Comparison

Show Up vs Mark

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

Head to head
About

Show Up

This AI-powered fitness app provides personalized workout plans, nutrition guidance, and daily check-ins. It adapts to your schedule and recovery, offering real-time adjustments and motivation through chat.

Highlights
  • AI Coach chat for motivation and adjustments
  • Smart, adaptive workout plans
  • Daily readiness check-ins
  • Personalized nutrition and meal planning
  • Progress tracking and PR logging
  • Daily accountability score
Features
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Why use five fitness apps when one can connect everything? Show Up brings workout tracking, nutrition, progress, accountability, and intelligent coaching into one fitness system. WHAT'S INCLUDED: • AI Coach — chat with your coach anytime for motivation, advice, and real-time plan adjustments • Smart Workout Plans — tailored to your fitness level and goals, updated as you progress • Daily Readiness Check-In — your coach adjusts your day based on how you're feeling • Nutrition & Meal Planning — personalized meal plans with recipes and grocery lists • Progress Tracking — log workouts, track PRs, and watch your transformation • Show Up Score — your daily accountability metric that keeps you consistent The best workout is the one you actually do. Show Up. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Mark

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

Show Up4 screens
Mark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Mark at none against Show Up's shown. Show Up's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Show Up sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Show Up against 5.0 for Mark. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Show Up ships an update weekly, Mark every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Show Up versus Mark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShow UpMark
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperALEXANDER REED RODGERSMark-1 Performance LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Show Up

Subscriptions2
  • Show Up Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Show Up Pro Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year
1 purchases

Mark

Subscriptions1
  • Mark-1 Premium$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Show Up free?
Show Up is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mark free?
Mark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Show Up or Mark?
Show Up and Mark are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Show Up or Mark have ads?
Show Up shows ads; Mark does not.
Which is updated more often, Show Up or Mark?
Show Up ships an update weekly, and Mark every 5 days. Most recently, Show Up was updated on October 25, 2026 and Mark on October 24, 2026.

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