Comparison

MicroSets vs Skip Lab

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

Head to head
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.

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Skip Lab

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Prop your phone against a wall, start a session, and skip. Skip Lab watches through the camera and counts every skip โ€” set by set, on its own. Nothing to wear, nothing to tap, nothing to count in your head. WHAT IT DOES โ€ข Counts from the camera. No wearable, no rope sensor, no beaded handle. Put the phone across the room and jump. Every skip is counted on the phone itself, as you do it. โ€ข Finds your sets for you. Stop to catch your breath and the set closes on its own; start again and the next one opens. You never tell the app you are starting or stopping โ€” you just skip. โ€ข Measures the set, not just the count. Every set carries its duration, pace in skips per minute, how even your rhythm was, how high you bounced, and how it ended โ€” including when the rope caught you. โ€ข Films every set. Each set is saved as its own trimmed clip, so a forty-minute session becomes the eleven pieces you actually did instead of forty minutes of footage. Save them to Photos or share them. โ€ข Intervals. Work, rest and rounds on one screen. Spoken and audible cues at every change, plus a flashlight pulse for the last three seconds, so you can run the whole thing from across the room without looking at the phone. โ€ข Battle. Two people, one phone, one target. Both are counted live, side by side, and the first to the number wins โ€” then the race becomes a shareable highlight reel. โ€ข Apple Watch. The count, your pace and your heart rate on your wrist while the phone films from across the room โ€” which is the one screen you can actually read mid-set. End the session from the watch. The workout is saved to Apple Health, so your rings close. โ€ข Records that ratchet. Most consecutive skips, longest unbroken run, best session, lifetime total โ€” plus a trend line for every session you have done. ON YOUR PHONE, NOT IN THE CLOUD Every frame is analysed on your iPhone. Your footage and your counts never leave the device. There is no account, no sign-up, and no internet connection required to use any part of the app. Skip Lab sends a small number of anonymous product events so we can see which parts get used โ€” counts and durations only, never your footage and never anything you typed. WHO IT IS FOR Anyone who skips and wants to know the number: boxers and martial artists, CrossFit and HIIT athletes, runners warming up, and anyone using a rope as their conditioning. If you have ever lost count at ninety and started again, this is the app. WHAT YOU NEED An iPhone you can prop up, a rope, and about two metres of room. Portrait, front or back camera, indoors or out. Good light helps; a plain wall behind you helps more.

Screenshots

MicroSets4 screens
Skip Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: MicroSets at 15.1 against Skip Lab's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
MicroSets versus Skip Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMicroSetsSkip Lab
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDailyโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size28 MB39 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDAVID MILES RABINOVICHMichael Mac Donald

In-app purchases

None

MicroSets

No in-app purchases

None

Skip Lab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MicroSets free?
MicroSets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Skip Lab free?
Skip Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MicroSets or Skip Lab have ads?
Neither MicroSets nor Skip Lab shows ads.

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