Comparison

MacroFactor Workouts vs Epilog

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

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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

Epilog

Track your weightlifting progress with detailed metrics like weight, reps, and tempo. Analyze your performance muscle by muscle and set up circuit training routines. Measure body composition and sync with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Record sets, reps, tempo, and rest
  • Analyze progression by muscle group
  • Create and track circuit training
  • Estimate 1RM and track volume
  • Log body measurements and photos
  • Exercise library with animations
Features
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The workout tracker that shows you're making progress. Epilog logs every set in seconds (weight, reps, tempo, RPE) and turns your workouts into a clear read on your progress, exercise by exercise and muscle by muscle. LOG FAST, STAY IN THE ZONE • Check off a set and the rest timer starts on its own • Rest timer on the Dynamic Island and the Lock Screen • Supersets, drop sets, warm-up sets and sets to failure • Tempo, RPE and notes on every exercise • Reorder or swap exercises in one tap YOUR PROGRESS, MUSCLE BY MUSCLE • See how much work each muscle gets, week after week • A muscle map shows where you train hard and where you lag behind • Every exercise has its own curve: estimated 1RM, top set, volume, reps • Personal records detected automatically and kept with their date 300+ EXERCISES, EXPLAINED • Instructions and common mistakes for each movement • Filter by muscle and equipment • Can't find one? Create your own CIRCUITS AND ROUTINES • HIIT circuits on the clock, AMRAP, or free rounds • Build your routines, sort them into folders, and start from ready-made programs TRACK MORE THAN THE BAR • Body weight, body fat and circumferences, charted over time • Calculators built in: plates, 1RM, percentage of 1RM, RPE, warm-up sets • Streaks and achievements to keep you coming back MADE FOR IPHONE • Home Screen widgets • Apple Health sync • Kilograms or pounds • Available in English and French ON APPLE WATCH (FIRST RELEASE) • Follow your workout and log your sets from your wrist • Rest timer and live heart rate Epilog is free to use, with unlimited workout logging. Go Pro for your full history, every stat and widgets. Try Pro free for 14 days. Download Epilog and make every workout count. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

MacroFactor Workouts4 screens
Epilog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Epilog at freemium against MacroFactor Workouts's subscription. Epilog also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 74%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). MacroFactor Workouts's advantage is ratings volume (4.6K vs 2) and chart position (#106 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 Epilog sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Epilog 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 2, 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 89% of Epilog's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MacroFactor Workouts ships an update every 10 days, Epilog every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
MacroFactor Workouts versus Epilog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMacroFactor WorkoutsEpilog
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4.6K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.1% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.6K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
Best chart rank#106 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size299 MB112 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperStronger By Science Technologies LLCFit Mass

Customer experience

MacroFactor Workouts

All ratings4,631 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral2.0%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews352 reviews
Positive74.1%
Neutral9.9%
Negative15.9%

Epilog

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral8.3%
Negative2.8%

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

Epilog

Subscriptions2
  • Epilog Pro (Mensuel)14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Epilog Pro (Annual)14 Days trial$22.991 Year

Questions

Is MacroFactor Workouts free?
MacroFactor Workouts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Epilog free?
Epilog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MacroFactor Workouts or Epilog?
Epilog is rated higher. MacroFactor Workouts averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4.6K ratings, while Epilog averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do MacroFactor Workouts or Epilog have ads?
Neither MacroFactor Workouts nor Epilog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MacroFactor Workouts or Epilog?
MacroFactor Workouts ships an update every 10 days, and Epilog every 6 days. Most recently, MacroFactor Workouts was updated on October 18, 2026 and Epilog on October 16, 2026.

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