workouts was updated on October 14, 2026 and PHYZIK on October 1, 2026.

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