Comparison

XTA vs Recomp

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

Head to head
About

XTA

This app provides a clean and focused platform to track your training progress without hype or clutter. It offers an optional AI partner that understands your workouts, generating personalized plans and providing insights.

Highlights
  • Create custom exercises and workouts
  • Track reps, sets, tempo, and rest
  • Support for supersets and unilateral exercises
  • Built-in execution and rest timer
  • Workout history and progression trends
  • Native Apple Watch app
  • HealthKit integration
Features
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XTA is a calisthenics workout log for iPhone and Apple Watch. Log your sets, reps, holds, tempo and rest, and get honest feedback on the work you actually did. The fitness industry sells programs. We built a logger. No templates. No influencer videos. No "pro tips" on every screen. Just a clean place to log bodyweight training, and a witness that understands it: what improved, where you drifted, what your weeks really look like. Free forever. No ads. FREE, FOREVER • Create any exercise and workout • Log reps, holds, sets, tempo and rest • Supersets, unilateral exercises, time under tension • Built-in workout and rest timer, with the next exercise shown during rest • Swipe back mid-workout to redo an exercise or rest • Fix reps and notes on the summary before you save • Full history, progression trends, workout search • Progression paths from day one: planche, front lever, muscle up, handstand and more • Motion: movements rebuilt in 3D, with the physics and muscles made visible • Reflection: your weeks, your balance, and every workout etched on a plaque you can share • Native Apple Watch app: your wrist becomes your logbook • Siri and Shortcuts: start and log workouts by voice • Apple Health integration • One Feedback and one Kraft workout a week XTA APEX: THE WITNESS ($9.99/month) Apex knows your work. Every rep, every workout, every plateau, and it tells you the truth about it. ▸ FEEDBACK: After every workout, what worked, where you drifted, and what to adjust when the plan meets real life. ▸ KRAFT: A workout built from your own history, your level and your goals. No templates. ▸ CHRONICLE: Every Monday, your week written back to you. The bests. The gaps. The arc you're on. ▸ REFLECTION: The athlete you've become, read in plain words. What your training shows that you haven't noticed yet, each observation tied to the workouts that prove it. Say "That's me" or "Not quite" and the next reading listens. ▸ CLAUDE + CHATGPT: XTA speaks MCP, the open standard assistants use. Your assistant reads your training and writes workouts straight into the app, each one badged with its author. Up to 10 Feedback and 10 Kraft workouts a week. No promise of a planche in six weeks. Nobody honest can make that promise. WHO THIS IS FOR People who do the work themselves. Who train when no one's watching. Who write their own training and don't need an influencer to tell them what to do. BUILT BY ATHLETES AND ENGINEERS We've trained calisthenics for years and built software at scale for over a decade. We know both the data and the grind. We built XTA to get better ourselves, and we log every workout in it. PRICING • XTA: Free forever. The full logger, plus one Feedback and one Kraft workout a week. • XTA Apex: $9.99/month. Feedback, Kraft, Chronicle, the full Reflection, Claude + ChatGPT. Subscription auto-renews monthly at $9.99 unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://xta.one/privacy Terms of Use: https://xta.one/terms Your grind. Etched.

About

Recomp

Features
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Recomp Tracker helps you visually track your body transformation over time. Capture progress photos, organize check-ins, and compare your physique changes side-by-side so you can clearly see the results of your training and nutrition. Whether you're bodybuilding, cutting, bulking, or just staying consistent, Recomp Tracker keeps your progress organized. Features • Take progress photos directly in the app • Organize check-ins by date • Compare photos side-by-side • Track long-term physique changes • Simple, distraction-free interface Recomp Tracker is designed for athletes, bodybuilders, and anyone committed to improving their physique.

Screenshots

XTA4 screens
Recomp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Recomp at none against XTA's 2. Recomp also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. XTA sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Recomp asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

XTA ships an update every 6 weeks, Recomp fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
XTA versus Recomp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXTARecomp
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAscend Beyond ApSMark Stepchin

In-app purchases

2 purchases

XTA

Subscriptions2
  • XTA Apex Monthly$9.991 Month
  • XTA Apex Yearly$79.991 Year
None

Recomp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is XTA free?
XTA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Recomp free?
Recomp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do XTA or Recomp have ads?
Neither XTA nor Recomp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, XTA or Recomp?
XTA ships an update every 6 weeks, and Recomp fortnightly. Most recently, XTA was updated on October 15, 2026 and Recomp on October 3, 2026.

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