Ironbook vs Setlist Strength Log
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ironbook
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Ironbook is a workout log with the look of a gym blackboard: chalk on iron, tape, gold for records. The whole point of a training log is knowing what you did last time while you stand at the bar. Ironbook puts that number next to every set, runs your rest timer on the Lock Screen, and draws the line going up. FREE, FOREVER • Unlimited workouts, templates and history • Every set shows last session's weight and reps; tick a set and it copies them if you left them blank • Rest timer on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with a buzz when it's time • A new challenge every month, with a gold medal when you finish it • Warm-up sets worked out for you: empty bar, 40, 60 and 80 percent • 1RM calculator with every percentage worked out, and plate maths with the bar drawn per side, in kg or lb • Notes on any lift, and last time's note shown when you do it again • A weekly goal, a week streak, and one free streak shield every month • A finish screen that calls out every PR • Your top three records, the small week widget, Lock Screen widgets and a Control Center button • Siri and Shortcuts: "Start my workout in Ironbook", "How is my week in Ironbook" IRONBOOK PRO, A ONE-TIME UNLOCK • Progress: estimated one-rep max over time, PR sessions in gold, heaviest set per session, weekly volume • The whole records wall, and every session of every lift • Program library: 5x5, push pull legs, upper lower, three-day full body and dumbbells only • Save workouts to Apple Health • The bigger week widget with your latest PR and what's next • CSV export of every set IRONBOOK PLUS, MONTHLY OR YEARLY Everything in Pro, and: • Muscle balance: working sets per muscle each week against the 10 to 20 set guide, and the lifts climbing fastest • A monthly refill on the 1st: 1 Next Block, 3 PR posters and 2 Week Shields • Every tape colour and PR Fireworks, while you subscribe • iCloud backup of your whole log, so a new phone picks up where you left off • A shareable poster for every challenge medal Already own Pro? You keep it. Plus only adds the monthly extras on top. LITTLE EXTRAS • Next Block: four weeks of a template with a target on every lift, worked out from your own best numbers. Volume, build, heavy, deload • PR Posters: a gold chalkboard poster of a new PR, three to a pack • Week Shield and Shield Pack: keep your streak after a short week • Tape colours, each with a matching app icon: Cobalt, Volt, Rose and Bone • PR Fireworks over every new best PRICES AND SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Logging is free. Pro is $4.99 once. Ironbook Plus is $2.99 a month or $14.99 a year, and the yearly plan starts with a 1-week free trial for new subscribers. Extras are $0.99 (Shield Pack $1.99). Prices are in US dollars and may differ in your country. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase, or when a free trial ends. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for the renewal within the 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > your name > Subscriptions. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you buy a subscription. Bought Ironbook before it went free? Pro is already yours. kg or lb. No account, no ads, no tracking. Your log stays on your phone (and in your own iCloud, with Plus). Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tensorust.com/apps/ironbook/privacy/
Setlist Strength Log
This app helps you log strength training sessions, track progress towards your goals, and connect with trainers. It provides detailed workout analysis, personalized program building, and features for sharing your training journey.
- Log sets with detailed metrics (weight, reps, RIR)
- Personalized program building based on goals
- Import workout history from other sources
- Find and connect with trainers/physical therapists
- Share workouts and training progress
- Apple Watch integration for rest timers and logging
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Setlist is a strength log for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch that shows where every lift stands, builds the plan toward your goal, and helps you find and work with the people who train you. Log your sets and, when you finish, every exercise gets a reading: top of its range, inside it, or under it, and what double progression does from there, read off your own working sets and targets. The method is named on screen. You decide what goes on the bar. LOGGING A workout is a table: set, last time, weight, reps and optional RIR. Warm-up, drop and failure sets, supersets and mid-session swaps. Check a set and the rest timer starts, on your phone, your Lock Screen and Apple Watch. Records show the moment you beat them. Every exercise has a demonstration video, one tap away. YOUR GOAL, YOUR PROGRAM Say what you are training for in your own words. With Setlist Pro, the program setup builds a program from your goal, days, time and gym: training blocks of Settle in, Build, Peak and a lighter week, and the sessions that run them. Each choice says why. Yours to change. YOUR HISTORY, READ Bring your history across from other training apps' exports, spreadsheets, documents or a log you paste. Every name is reviewed before anything is saved, and an import can be undone. See where you got stronger by muscle and by lift, and, with Pro, your Liftprint: how you train, as a story to share. FIND A TRAINER Find a trainer or physical therapist by gym, by what they help with, or online. Each page shows how they train, where, their stated credentials and their price when they give one. Ask to train from their page; when they say yes, share your training with them. Setlist lists what trainers write and takes no bookings or fees. TRAIN WITH YOUR TRAINER OR PHYSICAL THERAPIST They assign sessions and programs and see what you did beside the plan. A physical therapist's plan carries holds, per-side doses, a schedule with reminders and a pain check after each session. Everything they send works on your phone at no cost to you. FOR TRAINERS AND PHYSICAL THERAPISTS Your listing is how clients find you: your statement, specialties, where you train, your first session and price. Setlist for Trainers: one client is free; the plan adds more clients. SHARE WITH CARE Turn an Instagram workout post or a web page into a session. Put music on a session, from Apple Music or a Spotify link. Send a session to someone who follows you back, or publish it on your page; credit travels with it. No likes, no streaks to chase. TRAIN ANYWHERE Pick your gym from Apple Maps. A session is checked against what it has, with stand-ins offered, and the session stays as written. PRIVACY Body measurements stay on your iPhone. Sleep hours and runs and rides from Apple Health go to your followers unless you set them to Only me. Your training is stored in your own iCloud, with a copy on your account for your page and sharing; Privacy sets who sees what. Setlist sends usage counts and crash reports; turn them off in Settings. Setlist shows no ads of its own and does not track you. Exercise videos play in YouTube's player, which may show YouTube's ads. FREE, WITH SETLIST PRO Free to download; logging is unlimited: sessions, exercises and history. Setlist Pro adds programs, built workouts, rep ranges for your goal, stalled lifts, more gyms and Liftprint: $3.99 a month, $29.99 a year with a two-week free trial, or $79.99 once. Setlist for Trainers is $9.99 a month or $99 a year with a two-week free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage them in Settings, your name, Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://setlistlog.com/privacy Setlist is a training log, not a coach and not medical advice. You and your trainer or clinician decide what you lift. Check with a doctor before you start or change a training program.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Ironbook at none against Setlist Strength Log's shown. Setlist Strength Log's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 5 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases 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. Ironbook sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Setlist Strength Log sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ironbook ships an update every 5 days, Setlist Strength Log daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ironbook | Setlist Strength Log |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Busel | BENJAMIN JOSEPH GADBAW |
In-app purchases
Ironbook
- Ironbook Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
- Ironbook Plus Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- PR Posters x3$0.99
- Cobalt Tape$0.99
- Week Shield$0.99
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- Volt Tape$0.99
- Rose Tape$0.99
- Bone Tape$0.99
- PR Fireworks$0.99
- Shield Pack x3$1.99
Setlist Strength Log
- Setlist Pro$3.991 Month
- Setlist for Trainers14 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Setlist Pro14 Days trial$29.991 Year
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- Setlist for Trainers14 Days trial$99.001 Year
- Setlist Pro Lifetime$79.99
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