MaxPlate vs trainerX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
MaxPlate
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MaxPlate is your ultimate lifting companion, designed to simplify and enhance your strength training. Whether you're tracking personal records, calculating optimal weights for your workouts, or managing your barbell and plate inventory, MaxPlate has you covered. Features: Lift Tracking: Log and track your workouts with ease, keeping all your progress in one place. Smart Weight Calculations: Effortlessly calculate the perfect weight for strength, hypertrophy, and endurance training goals. Equipment Manager: Manage your gym equipment inventory, including plates, barbells, and clamps, ensuring youβre always ready for your next lift. Customizable Settings: Choose between metric (kg) and imperial (lbs) units, select your clamps, and pick your preferred barbell for precision calculations. Clean and Intuitive Design: Navigate through a user-friendly interface designed with lifters in mind. Maximize your potential with MaxPlateβyour personal weightlifting assistant. Perfect for beginners, enthusiasts, and professional athletes alike. Start lifting smarter today!
trainerX
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trainerX is an AI personal trainer for people getting back into the gym after a break. You used to train. Then work, kids, an injury, or just the slow drift got in the way. Now you're back, or trying to be β and nothing quite fits. Generic apps hand you beginner templates you outgrew years ago. A real trainer runs $50β$90 an hour and needs a standing appointment you can never keep. trainerX writes the session instead. Every time. WHAT IT ACTUALLY DOES β’ Picks your weights for you Walk in knowing exactly what to do β exercises, sets, reps and a suggested weight for every set, based on how long you've been out and what you lifted last time. No guessing. No starting too heavy and paying for it all week. β’ Builds the session around your week, not an ideal one Tell it your goal, the days you can train, how long you've got and what equipment your gym has. Sessions pair a lower-body exercise with an upper-body one, so a real workout fits into 45 minutes instead of 90. β’ Adjusts to what you actually did Every set gets logged. You say how the session felt. The next one moves up or backs off accordingly β the judgment a good coach makes for you between sessions. β’ Keeps going when life doesn't Miss a week? Tweak a knee? trainerX reworks the plan and picks up where you are, not where you meant to be. No streak to lose. No starting over. β’ Answers questions mid-session Ask what a Romanian deadlift should feel like, why you're pairing these two exercises, or whether that ache is normal. Plain English, between sets, at 6am or 11pm. No booking. No $75 hourly rate. β’ Shows you how Demonstrations and form cues on every exercise, so you're not copying the person who was on the machine before you. β’ Swaps exercises when the gym is busy Squat rack taken? Ask for an alternative and get a real replacement that trains the same thing with whatever's free. β’ Times your rest The timer starts the moment you log a set. Rest is the first thing that goes wrong on a phone, and it's what decides whether the next set is any good. β’ Reminds you on the days you said you'd train A nudge, not a guilt trip. Showing up is the whole game. WHO IT'S FOR People in their 30s, 40s and 50s who trained before and want to again. Men and women. Time-poor, often with kids, usually with a joint that complains. If you can train three times a week for 45 minutes, that's enough β and it's what trainerX is built around. Start your first session today. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION trainerX offers auto-renewable subscriptions that unlock full training features and personalized coaching. New subscribers get a 7-day free trial. trainerX Pro β Monthly Subscription Length: 1 month Price: $19.99 per month (price may vary by region) trainerX Pro β Annual Subscription Length: 12 months Price: $119.99 per year (price may vary by region) Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription at any time in your Apple ID account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://trainerx.ai/legal/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://trainerx.ai/legal/terms/
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Verdict
MaxPlate and trainerX are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. MaxPlate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and trainerX sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | MaxPlate | trainerX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | β | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch β better |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.1 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Derek Robati | Kaizen Technologies Ltd |
In-app purchases
MaxPlate
- MaxPlate Pro$2.99
trainerX
- Monthly trainerX Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Annual trainerx Pro7 Days trial$119.991 Year
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