Comparison

Desk Stretches vs Mark

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

Head to head
About

Desk Stretches

Features
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Sat all day and feel it in your neck, back and hips? Desk Stretches turns "I should stretch" into a 4-minute guided break you actually take. Pick a routine, press play, and follow one clear move at a time — a countdown ring and a simple line-art pose show exactly what to do and for how long. No accounts, no video buffering, no 45-minute classes. Three focused routines of 7 moves each (20-60 seconds per move), built for the moments that matter: waking up, resetting after a long sitting session, and winding down before bed. The timer keeps your screen awake, pauses when you step away, and never fast-forwards through moves you didn't do. WHAT YOU GET • A Desk Reset that undoes hours of sitting in about 4 minutes — wrists, neck, spine and eyes, all doable in office clothes • A Morning Energizer that gets your blood moving before your first coffee • An Evening Wind-Down with floor poses that ease your back before sleep • A day streak that grows every day you finish a routine — miss a day and it resets, so opening the app becomes automatic • Body-part focus sessions: stiff shoulders today? Filter the move library to shoulders and run just those moves • A custom routine builder — pick any moves, set 10-180 seconds each, reorder, save PERFECT FOR • Desk workers whose neck and shoulders are tight by 3 pm • Remote workers who go from bed to laptop without moving • Anyone told by a physio "you should stretch more" who never sticks with it • Restless sleepers who need to unwind their back before bed WHY NOT JUST FOLLOW A VIDEO? A video can't see your clock. You skip around, lose your place, and watch ads between poses. Desk Stretches gives every move its own timer, advances automatically, and logs the session when you finish — so a stretch break takes 4 minutes, not 20 minutes of scrolling for the right video. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your session history and custom routines live only on your iPhone. No account, no sign-in, nothing leaves your device. The daily reminder is a local notification. FULL ACCESS Desk Stretches Pro is what runs the app — a purchase is required once setup is done, and it unlocks everything: all three guided routines, body-part focus sessions from the full move library, the custom routine builder and your complete session history. Choose a weekly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or a lifetime one-time purchase. Prices are shown in the app before you commit; subscriptions can be cancelled anytime in Settings. Your neck already knows it needs this. Download Desk Stretches and take your first 4-minute break today. Terms of Use: https://leanstudio.asia/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://leanstudio.asia/privacy-policy Support: support@leanstudio.asia

About

Mark

Log your gym sessions with ease, tracking sets, weights, and notes. Quickly recall past performance for your next workout and build custom routines. Visualize your progress with charts and export your data.

Highlights
  • Log sets, weights, and notes
  • Recall previous lifts and personal records
  • Create and manage unlimited routines
  • Browse workouts on a calendar
  • Export lift history as CSV
  • Customizable themes and modes
Features
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Log workouts like Notes. Find what you lifted last time. Mark-1 is a workout journal for iPhone that keeps your sets, weights and training notes together. Write in your own shorthand or follow a saved routine. WRITE YOUR WORKOUT Type “bench press 185x8,8,7” to record three sets. Mark-1 recognizes supported exercise names, weights and reps and organizes them into your training history. Add a note about how a set felt without leaving your workout. REMEMBER YOUR LAST LIFT Look back at previous weights and reps. Explore exercise history, personal records and progress charts, so you have something concrete to refer to for your next session. FOLLOW A ROUTINE Create unlimited routines for free. Check off completed sets, adjust weights and reps, and reorder exercises to match your session. KEEP YOUR TRAINING TOGETHER Browse past workouts on the calendar. Correct an entry or add a workout you missed. Export your performed lift history as a CSV. MAKE IT YOURS Choose sage, rose or lavender, with light, dark and system modes. MARK-1 PREMIUM (OPTIONAL) Core logging, routines, history and charts stay free. Mark-1 Premium is an optional auto-renewable subscription ($4.99 per month in the US) that adds training plans built around your schedule and Insights on your lifts. Coaching is in a limited early rollout and is not included for new subscribers yet. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically each month unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mk1.energy/privacy Your workout, your words.

Screenshots

Desk Stretches4 screens
Mark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Desk Stretches at none against Mark's 1. Mark's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mark sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Desk Stretches asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Desk Stretches ships an update every 4 months, Mark every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Desk Stretches versus Mark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDesk StretchesMark
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLEAN ASIA CO., LTDMark-1 Performance LLC

In-app purchases

None

Desk Stretches

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Mark

Subscriptions1
  • Mark-1 Premium$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Desk Stretches free?
Desk Stretches is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mark free?
Mark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Desk Stretches or Mark have ads?
Neither Desk Stretches nor Mark shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Desk Stretches or Mark?
Desk Stretches ships an update every 4 months, and Mark every 5 days. Most recently, Desk Stretches was updated on October 31, 2026 and Mark on October 31, 2026.

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