Hypertrophy Pro vs Anneal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hypertrophy Pro
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Hypertrophy Pro is a precision-focused strength training tracker that gives lifters a clear, day-to-day picture of workouts and calories so nutrition and progress stay tightly aligned. Key Features Strength tracking: Log sets, reps, and weights for every session with an easy, repeatable flow. Easily see the last session's weight and reps, so that you know what to aim for in today's workout. Workout templates: Build reusable templates that include exercises, and set schemes, so you can hit the gym with a plan. Custom exercises: Add and name your own compound and isolation movements. Body measurements and TDEE: Track weight, waist, body fat and other measurements while estimating your TDEE to inform daily calories. Cardio input: Manually log cardio sessions and calories burned to include in your daily energy balance. Daily caloric burn view: Combine strength work, cardio, and TDEE to get a single clear view of estimated daily caloric expenditure to guide eating decisions. Why Hypertrophy Pro Actionable daily guidance: See how today’s training and activity change your caloric needs so you can adjust meals or recovery. Built for progression: Templates and custom exercises reduce friction, letting you focus on incremental overload and consistent tracking. Flexible and lightweight: No complex setup or intrusive sensors required; manual inputs keep you in control while giving accurate daily insights. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://app.hypertrophypro.com/privacy
Anneal
This strength training app automatically progresses your workouts, explains weight changes, and tracks muscle recovery. It adapts to your readiness using health data and allows for custom program building. Get insights into your progress and future performance.
- Automated workout progression
- Transparent weight and rep explanations
- Muscle recovery tracking
- Readiness adaptation via health data
- Custom program building
- Progress and forecast charts
- Gym profiling
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Anneal is the strength trainer whose engine progresses you, and shows its work. Most workout apps hand you a plan, then go quiet. Anneal keeps progressing you, knows which muscles are still sore, and tells you why a weight moved. EVERY LIFT KNOWS ITS NEXT STEP A deterministic, evidence-based engine (linear, double progression, DUP) sets weight and reps for your program and generated sessions. Loaded lifts you add to any workout progress too. Finish and see next time's targets. IT ADJUSTS WHILE YOU TRAIN Rate a set's effort and that lift's remaining sets adjust: a grinder eases the load, an easy set nudges it up, always within tight bounds. One tap undoes it. LOG IT HOW YOU LIFT Long-press Add set for a drop set, myorep or partial reps. They stay in your history and never change your next prescription. Illustrated demos cover hundreds of lifts. IT KNOWS WHAT'S STILL SORE Every set you log shows on a muscle recovery map: fatigued, recovering, or fresh. After a session, a five second check-in shares its guess. Confirm or correct it, and Anneal learns how fast your muscles recover. Muscle detail shows weekly sets and which lifts counted. IT ADAPTS TO HOW RECOVERED YOU ARE Anneal reads heart rate variability, resting heart rate, and sleep from Apple Health to estimate today's readiness. With Pro, a low score trims load and volume, and a rough day reshapes the session, with before and after shown. This data never leaves your device. NO BLACK BOX, EVER Tap any prescribed set and see the rule that fired and the data behind it. A weekly changelog lists progressions, deloads, and new PRs. SEE WHERE YOU'RE HEADED Progress charts each lift's estimated 1RM and your bodyweight trend. Pro's 8-week forecast runs the same engine forward, with the likely deload week. Set a Goal Lift and see a projected date. BUILD YOUR OWN PROGRAM Pick the days, lifts, and how each progresses. Vary reps over time: lighter to heavier, heavier to lighter, or undulating. Or save a workout as a routine. Free keeps one custom program or routine, Pro is unlimited. Templates are always free, with dumbbell and bodyweight plans for beginners. A QUIET START Your first sessions stay simple: a short workout for your equipment and one goal at a time. More appears as you train. LIFE HAPPENS. ANNEAL PLANS FOR IT. Away mode shrinks your weekly target and quiets notifications. Back after 10 days or more? Weights ramp you back in. YOUR DATA IS YOURS, AND IT COMES WITH YOU Switching from Strong, Hevy or Fitbod? Import their CSV and pick up where you left off. No account needed. Your data stays on your device by default, and CSV export is always free. IT WORKS WITH THE GYM YOU ACTUALLY HAVE Profile any gym with your real plates and dumbbells. A coverage report shows which muscles you can fully train. BUILT AGAINST BURNOUT No daily streak, no guilt copy. Set a weekly target, and rest days count toward it. Trials are 28 to 75 day arcs. Nothing ever resets you to day one. IPAD, APPLE WATCH AND SIRI On iPad, a sidebar and side-by-side columns show your session, recovery, and progress at once. On Apple Watch: your next set, a haptic rest timer, and adjustable reps and weight, free on every plan. Ask Siri to log a set or start your workout. HONEST PRICING Every new install starts with 14 days of full access: every Pro feature, free, no signup, no card. Then choose. Free keeps the full logger, every template, one custom program or routine, live RPE adjustments, 90 days of history, and unlimited export. Pro adds workout generation, readiness adjustments and reshaping, unlimited custom programs, the 8-week forecast, pain and soreness patterns, full history, and optional cloud sync. Monthly, yearly, or once for lifetime. Anneal does not use AI to write your program. It runs published, testable rules, the same every time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sviewstudios.com/anneal/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Anneal at every 2 days against Hypertrophy Pro's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Hypertrophy Pro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month and Anneal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hypertrophy Pro ships an update fortnightly, Anneal every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hypertrophy Pro | Anneal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 120 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lane Fries | Joseph Ting |
In-app purchases
Hypertrophy Pro
- Monthly$19.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription$19.991 Month
Anneal
- Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$59.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$149.99









