Plate And Simple vs Meridian
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plate And Simple
Easily calculate barbell plate combinations for weightlifting. Visualize plate loading with support for various barbell types and custom weights. Optimize your gym time by reducing calculation effort.
- Barbell plate calculation
- Visual plate layout
- Custom bar weight support
- Standard and change plate options
- Multiple barbell types
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A simple plate calculator for weightlifting. Quickly determine which plates to load on your barbell with visual plate layout. Features popular barbell types and custom bar weight support, standard and change plate options. Spend less time calculating, more time lifting.
Meridian
This app consolidates training, nutrition, bloodwork, and communication with your coach into a single platform. Designed for clients working directly with a coach, it offers custom programs, detailed tracking, and progress monitoring.
- Custom training programs with guided logging
- Macro and micronutrient tracking with barcode scanning
- Apple Health integration for biometrics
- Direct coach messaging with multimedia support
- Video walkthroughs for check-in reviews
- Bloodwork and biomarker tracking
- Community features with leaderboards
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Meridian - Your Entire Coaching Protocol Training, nutrition, bloodwork, biometrics, messaging, and accountability in one app. Built for clients working 1-on-1 with their coach. Not a self-guided fitness app. Features: - Custom training programs with guided set logging and auto-progression - Macro and micronutrient tracking with barcode scanning and recipes Powered by fatsecret nutrition API - Apple Health integration for sleep, HRV, heart rate, and steps - Direct coach messaging with photo, video, and voice support - Video walkthroughs for check-in reviews with screen recording - Weekly check-ins with progress photos - 6-phase coaching curriculum with progress tracking - Community with discussion feeds, leaderboards, and coaching classroom - Daily habits, goal setting, and milestone tracking - Bloodwork analysis and biomarker tracking - Genetics analysis and marker review Built and coached by Tate Greenfield. meridianprotocol.io
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Verdict
Plate And Simple and Meridian are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Plate And Simple against 5.0 for Meridian. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
| Parameter | Plate And Simple | Meridian |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Oleksandr Podoprigora | TATE AARON GREENFIELD |
Customer experience
Plate And Simple
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In-app purchases
Plate And Simple
No in-app purchases
Meridian
No in-app purchases
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