Comparison

Jakd vs Zerxus

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

Zerxus

Features
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Zerxus is an AI strength coach in your pocket — with real trainers in your corner. START FREE — 7 days, no card required. Zerxus builds you a personalized strength program with AI and adapts it as you train. When you want a human eye, real certified trainers review your plan and add their suggestions. It's coaching that thinks like AI and cares like a trainer. WHAT YOU GET • AI-built training programs personalized to your goals, experience, and equipment • Programs that adapt week to week with RPE-based progressive overload • A personal AI coach chat that remembers your full training history • Built-in rest timer, set logging, and last-performance tracking • Optional review of your program by real strength & conditioning coaches • Nutrition tracking to fuel your training HOW IT WORKS 1. Tell Zerxus your goal, history, and the days you can train 2. Your AI coach builds a complete, periodized program 3. Train, log your sets, and watch the plan adapt as you get stronger WHO IT'S FOR Whether you're returning after a break, chasing your first 100kg lift, or training around an injury, Zerxus meets you where you are. Start your 7-day free trial today. From $9/month after — cancel anytime. Train with intent. Terms of Use (EULA): https://zerxus.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://zerxus.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Jakd4 screens
Zerxus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Zerxus at none against Jakd's shown. Zerxus also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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 $0.99 per month and Zerxus sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jakd ships an update every 4 days, Zerxus every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Jakd versus Zerxus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJakdZerxus
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB3 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJakd LLCStrategypeeps inc

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Jakd

Subscriptions2
  • Jakd Pro Monthly1 Month trial$0.991 Month
  • Jakd Pro Yearly1 Month trial$9.991 Year
4 purchases

Zerxus

Subscriptions4
  • Zerxus AI7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Zerxus AI + Coach7 Days trial$24.991 Month
  • Zerxus AI7 Days trial$89.991 Year
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  • Zerxus AI + Coach7 Days trial$199.991 Year

Questions

Is Jakd free?
Jakd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zerxus free?
Zerxus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Jakd or Zerxus have ads?
Jakd shows ads; Zerxus does not.
Which is updated more often, Jakd or Zerxus?
Jakd ships an update every 4 days, and Zerxus every 2 days. Most recently, Jakd was updated on October 24, 2026 and Zerxus on October 16, 2026.

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