Comparison

Intensity vs Weight Lifting

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

Head to head
About

Intensity

This app helps you optimize your training for progression by tracking your strength and progress. It offers a user-friendly interface for planning and logging workouts, with in-depth stats, custom goals, and personal record tracking.

Highlights
  • Workout planning and logging
  • In-depth training statistics
  • Customizable goals and personal records
  • Support for popular powerlifting programs
  • AI program generation
  • Cloud sync across platforms
  • Apple Watch app
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An ad free workout tracking app to optimize your training for progression. Intensity is focused on getting you better than you were yesterday. Intensity has an interface that makes tracking easy. Plan an entire workout in advance, or log it as you go. Designed for progression, it has everything you need right at your finger tips. This includes in-depth stats to identify trends in your training, custom goals to push you to progress, and the ability to easily view your personal records. Intensity includes popular powerlifting programs such as 5/3/1, Starting Strength, Stronglifts 5x5, The Texas Method, Smolov, Scheiko, The Juggernaut Method, GZCL, Candito programs, Kizen programs, and practically every other popular powerlifting program you can think of. If you can't find what you are looking for, you can build your own programs, customize existing programs, import programs, or use AI to generate a program. With your workouts stored securely in the cloud, access your data whenever you need it. You can access your data on all major platforms. Apple Watch app to access your workouts with or without your iPhone You can import data from popular apps such as Strong, Hevy, FitNotes, and Stronglifts 5x5. You can also export all your workouts for further analysis. Intensity includes social features where you can add your friends, share workouts, and compete on the leaderboard. Other features include: • Sync your workouts with Apple Health • Timer & stopwatch • Interval timer • Bodyweight tracker • 1RM calculator • Plate calculator with custom plate settings • IPF-GL, Wilks, and DOTS calculator • Warmup calculator with the ability to add custom warmup methods • Light/dark mode • Supports multiple languages Use Intensity as the ultimate tracking tool that will last you your entire lifting lifetime. Intensity is free to download and use. Should you choose to upgrade to Intensity Premium, we offer an auto-renewing subscription option for $2.99USD/month, an auto-renewing subscription option for $17.99USD/year, and one singular payment option for $34.99USD: Payment will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the subscription period. There is no increase in price when renewing. Subscriptions can be managed and auto-renewal turned off in Account Settings in iTunes after purchase. Once purchased, refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. Read our full Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy at https://www.intensityapp.com/terms-conditions and https://www.intensityapp.com/privacy-policy.

About

Weight Lifting

Log your gym workouts and track strength gains with a digital calendar. Plan routines, input exercises, sets, reps, and weight, and visualize your progress over time. Ideal for all fitness levels aiming to achieve their goals.

Highlights
  • Gym log calendar
  • Workout planning
  • Strength gain tracking
  • Exercise, set, rep, weight input
  • Progress visualization
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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Workout Tracker is your new gym log calendar. Get rid of your notebook and start using your phone to track your strength gains.  Workout Tracker lets you easily plan your workouts and see your progress over time, all conveniently in a calendar format.  It features a simple and user-friendly interface that allows you to easily input your exercises, sets, reps and weight.  Whether you are a casual lifter or a seasoned bodybuilder, Workout Tracker is the perfect tool for reaching your fitness goals. Download Workout Tracker today! Subscription pricing and terms: Workout Tracker offers three auto-renewing subscription options: $4.99 per week $12.99 per month $49.99 per year These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Your Workout Tracker subscription will automatically renew at the end of each term and your credit card will be charged through your iTunes account. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. Read more about our terms and conditions here: Terms of Use: https://architectapps.co/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: https://architectapps.co/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Intensity4 screens
Weight Lifting3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Intensity at 191 against Weight Lifting's 34. Weight Lifting's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Intensity sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Weight Lifting sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Intensity against 4.7 for Weight Lifting. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Intensity has 191 ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Intensity's written reviews are positive against 67% of Weight Lifting's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Intensity ships an update every 4 weeks, Weight Lifting every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Intensity versus Weight Lifting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIntensityWeight Lifting
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (191 ratings)4.7 (34 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.2% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings191 — better34
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTaylor HamlingOwen Schick

Customer experience

Intensity

All ratings174 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral2.3%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive64.2%
Neutral11.3%
Negative24.5%

Weight Lifting

All ratings34 ratings
Positive91.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Intensity

Reported bugs

25 issues
  • Workouts not saving
  • App randomly closes
  • Metrics shifting between kg and lb
  • App crashes with 'Unable to Load App' error
  • Workout diary not accurately tracking days
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  • App freezes/crashes and deletes logged workouts
  • Buttons overlapping or disappearing
  • App navigates to random dates during logging
  • Annoying red bar covering exercises
  • Deleted all data after update
  • Sets not being saved
  • Updates to weight/reps not saved
  • Erasing parts of previous workouts
  • App requests clipboard access
  • New update causes app to lock up
  • Search bar not bringing up past exercises
  • Pop-up about settings not working
  • App stops registering taps in correct locations
  • App not responding to taps
  • Losing training notes after updates
  • Sets disappearing after adding
  • Diary not showing logged workouts
  • Resetting diary not possible
  • Units converting incorrectly
  • Workouts being erased

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add widgets
  • Dark mode option
  • Display RPE on main screen
  • Track RPE with every set
  • Abbreviate drop sets/super sets
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  • CSV interop with Excel
  • Rest timer during set updates
  • Copy diary option
  • Optimized for iPhone X screen
  • Plate calculator more accessible
  • Offline mode

Weight Lifting

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Intensity

Subscriptions2
  • Intensity Premium$2.991 Month
  • Intensity Premium Yearly$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Intensity Lifetime Premium$34.99
3 purchases

Weight Lifting

Subscriptions3
  • 1 Week Subscription3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • 1 Month Subscription3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Unlock All 1 Year Subscription3 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Intensity free?
Intensity is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Weight Lifting free?
Weight Lifting is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Intensity or Weight Lifting?
Weight Lifting is rated higher. Intensity averages 4.6 out of 5 from 191 ratings, while Weight Lifting averages 4.7 from 34 ratings.
Do Intensity or Weight Lifting have ads?
Neither Intensity nor Weight Lifting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Intensity or Weight Lifting?
Intensity ships an update every 4 weeks, and Weight Lifting every 3 weeks. Most recently, Intensity was updated on October 21, 2026 and Weight Lifting on October 15, 2026.

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