Comparison

Pretty Strong vs RecompX

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

Head to head
About

Pretty Strong

This app helps you log workouts, track progress, and build consistent gym routines. It offers features to create custom plans or follow guided programs, with clear insights into your strength gains. Designed for simplicity, it keeps your training organized without clutter.

Highlights
  • Log sets, reps, weight, and notes
  • Create custom workout routines
  • Follow guided workout plans
  • Track personal records and progress
  • Review workout history
  • See exercise instructions
  • Get suggested weights
Features
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Your effort deserves a record. Pretty Strong is a workout tracker for women who want more structure in their strength training and a clear view of their progress. Bring your own routine or get a personalized plan with Pretty Strong Pro. Keep your sessions organized, record what you lift, and give yourself a useful starting point for your next workout. MAKE EVERY SESSION EASIER TO FOLLOW Track your sets, reps, weights, and notes in one place. Start a workout from scratch or return to a routine you've created. Spend less time trying to remember what you did last time. BUILD A ROUTINE AROUND YOUR LIFE Create your own workouts, or use Pro to build a plan around your goals, experience, schedule, and available equipment. Keep your training week clear and manageable. SEE YOUR STRENGTH ADD UP Review past sessions, track personal records, and follow your lifting progress. Notice the extra rep, the heavier set, and the work you've put in over time. GET GUIDANCE AS YOU TRAIN Find exercise instructions and form references, and use suggested weights based on recent workouts as a starting point for your next session. A TRAINING LOG YOU'LL WANT TO OPEN A clean, thoughtfully designed space for your workouts, with your plan and progress easy to find. Built for women who want to make lifting a consistent part of their lives. START WITH FREE WORKOUT TRACKING Log your sessions and create up to 3 custom workouts for free. Pretty Strong Pro adds personalized plans, unlimited custom workouts, and deeper progress insights. Download Pretty Strong and give your next workout a clear starting point. SUBSCRIPTIONS Pretty Strong Pro offers auto-renewing subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Pretty Strong provides fitness tracking and educational workout guidance, not medical advice. Privacy Policy: https://www.battisebuilt.com/privacy/pretty-strong Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

RecompX

This app helps you achieve body recomposition by focusing on building muscle and losing fat simultaneously. It tracks key metrics like waist size, strength gains, and protein intake, offering personalized guidance and educational content.

Highlights
  • Waist-to-height ratio tracking
  • Personalized workout plans
  • Strength progression tracking
  • One-tap protein logging
  • AI coaching with Recco
  • Short educational lessons
Features
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Build muscle and lose fat at the same time — with a plan that fits you and a coach who knows your training. RecompX is a body recomposition app for people who want to look and feel stronger without endless bulking and cutting. Answer a short quiz and get a plan built around your starting point, your equipment and how many days you can train. TRAIN • A ready-to-go plan for gym, home or bodyweight • Every set pre-filled from last time, so you always know what to beat • Rest timer, plank hold timer and live "new best" moments • Swap, add or remove exercises — your template, your rules TRACK • Strength charts for every lift • Waist and weight trends — because the scale alone doesn't show recomposition • Streak calendar and shareable progress cards GROW • A muscle map that lights up as you train • Ranks from Den to Summit that reward showing up, not lifting heavy • Badges for real milestones • Short, cited lessons on training, nutrition and recomposition ASK RECCO • An AI coach that knows your plan and your logged workouts • Ask what to train, how many reps, whether you're on track • 5 free messages a day STAY ON TRACK • Reminders at the time you choose, built from your real progress RecompX is free: workouts, tracking, rank and lessons. Founding members can reserve lifetime unlimited Coach and help keep RecompX running. RecompX offers general fitness information and is not medical advice. Talk to a doctor before starting a new exercise program.

Screenshots

Pretty Strong4 screens
RecompX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RecompX at none against Pretty Strong's 2. RecompX also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). Pretty Strong's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). On price, rating and device support 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. Pretty Strong sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. RecompX asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pretty Strong against 4.9 for RecompX. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pretty Strong ships an update every 4 days, RecompX every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pretty Strong versus RecompX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPretty StrongRecompX
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.9 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings28 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB70 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperZahryan Ferguson-SweetGautam Sharma

Customer experience

Pretty Strong

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

RecompX

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pretty Strong

Subscriptions2
  • Pretty Strong Pro Monthy$5.991 Month
  • Pretty Strong Pro Annual7 Days trial$44.991 Year
None

RecompX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pretty Strong free?
Pretty Strong is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RecompX free?
RecompX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pretty Strong or RecompX?
Pretty Strong is rated higher. Pretty Strong averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while RecompX averages 4.9 from 8 ratings.
Do Pretty Strong or RecompX have ads?
Pretty Strong shows ads; RecompX does not.
Which is updated more often, Pretty Strong or RecompX?
Pretty Strong ships an update every 4 days, and RecompX every 10 days. Most recently, Pretty Strong was updated on October 19, 2026 and RecompX on October 25, 2026.

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