Comparison

Intensity vs Olympian

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

Olympian

This app helps users track their lifting progress with detailed logging and automated adjustments. It offers personalized workouts, progress visualization, and integrates with other health platforms.

Highlights
  • Detailed workout logging
  • Automated volume adjustment
  • Exercise rotation
  • Mesocycle management
  • Personalized workouts
  • Progress tracking graphs
  • Apple Health & Strava integration
Features
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Olympian is a lifting tracker for logging real workouts, planning training blocks, and proving progress with strength ranks. Log every set, follow progressive overload, and let Olympian help adjust your next workouts based on your performance. Features: • Fast workout logging for sets, reps, weight, RIR/RPE, and rest times • Progressive overload targets and workout history • Mesocycle and hypertrophy block planning • Auto volume adjustments and exercise rotation • Strength ranks, PRs, and post-workout progress feedback • Apple Watch workout logging • Apple Health and Strava integrations • Body measurements, analytics, and progress charts • Built-in, community, and custom programs Olympian is free to use. Optional coach features are available with a subscription. Terms & Conditions: https://olympiantraining.app/#/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://olympiantraining.app/#/privacy

Screenshots

Intensity4 screens
Olympian4 screens

Verdict

The call

Intensity and Olympian both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Olympian's written reviews are positive against 64% of Intensity's. Olympian also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 weeks). Intensity's advantage is ratings volume (191 vs 12). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Intensity sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Olympian sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. 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 Olympian. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Intensity has 191 ratings behind it against 12, 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 100% of Olympian's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Intensity ships an update every 4 weeks, Olympian every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Intensity versus Olympian: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIntensityOlympian
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (191 ratings)4.7 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings191 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.615.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB257 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTaylor HamlingCan Avci

Customer experience

Intensity

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

Olympian

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
Show 20 more
  • 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
Show 6 more
  • CSV interop with Excel
  • Rest timer during set updates
  • Copy diary option
  • Optimized for iPhone X screen
  • Plate calculator more accessible
  • Offline mode

Olympian

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
2 purchases

Olympian

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Membership14 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Annual Membership14 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Intensity free?
Intensity is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Olympian free?
Olympian is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Intensity or Olympian?
Olympian is rated higher. Intensity averages 4.6 out of 5 from 191 ratings, while Olympian averages 4.7 from 12 ratings.
Do Intensity or Olympian have ads?
Neither Intensity nor Olympian shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Intensity or Olympian?
Intensity ships an update every 4 weeks, and Olympian every 9 days. Most recently, Intensity was updated on November 2, 2026 and Olympian on November 4, 2026.

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