ELVT vs RepCall
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
ELVT
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ELVT โ Hypertrophy by Design Unlock maximum muscle growth with ELVT, the evidence-based workout tracker, mesocycle planner, and AI Hypertrophy Coach built for serious lifters and bodybuilders. Eliminate the guesswork: ELVT combines exercise science with volume auto-regulation and virtual coaching to plan, run, and analyze hypertrophy phases (mesocycles) tailored to you โ and in Circles you train together with other lifters. Key Capabilities & Features: AI Hypertrophy Coach & Blueprint Builder โข Sports Science Coaching: Progressive overload advice and live workout analysis based on your training data, volume landmarks, and joint health. โข Smart Blueprint Builder: Describe your schedule, joint issues, or muscle priorities, and the coach creates a balanced, joint-friendly microcycle. Refine it in conversation or swap exercises from your catalog. Circles: Train Together โข Gym Floor is everyone's Circle. Join public Circles on any topic or create private, invite-only ones with your training partners. Private Circles and messages are end-to-end encrypted. โข Share records, workout summaries, and posts from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and more โ their videos play right in the feed. โข React, comment, follow lifters, and send private messages. Posts, comments, and messages in another language are translated on your phone. โข Safe by design: community rules, a word filter, reporting and blocking, profiles private by default, 16+. Circles are free. Progress Photos & Videos โข In-app camera with a pose outline for your build, your last photo faintly overlaid, and a self-timer. โข Compare first and latest with a slider, plus your bodyweight change and the weeks between. โข Private: never in your gallery, only in your own backup if you want. Free. Evidence-Based Mesocycle Planning โข Periodized Phases: Multi-week accumulation blocks with progressive overload and planned deloads. Save drafts and prioritize muscle groups. โข Volume Landmarks: Track your sets against MEV, MAV, and MRV. Intelligent Auto-Regulation โข Volume Feedback: Rate soreness, joint pain, pump, and workload after each session to set next week's sets automatically. โข Target RIR & Rep Limits: Reps in Reserve (RIR) targets and rep caps keep every set effective and prevent junk volume. Modern Workout Tracker โข Live Session Bar: Stopwatch, exercise progress, and one tap back to your active workout. โข Smart Rest Timers: Automatic countdowns between sets with sound and notifications. โข Complete Logging: Weights, reps, RIR, warmup sets, dropsets, and notes. โข Training Reminders: A reminder on your training days. Analytics, Heatmaps & Records โข Muscle Heatmaps: 2D anatomy maps show which muscles are primed for growth and which need recovery. โข Progress Charts: Volume curves, muscle group distribution, and daily fatigue trends. โข PRs & Achievements: Personal records with volume PR tracking and shareable badges. Hypertrophy Knowledge Base โข Evidence-based articles on hypertrophy science, program design, technique, fatigue, and recovery, in your language. Privacy-First, Offline & Flexible โข Offline-First: Training works 100% offline on a fast local database; Circles need a connection. โข Private & Secure: Your training data stays on your device, with optional cloud backup. Circles content is stored online so it can be shared. โข ELVT Pro (optional): Ad-free, full daily AI Coach quotas, and custom blueprints. โข Your Way: Dark, Light, or System theme, 12+ languages, kg or lbs. Take control of your hypertrophy journey. Download ELVT and build muscle with scientific precision! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://elvthypertrophy.com/privacy
RepCall
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You keep telling everyone you'll work out. RepCall is how you actually show up. Working out's more fun when your crew's in it with you. RepCall is where you and your close friends show up, prove it, and see each other do it. You don't post about working out โ you prove it: one tap, verified by location, live to a private feed that's just your people. Your crew hypes every check-in, the flame tracks your week, and nobody quietly stops showing up. HOW IT WORKS - Check in when you train. One tap opens the camera and confirms by location that you're at a real gym, studio, court, or pool. Snap a photo, or just prove you're there โ location is what earns the Verified badge. - Your crew sees it. It posts to a private feed of friends you've added. They hype it, leave a short comment, and see who's working out right now. - Keep your streak alive. Train 3+ days a week to keep your flame going. Nobody wants to be the one who breaks it. - Call your friends up. A friend checked in with no photo? Send a Rep Call: one tap asks to see it, one tap answers. THE SONG THAT GOT YOU THROUGH IT Add one song to your check-in photo: the track you had on when it was hard. It rides along as the album art on your proof, and your crew taps it for 30 seconds of it. No account to link, no listening history โ just the song you picked. YOUR PROFILE, YOUR RECORD Every workout you prove stacks up on your profile โ your current flame, your best-ever streak, your check-in count, and a wall of your proof. Swipe across to your marks and your PRs. Add a short bio to make it yours. Open any friend's profile to see their record and who's in their squad, and tap through to add the people you both know. WHY REPCALL - Proof, not promises. Check-ins are location-verified, so showing up actually counts. - Built for small circles. Private friend groups by default โ no public feed, no strangers, no follower counts to chase. - A home for your workout content. Posting it on your main feed feels cringe. Here, it's the whole point. - Motivate, never mock. RepCall runs on hype and encouragement. Nobody gets made fun of here. AS YOU SHOW UP - Meet Rep. Your kettlebell companion cheers you on, gets pumped when you train, and grows the more you show up. - Earn your next mark. Chalk marks for the things that actually happened: your first proof, your first week locked, your hundredth check-in. Earned by showing up, never bought, and yours for good. - Put your best on your proof. Five lifts, one personal best each, on your check-in and on your PRs page. You type the number; the check-in under it is the part the app verifies. - See your progress privately. The Vault keeps your monthly photos private to you alone, and earns you a before/after once you've put in the months. - Build your Influence. A private count of every workout past your weekly 3 โ just for you, never a public leaderboard. - Connect Apple Health or WHOOP (optional). A workout away from a venue can still clear the bar, with your real calories on the check-in. YOUR PRIVACY No ads. No trackers. We don't sell your data. Your precise location is only ever used to confirm you're at a workout โ it's never shown to anyone, not even your friends (they just see the venue name and a verified badge). Your Vault photos stay private to you. Delete your account, and everything with it, any time. Show up. Prove it. Repeat.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RepCall at none against ELVT's 2. RepCall also leads on ads (none vs shown). ELVT's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. ELVT sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. RepCall asks for nothing beyond the download.
ELVT ships an update every 4 days, RepCall every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ELVT | RepCall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days โ better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 181 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Timo Weber | Charbel Nasrani |
In-app purchases
ELVT
- ELVT Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- ELVT Pro Annual7 Days trial$14.991 Year
RepCall
No in-app purchases









