Comparison

Max vs rep.

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

Head to head
About

Max

This app creates personalized workout and nutrition plans tailored to your goals and equipment. It provides daily exercise guidance, tracks your progress with clear charts, and simplifies nutrition logging by estimating calories and macros from meal photos.

Highlights
  • Personalized workout plans
  • AI-driven nutrition guidance
  • Progress tracking and charting
  • Simple exercise checklist
  • Meal photo logging
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Max builds your personalized workout and nutrition plan, shows you what to lift each day, and helps you track your progress over time. YOUR WORKOUT, MADE SIMPLE See today's exercises, sets, and reps as a simple checklist. Max remembers what you lifted last time so you always know what to aim for today. PROGRESS, MADE CLEAR Your weight, body fat, and lean mass trends are charted with a goal range so you can see if you're on track. A plain English summary explains what's happening and what to focus on. NUTRITION TRACKING IN SECONDS Snap a photo of your meal, enter it manually, or pull from history. Max estimates your calories and macros so you can stay on track without slowing down. BUILT AROUND YOU - Personalized training and nutrition plans based on your goals, equipment, and experience - Apple Health integration for weight, body fat, lean mass, and step tracking - Daily greeting with coaching guidance Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

rep.

This app provides a streamlined way to log gym workouts, focusing solely on tracking sets, reps, and weight. It offers pre-built and custom templates, automatic rest timers, and progress visualization to help users monitor their strength gains.

Highlights
  • One-tap workout logging
  • Pre-built and custom workout templates
  • Per-set weight and reps tracking
  • Automatic rest timer with notifications
  • Progress charts and PR tracking
  • Progress photo comparison
Features
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Rep is a workout tracker built for people who actually lift. No meal plans, no meditation, no AI coach — just a clean, fast way to log your sets and watch yourself get stronger. Start a workout in one tap. Log sets with weight and reps. Rest timer counts down automatically. Move to the next exercise. Done. FEATURES • One-tap workout logging — pick a template, start lifting • Pre-built templates for Push/Pull/Legs, Upper/Lower, and Full Body splits • Build your own custom templates from 70+ exercises • Per-set weight and reps tracking with inline editing • Automatic rest timer with audio notification • Progress charts for any lift you want to track • PR tracking so you never forget your best • Progress photos with side-by-side comparison • Workout history with detailed stats • Clean, minimal design that stays out of your way Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Max4 screens
rep.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Max at every 3 days against rep.'s every 2 weeks. rep.'s advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Max sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and rep. sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Max against 5.0 for rep.. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Max ships an update every 3 days, rep. every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 31, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Max versus rep.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaxrep.
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB39 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperScott BarrowRoger You

Customer experience

Max

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

rep.

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Max

Subscriptions2
  • Max Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Max Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Max Lifetime$49.99
2 purchases

rep.

Subscriptions2
  • monthly$9.991 Month
  • Rep Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Max free?
Max is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is rep. free?
rep. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Max or rep.?
Max and rep. are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Max or rep. have ads?
Neither Max nor rep. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Max or rep.?
Max ships an update every 3 days, and rep. every 2 weeks. Most recently, Max was updated on July 31, 2026 and rep. on September 19, 2026.

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