Comparison

RepSet vs RackMath

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

Head to head
About

RepSet

This AI-powered fitness companion helps you track, analyze, and optimize every gym workout. It offers personalized daily workouts, machine recognition for exercise guidance, and dynamic training cycle planning. Log your progress, gain insights, and stay motivated with achievements and social sharing.

Highlights
  • AI-powered personalized workouts
  • Machine recognition for exercise guidance
  • Dynamic 30-day training cycle planning
  • Effortless logging of reps, sets, weights, RPE, and mood
  • Automatic training history analysis
  • Earn badges and achievements
  • Share milestones with friends
Features
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RepSet is a focused workout logger and planner built to stay out of your way while you train. The free experience gives you everything you need to record consistent workouts. Your training data stays on your device by default, so you can start lifting without creating an account or depending on a connection. LOG EVERY SESSION • Build workouts from a clear, searchable exercise library. • Record sets, reps and weight as you train. • Use rest timers without leaving your workout. • Save reusable templates for the routines you repeat. • Finish each session with a concise workout summary. UNDERSTAND YOUR TRAINING • Browse your complete workout history. • Review training volume and progress over time. • Track body weight and see the trend, not just a single number. • See which muscle groups your recent training has covered. PLAN WITHOUT THE BLANK PAGE When you want help getting started, describe the session you want and RepSet can turn it into a practical workout plan. You remain in control: review the plan before training and adjust it to fit your day. LOCAL-FIRST BY DESIGN Workouts, templates, history and body-weight records are stored locally by default. The core workout logger remains useful without an account. REPSET MAX RepSet Max is optional. It removes advertising and includes an allowance for AI-assisted session planning. Ads in the free version never interrupt an active workout. No inflated promises. No complicated spreadsheets. Just a fast, dependable place to plan your training, log the work and understand your progress. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://crescente.dev/repset/privacy

About

RackMath

This app removes the guesswork from loading a barbell, providing color-coded diagrams for precise plate loading. It offers alternative weight options when exact matches aren't possible and allows for real-time bar monitoring as plates are added or removed.

Highlights
  • Color-coded plate diagrams
  • Nearest weight alternatives
  • Customizable plate inventory
  • Real-time bar weight monitoring
  • Multiple barbell setup organization
  • Efficient weight transitions
Features
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Stop doing plate math between sets. Type the weight you want on the bar and Rack Math shows exactly which plates to load per side, based on your plates, your bar, and your gym. Build a list of weights, and it tells you precisely what to ADD and REMOVE to get from each set to the next, so you spend your rest resting. FREE, FOREVER • Instant plate math for any weight, in lb or kg • Your plate inventory: only weights you can actually make • Bar diagrams that match what’s on the bar • Build-on-bar: enter what’s loaded right now and work from there RACK MATH COACH Turn the calculator into a training partner. Try the Coach free for your first 10 workouts. No account. Nothing to cancel. Keep it with a subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase. • A daily plan built around your lifts: Rack Math schedules what to train next and adapts as you recover • Freshest: an extra generated session for off days. Lifts picked from whatever your recovery says is most rested, with the day’s plan built around them • Cardio-aware recovery: with Apple Health, your runs, rides, and swims count toward what’s fresh, tracked as one total across activities, so swapping a walk for a run never reads as slacking • Unlimited weights in your stack • Warmup ramps in one tap: straight sets, top set + backoff, or 5/3/1 • Follow mode: the current set lights up, DONE advances, the next plate change is always right in front of you • Lock Screen Live Activity: your rest countdown, next set, and exact plate change. Log your set, skip rest, or load the next exercise without unlocking your phone • Apple Watch: follow along from your wrist with displays for weight, per-side plates, a rest timer that taps you when it’s up, and one-tap DONE, synced from your iPhone • Automatic progression: Rack Math suggests your next weights and reps • Strength tracking: your estimated 1-rep max over time, and personal records • Gyms: save plate setups for home, work, or travel and switch in two taps • Workout timer with per-exercise split times • Apple Health: finished workouts logged as strength training (optional) • Workout history: what you lifted, how long it took, your top weight, and the ability to reload any past stack onto the bar • Fewer-swaps optimizer: re-arranges the whole workout’s plate layouts to minimize how many plates you touch • Save and reload your stacks Choose your plan: Monthly, Annual (best value), or pay once for Lifetime. The plate calculator stays free either way. No ads. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Rack Math has no accounts and no ads. Your training lives on your device and, if you use iCloud, syncs privately through your own iCloud account; we never see it. We use one privacy-first analytics tool that collects no personal data and can’t identify you. Writing to Apple Health is entirely opt-in. See our privacy policy: https://keithjeffery.org/rack-math-privacy

Screenshots

RepSet4 screens
RackMath4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: RepSet at 100% against RackMath's 33%. RepSet also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). RackMath's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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. RepSet sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and RackMath sells 3 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

RepSet holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of RepSet's written reviews are positive against 33% of RackMath's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RepSet ships an update every 3 weeks, RackMath weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
RepSet versus RackMath: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRepSetRackMath
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB7 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperEnrique MirandaKeith Jeffery

Customer experience

RepSet

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

RackMath

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

RepSet

Subscriptions4
  • Premium Mensual7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Premium Year Shipaton Special!7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$79.991 Year
3 purchases

RackMath

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Access to Coach$9.991 Month
  • Annual Access to Coach$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Full Access$99.99

Questions

Is RepSet free?
RepSet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RackMath free?
RackMath is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RepSet or RackMath?
RepSet is rated higher. RepSet averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while RackMath averages 3.0 from 4 ratings.
Do RepSet or RackMath have ads?
Neither RepSet nor RackMath shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RepSet or RackMath?
RepSet ships an update every 3 weeks, and RackMath weekly. Most recently, RepSet was updated on October 24, 2026 and RackMath on October 19, 2026.

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