Comparison

The One Rep Max vs IronOS

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

Head to head
About

The One Rep Max

Estimate your maximum weightlifting capacity with this tool. Track your progress and safely push your limits. Ideal for strength training enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • One Rep Max estimation
  • Progress charting
  • Safe training guidance
  • Weightlifting focus
Features
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The One Rep Max calculator uses a little previous knowledge to give you an approximation of what amount of weight you could lift one time. Use this value to push yourself while remaining safe, and chart your progress along the way.

About

IronOS

Log workouts with precision, track progress, and measure strength over time. Features include automatic PR tracking, coach integration, and a unique durability score based on powerlifting standards. Syncs bodyweight with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Workout logging with precision
  • Strength progress tracking
  • Durability Score metric
  • Automatic PR tracking
  • Coach integration
  • Form check video uploads
  • Apple Health sync
Features
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Train for the next twenty years, not the next twelve weeks. IronOS is a free strength training log for lifters who measure progress in years — pre-calculated warmups, automatic plate math, and RPE-based autoregulation. Chase PRs while they're coming, and track what you're holding onto when they slow down. Work with your coach, coach yourself for free, or let AI coach you. LOG WITH PRECISION Pre-calculated warmups, automatic plate math, and RPE-based autoregulation. IronOS shows you exactly what to load, tracks your rest, and captures every rep. Mark a set as it felt and the app tells you whether you were dialed in or overshot. No spreadsheets, no guesswork. DURABILITY SCORE An age-graded strength standard — the thing masters runners have had for forty years and lifters never got. Built on DOTS normalization and IPF age coefficients, the same standards powerlifting federations use, it shows how your current strength compares to an age-adjusted benchmark without ever testing a 1RM. A second measure of progress, one that keeps moving even when your PRs don't. BUILT FOR BARBELL TRAINING Configurable bar weights, plate inventory, cable stack settings, and deadlift start height. Equipment that matches your gym, not a generic default. TRACK WHAT MATTERS PRs tracked automatically across every rep range — squat, bench, deadlift, and every accessory you log. The Progress tab charts your top sessions over time for each lift. AI COACHING A guided intake learns your schedule, equipment, and goals, then IronOS writes your program — its own programming logic, powered by Claude. It reads your actual training log: your logged sets, your weight progression, your feedback on how each session went. Check-ins on fatigue, sleep, and life stress adjust volume and intensity. Miss a day and your week reshuffles itself. Free for 14 days. WORKING WITH A COACH Your coach sees every set, adds notes to individual exercises, leaves session feedback, and reviews your form checks — all in one place. Record and upload video mid-workout with full context attached. APPLE HEALTH Bodyweight syncs automatically, so your Durability Score stays current. Built for lifters who care about the long game. SUBSCRIPTION IronOS is free to use. AI Coaching is an optional auto-renewing subscription: free for 14 days, then $7.99/month. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account when the free trial ends. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Cancel during the trial and you won't be charged. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.ironos.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.ironos.app/privacy

Screenshots

The One Rep Max4 screens
IronOS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The One Rep Max at none against IronOS's 1. The One Rep Max also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). IronOS's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. IronOS sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month. The One Rep Max 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 The One Rep Max against 5.0 for IronOS. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IronOS has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The One Rep Max ships an update every 10 days, IronOS every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
The One Rep Max versus IronOS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe One Rep MaxIronOS
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonah WitcigData Driven Athlete LLC

Customer experience

The One Rep Max

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

IronOS

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

The One Rep Max

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

IronOS

Subscriptions1
  • AI Coaching14 Days trial$7.991 Month

Questions

Is The One Rep Max free?
The One Rep Max is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IronOS free?
IronOS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The One Rep Max or IronOS?
The One Rep Max and IronOS are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do The One Rep Max or IronOS have ads?
Neither The One Rep Max nor IronOS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The One Rep Max or IronOS?
The One Rep Max ships an update every 10 days, and IronOS every 4 days. Most recently, The One Rep Max was updated on October 20, 2026 and IronOS on October 24, 2026.

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