Comparison

SetSense vs Muscle Mentor

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

Head to head
About

SetSense

This app offers intelligent strength tracking for lifters, allowing full control over training. It provides personalized periodized programs, detailed set logging, progress visualization, and step tracking integration. Share programs with others and earn achievements for consistency and personal records.

Highlights
  • Personalized periodized programs
  • Detailed set logging
  • Progress visualization
  • Step tracking with HealthKit
  • Program sharing
  • Achievements and streaks
Features
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SetSense is a lifting app for people who want to think about their training, not just record it. Most fitness apps either treat you like a beginner who needs a robot to tell you what to do, or they treat you like a spreadsheet. SetSense is different. You chat with the SetSense Trainer about your goals, training history, and the gym you have access to, and it builds you a real training block in under two minutes. You review it, edit it, and start lifting. Then every workout, SetSense shows you exactly what you did last time. Same exercise, same set, same week. You decide what to do next. CHAT WITH THE SETSENSE TRAINER Skip the boring questionnaires. Tell the trainer what you want. Strength, hypertrophy, a specific lift, a deadline, and it builds a personalized 4-12 week training block. YOU DECIDE WHAT'S NEXT Other apps tell you to add 5 pounds every week. SetSense shows you what you did last time and trusts you to make the call. Because that's what real lifters do. TALK TO YOUR LIFTING DATA Ask the trainer questions about your own history. "How has my bench progressed?" "Which weeks did I skip the most?" "What's my best 5-rep on squat?" Your full training history is the context. SHARE BLOCKS WITH ONE TAP Built a program your friends should try? Share it as a link. They tap it, the program imports into their app, ready to go. STEPS, NOT CARDIO Daily step tracking from Apple Health. No clunky cardio screens, no fake heart-rate logging — just a passive step goal that pairs with your lifting. PERSONAL RECORDS, ON AUTOPILOT Every set you log gets compared to your history. PR celebrations when you beat them. Pinned 1RM tracking for the lifts you actually care about. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your training data is yours. Account deletion is one tap and permanent. No social feed, no gamified leaderboards, no notifications begging you to come back. SUBSCRIPTION SetSense is $2.99/month, $14.99 every 6 months, or $26.99/year. Two-week free trial on all plans, billed through your Apple ID. Cancel anytime in Settings. Privacy: setsense.app/privacy-policy Terms: setsense.app/terms-of-service Support: setsense.app/support

About

Muscle Mentor

This app provides personalized AI-driven workout and nutrition plans tailored to your fitness goals and level. It offers smart meal suggestions, macro tracking, and progress monitoring, integrating with Apple Health and smartwatches.

Highlights
  • Personalized AI workout plans
  • Strength and hypertrophy focus
  • Home or gym workout options
  • Custom calorie and macro targets
  • AI meal suggestions
  • Macro tracking
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Muscle Mentor: Your AI Workout & Nutrition Coach Stop guessing. Start progressing. Muscle Mentor builds research-backed, personalized workout and nutrition plans based on your goals, fitness level, and available equipment. Whether you're building muscle, losing weight, or improving performance, our AI adapts with you. AI Workout Plans • Personalized training programs • Strength & hypertrophy focused • Home or gym options • Plans evolve with your progress Smart Nutrition Planning • Custom calorie & macro targets • AI meal suggestions • Track protein, carbs & fat • Built-in macro tracker Track What Matters • Steps, calories burned, streaks • Strength progress tracking • Apple Health integration • Smartwatch sync AI Food Analysis Simply type what you ate, and our AI will automatically estimate your nutrition. Start transforming your fitness today with Muscle Mentor. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.musclementorapp.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

SetSense4 screens
Muscle Mentor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Muscle Mentor at free with in-app purchases against SetSense's subscription. Muscle Mentor also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). SetSense's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. SetSense sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Muscle Mentor sells 5 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 SetSense against 5.0 for Muscle Mentor. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SetSense has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SetSense ships an update every 3 weeks, Muscle Mentor every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SetSense versus Muscle Mentor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSetSenseMuscle Mentor
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB29 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLandon CurtisEvan Courtney

In-app purchases

3 purchases

SetSense

Subscriptions3
  • 1 Month Subscription14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • 6 Month Subscription14 Days trial$14.996 Months
  • 1 Year Subscription14 Days trial$26.991 Year
5 purchases

Muscle Mentor

Subscriptions5
  • Fitness Starter$9.991 Month
  • Nutrition Starter$9.991 Month
  • Fitness Core$29.991 Month
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  • Nutrition Core$29.991 Month
  • Total Elite$49.991 Month

Questions

Is SetSense free?
SetSense is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Muscle Mentor free?
Muscle Mentor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SetSense or Muscle Mentor?
SetSense and Muscle Mentor are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do SetSense or Muscle Mentor have ads?
Neither SetSense nor Muscle Mentor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SetSense or Muscle Mentor?
SetSense ships an update every 3 weeks, and Muscle Mentor every 3 days. Most recently, SetSense was updated on October 5, 2026 and Muscle Mentor on October 6, 2026.

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