Comparison

Jakd vs Ruutine

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

Head to head
About

Jakd

This app gamifies your fitness journey by awarding experience points for every workout. Track your progress, rank up, and engage with a community to stay motivated. It offers AI-powered guidance and integrates with health data.

Highlights
  • Log sets and earn experience points (Gains)
  • Rank up based on consistent progress
  • Build and manage custom workout templates
  • Ghost mode for progressive overload guidance
  • Social feed and leaderboards
  • AI Spotter for program and exercise advice
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Jakd: Level Up Your Fitness Your notes app is not a workout tracker. We get it — you've been logging sets in a spreadsheet, a notes app, or that crumpled paper in your gym bag. It worked. Sort of. But did it ever give you XP for hitting a PR? Did it rank you up for staying consistent? Did it make leg day feel like a boss fight? Jakd did. Jakd does. Jakd will. EVERY REP HAS A SCORE Log your sets — weight, reps, bodyweight, duration, distance, and more — and earn Gains (that's XP, but cooler). Hit a personal record? Bonus Gains. Stay consistent for a week? Your multiplier goes up because you're an athlete now. RANK UP OR STAY RAW Climb the ranks from Raw to Jakd. Your Daily Gains Ring tracks your progress in real-time. Think of it as your gym rep score that actually means something. ROUTINE PROGRESSION & DECAY Build custom templates and watch your routines rank up the more you use them. But be warned: skip too many sessions and your routines will decay. Your routine is judging you (lovingly). GHOST MODE (PROGRESSIVE OVERLOAD) No guesswork. Your last session's numbers show up as ghost values so you always know exactly what to beat. SOCIAL FEED & LEADERBOARDS Follow your squad, share your workouts, and fight for the top of the weekly leaderboard. Nothing motivates like seeing your friend out-lift you on a Tuesday. AI SPOTTER — YOUR POCKET COACH Need a program? Stuck on an exercise? Ask the AI Spotter. Powered by advanced models, it’s your coach, programmer, and motivator rolled into one. APPLE HEALTH INTEGRATION Jakd seamlessly syncs with Apple Health. Import your steps, active energy, and historical workouts to get a complete picture of your fitness journey and earn XP for all your activity. FREE TO START Log unlimited workouts and save up to 3 templates for free. Eligible Free users aged 18 or older may see banner ads while browsing Home and workout templates. Ads never interrupt an active workout. Paid subscriptions and active paid trials include ad-free browsing. Upgrade to Jakd Pro for: • Ad-free browsing • Unlimited Templates • Full Social Features & Leaderboards • Detailed Progress Charts • AI Spotter Access • Full XP Economy & Multipliers Your muscles are doing the work. Jakd makes sure they get the credit. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Ruutine

Features
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Ruutine is the AI-powered workout tracker built for people who take training seriously. Powered by Ruu, your personal AI coach, Ruutine builds your training program, tracks your progress, and keeps you accountable — all in one place. SMART WORKOUT TRACKING Log sets, reps, and weight with a clean, fast interface built for the gym floor. Previous weights auto-fill as placeholders so you always know where to start. Swipe to delete sets. Tap to confirm. Rest timer built in. AI COACH — RUU Ruu learns your goals, builds your program, and gives you real feedback after every session. Talk to Ruu anytime to adjust your training, ask about exercises, or get a recap of your progress. PROGRESS THAT MEANS SOMETHING See your weekly volume, training streak, and muscle heatmap showing exactly what you've trained. Session history with exercise breakdown and best sets. Calendar view of every workout completed. BUILT FOR POWERLIFTERS & SERIOUS LIFTERS Smith machine, barbell, dumbbell, cable, cardio — Ruutine handles every exercise type. Imperial and metric units. Custom exercises. Drag to reorder. FREE WORKOUT MODE Not on your program today? Start a free workout, add any exercises, and log it. Everything saves automatically. Train harder. Track smarter. Build your Ruutine.

Screenshots

Jakd4 screens
Ruutine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ruutine at none against Jakd's 2. Ruutine also leads on ads (none vs shown). Jakd's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price 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. Jakd sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Ruutine asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jakd ships an update every 4 days, Ruutine fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Jakd versus Ruutine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJakdRuutine
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB9 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJakd LLCJordan Spencer

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Jakd

Subscriptions2
  • Jakd Pro Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
  • Jakd Pro Yearly1 Month trial$24.991 Year
None

Ruutine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jakd free?
Jakd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ruutine free?
Ruutine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Jakd or Ruutine have ads?
Jakd shows ads; Ruutine does not.
Which is updated more often, Jakd or Ruutine?
Jakd ships an update every 4 days, and Ruutine fortnightly. Most recently, Jakd was updated on October 10, 2026 and Ruutine on October 13, 2026.

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