FORGE vs SETR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FORGE
Quickly generate personalized workout routines based on your goals, equipment, and desired duration. Receive detailed instructions, coaching cues, and rest times for a complete training session.
- Goal-based workout generation
- Customizable training parameters
- Includes warm-up, main block, and cool-down
- Detailed coaching cues and movement instructions
- Adjustable duration and equipment selection
- Optional workout finishers
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Working out should not require a gym membership, a perfect plan, or the confidence to already know what every exercise means. Maybe the gym feels intimidating. Maybe you would rather start at home, without anyone watching. I built FORGE because I wanted a practical workout app I would actually use. I still use it. Some days I want to use a kettlebell. Some days I have twenty minutes and a living-room floor. FORGE gives those days enough structure to become a real session. Choose your goal, up to 3 training styles, Full Body or a combination of specific body areas, 20, 30, 45, 60, or 90 minutes, the equipment you have, and any movement limits that matter today. FORGE builds the warmup, main work, recovery, movement instructions, and cooldown. Each exercise shows work and rest, cues, steps, target feel, and what to avoid. Timed exercises can include a round timer with a three-second ready countdown, pause, reset, and clear work and break phases. Use FORGE at home, outside, or at the gym. It is for the person easing into fitness, the nerd who wants the details, and anyone who would rather follow a clear plan than wander around guessing. If one block does not fit, replace it up to 3 times without using another generation. Saved workouts stay in history on this device and use the same exercise detail and timer tools. Start with 3 total free workout generations. They do not refresh. Subscription details: The monthly subscription begins when your purchase is confirmed and renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. An active subscription provides 50 workout generations per billing period. Optional consumable top-ups add more generations. Top-up generations do not expire and are used after free and monthly generations. Manage or cancel your subscription from Account or App Store settings.
SETR
This app guides your gym workouts by specifying weight, reps, and rest for each set. It generates personalized training plans based on your goals and offers detailed exercise demonstrations. Track your progress, recover effectively, and connect with friends for motivation.
- Personalized workout program generation
- Guided sets with weight and rep suggestions
- Automatic rest timer with notifications
- Exercise demonstrations and form cues
- Progress tracking and personal records
- Social features for friends and challenges
- Apple Watch integration for logging and timers
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SETR is the gym workout tracker that tells you what to do on every set: the weight, the reps, the rest. You lift, the app handles the rest. A PROGRAM BUILT FOR YOU Answer a few questions (goal, training days, experience) and SETR builds your plan. Strength, hypertrophy, fat loss, powerbuilding, general fitness or bringing up a lagging muscle: 37 ready-made programs, from full body to push/pull/legs and the Arnold split. Rather choose everything yourself? Build your own cycle, exercise by exercise. A GUIDED WORKOUT, SET BY SET • the weight and reps to aim for, shown for every set • log the set and the rest timer starts on its own • beep, vibration, notification and Dynamic Island: you know when to go again, even with your phone locked • the plates to load on the bar, worked out from the ones at your gym ON YOUR WRIST WITH APPLE WATCH • start today's workout and log your sets without reaching for your phone • set weight and reps with the Digital Crown • your rest timer taps your wrist, your heart rate shows live • today's workout, your flame and your rest on your watch face A COACH THAT PUSHES YOUR WEIGHTS UP After each set, tell SETR how many reps you had left in the tank (RIR). It adjusts the weight for your next workout: up when you had room to spare, down when it was too hard, with deload weeks planned in. Progressive overload, without the math or the spreadsheet. RECOVERY, MUSCLE BY MUSCLE Every muscle group recovers at its own pace. See at a glance what's ready to train again, and let the app suggest your next workout based on recovery instead of a fixed schedule. 3,241 EXERCISES, ALL DOCUMENTED 15 muscle groups, from quads to forearms. For every exercise: • an animated demo of the movement • step-by-step instructions • the form cues that make the difference • a chart of the muscles actually worked Filter by muscle or by equipment: if the machine is taken, you'll find an alternative in seconds. MAKE IT YOURS Supersets, dropsets, tempo, RIR and rest time for each exercise. Your week's workouts in a calendar, reminders before you train, pounds or kilograms. Set your available equipment and programs adapt. Short on time? Shorten the workout and keep what matters. YOUR PROGRESS, IN NUMBERS • your full workout history, set by set • a progress chart and your personal record for every exercise TRAIN WITH YOUR FRIENDS • post your workout with a caption, follow friends, cheer and comment on their workouts • leaderboards with friends and exercise-by-exercise comparisons • private messages and groups of up to 10, with a challenge every week • your flame grows with every workout done and every planned rest day Your profile is private by default: you choose who follows you. EARN REWARDS • every workout earns XP: level up, unlock badges and climb the leaderboard • your XP fills your SETR Shop piggy bank: 1,000 XP = €1 of credit, up to €5 a month • a Monthly Challenge with a product pack to win YOUR DATA GOES WITH YOU Sign in with Apple, Google or email. Workouts, cycles and settings are synced: switch phones and everything's still there. No ads. SETR PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION SETR is used with a SETR Premium subscription, monthly or annual, with a 14-day free trial for eligible accounts. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled 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. Terms of Use: https://setr.app/en/terms Privacy Policy: https://setr.app/en/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FORGE at every 3 days against SETR'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. FORGE sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and SETR sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
FORGE ships an update every 3 days, SETR weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FORGE | SETR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 120 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nicholas Rixford | Alexandre TERTRAIS |
Customer experience
FORGE
SETR
In-app purchases
FORGE
- FORGE Monthly$9.991 Month
- 5 Generations$1.99
- 10 Generations$2.99
- 20 Generations$4.99
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- 50 Generations$9.99
SETR
- SETR Premium – Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
- SETR Premium – Yearly14 Days trial$59.991 Year









