Comparison

Tiqan vs MicroSets

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

Head to head
About

Tiqan

This app offers adaptive calisthenics training programs that adjust to your fitness level and available equipment. It provides detailed workout tracking, including form and effort, and integrates with Apple Watch for hands-free sessions. Gain honest insights into your recovery and progress with personalized data analysis.

Highlights
  • Adaptive progression system
  • Equipment-aware programming
  • Real-time workout calibration
  • Apple Watch app integration
  • Honest recovery and performance insights
  • Detailed set tracking (form, tempo, effort)
  • Customizable workout programs
Features
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Tiqan is a calisthenics training app built around honest progression. Pick a goal — build strength, master a skill, or move better — and the program adapts to your level, equipment and recovery. Nothing is inflated, and nothing is guessed. THREE GOALS, THREE REAL PROGRAMS Tell Tiqan what you are training for and it builds the plan for it. - Build Strength: a six-level ladder from Foundation to Elite, on 3-day Full Body, 4-day Upper/Lower or 6-day Push, Pull, Legs - Master a Skill: step-by-step ladders to the handstand, front lever, planche and muscle-up - Move Better: mobility, flexibility and functional movement, tracked by coverage not load - Run one goal at a time, or keep all three going at once PROGRAMS THAT GROW WITH YOU After every session the engine decides whether to advance, hold or regress each movement. You do not tell it you got stronger; it works that out. - Equipment-aware: pull-up bar, parallel bars, rings, or none of them — it programs only what you can actually do - Intra-workout calibration: your first set tunes the sets that follow - Plateau detection flags movements that have stalled - Change your training days or equipment whenever life does — for good, or just while you travel IT ADAPTS INSIDE THE SESSION TOO New in 2.0. Most apps only adjust between workouts. - Reps falling away mid-exercise? It offers to stop there and counts what you did, rather than watching you grind out junk sets - Well under your recent numbers from the first set? It offers to finish the day lighter - Both are offers with a decline, once per exercise. It notices; it does not nag HONEST INSIGHTS Most apps inflate numbers. Tiqan shows you the truth. - Recovery reads your sleep, HRV against your own baseline, resting heart rate and active energy from Apple Health — and says which of those it is using today. No watch data last night? It says so instead of inventing a score - Personal baselines: every metric reads "8 percent below your 6-week average", not a number floating in space - Personal correlations: your strongest training day, what rest actually does for you - Training Load with a 6-week reference line - Personal Records timestamped, so you know if your best is fresh or stale THE WORKOUT EXPERIENCE - Tempo guidance per exercise: eccentric, pause, concentric, pause - Form, tempo and effort logged per set — one tap each, and every one of them optional - Auto-starting rest timer with one-tap skip - Simple Mode skips the feedback prompts for a fast session - Live Activities on the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen APPLE WATCH, FIRST CLASS A real Apple Watch app, not a remote control. - Run the whole workout on the watch with no phone needed - Open the iPhone mid-session to see a live mirror of it: exercise, set, target and heart rate - Calories and heart rate sync to Apple Health automatically BUILD YOUR OWN - Custom programs with drag-and-drop scheduling - Quick Workouts for one-off sessions - 200+ calisthenics exercises with progression chains, form cues, common mistakes and animated demonstrations ACROSS YOUR DEVICES - iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, and on Mac through Designed for iPad - iCloud sync keeps every device in step - Home and Lock Screen widgets - Light and Dark mode, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver and Reduce Motion - Privacy first: your training data stays between you and Apple. No third-party tracking FREE AND PRO The adaptive engine is free. Answer a few questions, get a real program, and let it progress you — no trial, no card. Pro adds the depth: all three goals at once, every skill ladder, the top of the strength ladder, the full insight charts, unlimited custom programs and workouts, and full workouts on Apple Watch. Both plans start with 7 days free. Answer a few questions and start today. Every set you log shapes the next session. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tiqan.app/privacy

About

MicroSets

Features
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MicroSets helps you build a realistic bodyweight workout habit with short sets you can do throughout the day. Choose your reminder window, pick the exercises you want to track, and log quick sessions in seconds. MicroSets keeps the app simple: no account, no social feed, no complicated workout plan. Just helpful nudges, fast logging, and clear progress so you can stay consistent. Track push-ups, squats, jumping jacks, pull-ups, lunges, core work, and other rep-based bodyweight exercises. Create workout groups for different routines, review your history, and see how today's effort compares with your usual pace. Features: - Local workout reminders during your chosen time window - Fast rep logging for quick bodyweight sessions - Custom workout groups and exercise selection - Streak tracking and progress milestones - Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, and rolling trend comparisons - Estimated calorie totals based on your workout entries - Weight entries to keep estimates more useful over time - Local-first storage with no required account - Simple data export and local reset controls MicroSets is made for people who want fitness to feel doable during a normal day. Open it, do a short set, log the reps, and keep moving. Calorie values are estimates for fitness tracking only. MicroSets is not medical advice.

Screenshots

Tiqan4 screens
MicroSets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MicroSets at none against Tiqan's 2. MicroSets also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 days) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.2). On price, 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. Tiqan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. MicroSets asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tiqan ships an update every 5 days, MicroSets daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tiqan versus MicroSets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTiqanMicroSets
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.215.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB28 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBader AlabbasiDAVID MILES RABINOVICH

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tiqan

Subscriptions2
  • Tiqan Pro$4.991 Month
  • Tiqan Pro7 Days trial$34.991 Year
None

MicroSets

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tiqan free?
Tiqan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MicroSets free?
MicroSets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tiqan or MicroSets have ads?
Neither Tiqan nor MicroSets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tiqan or MicroSets?
Tiqan ships an update every 5 days, and MicroSets daily. Most recently, Tiqan was updated on October 31, 2026 and MicroSets on October 31, 2026.

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