Comparison

ROOT Training vs Settie

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

Head to head
About

ROOT Training

Features
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FREE TO START STRENGTH • CARDIO • RECOVERY TRAINING ROOT helps you decide what deserves attention next. Train smarter by combining strength, cardio, recovery and coaching in one place. Simple enough to stick with it. Powerful enough to change you. STRENGTH - GET OPTIMAL WEIGHTS • Train across 4 compound movement patterns: hinge, squat, pull, push • Let difficulty (RPE) guide your ideal weights, sets and reps each session • Progress through 5 training levels with built-in block periodization • Follow step-by-step cues to lift heavy and stay injury free CARDIO - DO IT RIGHT • Use breathing cues instead of misleading watch-based zones • Build your aerobic base with Zone 2 training • Improve VO₂Max with short powerful intervals • Use difficulty (RPE) to tell the algorithm how hard today’s session felt RECOVERY - THE MISSING PIECE • See your recovery every morning from your watch data • Build habits that improve sleep and lower resting HR • Train your nervous system for faster recovery • Use actual readiness to adjust training TRACK WHAT MATTERS • Track weekly training volume • Monitor training load to avoid detraining or overreaching • See whether your efforts actually lead to results • Improve your Athletic Score through strength and cardio development LET AI COACH HELP YOU • Reads your training, recovery and readiness • Suggests what deserves attention next • Helps you decide between strength, cardio or recovery • Explains why in simple language • Built to stay practical, not generic LET YOUR HUMAN COACH IN • Allow your coach to view your data • Let your coach log sessions for you • Revoke access anytime START FREE Strength Level 1 and Cardio Level 1 are free with full functionality and coach guidance. When you're ready to progress, unlock Levels 2–5 and open coach chat with a subscription. Learn more at https://www.root.training Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Settie

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Achieve fitness greatness with Settie. Settie is an advanced workout tracker that helps you log training sessions effortlessly and get rich insights into your performance and progress at the gym. WORKOUTS AND LIVE LOGGING • Start instantly and repeat a recent or favorite session. • Start, pause, resume, finish, or cancel — with accurate session lifecycle, timeline, and duration. • Build the session as you train. Add, remove, and reorder exercise blocks, then move between exercises. • Log and manage sets and rests on the fly. • Capture weight, reps, distance, duration, set roles, methods, tags, and notes. • Track effort estimation with RPE or RIR, outcomes, and failure reasons. • Edit session environment, title, notes, tags. • Train with rich context from base and previous sessions, including volume and E1RM calculations. • Use contextualized tools like the barbell plate calculator and E1RM table. • Review detailed post-session reports. CUSTOM KEYBOARDS • Navigate between fields quickly, forward and back. • Tap increments and press-and-hold for rapid adjustments. • Use metric-aware copy and paste to fill values faster. • Use timers and stopwatches to track time precisely. • Configure your keyboard placement ergonomically. ANALYTICS, RECORDS, GOALS • Build your analytics dashboard with widgets you can add, remove, reorder, and resize. • Choose from 34+ widget families, filter by category and size, and drill down by time window. • Explore insights by exercise, body region, or movement pattern, including pull, push, squat, hinge, and 9 more. • Keep track of your records and milestones from 18+ record definitions. • See live analytical insights and get instant record-hit feedback during your session. • Define your goals to empower performance widgets. EXERCISE LIBRARY • Explore a large library of 1,100+ exercise variants. • Find what you need with search and filters for liked or custom, type, muscles and body region, equipment, movement pattern, laterality, mechanic, and level. Sort by frequency or recency. • Learn from rich exercise details with media, muscle maps, contribution breakdowns, instructions, tips, common mistakes, and usage context. • Create and edit custom exercises with muscle distribution editing and execution defaults. Add notes to any exercise. EXECUTION PROFILES • Choose which metrics each exercise tracks, including weight, reps, duration, and distance. • Select between single entry or left and right entry for unilateral work. • Use load semantics that match real training with absolute mode for total logging, additive mode for weighted bodyweight training, and subtractive mode for assisted exercises. • Pick a mass source, either body or hardware, and define its contribution factor. ENVIRONMENTS AND EQUIPMENT • Set up environments for home, gym, and travel. • Define your equipment and set availability by environment. • Track each equipment instance with real-world details, photos, and rich text notes. Define how it contributes to load. • Assign equipment in-session and set load and support roles. HISTORY AND BODY MEASUREMENTS • Learn from history in calendar and list views, filter favorite sessions, and spot patterns with session tags. • Track body measurements including weight, body-fat percentage, circumference points, notes, and times. • See how your current bodyweight impacts your training, and update bodyweight in-session. BUILT NATIVELY FOR APPLE • Enable Apple Health integration with bodyweight sync and workout publishing. • Use Live Activities and Dynamic Island for active session status. • Log fully offline with no internet required, then sync to the cloud manually or automatically. • Sign in with email, Apple, or Google, manage your Pro subscription, and customize theme, units, effort scale, layout, and keyboard position. HELP AND LEGAL Privacy Policy: https://settie.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://settie.app/terms Support: https://settie.app/support Seek greatness. Join Settie today.

Screenshots

ROOT Training4 screens
Settie4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ROOT Training at 16.0.0 against Settie's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. ROOT Training sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Settie sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
ROOT Training versus Settie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterROOT TrainingSettie
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrik TjokordaAndrew Tobilko

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ROOT Training

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly$39.991 Year
3 purchases

Settie

Subscriptions2
  • Settie Pro Monthly1 Month trial$5.001 Month
  • Settie Pro Yearly1 Month trial$30.001 Year
One-time1
  • Settie Pro Lifetime$90.00

Questions

Is ROOT Training free?
ROOT Training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Settie free?
Settie is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ROOT Training or Settie have ads?
Neither ROOT Training nor Settie shows ads.

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