Comparison

Rack vs ARTIS Studio

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

Head to head
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/

About

ARTIS Studio

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ARTIS Ballet is the official app of ARTIS How To Dance, a classical ballet studio in Vienna’s first district. Use the app to view the weekly schedule, book in-person ballet classes, manage your studio subscription, check upcoming and past bookings, and pay securely with Apple Pay or card via Stripe. ARTIS was founded by dancers from the Mariinsky, La Scala, the Wiener Staatsoper and the Bayerisches Staatsballett. The studio offers classical ballet classes for adults, children and teens, with small groups, clear structure and close individual attention. Whether you are booking your first class, returning to ballet, managing your child’s schedule or continuing regular training, the app keeps everything simple and in one place. The app is free to download. Class fees and subscriptions are for in-person classes at the ARTIS studio in Vienna and are paid securely through Stripe. ARTIS How To Dance Rockhgasse 1, 1010 Wien artis-studio.com support@artis-studio.com

Screenshots

Rack4 screens
ARTIS Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ARTIS Studio at none against Rack's 7. ARTIS Studio also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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. Rack sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. ARTIS Studio asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Rack versus ARTIS Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRackARTIS Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAviv NoahAlexandra Somova

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
None

ARTIS Studio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rack free?
Rack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ARTIS Studio free?
ARTIS Studio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rack or ARTIS Studio have ads?
Neither Rack nor ARTIS Studio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rack or ARTIS Studio?
Rack ships an update every 10 days, and ARTIS Studio every 10 days. Most recently, Rack was updated on October 16, 2026 and ARTIS Studio on October 9, 2026.

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