One Rep Max vs Angles Alpha
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
One Rep Max
Safely estimate your maximum lift potential for various strength exercises using scientific formulas. Track your progress visually, set goals, and fine-tune estimates with perceived exertion. Ideal for powerlifters, CrossFit athletes, and strength enthusiasts.
- Precise 1RM calculations with 7 scientific formulas
- RPE integration for fine-tuned estimates
- Custom exercise tracking for any lift
- Visual progress graphs
- Percentage charts for training
- Goal setting and progress monitoring
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Stronger Training, Smarter Progress One Rep Max helps you safely and accurately determine your maximum lift potential for bench press, deadlift, squat, and any other strength exercise - without risking injury. Key Features: • Precise Calculations - 7 scientific formulas for accurate strength predictions: Epley, Brzycki, Lombardi, Mayhew, McGlothin, O'Conner, Wathan • RPE Integration - Factor in Rate of Perceived Exertion to fine-tune your max estimates based on how difficult sets feel • Custom Exercise Tracking - Create and monitor any lift that matters to you • Visual Progress - Beautiful graphs show your strength journey over time • Percentage Charts - Quick reference guide for training percentages • Goal Setting - Set targets and track your path to reaching them Perfect for: • Powerlifters optimizing their training cycles • CrossFit athletes tracking multiple movement patterns • Olympic weightlifters monitoring progress • Strength enthusiasts at any level Advanced Features: • Choose between multiple calculation formulas for different lift types • Track unlimited exercises with custom notes • Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) - Fine-tune your 1RM estimates based on how difficult sets feel • Analyze detailed statistics including volume and frequency • Set and monitor progress toward specific strength goals The Science Behind The Numbers: Our app employs multiple validated formulas to estimate your one-rep maximum based on your performance with submaximal weights. This provides you with safe strength targets before attempting potentially risky maximal lifts. Safety Note: Heavy weightlifting should always be performed with proper technique and appropriate spotting. This app provides estimates based on scientific formulas, but individual performance may vary based on experience level and training history. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Angles Alpha
This app tracks and records the relative angles of the human body, capturing movement data. Users can share this information with trusted individuals and access a history of their data. A free trial is available.
- Track relative body angles
- Capture movement data
- Record data history
- Share data with others
- Free 1-week trial
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Angles Alpha allows users to: - Track the relative angles of the human body - Capture movement data - Record a history of the data - Share the data with trusted individuals Try Angles Alpha Free for 1 Week by tapping the Store button AI Initiatives does not record or store any collected data. The data belongs to the user and whom they choose to share it with. Angles Alpha License Agreement This license agreement is in addition to Apple’s standard end user license agreement (EULA). Privacy AI Initiatives, an American owned Company, does not gather or retain any collected data by Angles Alpha unless explicitly approved by the user. The data resides on the user’s iOS device and or any other devices controlled by the user. All data belongs to the end user and will reside on the iOS devices where Angles Alpha is installed, except when the devices are backed up or the user actively exports the data. Terms of Use When subscribing to the 1 month auto-renewing subscription users will be charged the listed price or equivalent for their territory. The available functionality is defined in the Active Subscription section of this document. The functionality will be available while the subscription is active. If the subscription period ends and is not renewed or is canceled then the user will be in an inactive subscription state defined in this document. Inactive Subscription - The base functionality of the app without an active subscription offers a limited capability. - Without an active subscription users can scan a scene for a body or bodies and/or hand or hands detecting key points limited to the capability of Apple’s Vision API, but will not be presented numerical data on the relative biomechanical geometry of the subjects. - If an active subscription lapses users can still access, edit and share all History data collected during the use of previous active subscriptions but cannot gather and tabulate any new data until the subscription is renewed. Active Subscription - With an active subscription users can scan a scene for a body or bodies and/or hand or hands detecting key points limited to the capability of Apple’s Vision API and collect the data associated with each joint and relative position of the key points on the body with regards to spatial or temporal coordinates. - With an active subscription users can start Sessions and send the session data to History. - With an active subscription users will gain access to new capabilities with Angles Alpha as they become available with new updates. This will include new joint combinations to assess, relative positions of joints and limbs/fingers, and other undisclosed options coming in the future. For more information on the Terms of Use and Privacy go to: www.ai-initiatives.com/AnglesAlpha/eula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: One Rep Max at 4.4 against Angles Alpha's 3.3. One Rep Max also leads on ratings volume (185 vs 8). Angles Alpha's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. One Rep Max sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Angles Alpha sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
One Rep Max holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: One Rep Max has 185 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of One Rep Max's written reviews are positive against 50% of Angles Alpha's.
One Rep Max ships an update every 6 days, Angles Alpha weekly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | One Rep Max | Angles Alpha |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (185 ratings) — better | 3.3 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 185 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Charles Vanderhoff | A.I. Initiatives, LLC |
Customer experience
One Rep Max
Angles Alpha
Bugs and requests
One Rep Max
Reported bugs
13 issues- Features behind paywall
- Forced ads
- Deleted lifting history
- Lost all logs with update
- Weight limit restriction
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- Reloads excessively
- Wonky and now dead
- Complicated and too much offered
- Not intuitive for tracking
- Buggy about dates and lifts
- Cannot select other lifts
- Only logs back squats
- App copying content from clipboard
Requested features
7 requests- Allow editing of logs (date/time)
- Manual entry for weight preferred over slider
- Include different 1RM formulas (Epley, Brzycki)
- Ability to create custom graphs
- Fix weight limit restriction
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- Allow logging of more than 1073 pounds
- Update app
Angles Alpha
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
One Rep Max
- 1RM Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- 1RM Pro Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
Angles Alpha
- 1 Month Data Collection Access7 Days trial$3.991 Month
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