Comparison

TrainReview vs Mark

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

Head to head
About

TrainReview

Features
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TrainReview plans your training, watches what you actually do, and adjusts what comes next — showing its reasoning, with you making the final call. Finish a workout and the app compares every set you logged against what the plan asked for. It reaches a verdict on each exercise — Progress, Repeat, or Reduce — and shows the evidence behind it: your reps, your loads, how much you had left in reserve. Accept a decision and it becomes the target in your upcoming sessions. Nothing changes until you say so. Your first workout review is included, so you see what the app has to say before deciding whether to keep it reviewing. PLAN YOUR WAY Choose the amount of guidance that works for you: • Guided: answer a few questions and get a complete plan. Every goal — New to Training, Strength, Muscle Growth, Weight Loss, and General Fitness — is free to plan. Athlete Premium blends a second and third goal into one program balanced for all of them. • Build It Yourself: begin with a blank slate and take full control of training days, exercises, and progression. • Just Start Training: no plan yet. Pick exercises as you go, log your sets, and every finished workout is kept as a day of your plan. Seal the week, and TrainReview reviews the next one against it. All three paths live together in Your Plans, and every one of them feeds the same review loop. TRAIN WITHOUT DISTRACTIONS Follow today's workout and log your work set by set. Use the built-in rest timer, record left and right sides, run timed holds, skip or substitute exercises, and carry a substitution into the rest of your plan when it makes sense. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Trends built from the work you actually completed, never from a projected curve: working weights, session history, and estimated 1RM over time. Reopen any finished workout to see how it went, and explore exercises with muscle diagrams and clear equipment details. GO FURTHER WITH ATHLETE PREMIUM • Post-workout review grounded in what you actually completed • Next cycle written from what you lifted, with the evidence shown • Adaptive advanced plans • Multi-goal blending: one program balancing up to three goals • Estimated 1RM trends and longer-range analytics Guided plans for every goal, Build It Yourself plan authoring, workout logging, and training history remain available for free. There is no account to create: your training data stays on your device and can sync through your private iCloud account. Plan with intent. Train with focus. Progress from what you actually did. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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

TrainReview4 screens
Mark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: TrainReview at 3 against Mark's 1. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TrainReview sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Mark sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TrainReview ships an update every 3 days, Mark every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
TrainReview versus Mark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrainReviewMark
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer1532432 B.C. LTD.Mark-1 Performance LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TrainReview

Subscriptions2
  • Athlete Premium$4.991 Month
  • Athlete Premium7 Days trial$34.991 Year
1 purchases

Mark

Subscriptions1
  • Mark-1 Premium$4.991 Month

Questions

Is TrainReview free?
TrainReview is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mark free?
Mark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TrainReview or Mark have ads?
Neither TrainReview nor Mark shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TrainReview or Mark?
TrainReview ships an update every 3 days, and Mark every 5 days. Most recently, TrainReview was updated on November 5, 2026 and Mark on October 31, 2026.

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