Comparison

nichijō vs Rack

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

Head to head
About

nichijō

This app helps you build healthy habits with a private social circle. Track progress on fitness, sleep, or screen time with friends, and receive support through daily check-ins and weekly summaries. Data can sync automatically from wearables.

Highlights
  • Private social circles for habit tracking
  • Track workouts, sleep, screen time, and more
  • Automatic wearable data sync
  • Daily check-ins and reminders
  • Weekly progress summaries
  • Supportive friend interactions
Features
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Nichijo is what social should be for your habits: a private feed for the everyday stuff that no one sees. Create a circle with 2-8 friends, and pick what you want to improve: workouts, sleep, and/or steps. Your data auto-syncs from your wearable (Apple Watch, WHOOP, Oura, Garmin), so logging stays frictionless. Post simple daily check-ins so your people can see it, react to it, support you, and keep you honest. Includes: - Auto-sync from your wearables - Shared dashboard for workouts, sleep, and/or steps - Fully private feed for BeReal-style picture posts, comments, and reactions Nichijo is not medical advice. Always consult a professional for health concerns.

About

Rack

This app transforms your watch into an intelligent strength training tool. It offers real-time wrist integration, per-muscle recovery tracking, and personalized pre-workout readiness briefs. It learns your body's response to training to provide smarter recommendations over time.

Highlights
  • Real-time watch sync
  • Per-muscle group recovery tracking
  • Pre-workout readiness briefs
  • Automatic PR detection
  • Live heart rate monitoring
  • CSV data export
  • Apple Health integration
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Turn your watch into a strength training powerhouse - with intelligence no other app has. Rack is the only strength training app that combines real-time watch integration with per-muscle-group recovery intelligence. Track from your wrist. Get pre-workout readiness briefs. Let Rack learn how your body responds to training - and watch its recommendations get smarter with every session. ON YOUR WRIST Hot-Swap - equipment taken mid-workout? Swap any exercise without stopping your activity. Your watch keeps counting. Both exercises are recorded. No workarounds. No data loss. DataBuffer - phone in your locker. Basement gym. No signal. Rack queues every set directly on your watch and syncs the moment you reconnect. Nothing is lost. Training Readiness that knows you did leg day. Rack records your workouts as proper Strength activities - feeding your Training Load and Training Readiness correctly. INTELLIGENCE BUILT ON YOUR DATA Pre-Workout Brief: readiness score, per-muscle recovery status, and load balance analysis - before every session. Not generic advice. Specific to what you lifted, when, and how much. Training Alerts: Rack watches for volume imbalances, unusual load spikes, and patterns that precede plateaus. You get flagged before problems become setbacks. The longer you train with Rack, the more it learns about your body. No auto-pilot. Your data, your decisions. BUILT FOR SERIOUS LIFTERS - Real-time watch sync with Hot-Swap and DataBuffer - Per-muscle-group recovery tracking (tau-decay model) - Pre-Workout Brief with readiness and load balance - 500+ exercises with muscle group categorization - Automatic PR detection and history - Live heart rate during every set - No 50-step limit. No locked order - Reorder or swap exercises mid-workout - Full workout history with calendar view - Apple Health and HealthKit integration - iCloud sync across devices - CSV export for your data Supported devices: Fenix 7 series, Forerunner 965, Epix 2, Venu 3, Enduro 2 and 50+ other models. PLANS Start Logging free - unlimited workout logging, full exercise library (read-only), basic watch sync, and 30-day history. Pro unlocks Hot-Swap, Offline mode, custom exercises, progressive overload tracking, training intelligence features, and full history. $8.99/month, $44.99/year, or $89.99 Lifetime (Early-birds' pricing). Join the lifters who brought watch-first training to the rack. Discover Intelligence that knows your training. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

nichijō4 screens
Rack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: nichijō at 5.0 against Rack's 3.9. nichijō also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7). Rack's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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. Rack sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. nichijō asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

nichijō holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rack has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

nichijō ships an update every 6 days, Rack every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
nichijō versus Rack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameternichijōRack
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.9 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews—85.7% of reviews
Number of ratings211 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB43 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAtharv SonawaneAviv Noah

Customer experience

nichijō

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Rack

All ratings11 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

nichijō

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Rack

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro14 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Annual Pro14 Days trial$54.991 Year
One-time5
  • Training Audit$1.49
  • Training Audit 3-Pack$3.99
  • Lifetime Pro$89.99
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  • Rack Charter Lifetime$119.99
  • Lifetime Pro$149.99

Questions

Is nichijō free?
nichijō is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rack free?
Rack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, nichijō or Rack?
nichijō is rated higher. nichijō averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Rack averages 3.9 from 11 ratings.
Do nichijō or Rack have ads?
Neither nichijō nor Rack shows ads.
Which is updated more often, nichijō or Rack?
nichijō ships an update every 6 days, and Rack every 11 days. Most recently, nichijō was updated on October 18, 2026 and Rack on October 25, 2026.

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