Comparison

Genova vs Apex

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

Head to head
About

Genova

This app offers intelligent workout tracking with AI-powered programming, detailed set logging, and recovery insights. It helps users train smarter with features like a rest timer, progress analytics, and cardio tracking. Seamlessly syncs with Apple Watch for comprehensive fitness management.

Highlights
  • AI-powered workout programming
  • Detailed strength and cardio logging
  • Muscle recovery and readiness estimation
  • Progress analytics and insight cards
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Social features and progress sharing
Features
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Genova is the intelligent workout tracker for lifters who want more than a logbook. It brings together precise strength logging, AI-powered programming, Apple Watch support, muscle recovery, Training Score, insight cards, cardio tracking, body measurements, social features, and progress analytics — everything you need to train smarter with more clarity and consistency. Track every set with weight, reps, RPE, rest time, warm-up sets, drop sets, and custom exercises. A built-in rest timer with Live Activities keeps you on pace without touching your phone, while estimated 1RM and personal records update automatically. Plan your training week from the redesigned Workout tab. Schedule strength and cardio sessions ahead, follow active programs, review targets, browse your exercise library, and jump into training faster. Genova supports workout programs, template management, weekly planning, and post-workout summaries. The AI coach helps you create workouts, build periodized programs, ask technique questions, analyze weak points, and get recommendations based on your training. The AI overlay lets you ask contextual follow-up questions from supported screens without leaving the flow. You stay in control with AI consent, memory, and data preferences. Recovery and readiness are built in. Genova estimates when muscles are ready using training volume, RPE, age, and feedback. Training Load and recovery signals help you spot fatigue and adjust before overtraining. Training Score summarizes your consistency, balance, recovery, and progress, while insight cards surface useful signals. See your progress. Track exercise stats, muscle group trends, cardio performance, template progress, Training Score, VO2 Max, muscle balance, Training Load, plateau detection, smart weight recommendations, and training heatmaps. Clear charts and shareable summaries show what is improving and what needs attention. Track any cardio type with duration, distance, calories, and heart-rate data when available. Use interval cardio for HIIT sessions with configurable high and low phases, then review clearer post-cardio summaries after each session. With Apple Watch, you can start and track workouts from your wrist, see live workout metrics, log strength and cardio sessions, and keep your phone in your pocket. Genova syncs training, recovery, progress, and dashboard data between iPhone and Apple Watch, with Apple Watch complications for quick access. Stay connected with friends through the activity feed, comments, reactions, friend profiles, and profile sharing. Share workout, cardio, goal, streak, profile, and heatmap summaries as polished images. Beyond workouts, Genova tracks body weight, arms, chest, waist, and more over time. Set goals for body weight, measurements, or one-rep max and follow your progress with clear visual charts. Genova includes Live Activities, Dynamic Island support, home screen widgets, Apple Health integration, notification preferences, app icon customization, accessibility settings, metric and imperial units. Your data stays flexible. Genova supports offline training, cloud sync across devices, import and export tools, account management, privacy controls, AI data controls, and full data deletion options. Genova is available in English, Spanish, French, German, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, and Belarusian. Start training smarter today. Genova Pro unlocks AI coaching, advanced recovery insights, recovery personalization, interval cardio, plateau detection, advanced statistics, muscle balance details, AI exercise descriptions, RPE prediction, drop sets, warm-up sets, app icon customization, unlimited workout templates, unlimited goals, and expanded body measurement tracking. Subscription pricing and terms are shown at time of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Terms of Use (EULA): https://genovasport.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://genovasport.app/privacy

About

Apex

Features
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Tell Apex what you want to train and it writes the workout. Log every set on your iPhone or straight from your Apple Watch. Free, with no subscription and no ads. AI THAT WRITES YOUR WORKOUT • Type it or say it: "45 minutes, heavy legs, dumbbells only" • Get a full session in seconds, with sets and reps ready to log • Add or remove exercises before you start • Got a program from a coach or a chatbot? Paste it in and Apex turns it into a plan you can follow LOG FROM YOUR WRIST (NEW) • Open a workout on iPhone and it's already on your Apple Watch • Turn the Digital Crown to dial weight, reps, or time, then tap Log • Last session's numbers sit right there, so you know what to beat • Your rest starts on its own and taps your wrist when it's time to lift • Complications and the Smart Stack show your rest and next set at a glance • See heart rate and calories live, and save workouts to Apple Health A PLAN BUILT AROUND YOU • Answer 5 quick questions and get matched to a program for your goal, experience, equipment, and schedule • Programs for strength, muscle, fat loss, conditioning, home dumbbells, kettlebells, and bodyweight • Or build your own plan, week by week, from 270+ exercises • Freestyle mode for the days you just want to train TRACK EVERY REP • Weight and reps, reps only, time, or distance, set by set • Supersets and circuits built in • Rest timer on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • New personal records celebrated the moment you hit them • Strength charts and your full workout history • Share a clean workout card when you hit a milestone YOURS, NO STRINGS • Free to use: no subscription, no paywall, no ads • Export your workout data any time • Your account works on the web at myapex.fit too Download Apex and let your next workout write itself.

Screenshots

Genova4 screens
Apex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Apex at none against Genova's 3. Apex also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). 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. Genova sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Apex asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Genova ships an update every 5 days, Apex every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Genova versus Apex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGenovaApex
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB38 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperKIRILL HUNDORYNEDMUND SILVA NOPUENTE

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Genova

Subscriptions3
  • GymUp Pro Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • GymUp Pro3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • GymUp Pro3 Days trial$49.991 Year
None

Apex

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Genova free?
Genova is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Apex free?
Apex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Genova or Apex have ads?
Neither Genova nor Apex shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Genova or Apex?
Genova ships an update every 5 days, and Apex every 3 days. Most recently, Genova was updated on October 28, 2026 and Apex on October 25, 2026.

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