Bruce vs Repps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bruce
This app helps you track workouts with a focus on simplicity. Log sets, use built-in timers for rest, and monitor your progress with detailed charts and personal records. It offers a large exercise library and allows for custom plan creation.
- Customizable workout plans
- Extensive exercise library
- Per-set timers and rest countdowns
- Automatic personal record detection
- Volume and frequency charts
- Body weight tracking
- Optional iCloud sync
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Track your workouts without the noise. Bruce is a workout tracker that stays out of your way. Pick a plan, log your sets, rest when the timer beeps, repeat. That's it. PLANS • Create your own or choose from suggested programs (PPL, Upper/Lower, and more) • Warm-ups, drop sets, and supersets that alternate set by set • Share plans as tappable links • 800+ exercise library with beginner-friendly defaults • Plate calculator built into every barbell exercise TRACKING • Per-set timers, rest countdowns, and skip/complete controls • Pausable hold timers for planks and carries, with a lead-in countdown • Edit past workouts or log one you did without the app • Personal records detected automatically (weight, volume, estimated 1RM) • Post-workout summary with stats and optional progress photo • Body weight log with notes and sparkline trend TIMERS • Rest — repeating interval for between sets • Tabata — 20s work / 10s rest × 8 rounds • HIIT — custom work/rest/rounds • EMOM — every minute on the minute • Stretch — timed holds for flexibility PROGRESS • Volume and frequency charts • Weekly training-days goal • Workout streaks • Muscle ranks on a body map • Calendar view • Body weight history SYNC • Optional iCloud sync across devices • Optional Apple Health integration (workouts + body weight) • JSON export of your plans and history • Live Activity and Dynamic Island during workouts on iPhone • Runs on iPhone and iPad, in portrait and landscape PRIVACY • No account required • No analytics or tracking • iCloud and Apple Health sync are off until you turn them on • Your data stays on your device unless you choose to sync Free. No trials, no paywalls, no "pro" tier.
Repps
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Repps is a fast, no-fuss gym workout tracker and lift log for people who lift. Follow a ready-made workout, run a split like Push Pull Legs (PPL), take on a challenge or build your own routine, then log every set in seconds. Training at home? Repps has bodyweight and dumbbell workouts too. No account, no sign-up. Your workouts are stored on your iPhone, so you can log a set in a gym with zero signal. READY-MADE TRAINING • 60 workouts for the gym and home: full body, push, pull, legs, upper/lower, single-muscle days like arms or chest, 5x5 strength and more • 30 challenges from 14 to 56 days, laid out day by day with your progress tracked • 14 splits, including Push Pull Legs, Upper / Lower and Full Body A/B, or build your own rotation • Tell Repps your goal, where you train and how many days a week, and it picks where to start LOG SETS FAST • Check off sets one at a time, or log a whole exercise in one tap • Your targets are filled in, with last session's weight and reps next to every set • Warm-up, failure and drop sets, plus rep ranges like 8–12 for hypertrophy work • Built-in rest timer that alerts you when it's time for the next set • Log sets and control your rest from the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Fix a set's reps or weight after you've logged it • Track in kg or lb BUILD YOUR OWN • Create custom workouts from over 1,250 exercises: barbell, dumbbell, cable, machine, kettlebell and bodyweight • Every exercise has an animated demo, step-by-step instructions and its target muscles • Search by name or shorthand like RDL or OHP, and filter by muscle group and equipment • Edit any ready-made workout to make it yours HOME WORKOUTS • 33 bodyweight and dumbbell workouts and 26 home challenges • A guided player takes you through one exercise at a time, with timers, rest breaks and a voice coach that counts you in • Your music keeps playing; it lowers while the coach speaks TRACK YOUR PROGRESS • Workouts, day streak and hours trained at a glance • Activity rings for calories, workout time and steps • Personal records for every exercise, with new PRs marked when you finish • A calendar of every workout, with this week's totals compared to last week • Full workout history, plus body weight with a trend line and BMI • A summary after every workout, with estimated calories once you've logged your weight • A recap of your month, every month • 40 badges to earn for workouts, streaks, records and bodyweight reps • Share a workout, your streak or your month as a card, or put your stats on your own photo ON YOUR IPHONE • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for your streak and your next workout • Apple Health: save your workouts and weight, and see your steps • Choose a dark, light or azure app icon REMINDERS THAT KNOW YOUR PLAN • A training-day reminder that names your next workout • Optional streak, comeback and weekly recap reminders BUILT FOR LIFTERS Whether you're on a bulk chasing gains, running a 5x5 for strength, or training for hypertrophy and bodybuilding, Repps keeps the weight lifting log out of your way so you can get back to your next set. REPPS PRO Repps is free to download and use. Pro gives you: • No ads • Every workout and challenge • Unlimited custom workouts and exercises • Muscle coverage: see which muscles you've trained in the last 7 days • Strength, weight, volume and rep charts for every exercise you log Not ready for Pro? Watch a short video to unlock any Pro workout or challenge for 24 hours. Repps Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, billed monthly or yearly, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Pick a workout and log your first set. Privacy policy: https://repps.fit/privacy Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bruce at none against Repps's 2. Bruce also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Repps sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Bruce asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bruce ships an update every 6 days, Repps every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bruce | Repps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Abhishek Agrawal | Svelte Solutions |
In-app purchases
Bruce
No in-app purchases
Repps
- Repps Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- BudgetPal Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$14.991 Year









