Tekio vs Basalt Lab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tekio
This AI-powered fitness app helps you log workouts, track progress with a 3D body model, and receive personalized guidance. It offers nutrition tracking and recovery insights to optimize your training and achieve your fitness goals.
- AI-powered workout planning and adjustments
- 3D body model for progress visualization
- Recovery score based on sleep, feel, and fatigue
- Detailed exercise instructions and history
- Nutrition tracking against personalized goals
- Workout logging with rest timers and lock screen controls
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Tekio is the strength training app that knows your body. Log your workouts in a few taps, see how your body is doing on a 3D model, and let Tekio AI tell you what to do next, based on your real data. BUILT AROUND YOU Tell Tekio your goal, your training days, how long you have and the equipment you use. It prepares your first session and reminds you on training days. With Tekio Max, it builds your whole weekly program and adjusts it with you. LOG EVERY SET IN SECONDS • A keyboard designed for the gym, with sets pre-filled from your last session • Rest timer on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, and log your next set without unlocking • Routines, programs, supersets, warm-ups and custom exercises • See how close each set is to your best, and celebrate every new record • 1,291 exercises with step-by-step instructions • Your full training history, editable at any time KNOW WHEN TO PUSH Your Recovery score combines your sleep, how you feel and your training fatigue compared with your usual load. One clear number tells you whether today is a day to push or to recover. YOUR BODY IN 3D • Measurements on 8 body zones, plus weight and body fat • Progress photos, compared side by side • Estimated strength on every exercise, and how it evolves • With Tekio Max, read every muscle: how ready it is to train again, its weekly volume against your target, and its strength level and progress NUTRITION THAT FOLLOWS YOUR GOAL Track calories, protein, carbs and fat against targets set for your goal. Log a meal in a few taps, save your favourites, scan a nutrition label, or take a photo of your plate for an on-device estimate (iOS 27 with Apple Intelligence). TEKIO AI, YOUR PERSONAL COACH (TEKIO MAX) • Feedback after every session, based on your data • Ask anything: "Why is my bench press stuck?" • Generates programs and routines, and adjusts the workout you're doing • Logs meals, weigh-ins and measurements for you, always after your approval • The essentials of every page, summed up in one sentence • No data is shared without your explicit consent AND MORE • Choose your focus: build muscle, lose fat, get stronger, recomposition or maintain • Exercise simulator: see on a 3D body which muscles work, and compare two variants side by side • Today widget, Control Center controls and Shortcuts • Apple Health: import your sleep, weight, body fat and nutrition, and save your workouts • Share a workout as an image or a 3D video, straight to your Instagram Stories • Available in English and French FREE OR MAX Workouts, history, routines, programs, the Recovery score, measurements, photos, nutrition and Apple Health are free, with no session limit. Tekio Max adds Tekio AI, your weekly program, muscle-by-muscle readings, detailed goals and the My Body widget. SUBSCRIPTION Tekio Max is an auto-renewable subscription, billed monthly or yearly. The yearly plan includes a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers; the monthly plan is billed right away. Prices are shown in the app before you buy and may vary by country. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm your purchase, or when the free trial ends. Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it at any time in your Apple Account settings. Tekio is not a medical device and does not replace advice from a health professional. Privacy policy: https://tekiosport.com/en/privacy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Basalt Lab
This app meticulously logs your weightlifting sets and tracks progress with detailed statistics. It offers manual logging or advanced 'Lab' mode for seamless tracking, with Apple Watch integration and Live Activities for at-a-glance session updates. Unlock advanced features and historical data with a Pro subscription.
- Manual set logging
- Advanced 'Lab' mode for tracking
- Apple Watch integration
- Live Activities and Dynamic Island support
- 500+ exercises and 113 ready-made workouts
- 47 detailed statistics
- Plateau detection and 1RM projection
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Every set you grind out deserves to be counted. Basalt Lab is the data discipline of a spreadsheet, built into native iOS: you train, the app keeps score, and your progress becomes visible, session after session. Two modes, depending on how you train: • Manual: log a set in a few taps and get back under the bar. • Lab (Pro): validate with a swipe and the rest rolls into the next set. Your phone fades into the background. YOUR SESSION, WITHOUT FRICTION • Your previous session replayed set by set (Pro): you know exactly what to beat today, and today's load wins when it's heavier. • Apple Watch: dial in reps and weight with the Digital Crown and log the set from your wrist, phone stays in the bag. • Live Activities + Dynamic Island: your session stays in sight on the Lock Screen; in Lab mode, your rest and your next set too. • 500 exercises, supersets (Pro), swap an exercise mid-session. • 113 ready-made workouts, sorted by goal and ready to start (41 free): you pick, the app runs it. PROOF YOU'RE MOVING • 47 statistics (14 included, +33 with Pro) built around the only question that matters: are you actually progressing? • Plateau detection (Pro): know it's stalling before you lose weeks to it. • Your 1RM projected at 3 and 6 months (Pro): see where you're headed, not just where you've been. • Push/Pull ratios, strength radar, an overtraining alert when your volume runs past your average (Pro). • Regularity heatmap, streaks and trophies: your consistency finally shows. • Your session heart rate (Apple Watch): the curve, your average and your max on your recap, plus your recovery with Pro. • Add past sessions to your calendar (Pro): your history stays complete, even when life gets in the way. • A session recap you can share as an image, when you have something to show. WHO IT'S FOR For serious lifters who want to progress without noise. No imposed coach, no childish badges, no social feed: nobody to impress, just you and your numbers. FREE VS PRO Free: unlimited workout journal, 14 statistics over the last 4 weeks, 3 custom sessions and 5 custom exercises (4 exercises per session), Manual mode, Watch, Live Activities, widget, trophies. Pro (monthly, or annual with a free trial): Lab mode, set-by-set prefill, the other 72 ready-made workouts, supersets and session comparison, past sessions, unlimited customization, unlimited stats history, +33 advanced statistics and the strength radar. THE METHOD, DOCUMENTED The average lifter who tracks their progress does better than 66% of those who don't (Harkin et al., 2016). Same program, app-guided: the sessions get done. Alone, one in two gets skipped (Gavanda et al., 2025). Studies on the methods: not on the app itself. YOUR DATA, YOURS Your workouts, loads and health data are never shared. Once you're signed in, the app works offline: your history lives on your device and belongs to you. Backups hosted in the EU (Paris). You rack the phone, you grab the bar. We keep count. Basalt Lab Pro: auto-renewable subscription. • Monthly: $7.99/month. • Annual: $49.99/year, i.e. $4.17/month. The annual plan starts with a free trial; the trial is granted once per Apple Account. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew in your Apple Account settings. Prices shown for the U.S. store; they may vary by country. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://basaltlab.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Basalt Lab at every 3 days against Tekio's weekly. On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Tekio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $22.99 per month and Basalt Lab sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tekio ships an update weekly, Basalt Lab every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Tekio | Basalt Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 139 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Nicolas Brecqueville | Otia LTD |
Customer experience
Tekio
Basalt Lab
In-app purchases
Tekio
- Max mensuel$22.991 Month
- Max annuel$149.991 Year
Basalt Lab
- Basalt Lab Pro$5.991 Month
- Basalt Lab Pro$7.991 Month
- Basalt Lab Pro3 Days trial$34.991 Year
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- Basalt Lab Pro3 Days trial$49.991 Year









