Terms of use

Version 1.0 · in force from 28 September 2026

These are the terms of use of Apex Routine. They form the agreement between you and us for the use of the app, the Apple Watch app, the server behind them and the Apex Premium subscription. Read them, in particular section 4 on health and safety and section 11 on liability: they say where our responsibility ends and yours begins.

In short

Apex Routine suggests a weekly plan and weights. You decide what you do, and you are responsible for the weights you choose.
The app gives no medical advice and does not replace a doctor, physiotherapist or coach. If you are unsure whether you may train, ask a doctor first.
Strength training carries risk. You take that risk yourself, to the extent the law allows. What the law does not let us exclude, we do not exclude.
You buy Apex Premium from Apple, and you cancel it with Apple. We remain your contracting party.
You must be 16 or older.

This summary is a reading aid; the full text below is what applies.

1. Who we are

Apex Routine is published by Apex Development, Beukenlaan 27, 8810 Lichtervelde, Belgium. In these terms: "we", "us" or "Apex Routine". Contact: support@apexroutine.com.

"You" are you as a user of the app. These terms are written for consumers; if you use the app professionally, for example as a coach for your clients, they apply too, but without the protection the law gives only to consumers.

2. Acceptance and version

You accept these terms at three moments, and we record each of them:

At registration, by ticking the box next to "I agree to the terms and the privacy policy", including when you register with Apple or Google. Without that tick you cannot create an account. We store which version you accepted and when, and we send you that version in the email with which you confirm your address, so that you always have it to hand.
Each time you have a weekly plan generated, by confirming the safety notice the app then shows. That notice repeats the core of section 4: weights are your choice, the app is not a doctor, and you confirm that you are healthy enough to train or have consulted a doctor about it. Without confirmation the app makes no plan. We store the date and version of your most recent confirmation.
When a new version of these terms is published, if the change is material (section 16).

This is version 1.0, in force from 28 September 2026. You can read these terms at any time at apexroutine.com and save or print them. We provide previous versions on request.

3. What Apex Routine is

Apex Routine is an app for strength training. Based on what you enter (your training days, your goal, your experience, your equipment, your injury zones) and what you log (each set, each weight, each rep, how hard it felt), the app builds a plan every week: which exercises, how many sets and reps, which weight to start with, and which technique. During the workout the app shows your sets, keeps track of your rest and lets you log what you did. With an Apple Watch you can do that from your wrist and see your heart rate.

The app has a free part and a paid part, Apex Premium (section 6). Exactly what is free and what is paid is stated in the app and at apexroutine.com and may change (section 10).

To use the app you need an iPhone with a supported version of iOS, an internet connection, and an account. The Apple Watch app is optional. Costs for your device and your internet connection are yours.

4. Health, safety and your own responsibility

This is the most important section of these terms. Read it in full.

4.1 No medical advice, not a medical device

Apex Routine is a training app, not a medical service. Nothing in the app, in the exercise library, in the explanation of an exercise, in the generator's notes, on the website or in our emails is medical advice, a diagnosis, a treatment or a substitute for one. The app does not know your health and cannot assess it. We are not doctors, physiotherapists, dietitians or certified trainers, and the app has not been reviewed or approved by such professionals.

Apex Routine and the Apple Watch app are not a medical device within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 and are not intended for the diagnosis, prevention, monitoring or treatment of a disease or injury.

Consult a doctor or another qualified healthcare provider before you start training, before you increase your training volume or your weights, and whenever you have a question about your health or about whether an exercise is suitable for you. Never ignore the advice of a healthcare provider, and do not put off seeking it because the app suggests something else.

4.2 Are you fit to train?

By using the app you confirm that you are healthy enough for strength training, or that you have consulted a doctor about it and are following their advice. Strength training is physically demanding. In any case, consult a doctor first if any of these applies to you:

a heart condition, chest pain, palpitations or high blood pressure, or medication for these;
dizziness, fainting or balance problems during exertion;
a problem with bones, joints, tendons or muscles that exertion could worsen, or surgery in the past year;
asthma or another respiratory condition, diabetes, epilepsy, or another chronic condition;
pregnancy or the period after giving birth;
an eating disorder or a very low body weight;
an age of 16 or 17, or over 65 without training experience;
an injury that has not yet healed;
any other reason why a doctor has ever advised you against intensive exercise.

The safety notice the app shows before each new weekly plan asks you to confirm this every time. That confirmation is your statement, not our assessment: we cannot check whether it is true, and we rely on you being honest with yourself.

4.3 Weights, sets and maxes are suggestions

Every number the app shows is a suggestion, calculated from what you have logged before and from general rules for progression. It is not a prescription and no guarantee that the weight is safe for you at that moment. In concrete terms:

You choose the weight. If in doubt, take less. If you feel tired, ill, feverish, unfocused or out of shape, or are under the influence of alcohol or of medication that affects your reactions, adjust the suggestion downwards or skip the workout. The app will never penalise you for that.
Start a new exercise lighter. If you do an exercise for the first time in the app, read the explanation first if there is one, and start lighter than the suggestion until you have mastered the movement.
Progression is a direction, not an obligation. That the app suggests more than last week does not mean your body is ready for it. Only you can feel that.
Rest is part of it. The app plans volume and progression, but does not know your sleep, your nutrition, your work, your other sports or your stress. Rest when your body asks for it, even if the app has a workout planned. Persistent muscle pain, dark urine or extreme fatigue after a workout are reasons to stop and consult a doctor.
Estimated maxes are estimates. The app calculates an estimated maximum per exercise from your sets. That is a formula based on averages, not a measurement of your body. Use it as a reference point, not as the truth.
A max attempt is your own decision. If the app schedules a max attempt, you decide whether, when and with which weight you do it. Never do a max attempt without a proper warm-up, and for exercises where you lie or stand under a weight (such as bench press or squats) never without a spotter (someone who assists you) or safety supports.
Techniques such as supersets and drop sets increase the load. They are intended for people who have already mastered the basic exercises. If you do not feel ready for them, choose another technique or none.

4.4 Injury zones are a filter, not a diagnosis

In onboarding and in your profile you can mark body zones you want to spare. The app then excludes exercises that usually load such a zone. That is a convenience filter based on general movement patterns, compiled to the best of our ability and not by a physiotherapist or doctor. It is not a medical assessment of your injury, and it does not make the remaining exercises safe for you. An exercise the app does not exclude may still be unsuitable for your specific situation. If you have an injury, ask a healthcare provider which exercises you may and may not do, and exclude, on your own initiative, what you must avoid.

4.5 Technique, equipment and environment

The explanation, the steps, the common mistakes and the animations for an exercise are general instructions. They are not tailored to your body, and they do not see what you are doing. If you use the free part, you will see no explanation for some exercises. Never do an exercise you do not know based on its name alone: have a qualified trainer teach it to you first, or choose an exercise you have mastered. You are responsible for:

performing each exercise correctly, and learning it from a qualified trainer if you do not know it;
a suitable warm-up and cool-down;
checking your equipment (bars, plates, collars, benches, racks, cables) before each set;
the place where you train: enough space, a stable surface, the rules of your gym, and help nearby for heavy sets;
respecting your own limits, even when the app suggests something else.

4.6 Stop when it hurts

Stop training immediately and seek medical help if you notice chest pain, shortness of breath out of proportion to the effort, dizziness, nausea, a sharp or sudden pain, a feeling of tearing or snapping, or any other worrying signal. Muscle soreness after a workout is normal; sharp pain during an exercise is not. The app cannot tell the difference; you can.

4.7 Apple Watch and heart rate

The heart rate and energy that the Apple Watch measures during a workout and that the app shows are a sports measurement, not a medical instrument. They may deviate from reality and must not be used to monitor or assess a medical condition. The app gives no warnings for a heart rate that is too high or too low, and decisions you make based on those values are yours.

4.8 What this means

By using the app you accept that strength training carries a risk of injury, even when used correctly, and that you bear that risk yourself, within the limits of section 11. This section describes which decisions lie with you and are therefore not attributable to us: your choices about weights, exercises, technique, equipment, environment and your state of health, and ignoring this section or medical advice. It does not exclude what the law does not let us exclude, and in particular not our statutory liability for a defect in the app itself (section 11.1).

5. Your account

You must be 16 or older to create an account. If you are 16 or 17, you may use the app only with the permission of your parents or guardian. By registering you confirm that you have that permission; if in doubt we may ask for it.
An account is personal and for one person. You provide accurate details and keep them up to date; the app calculates weights based on what you enter, so inaccurate details lead to inaccurate suggestions.
You keep your password to yourself. If you suspect that someone else has access to your account, report it immediately via support@apexroutine.com; we block access. For what someone else does with your account, you are responsible only if it is due to your own carelessness, for example because you shared your password.
You can sign in with your email address and a password, or with Sign in with Apple or Google. For the latter two, Apple's and Google's terms also apply.
You can delete your account at any time in the app; see Delete account. That is immediate and permanent.

6. Apex Premium

6.1 What it is

Apex Premium is a subscription that unlocks the full exercise library, with explanation, steps and common mistakes for each exercise, and all features the app marks as Premium at the time you buy; the app shows you that list before you buy. It costs €9,99 per month or €59,99 per year, including VAT. It is for sale only in the country storefronts of the App Store in the European Union. The price in your storefront may be in another currency and differ slightly due to Apple's pricing tiers; you always see the current price in your storefront in the App Store before you buy, and that price applies.

6.2 Buying, renewing, cancelling

You buy the subscription from Apple, through your Apple ID, with an in-app purchase. Apple collects the payment as an intermediary; the agreement on Apex Premium remains one between you and us (section 14). We never see your payment details.
The subscription renews automatically at the end of each period (a month or a year), at the price then in force (section 6.3), unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Apple charges the cost of the renewal within the 24 hours before the end of the current period.
You cancel in the settings of your Apple ID under Subscriptions, or via Settings → your name → Subscriptions on your iPhone. We cannot do that for you, because Apple manages the subscription. Cancelling stops the renewal; the current period remains active until it ends.
You do not cancel the subscription by deleting the app or deleting your account. If you delete your account while your subscription is still running, the app first points this out and shows you Apple's screen to cancel (section 13).
You restore a purchase on a new device with Restore Purchases in the app, signed in with the same Apple ID.

6.3 Price changes

If we want to increase the price, that happens through Apple, which notifies you in advance by email and in the app. Where Apple's rules or the law require it, Apple asks for your explicit consent before the increase takes effect; in all other cases you can cancel before the increase takes effect, and then you never pay the new price. A price increase never applies to the current period.

6.4 Refunds and right of withdrawal

We handle refunds through Apple, because Apple collects the payment: request them via reportaproblem.apple.com. If Apple does not give you a refund where you are entitled to one under these terms or the law, email us via support@apexroutine.com: we then refund you ourselves.

As a consumer in the European Union you have a fourteen-day right of withdrawal for a distance purchase. Because Apple handles the sale, you exercise that right with Apple via reportaproblem.apple.com, under the terms of Apple Media Services for the European Union. If at the time of purchase you expressly requested that the subscription start immediately and acknowledged that you thereby lose your right of withdrawal once the service has been fully performed, then on withdrawal an amount may be charged that is proportionate to what has already been delivered (Article VI.51 and Article VI.53, 1° of the Belgian Code of Economic Law (Wetboek van economisch recht)).

6.5 Free part

We offer the free part of the app without you paying for it. We determine what is in it and may change that (section 10). Your statutory rights as a consumer also apply to the free part. What you have logged in the free part remains yours and remains visible, even if a feature later moves to Premium.

7. Statutory guarantee

As a consumer you are entitled to digital content and digital services that conform: they do what they promise and work as you may reasonably expect. That right follows from the Belgian transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/770 (Articles 1701/1 and following of the former Belgian Civil Code (oud Burgerlijk Wetboek)) and we cannot limit it. That guarantee applies for as long as your subscription runs. We supply the updates needed to keep the app in conformity, and tell you when you need to install them.

If the app does not work as promised, report it to us via support@apexroutine.com. We fix it within a reasonable time. If that does not succeed, you can ask for a proportionate price reduction or the termination of your subscription, and we refund what you have overpaid, directly or through Apple (section 6.4).

That guarantee concerns how the app works. It does not concern the result of your training: how much stronger you get depends on you, and we do not guarantee that.

8. Your data and our content

8.1 Your data

Everything you enter and log (your profile, your workouts, your sets, your records) remains yours. You give us only the right to process that data insofar as needed to provide the service, as described in our privacy policy. You can request it and take it with you at any time (see the privacy policy, section 10).

8.2 Our content

The app, the server, the website, the name Apex Routine, the logo, the texts, the exercise library with its descriptions, steps and common mistakes, the generator and its logic, and the design are protected by intellectual property rights and belong to us or to our licensors. The exercise animations and illustrations are licensed third-party content.

You receive a personal, non-transferable, non-exclusive and revocable licence to use the app and that content for your own training, on Apple devices that you own or control, in accordance with the usage rules of the App Store. You acquire no ownership. Outside that licence you may not copy, distribute, sell, rent, modify, publicly display or create derivative works from anything.

8.3 Feedback

If you send us ideas or suggestions, we may use them freely without payment or credit. You do not have to send anything.

9. What you may not do

Use the app, the server or the website in a way that violates the law, these terms or the rights of others.
Decompile the app or attempt to obtain the source code through reverse engineering, except where the law expressly allows it.
Retrieve, copy or reuse the exercise library, the animations, the texts or other content by automated means, or incorporate them into another product or service.
Circumvent or disable the paywall, the age check, the safety notice or any other protection.
Overload the server, exploit vulnerabilities, or seek access to data or accounts that are not yours.
Create multiple accounts to circumvent restrictions, or share or sell your account.
Use the app to give others medical, therapeutic or training advice as if it came from us.

If you find a security vulnerability, report it to us via support@apexroutine.com; we are grateful and will not take action against you if you act in good faith and damage nothing.

10. Availability, changes and discontinuation

We do our best to keep the service available, but cannot promise uninterrupted or error-free operation. Maintenance, failures at our hosting provider, at Apple or on the internet, and force majeure may make the service temporarily unavailable. The statutory guarantee of section 7 continues to apply.
We may change the app to keep it secure, working and in conformity, to adapt it to new iOS or watchOS versions or to the law, to improve the generator, and to add or remove features where that is technically or commercially reasonable. That includes moving the line between the free part and Apex Premium. A change never costs you anything extra. If a change restricts your use of Apex Premium more than insignificantly, we notify you at least thirty days in advance by email. You may then terminate your subscription free of charge within thirty days after the change; we refund the part of the period you have not used, directly or through Apple.
If we want to discontinue the service entirely, we notify you at least thirty days in advance in the app and by email, and during that period we give you the opportunity to request your data. Current subscriptions are then not renewed, and we refund the part of the current period you have not used, directly or through Apple.
The app works with the iOS and watchOS versions we support. We may end support for older versions; we say so in advance in the app.

11. Liability

11.1 What we do not exclude

Belgian law determines what a business may and may not exclude towards a consumer. We abide by that, and say so here expressly. Nothing in these terms excludes or limits our liability for:

your death or personal injury resulting from our own act or omission (Article VI.83, 30° of the Belgian Code of Economic Law (Wetboek van economisch recht) and Article 5.89 of the Belgian Civil Code);
our intent, our gross negligence, or that of our employees or agents, and, save for force majeure, the non-performance of an obligation that forms one of the main services of the contract (Article VI.83, 13° of the same Code);
our liability as producer for damage caused by a defect in the app (Directive (EU) 2024/2853 and its Belgian transposition, and until then the Act of 25 February 1991 on liability for defective products, insofar as applicable), and our liability under Article 82 of the GDPR;
the statutory guarantee of section 7 and everything that a mandatory provision of Belgian or European consumer law does not let us exclude or limit.

11.2 What is not attributable to us

Within the limits of section 11.1, we bear no liability for damage not caused by a fault of ours, but by:

your own training: your choice of weights, exercises, techniques and max attempts, your execution, your equipment, the place where you train, your state of health, or ignoring section 4 or medical advice;
the fact that the suggested weights, sets, exercises or estimated maxes do not suit you at a given moment: they are suggestions, not prescriptions;
inaccurate suggestions resulting from inaccurate or incomplete data that you entered or logged yourself;
decisions you make based on heart rate or energy values from your Apple Watch (section 4.7);
use of the app contrary to section 9, on a device with a modified operating system (jailbreak), or with an iOS or watchOS version we no longer support;
not installing an update we offered you that would have fixed the problem, as provided by the law on digital content;
use of your account by someone else as a result of your own carelessness (section 5);
the loss of data on your own device, data that was not synchronised to our server because your device was offline, or training data you did not request before you deleted your account;
failures or shortcomings of third-party services the app depends on: the App Store, Apple's payment system, Sign in with Apple, Google sign-in, HealthKit, your internet connection;
the unavailability of the service as described in section 10.

This section applies to contractual as well as non-contractual claims, and also for the benefit of our employees and auxiliary persons, in each case to the extent the law allows. Within the same limits, we are likewise not liable for indirect damage, consequential damage, lost profit, loss of opportunity or the absence of a training result.

11.3 Cap

For everything for which we are liable and that does not fall under section 11.1, our total liability for all instances of damage together occurring in the same calendar year is limited to the higher of (a) the amount you paid for Apex Premium in the twelve months before the first instance of damage and (b) 50 euros.

11.4 Your liability

You are liable for damage you cause us by breaching these terms, for example by misusing the service or copying our content, under the ordinary rules of Belgian law.

12. Force majeure

Neither party is liable for failing to meet an obligation due to force majeure: an event beyond its reasonable control that it could not foresee or avoid, such as a natural disaster, a pandemic, war, a large-scale power or internet outage, an external cyberattack that we could not prevent with reasonable security measures, or a government measure. Payment obligations that have already arisen are not covered by this.

13. Termination

By you: you can delete your account at any time in the app. That ends the agreement. If your Apex Premium subscription is still running, the app points this out before deletion and shows you Apple's screen to cancel it. If you do not cancel, Apple may keep renewing the subscription; if you are still billed afterwards, email us and we will help you with the refund.
By us: we may suspend or close your account if you seriously or repeatedly breach these terms, if your account is used for misuse or attacks, or if the law obliges us to. Except in the case of serious misuse or a legal obligation, we first notify you by email and you get the opportunity to respond. If we close your account without you having committed a fault, we make sure you can request your data first, and we refund the part of a current subscription you have not used, directly or through Apple.
After termination we delete your data as described in the privacy policy. Sections 4, 8, 11, 12, 15 and 17 continue to apply after the end of the agreement.

14. For App Store users

You downloaded the app from Apple's App Store. Apple requires that the following provisions be included in these terms. They apply alongside the rest of these terms.

Parties. These terms are an agreement between you and us, not with Apple. Apple is not responsible for the app or for its content. We alone are.
Licence. The licence in section 8.2 is limited to a non-transferable licence to use the app on Apple devices that you own or control, as permitted by the usage rules in the App Store terms, except that the app may be accessed by other accounts associated with yours via Family Sharing or volume purchasing, if and to the extent Apple allows it.
Maintenance and support. We are solely responsible for maintenance and support of the app. Apple has no obligation whatsoever to provide maintenance or support. You request support via support@apexroutine.com.
Warranty. We are solely responsible for product warranties, express or statutory, to the extent not validly excluded. If the app fails to conform to an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price of the app (if any) to you. To the extent the law allows, Apple has no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the app, and any other claim, loss, liability, damage, cost or expense attributable to a failure to conform to a warranty is our responsibility.
Product claims. We, not Apple, are responsible for addressing any claim by you or by a third party relating to the app or your possession or use of it, including: product liability claims; any claim that the app fails to conform to an applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and claims arising under consumer protection, privacy or similar legislation, including in connection with the app's use of HealthKit.
Intellectual property. If a third party claims that the app or your possession and use of it infringes its intellectual property rights, we, not Apple, are solely responsible for the investigation, defence, settlement and discharge of that claim.
Legal compliance. You represent and warrant that you are not located in a country that is subject to a US government embargo or that has been designated by the US government as a terrorist-supporting country, and that you are not listed on any US government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
Contact. Our name and address are in section 1; send questions, complaints and comments about the app to support@apexroutine.com.
Third-party terms. When using the app you also comply with applicable third-party terms, such as Apple's terms for the App Store, HealthKit and Sign in with Apple, and Google's terms for signing in with Google.
Third-party beneficiary. Apple and Apple's subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms. By accepting these terms you grant Apple the right, which Apple is deemed to have accepted, to enforce these terms against you as a third-party beneficiary.

15. Complaints, law and disputes

15.1 With us first

If you have a complaint, email support@apexroutine.com. We reply within ten working days and look for a solution together. Most problems get resolved that way.

15.2 Mediation

If that does not succeed, as a consumer you can turn free of charge to the Belgian Consumer Mediation Service (Consumentenombudsdienst), North Gate II, Koning Albert II-laan 8 bus 1, 1000 Brussels, consumentenombudsdienst.be, contact@consumentenombudsdienst.be. That service handles the complaint itself or passes it on to a competent entity for out-of-court dispute resolution. We undertake to cooperate with such a procedure. If you live in another country of the European Union, you can also turn to the European Consumer Centre of your own country.

15.3 Applicable law and court

These terms are governed by Belgian law. If you live in another country of the European Union, you also retain the protection of the mandatory consumer rules of your own country. Disputes that are not resolved amicably or through mediation are brought before the courts of the judicial district where we are established, unless you as a consumer choose the court of your own place of residence. We can sue you as a consumer only before the court of your place of residence.

16. Changes to these terms

We may amend these terms, for example because the app changes, because the law changes, or because a provision proves unclear. Each new version gets a new version number and a new date and is published at apexroutine.com.

For a material change (a new obligation for you, a restriction of your rights, a change to section 4 or 11, or a change to Apex Premium to your detriment) we notify you at least thirty days in advance in the app and by email, and we ask you to expressly accept the new version in the app. If you do not accept the new version, you can keep using the app under the old terms until the end of your current paid period, or, if you have no paid period, for those thirty days; after that you need the new version to continue. During that time you can request your data and delete your account.
For a non-material change (a clarification, a language correction, an adjustment to a new legal reference) the new version on the website suffices; if you keep using the app after the date it takes effect, you accept it.

17. Final provisions

Entire agreement. These terms, together with the privacy policy, the information we gave you before your registration or purchase, and the price information in the App Store, form the entire agreement between you and us about the app.
Severability. If a provision is void, the rest of these terms continue to apply insofar as they can exist without that provision.
No waiver. If we do not enforce a provision for a time, that does not mean we waive it.
Assignment. You may not assign your rights under these terms. We may assign them to a successor of the business, provided we notify you in advance and your rights are preserved.
Language. These terms exist in Dutch, English, French and German. In the event of a difference between the versions, the Dutch text applies, but never to your detriment for what you have read in your own language.

18. Contact

Apex Development
Beukenlaan 27, 8810 Lichtervelde, Belgium
support@apexroutine.com