Metric Release Notes

Latest features, updates, and improvements made to the Metric app, available on iOS and Android.

Version 5.9 - New metrics

August 6, 2025

Version 5.9 - New metrics

What's new 🚨

New Performance Metrics
Eccentric power
measures how aggressively you apply braking effort to decelerate the bar (perfect for drop catches), and time to peak velocity for tracking rate of force development on explosive movements.

Learn more about all available metrics at www.metric.coach/articles/metrics to see how these new tools can elevate your training analysis.

Expanded Real-time Feedback Options
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Real-time feedback has been expanded to include a much wider range of metric options. You can choose from mean, peak, and propulsive velocity, plus for the first time power metrics including eccentric, mean, peak, and propulsive values for your audible in-set feedback. Configure your preferred metrics and feedback style in the feedback settings to get instant guidance that matches your training goals.

Tap to Focus Camera Control
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Video recording just got more precise with manual focus and exposure control. Tap on your barbell and weight plates within the screen before starting your recording to set both focus and exposure exactly where you want them. This ensures your lifting videos are crisp and properly exposed every time.

Improvements ✨

  • Records display % of all time best. Records now show percentage values. and let you switch between peak and mean velocity for better context at a glance.

Bug fixes πŸ›

  • Fixed focus lock issue on newer iPhone models that caused videos to jump focus and become blurry during recording
  • Fixed Apple Watch connection reliability when opening the camera
  • Fixed end of workout and template updating flow when in coach mode
  • Fixed scaling issue on iPad for bar path and video overlay displays
  • Fixed missing bar path and velocity data in videos exported from bulk video library export
  • Fixed an issue where last completion date for a workout template would not always update post workout
  • Fixes to number fields for better handling of leading zeros, decimals and more
  • Fixed the deep links when sharing templates, links are now compressed to avoid breaking message limits and will again open the template editor for that shared template, allowing you to save it to your profile.

Version 5.8 - Leaderboard & Apple Watch

July 2, 2025

What's new 🚨

Team Leaderboard
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Coaches can now access a comprehensive team leaderboard that displays all your athletes' performance metrics in one place. Compare best lifts, power outputs, and estimated 1RMs across your entire roster to identify top performers and track team-wide progress. Access the leaderboard through your coaching dashboard to see how your athletes stack up and use the data to drive healthy competition within your team.

Apple Watch App
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Metric now works directly on your Apple Watch, letting you log sets without reaching for your phone during active workouts. The watch app syncs seamlessly with your iPhone session, ensuring your workout data stays accurate and complete. You can also control velocity recording remotely from your wrist - just open the camera on your phone and your watch will prompt you to start and stop recording, making it easier than ever to capture your lifts while staying focused on your form.

Improvements ✨

  • Improved rep auto-hide. The filtering algorithm has been given a boost in how it detects and hides likely outlier reps, particularly on unracks and reracks, thanks to everyone who sent in feedback and sample videos to make this new feature possible!

Version 5.7 - Activity widget

June 19, 2025

What's new 🚨

Live Activity Widget
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Metric now displays your workout progress directly on your lock screen and in the Dynamic Island. The widget shows your current exercise, active rest timer, and set count all at a glance, so you can stay focused without unlocking your phone. Coaches running a multi-athlete workout will see a dedicated widget for each active athlete, and tapping any widget takes you straight to that specific athletes workout.

Improvements ✨

  • Video recording layout on iPad. Optimized the recording interface to provide more vertical space, making it easier to capture your form and technique.

Bug fixes πŸ›

  • Fixed issue with number fields automatically deleting decimal places when typing
  • Fixed a mix up on iPad with front vs rear camera switching labels

Version 5.6 - iPad sizing

June 5, 2025

What's new 🚨

Full iPad Support
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Metric now supports full screen iPad sizing and layout optimized specifically for the tablet experience. Your workouts, performance tracking, and video library now take advantage of the larger iPad display with layouts designed to make the most of the additional screen real estate. Whether you're reviewing workout history or analyzing performance data, everything is now easier to see and interact with on iPad.

Improvements ✨

  • Record badge consistency. Improved styling and visual consistency for record badges and video thumbnails throughout the video library
  • Equal record recognition. When you match an existing personal best, Metric now clearly identifies it as an equal record

Bug fixes πŸ›

  • Fixed issue with record badges and details not displaying properly in quick set and import modes
  • Fixed record context not showing full details within active workouts and history views
    Fixed an issue with videos not attaching on the bug reports

Version 5.5 - Coach mode improvements

May 25, 2025

What's new 🚨

Select All & Bulk Actions in Video Library
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Managing your video library just got faster. You can now select all videos at once to quickly clear your library or export everything to your camera roll in just two taps.,

Video export quick actions
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You can now export one, many or all your training videos directly from the video library without having to go into each video/set review individually

Enhanced Video Library Navigation
Grid view in the video library now supports long press functionality, taking you right to the set review for that video in question. Like before, you can tap any video for immediate video playback complete with bar path, or long press to jump to the detailed set review

All-Team History Dashboard
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Coaches and family account holders can now monitor their entire team's training workouts from a single, unified view β€” complete with real-time data syncing for every workout and athlete on your roster. The new "All athletes" option in the history tab displays workout data across your entire roster simultaneously. No more switching between individual profiles - see patterns, compare progress, and identify who needs attention, all at a glance. To see all athletes, first enable Coach Mode via your account.

Improvements ✨

  • Faster Video Library Performance. Improved loading and syncing performance when working with active workouts, ensuring your videos are ready when you need them.
  • Real-time Coach Data Sync. Coaches now see athlete training data instantly as workouts are logged, even for remote sessions. Both history and performance charts update in real-time for immediate insights.

Bug fixes πŸ›

  • Resolved app freeze issue that occurred for trialing users on iOS 17.
  • Fixed duplicate exercises appearing in the recent exercises list for family and team users.
  • Corrected tab bar background transparency issues for improved visual consistency.
  • Fixed setting persistence issue that was causing the always-on display to disable during workouts.
  • Resolved incorrect empty state displays in the video library when videos were actually present.
  • Smoother out an issue with coaches being able to see all the videos recorded on their devices for their athletes.
  • Fixed velocity trends chart data changing date ranges in some contexts.

Version 5.4 - Expanded language support, better charts

May 14, 2025

What's new 🚨

Global Language Expansion
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Metric now speaks your language! We've added support for German, Hindi, Polish, and Japanese, making velocity-based training accessible to athletes worldwide. Already using Metric in another language? You'll find numerous bug fixes, improvements, and tweaks to existing translations for a more polished experience. Found a translation issue? We want to hear about it - get in touch: community@metric.coach

Improvements ✨

  • Enhanced Chart Interactions. We've refined the touch responsiveness of our charts, making them smoother to interact with and easier to activate exactly when you want them.
  • Expanded Exercise Library. Browse new exercises now available in the exercise library for your next workout. More variety means more opportunities to track your progress across different training modalities.

Bug fixes πŸ›

  • Performance Chart Data Loading. Fixed bugs affecting data loading and real-time syncing on the performance chart page, ensuring your training data appears instantly and accurately.
  • Date Formatting Consistency. Standardized date formatting and capitalization throughout the app for a more professional, consistent experience.

Version 5.3 - Peak velocity for trends, rep auto-hide

April 11, 2025

What's new 🚨

Peak Velocity as Default Metric
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You can now make Peak Velocity your default metric for records and for trend tracking. Customize this setting for the entire Metric app or on an exercise-specific basis to get the most relevant data for your training style. (Pro tip: Peak values are perfect for loaded jumps making it an even better readiness test for your athletes!)

Enhanced Trends Analysis
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We've expanded the Trends chart functionality to give you more control over your data visualization:

  • Toggle between mean or peak velocity measurements on a per-exercise basis
  • View your progress across multiple timescales, no longer limited to just 6 weeks
  • Get deeper insights into your performance patterns with more flexible data options

Intelligent Rep Filtering
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Metric already does a lot of work to filter out unrack and rerack ghost reps from your set, but sometimes they still sneak in, especially the catches on jumps or Olympic lifts. Now Metric performs a second sweep and auto-hides any suspected false detections from the set. If it gets it wrong, just scroll down to the set review and unhide the rep to add it back into your set data.

Improvements ✨

  • Redesigned Home Page Layout. We've reorganized the home screen with cleaner button organization for more intuitive navigation and faster access to your most-used features.
  • Real-time Data Updates. Progress charts and training history views now respond better to showing training data edits in real-time, giving you instant feedback when you make changes.

Bug fixes πŸ›

  • Translation Enhancements. Improved translations and optimizations across all locales for a more natural experience regardless of your language preference. (More supported languages are on their way too!)
  • Training History Edits. Fixed a bug when editing a set from your training history that prevented the changes from showing in the UI.
  • Trends Chart Refresh. Resolved a data refresh issue in the trends charts that occasionally showed outdated information.
  • Personal Records Alignment. Fixed a bug that was causing some personal records to fall out of alignment with your actual training history when editing or deleting sets.
  • Simplified Payments Page. Hid the family plans for simpler clarity on the payments pages.
  • Visual Refinements. Color and font tweaks for both dark and light mode to improve readability and visual consistency.
  • UI Improvements. Various UI and interaction improvements throughout the app for a smoother user experience.

Version 5.2 - Performance improvements

March 14, 2025

What's new 🚨

Expanded Learning Resources
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Find answers to all your questions with comprehensive tutorials. We've added links to the complete Metric How To user guide series, easily accessible in the Information section of your Account tab.

Improvements ✨

  • Enhanced Video Experience. We've improved video handling throughout the app. Videos now load faster and scrolling performance is smoother. We've also fixed an issue where placeholder images sometimes remained on screen even after videos loaded.
  • Account backend stability and performance. Updated account and subscription management for faster profile syncing

Bug fixes πŸ›

  • Fixed minor visual inconsistencies reported by users
  • Enhanced overall app stability and performance

Version 5.1 - Start workouts from history

January 17, 2025

What's new 🚨

Repeat from history (Pro)
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Bring your best workouts back to life with our new repeat feature. Select any workout from your training history and instantly recreate that session with all sets, reps, and exercises pre-filled. Perfect for maintaining consistency in your training program or getting back on track after a break.

Template creation from history (Pro)
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Turn your most effective workouts into templates with a single tap. Any workout in your history can now be converted into a customizable template, making it easier than ever to build and maintain your training program based on what works best for you.

Bug fixes πŸ›

  • Resolved various stability issues in the video library
  • Improved overall performance and reliability of video playback and storage

Version 5.0 - Personal Records & a refresh

December 19, 2024

What's new 🚨

A New Name
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The Metric VBT app is now simply Metric. For as long as we've been on the App Store, we've been talking about how bar speed tracking is about so much more than velocity-based training. Find us in the App Store under "Metric - Barbell Tracker" and join us in this next chapter of intelligent strength training.

RPE chart
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Alongside load-velocity and power profiling, you can now access a complete RPE chart for your workouts. This chart takes your top set's RPE, weight, and reps to calculate ideal weights across all RPE values and rep rangesβ€”perfectly calibrated to help you nail your working sets.

Record badges and PR table
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Track your progress with new performance badges comparing your current sets against all-time bests for load, velocity, power, and reps. Find your complete personal records log on the Performance page, showing detailed progress for every exercise.

Enhanced video features
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Access velocity recording settings directly from the video screen, enjoy full-screen recording with larger controls, and browse your training history in the new grid view library. Pro users can now manually select which videos to save to their library.

Velocity tracking toggle
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Sometimes you just want to log your workout without tracking velocity on every set. Toggle velocity tracking off in training preferences for a streamlined workout tracking experienceβ€”perfect for those quick sessions when you just need to log your sets. You can also long press on a single set to have it manually completed when velocity tracking is enabled

Improvements ✨

Estimated 1RM calculation improvements
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e1RM will now be calculated for any workout with 3 sets that have either 60% load spread OR a 0.25m/s velocity difference from the top to bottom sets.

Navigation upgrades

  • Video settings accessible from set review
  • Training preferences available during workouts
  • Quick profile switching with forward/back buttons
  • New full-screen coach mode athlete switcher
  • Expanded template and training summaries

UI refresh

  • Updated colors, spacing, and typography
  • Refreshed set review page with trend analysis
  • Smoother interactions with visual feedback for chart interactions
  • New training summary including streak tracking
  • Real-time feedback now available for all barbell exercises

Bug fixes πŸ›

  • Fixed video pinch-to-zoom functionality
  • More consistent UI and terminology throughout the app
  • Improved membership management and switching system
  • Faster data loading across multiple views

Version 0.1.2-beta - Stability and team features

March 3, 2026

What's new 🚨

Team invites
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Athletes can now accept or decline team invites directly from their profile. If your coach uses Metric, you can join their organization and start sharing training data in just a couple of taps.

Custom exercises
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You can now create your own exercises. If your movement isn't in the default list, add it and start tracking.

Improvements ✨

  • Better crash detection. Additional logging and diagnostics added to the vision pipeline to help us catch and fix issues faster across more devices.

Bug fixes πŸ›

  • Fixed multiple crashes across a range of older devices and different manufacturers
  • Fixed a Google sign-up bug that prevented some users from creating an account
  • Fixed a video quality encoding issue specific to Pixel 10 devices
  • Fixed an issue where adding sets with a comma instead of a decimal point wasn't accepted
  • Fixed logout not properly clearing onboarding state

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Version 6.4 - Training Data Export & quality of life

December 19, 2025

What's new 🚨

Training data export
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You can now export your training data into a formatted spreadsheet ready to open in Excel, Sheets or Numbers. There are two export formats with grouping by workouts or by exercises and coaches can choose to export data for a single athlete or their entire roster.

iPad layout & program builder
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Metric now supports landscape, portrait and split screen layouts on iPad. We've added a dedicated program builder layout for the bigger screen with an exercise list sidebar, making it faster to create and edit program templates. Perfect for planning your next training phase or for coaches writing programs for their athletes.

Easier metric switching
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You can now switch focused metrics within the active workout by tapping on the metric heading row in the sets list. The same switching feature is available in the rep-by-rep table on the Set Review page. In the workout view you can now also include your set Trend % score to see all your workout trends in the one place.

New video customisation settings
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You can now personalize the video overlay for playback and export, change the bar path color, metric color, and stats overlay position.

Improvements ✨

  • Workout Completion Celebration - Added a celebration graphic when you save and finish your workout
  • Recording Tips Flow - Added a warning and tips flow after each recording if Metric detects a potential error in the video. These will help you get accurate and consistent data in your training on future videos
  • Data Management and battery life - Significant background improvements were made to improve efficiency when browsing your training history, videos and performance charts. Data now loads faster and is shared between views improving load speed on all pages, reducing battery usage and reduce downloads.
  • Added swipe to delete support in history - On both the workouts and sets cards
  • Imported video processing - Video processing is now faster than ever helping get you to your training data sooner. Your imported video will now also playback a preview showing you the import progress while processing.
  • Turn off the inline rest timers - Separate from the main timer you can now control these independently if you find them distracting
  • Focus lock on videos - Tap to focus for focus controls, or long press to lock focus for your entire recording
  • Record badges in the workout view - Any set that has a personal record will now show a record badge under the set number within the workout view

Bug fixes πŸ›

NOTE: The bug fixes in this changelog include those updates made in versions 6.3.1 β†’ 6.3.4 as a number of stability and performance improvements were rolled out over the past month to patch issues reported by Metric users, thanks everyone for your bug reports!

  • Athlete profile pictures added to set cards in the sets list for history view.
  • Fixed iOS 26 app performance, freezes and laggy screens throughout the app
  • iOS 26 Keyboard avoidance behaviour is now more stable and the double scroll when tapping between fields is fixed in an active workout
  • Fixed searchability in exercise picker, set setup, and exercise list views
  • Audio from external apps is no longer muted when opening the Metric app or recording
  • Fixed real-time audible feedback delivery that would be disabled when switching between 720p and 1080p resolution
  • Fixed an edge case where coach logout/login would block coach and Pro features on secondary app opens.
  • Exercise name now persists in quick set flow between set recording for even quicker quick sets and imports
  • Fixed history loading issue when switching between sets and workouts and when opening a newly finished workout in history
  • Fixed tap gesture handling in the history list making workout deletion, and template creation smoother while data is still loading
  • Returning users no longer see the new user welcome message when logging in
  • Fixed Pro highlight metrics being cleared when turning off custom highlight metrics for a specific exercise
  • Fixed minimum velocity threshold to properly use exercise-specific default values when updating them in settings
  • Exercise name localization is improved in sample programs, the video list and throughout the app
  • Fixed video library delete issue that caused placeholders to appear within the video list
  • Fixes for the athlete invite system in coach and family accounts
  • Improved loading, stability and usage of program templates throughout the app
  • Fixed issues where finished workouts would still appear as active in history
  • Fixed an edge case where starting a workout from a quick set would not properly create the active workout
  • Fixed personal records that were displaying β€œkg” even for users with lbs as preferred metric
  • Fixed loading behaviour for personal records throughout the app
  • Fixed an issue that would sometimes restrict Pro users to basic features when the device connectivity dropped during app open
  • Fixes for when the camera preview sometimes returned a black screen on repeat set recordings
  • Found and fixed an edge case bug that would sometimes cause a video file to be lost after recording finished

Version 6.3 - Metric Certification

November 18, 2025

What's new 🚨

Interactive Tutorial & Certification
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Master your recording setup with Metric's new interactive certification system. Complete the quiz to earn your Metric level 1 and then save and share your personalized certification. The tutorial will assist you in capturing the most accurate velocity data possible by perfecting your recording angles, framing and equipment tracking on every set.

Improvements ✨

  • Smarter app cloud connectivity. The app now loads faster, has fewer lags during the workout and fewer progress spinners throughout the app. Metric also now uses less data with reduced battery drain.
  • Clearer recording guidance. Error messages now provide specific, actionable tips to help you fix setup issues immediately.
  • Real-time feedback improvements. The velocity tracking system just got more reliable with improved rep detection and filtering during your set.
  • Background audio. Metric now puts fewer interruptions on your device audio when listening to music or Podcasts while using Metric in your workouts.

Bug fixes πŸ›

  • Zoom buttons and pinch-to-zoom gestures now stay in sync
  • Fixed a coach mode issue with multi athlete workouts
  • Sample templates are now optimized in non-English languages
  • Resolved various stability and speed issues throughout the app

Version 6.2 - Stability enhancements

October 13, 2025

What's new 🚨

Faster Video Processing
We've made imported video analysis noticeably faster, especially with 4K footage. You'll still see some processing time, but videos now load almost instantly into the app and processing is much faster with less battery drain too. In-app recording is also much faster with post-set processing on 1080p videos significantly faster than before.

Improved Real-Time Feedback
We rebuilt the real-time audio feedback system from scratch. It's more reliable now with fewer missed reps and more accurate velocity and power callouts. As a bonus, the new system places much less load on your device helping the apps overall performance and reducing battery load during your workouts.

History Sets View
You can now toggle between viewing individual sets or full workouts in your history. Handy for tracking specific lifts over time or reviewing complete training sessions.

Improvements ✨

  • More stable camera controls. Recording buttons are now properly disabled during processing, which prevents those annoying navigation issues mid-set
  • Better workout syncing. Fixed the lag that some users experienced once they were 2-3 exercises into their workout - Metric was overly eager in its data saving calls to the cloud so we have optimised this flow for better performance while maintaining your real-time data backup.
  • Smoother set editing. Improved how the app handles edits to your sets during active workouts.
  • iOS 26 liquid glass effect. Added the new visual treatment to the active workout overlay and a number of small touches throughout the app

Bug fixes πŸ›

  • Camera now remembers your front/rear preference between sets
  • Fixed Pro member access issues caused by some network edge cases
  • Removed phantom video placeholders that were persisting in the video library
  • Fixed workout deletion button from history view
  • Fixed bug where trial videos were deleted when switching to free (free users can now also access their videos recorded during the trial for export even after the Pro trial ends)
  • Keyboard now dismisses properly when tapping RPE fields
  • Various stability, connection and app efficiency improvements throughout the app

Version 6.1 - iOS 26 Liquid Glass

September 25, 2025

What's new 🚨

iOS 26 Compatibility
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Metric now supports iOS 26's new liquid glass interface. Your workouts just got more visually stunning while maintaining all the performance and reliability you depend on. The entire app seamlessly integrates with the new system design, ensuring your fitness tracking experience feels native and polished.

Enhanced Set Recording Controls
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Set recording controls and swipe-to-delete functionality have been completely refreshed. Managing your workout sets is now more responsive and intuitive, letting you edit and delete entries with improved precision. These controls respond faster to your touch, making mid-workout adjustments effortless when you need them most.

Improvements ✨

  • Gesture Performance. All workout gestures now respond more quickly and reliably throughout your training sessions
  • Camera Controls. Camera functionality during workouts is now more stable and performs consistently across all device orientations

Bug fixes πŸ›

  • Fixed occasional unresponsiveness (lag) in gesture controls during workouts
  • Resolved camera control stability issues that could occur during extended recording sessions
  • Fixed some issues with iOS 26 controls and glitches
  • Stability improvements to edits made on completed sets and in historical workouts
  • Fixed a rare bug where coach accounts would not be linked to their organizations.

Version 6.0 - 1080p, App-wide upgrades

September 12, 2025

What's new 🚨

FHD Video Resolution
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Ready to see every detail of your lift? You can now record in sharp full high definition 1080p video. Processing takes a bit longer with 1080p, and video files will take up more storage space on your phone so if space is an issue or your training flow requires quick access to your phone and rest timers after each set then stick with the 720p recording option, accuracy is great with either option!

Lightning-Fast Workout Logging
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Say goodbye to loading delays and processing spinners that kill your workout momentum. Every set completion in the workout builder is now instant - this has solved some data syncing issues when editing workouts in your history too. There are new set controls too, swipe left to delete any set from a workout or swipe right on the next upcoming set for access to manual entry and video import options on velocity tracked exercises.

Set Magic Auto-Fill - Progressive Overload Made Simple
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Planning to add reps across all your sets? Just update set one, and watch the magic happen - every following set automatically updates too. Whether you're jumping from 10 to 12 reps or adding weight across the entire workout, Metric’s intuitive auto-fill means making gains has never been this effortless.

In-line Exercise Timers
Each exercise now gets its own in-line rest timer alongside your master timer, ensuring you hit the optimal rest window for every movement.

Enhanced Profile Charts
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Your profile charts now overlay your 6-week average or last session profile alongside today's developing data, giving you instant context for every lift. Even better, your historical context line is shown immediately when you start training - so you can plan your working sets from your very first warm up set.

RPE Table Upgrades
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The RPE/RIR table now displays your historical reference data as soon as you open your workout, letting you strategize your loads before completing any sets today. The table is now fully interactive, just tap on an RPE row or a rep count column to light up the values for easy data sorting.

Sample Training Templates
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Need inspiration? Get started faster with four professionally designed templates covering strength, power, and hypertrophy training goals. Each template includes detailed program notes and can be used as-is, modified/duplicated to fit your needs, or simply serve as inspiration for your own routines. Find them in the programming library and start training immediately.

Improved Template and Exercise Management
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Take full control of your programming library with the ability to permanently delete programs and custom exercises. This keeps your Metric training environment organized and removes clutter, ensuring your active templates are ready when you need them. To delete a custom exercise just swipe left on that exercise any time you are in the exercise list. Programs can be deleted from the program options menu.

Zoom buttons
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Fine-tune your video capture with dedicated zoom stepper buttons for easy framing. You can also use the pinch-to-zoom for incremental adjustments.

Training History Upgrade
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Retroactively enhance every set you've ever recorded with our new metric backfilling process. In seconds, your entire training history gets upgraded with eccentric power and time-to-peak velocity data.

And coaches? You can run this once for your entire organization, updating everyone’s training history in one go!

Improvements ✨

  • Enhanced line charts. Charts now feature visible point marks and thicker, curved lines for better readability
  • Smoother number field editing. Switching between input fields is now more responsive and efficient with less keypad glitches
  • Faster load addition buttons. Quick set mode buttons respond immediately to your taps
  • Better profile loading and display. Your profiles are now easier to access without having to dig through the settings menu.
  • Accurate imported workout timestamps. All imported workouts now display correct date and time information

Bug fixes πŸ›

  • Resolved workout deletion bug that sometimes left behind orphaned sets and personal records
  • Fixed a team workout issue if coach mode was disabled during active sessions
  • Corrected various data sync issues for improved real-time performance
  • Fixed an issue with custom plate sizing not always working as expected
  • General improvements to stability in computer vision system
  • Fixed issues with video import crashes (if you still experience this issue let us know!)

Known iOS 26 issues
There is a known issue on iOSΒ 26 that causes the camera preview to freeze and create temporary lag in the workout log. We are working on a fix for this in the coming days!

Version 5.9 - New metrics

August 6, 2025

Version 5.9 - New metrics

What's new 🚨

New Performance Metrics
Eccentric power
measures how aggressively you apply braking effort to decelerate the bar (perfect for drop catches), and time to peak velocity for tracking rate of force development on explosive movements.

Learn more about all available metrics at www.metric.coach/articles/metrics to see how these new tools can elevate your training analysis.

Expanded Real-time Feedback Options
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Real-time feedback has been expanded to include a much wider range of metric options. You can choose from mean, peak, and propulsive velocity, plus for the first time power metrics including eccentric, mean, peak, and propulsive values for your audible in-set feedback. Configure your preferred metrics and feedback style in the feedback settings to get instant guidance that matches your training goals.

Tap to Focus Camera Control
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Video recording just got more precise with manual focus and exposure control. Tap on your barbell and weight plates within the screen before starting your recording to set both focus and exposure exactly where you want them. This ensures your lifting videos are crisp and properly exposed every time.

Improvements ✨

  • Records display % of all time best. Records now show percentage values. and let you switch between peak and mean velocity for better context at a glance.

Bug fixes πŸ›

  • Fixed focus lock issue on newer iPhone models that caused videos to jump focus and become blurry during recording
  • Fixed Apple Watch connection reliability when opening the camera
  • Fixed end of workout and template updating flow when in coach mode
  • Fixed scaling issue on iPad for bar path and video overlay displays
  • Fixed missing bar path and velocity data in videos exported from bulk video library export
  • Fixed an issue where last completion date for a workout template would not always update post workout
  • Fixes to number fields for better handling of leading zeros, decimals and more
  • Fixed the deep links when sharing templates, links are now compressed to avoid breaking message limits and will again open the template editor for that shared template, allowing you to save it to your profile.

Version 5.8 - Leaderboard & Apple Watch

July 2, 2025

What's new 🚨

Team Leaderboard
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Coaches can now access a comprehensive team leaderboard that displays all your athletes' performance metrics in one place. Compare best lifts, power outputs, and estimated 1RMs across your entire roster to identify top performers and track team-wide progress. Access the leaderboard through your coaching dashboard to see how your athletes stack up and use the data to drive healthy competition within your team.

Apple Watch App
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Metric now works directly on your Apple Watch, letting you log sets without reaching for your phone during active workouts. The watch app syncs seamlessly with your iPhone session, ensuring your workout data stays accurate and complete. You can also control velocity recording remotely from your wrist - just open the camera on your phone and your watch will prompt you to start and stop recording, making it easier than ever to capture your lifts while staying focused on your form.

Improvements ✨

  • Improved rep auto-hide. The filtering algorithm has been given a boost in how it detects and hides likely outlier reps, particularly on unracks and reracks, thanks to everyone who sent in feedback and sample videos to make this new feature possible!

Version 5.7 - Activity widget

June 19, 2025

What's new 🚨

Live Activity Widget
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Metric now displays your workout progress directly on your lock screen and in the Dynamic Island. The widget shows your current exercise, active rest timer, and set count all at a glance, so you can stay focused without unlocking your phone. Coaches running a multi-athlete workout will see a dedicated widget for each active athlete, and tapping any widget takes you straight to that specific athletes workout.

Improvements ✨

  • Video recording layout on iPad. Optimized the recording interface to provide more vertical space, making it easier to capture your form and technique.

Bug fixes πŸ›

  • Fixed issue with number fields automatically deleting decimal places when typing
  • Fixed a mix up on iPad with front vs rear camera switching labels

Version 5.6 - iPad sizing

June 5, 2025

What's new 🚨

Full iPad Support
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Metric now supports full screen iPad sizing and layout optimized specifically for the tablet experience. Your workouts, performance tracking, and video library now take advantage of the larger iPad display with layouts designed to make the most of the additional screen real estate. Whether you're reviewing workout history or analyzing performance data, everything is now easier to see and interact with on iPad.

Improvements ✨

  • Record badge consistency. Improved styling and visual consistency for record badges and video thumbnails throughout the video library
  • Equal record recognition. When you match an existing personal best, Metric now clearly identifies it as an equal record

Bug fixes πŸ›

  • Fixed issue with record badges and details not displaying properly in quick set and import modes
  • Fixed record context not showing full details within active workouts and history views
    Fixed an issue with videos not attaching on the bug reports

Version 0.2.0-beta - Stability fixes

March 5, 2026

What's new 🚨

No new features in this release β€” this update is focused entirely on stability and performance.

Improvements ✨

  • Faster post-recording processing. Set data processes faster after you finish recording, getting you to your results sooner.
  • Improved selfie cam tracking. Barbell detection on the front-facing camera is now more accurate and consistent.

Bug fixes πŸ›

  • Fixed numerous crashes during video import and processing
  • Fixed a bug where users with a large set history couldn't open the app
  • Fixed a crash in the velocity trace chart when reviewing longer video sets
  • Fixed selfie cam data and bar path being inverted
  • Fixed Google sign-up failing for some users

Version 0.1.0 - Processing speed ups, personal records and trend charts

February 24, 2026

What's new 🚨

Personal record badges
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Every set now shows animated record badges for load, mean power, reps, and mean velocity β€” each displayed as a percentage of your all-time best. Tap any badge for a detail sheet with context on where you stand: new record, closing in, or building your baseline.

Velocity trends
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A new trend card compares your current set velocity against your six-week historical average. See at a glance whether you're trending up (well recovered and ready to push, trending down (potentially fatigued or not lifting with intent), or holding steady, and tap through for a detailed chart breakdown. Learn more about how Metric calculates Trends here β†’

Set quality warnings
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After each recording, Metric now analyses your setup and flags potential issues β€” viewing angle, framing, plate size, 0 rep reps, and device stability. These replace the old generic "no reps" message with specific, actionable feedback so you can fix issues and get better data on your next set.

Device stability detection
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Your phone now needs to be stable before recording can begin. An on-screen status pill shows whether your device is ready, needs to be held steady, or stood upright. Recording is disabled until the device is stationary and automatically stops if significant movement is detected mid-set.

Fullscreen video playback
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Video playback can now be expanded to full screen with a tap. Includes a time scrubber, mute toggle, and your bar path and stats overlay β€” all carried over seamlessly between the mini player and expanded view.

Intuitive video playback
Video thumbnails are now extracted from the first rep in your set to provide better context and video playback now starts playing from 1 second your first rep starts, making technique review more efficient.

Improvements ✨

  • Set history improvements. More details are now included on your set history list including a video thumbnail, your best rep velocity and %Β fatigue in the set.
  • Faster real-time processing. Frame rates during live recording have jumped from 30fps into the high 40s and low 50s on devices that support 60fps, meaning smoother tracking and fewer missed data points.
  • Smarter weight formatting. Decimal loads like 72.5kg now display correctly across the app.

Bug fixes πŸ›

  • Fixed set data failing to load on some sessions
  • Fixed an issue where Real-time recordings were dropping video frames during processing
  • Fixed an issue with video imports and crashes on some Android chipsets and devices

Version 0.0.2 - 4k import & bar path fixes

February 19, 2026

What's new 🚨

Set highlight bar
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The set review screen now shows your best rep, set average, and fatigue/consistency metrics right at the top. Key performance data for every set, all at a glance.

Improvements ✨

  • Midpoint zoom for ultrawide cameras. Wide ultrawide lenses (0.5x, 0.6x) now snap to a tighter midpoint zoom (0.75x, 0.8x), making it easier to frame your setup without switching cameras.
  • Persistent selfie cam settings. Your camera selection and zoom level now carry over between sets, so you're not re-adjusting every time you hit record.
  • Faster video imports. All imported videos process significantly faster, with 1080p processing speeds up to 2x quicker than before.

Bug fixes πŸ›

  • Fixed a crash when importing 4K video
  • Fixed bar path inversion on selfie cam recordings
  • Fixed video rotation detection on imported videos on some Android devices that was causing zero reps or only detecting walkouts (XYΒ axis inversion)
  • Fixed a spacing issue on the record action button
  • Improved recording controls layout
  • Disabled uploading 480p videos, which don't have enough resolution for accurate barbell tracking

Version 0.0.1 - Android Private Beta

February 17, 2026

What's new 🚨

Android Beta - Metric has finally arrived on Android, you can still join the Android beta at this link β†’

Metric for Android is here (Private Beta)
The Android beta is a focused first release, available exclusively to waitlist members, built to bring velocity-based training to every platform.

We deliberately kept the feature set small so we could ship sooner, gather feedback, and iterate.

Available now you can:

  • Account creation and sign-in (syncs with your existing Metric account if you have one)
  • Record sets directly in-app or import videos from your camera roll
  • 1080p HD video recording
  • Real-time velocity, ROM, bar path, and tempo data
  • Video playback with bar path overlay
  • Video export with data overlay
  • Training history on your home screen

Barbell tracking with computer vision
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Record or import your sets and get instant set data including mean velocity, range of motion and eccentric tempo. The same tracking engine that powers Metric on iOS, is now available on your Android device.

Video playback with bar path overlay
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Playback your sets and export the video with a real-time bar path overlay, then export and share videos directly from the app. Your training footage just became a coaching tool.

Training history, search, and sharing
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Every set and video is saved to your free training profile. Search through your historical data, review past performance, and share sets with your coach or training partners β€” all at a glance.

Report bugs, provide feedback
Report bugs, suggest features and give feedback to the Metric team from inside the Metric app or join the Metric Discord