Comparison

Method vs APX

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

Head to head
About

Method

This app allows users to create custom strength and cardio training programs, log workouts with detailed metrics, and track progress with advanced analytics. It integrates with Apple Health and offers offline functionality for uninterrupted logging.

Highlights
  • Custom workout program creation
  • Detailed workout logging (sets, reps, weight)
  • Cardio workout integration with Apple Health
  • Advanced training analytics
  • Offline workout logging
  • Rest timers with Lock Screen support
Features
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Method is a workout planner and gym tracker for athletes who prefer to direct their own training. Build structured strength and cardio programs, organise the week ahead, and keep an accurate record of every session in one place. PLAN BEYOND TODAY Create your own training programs and schedule strength or cardio sessions across the week. Adjust the plan as your training develops without losing the history behind it. LOG WITHOUT LOSING MOMENTUM Record sets, reps, weight, RIR, notes and supersets with previous performance close at hand. Rest timers continue on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. When reception drops out, Method keeps working offline and syncs when you are connected again. KEEP CARDIO IN THE SAME RECORD Bring supported runs, rides, rows and other workouts from Apple Fitness, Apple Watch and apps connected to Apple Health into Method. Cardio completed in Method can be written back to Apple Health when you choose. UNDERSTAND WHAT CHANGED Review your training history and advanced analytics across strength and cardio. Method keeps the evidence organised so you can make better decisions about what comes next. METHOD PRO Unlock advanced analytics and your complete training history with a subscription or one-time lifetime purchase. Terms of Service: https://methodapp.net/terms Privacy Policy: https://methodapp.net/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

APX

This AI-powered fitness app creates personalized workout plans that adapt to your daily energy levels, mood, and goals. It offers expert-built routines, tracks progress, and provides an AI coach for form correction and exercise advice.

Highlights
  • Adaptive AI workout generation
  • Personalized training plans
  • AI coach for form and advice
  • Progressive overload tracking
  • Expert-built workout programs
  • Workout and strength logging
  • Body measurement tracking
Features
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APX is an AI trainer for the gym and for home. It builds a program around your goal and your equipment, logs every set, and suggests a swap when the machine you need is taken. Nutrition alongside your workouts Photograph a meal, describe it in words or scan a barcode to add it to your food diary and get an estimate of calories, protein, fat and carbs. Track your personalized calorie and macro targets, log water and review your food history. When activity tracking is enabled, your calorie target takes your workouts into account. A program you do not have to invent Answer a few questions about yourself and the AI builds a program around your goal, your experience and the equipment you can reach. Ready made programs are put together by working strength coaches. Prefer your own, build a workout by hand in a minute and save it to your plan. AI trainer in chat Ask how an exercise is done properly, what to use instead of a busy machine, how long to rest between sets. It answers in plain language, without lectures, and remembers what you talked about before. Gym or home, you decide Choose where you train: a full gym, home with equipment, or home with no equipment at all. Exercises are picked for what you actually have at hand, whether that is a barbell and machines or your own body weight. A set log in two taps Weight, reps and sets are written down during the workout, without extra screens. The rest timer starts by itself and rings when it is time for the next set. Your history is kept in full, so you see your working weights instead of trying to recall them. Exercises with technique Every exercise comes with a description and a demonstration: which muscles work, how to hold your back, where a beginner should start. Apple Watch and Live Activity Run the workout from your wrist: sets, heart rate zones, calories burned. On iPhone the rest timer lives on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, and the next set is logged from there without unlocking the phone. Progress you can see Strength numbers for each exercise, body weight, ten body measurements, and before and after photos side by side on one screen. Workouts go to Apple Health if you allow it. How to start 1. Tell us about yourself: goal, experience, where you train, how much time you have. A couple of minutes. 2. Get a program built for you. 3. Train and log your sets. The history builds itself. Who it is for For those who go to the gym and are tired of keeping sets in a notes app. For those coming back after a break who do not want to guess at a program. For those who train at home and want structure instead of a random pile of exercises. Subscription and payment Extended APX features are available by subscription. Prices are shown in the app before purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. You can manage the subscription and turn off auto renewal in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://apxtrainer.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://apxtrainer.com/privacy/ Questions: support@apxtrainer.com More: apxtrainer.com

Screenshots

Method4 screens
APX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Method at 5.0 against APX's 4.2. Method also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). APX's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Method sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and APX sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Method holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: APX has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Method ships an update every 5 days, APX fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Method versus APX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMethodAPX
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.2 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings112 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.018.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB126 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCooper RaeAlexander Plyusnin

Customer experience

Method

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

APX

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Method

Subscriptions4
  • Method Pro Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Kiron Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Method Pro Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Kiron Pro Monthly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Method Pro Lifetime$89.99
3 purchases

APX

Subscriptions3
  • Adaptive AI Personal Trainer3 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Gym Workout Programs and Planner7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Workout Tracker and Strength Log3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Method free?
Method is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is APX free?
APX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Method or APX?
Method is rated higher. Method averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while APX averages 4.2 from 12 ratings.
Do Method or APX have ads?
Both Method and APX show ads.
Which is updated more often, Method or APX?
Method ships an update every 5 days, and APX fortnightly. Most recently, Method was updated on October 25, 2026 and APX on October 25, 2026.

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