The one-line version
Rackd is free to use. What you pay for, you pay for once. No monthly bill, ever.
That's the deal. Everything below is detail.
What you can buy
The app itself is free, forever. No paywall to download, no forced trial before you can lift.
| What | Price | What it gets you |
|---|---|---|
| The app | Free | Workout logging, the full built-in program library (15 programs, 448 exercises), your history, PRs, and AI program generation. Generating a program costs nothing — you're only ever charged to keep one. |
| A generated program | $8 one-time | Bought on the web at rackd.fitness. Owned forever, tied to your account, no re-buying it after edits or refinements. |
| Power Rack | $39 one-time | Program builder, templates, custom exercises, all-time history, in-workout Coach, advanced analytics, muscle balance, strength projections, and sync across devices. Buy it in the app or on the web. Buy it in-app and you get one free program on the house. Buy a program first and Power Rack is offered at a discount on the web. |
Everything is one account, one entitlement. Buy Power Rack in the app or on the web — it doesn't matter which, you own it everywhere, and you're never charged twice for the same thing.
No subscriptions
There is no monthly plan for Power Rack, and there never will be. Buy it once, keep it. If a subscription ever shows up in this app, something's gone wrong — email me.
Why I built it this way
The fitness app market is split into two camps:
- Free with ads + upsells. Your data is the product. Ads are everywhere. Premium tier locks the actually-useful features.
- Subscription-only. $10-$15/month forever. Sometimes there's a "lifetime" option for $200-300.
Both are designed for the company, not for you. Rackd's pricing is designed for the workout you'll do this Tuesday.
A workout tracker should not be a recurring expense. Building one is mostly one-time cost: server bills, API fees, my time. None of that scales with how hard you bench.
The right price for a tracker that does its job for years is somewhere between $30 and $100, paid once. So that's what Power Rack costs.
What "forever" actually means
When you buy Power Rack or a program, you own it. That means:
- The features you bought continue to work even if I disappear (the app is local-first; your data lives on your device)
- Bug fixes and improvements to those features are free for as long as I'm around to ship them
- You can install the app on a new phone and re-download your purchase — your account keeps it, whichever channel you bought it through
- If I add genuinely new features 2-3 years from now (a new module, a new training mode), those might be a paid add-on. Your existing purchase keeps working untouched.
What "forever" doesn't mean:
- I will never charge you again for the things you bought
- Power Rack bought today won't quietly turn into a subscription tomorrow
- You will never have to "upgrade" to keep using a feature you paid for
Refunds
In-app purchase refunds go through Apple or Google's standard channels. Web purchases (programs, or Power Rack bought on rackd.fitness) go through our payment processor and support. If something genuinely went wrong on my side, email support@rackd.fitness. I'll help where I can.
Beta math
While Rackd is in beta, Power Rack is unlocked and free. Purchases are blocked. You get the full app experience for as long as the beta runs.
When v1.0 lands:
- Beta users get the same 30-day trial (plus a 14-day grace period) as everyone else — no permanent free ride, but no cliff either.
- Buy a program during that window and you'll get the same Power Rack discount every other user gets.
- Your data carries over completely. Custom programs, PRs, history, all of it.
If the math ever changes
If I ever need to make a pricing decision that contradicts the deal (adding a recurring charge to features you bought, changing what "forever" means, anything), I'll write about it here first. You'll see it before it happens, you can email me about it, and you can decide whether the change is fair before any money moves.
That's the only commitment I can actually make. It's also the one I'd want from any app I bought.