Barley vs Speed & Form
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barley
This app helps serious lifters track their strength training progress. It offers a comprehensive exercise library, custom exercise creation, and detailed performance metrics like PRs and RPE.
- Exercise library
- Custom exercise creation
- Plate calculator
- 1 rep max calculators
- PR tracking
- RPE tracking
- Workout statistics
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Barley is no-frills workout tracking app for serious lifters. **Features** - Exercise library - Create custom exercises - Barbell plate convenience calculator - 4 different 1 rep max calculators to choose from - Personal Record (PR) tracking for weight, reps, and volume - RPE tracking - Timed exercises - Workout statistics - Workout history - Customer rest timers (including the ability to have RPE-specific rest timers)
Speed & Form
This app provides structured weekly running plans designed by coaches. It focuses on delivering training sessions without distractions, allowing users to concentrate on their runs and progress. The system is built for athletes following specific coaching plans.
- Authored weekly training schedules
- Structured run types (easy, threshold, speed, long)
- Focus on the work, not distractions
- Organized training logging
- Coach-authored programming
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FORM brings your training plan, workouts, and running community into one place. Prepare for a race, build strength, and find a rhythm you can sustain. YOUR WEEK See your training week at a glance, with running, strength, and recovery organized around your plan. Open each session for the details you need. PURPOSE IN EVERY SESSION Follow structured runs, speed sessions, and strength workouts. See your prescribed intervals, pace targets, and recovery, then record the work you complete. COACHING THAT CONNECTS For coached athletes, FORM keeps your assigned training and workout guidance close at hand, so you can move from planning to practice. A COMMUNITY IN MOTION Explore FORM runs, meet fellow athletes through the Collective, and find races to work toward. Join a session and make training part of your week. Running is a practice. FORM gives it direction.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Speed & Form at every 3 days against Barley's fortnightly. Speed & Form also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 2). 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
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 Barley against 5.0 for Speed & Form. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively.
Barley ships an update fortnightly, Speed & Form every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barley | Speed & Form |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | No Translation Layer LLC | Brice Ikouebe |
Customer experience
Barley
Speed & Form
In-app purchases
Barley
No in-app purchases
Speed & Form
No in-app purchases
