Comparison

GymSet AI vs Plus Five

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

Head to head
About

GymSet AI

Features
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GymSet AI is a strength training log with 7-day battles against a friend or a randomly matched opponent. Train, post a proof photo, and get a score each day from your sets and cardio minutes. The higher 7-day total wins. LOG YOUR WORKOUTS • Start from the sample plan or build your own weeks, training days and exercises. • Check off sets, pre-filled from last time. kg or lbs, plus cardio. • Rest timer after each set. Personal records flagged as you go. • Progress charts, week streak, weekly recap. NEXT-SESSION WEIGHT SUGGESTIONS • A suggested weight and reps for next time, with the reason. • Worked out on your phone from your last session using fixed rules. Nothing is sent to an outside AI service. 7-DAY BATTLES • Friend room: send a friend your invite code. It starts the day after they join. • Random match: get paired with another user in the queue, usually someone you don't know. It starts the day after you're matched. • Every battle is 7 days. The higher total score wins; equal totals are a draw. Finish a workout, then check in with a photo. • The formula is public. Daily score with a check-in: 10 + 40 × (1 − 0.5^(n ÷ 20)) − max(0, n − 50), minimum −20, where n = sets done that day + cardio minutes ÷ 3. It is highest at n = 50 (42.9); beyond that, more sets lower your score. No check-in, or a rejected check-in: −10. • You log and report the sets and cardio minutes yourself. Your opponent sees your daily sets, cardio minutes, score and photo. • Trained but forgot to check in? Submit it by 4:00 AM the next day, or that day scores −10. • Think a check-in doesn't count? Reject it before 12:00 PM the next day, and that day scores −10 for your opponent. A rejection can't be undone. • For cardio, photograph the time or distance screen, not a route map. • Only the players in a battle can see the photos. A randomly matched opponent sees your nickname and check-in photos too. • Report or block an opponent from the battle screen. Once blocked, the two of you won't be matched again. GROUP ROOMS • Beyond 1v1: team battles (2v2, 3v3, 5v5) or ranking rooms of 3 to 10 players. Same 7 days, same formula. • In group rooms, rejecting a check-in is a vote: 3 votes per person per room, it takes effect once enough votes are in, and a vote can't be taken back. RANKS • Random battles (1v1, random team battles, random ranking rooms) build your rank: Newbie, Gym Rat, Grinder, Swole, Beast, Juggernaut, and Gym God at the top. Your first 2 battles are placement matches. • Matching favors players near your tier and widens the longer you wait. Friend rooms don't count toward rank. In 1v1, rank isn't just wins: score margin and opponent strength matter too. APPLE HEALTH (OPTIONAL) • Turn on Sync to Apple Health in Profile to save each finished workout as a strength training session (off by default). • Import cardio from the Health app on the workout screen. Only the workout you pick is added. ALSO • Workouts sync to your account and can be logged offline. • Daily check-in reminder. • Available in English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Spanish. • No ads, no cross-app tracking. • Requires an email, Apple or Google account, which you can delete in the app. Friend battles count days in the creator's phone time zone. Random 1v1 only pairs players within 3 hours of each other and uses the time zone of whoever queued first.

About

Plus Five

Features
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Plus Five is a lift log for people who want to get stronger without making a hobby out of tracking it. Build a workout once, or pick one of nine plans. At the gym, tap Start and tick off your sets. Hit every rep and Plus Five adds 5 lb for next time. Miss a few and it holds the weight until you're ready. That's the whole idea. IN THE WORKOUT • Last time's numbers are already filled in. Tick a set and the rest timer starts. • Warm-up sets worked out for you, and which plates go on each side of the bar. • Supersets, timed holds, bodyweight and assisted lifts all work the way you'd expect. • The rest timer sits on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Tick the next set without opening the app. GETTING STRONGER • +5 when you've earned it. When 5 lb jumps stop working for a lift, it switches to adding reps first. • Goals in sets you'd actually do: 225 × 5, not a one-rep max. With an honest guess at how long it'll take. • PRs called out as they happen, and a Momentum page for volume, muscle balance and how often you trained. 147 EXERCISES, NINE PLANS • Every exercise has its own 3D icon and three plain cues. Pick the lifter that looks like you. • Plans for a full gym, dumbbells only, or nothing at all: Full Body, Strength 5×5, Upper/Lower, Push Pull Legs and more. • Add your own exercises. YOURS • No account, no feed, no ads. Your lifts live in your own iCloud and sync between your devices. • Saves workouts to Apple Health, with heart rate from Apple Watch. • An Apple Watch app, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and Siri. • Import your history from a CSV file, and export everything the same way whenever you like. Plus Five uses Apple Health only if you turn it on, and only to save your workouts and estimate the energy they burned.

Screenshots

GymSet AI4 screens
Plus Five4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: GymSet AI at every 2 days against Plus Five's every 9 days. GymSet AI also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GymSet AI ships an update every 2 days, Plus Five every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
GymSet AI versus Plus Five: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGymSet AIPlus Five
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB37 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCHOU TING-RUIAlexandru Budure

In-app purchases

None

GymSet AI

No in-app purchases

None

Plus Five

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GymSet AI free?
GymSet AI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plus Five free?
Plus Five is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GymSet AI or Plus Five have ads?
Neither GymSet AI nor Plus Five shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GymSet AI or Plus Five?
GymSet AI ships an update every 2 days, and Plus Five every 9 days. Most recently, GymSet AI was updated on November 10, 2026 and Plus Five on November 10, 2026.

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