FitNotes vs FitNotes 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FitNotes
This app simplifies tracking weightlifting and cardio workouts. Create multi-day routines with auto-incrementing exercises and manage complex CrossFit WODs. Ideal for all fitness levels to stay organized and monitor progress towards goals.
- Weightlifting workout tracking
- Cardio exercise tracking
- Multi-day workout creation
- Auto-incrementing exercises
- CrossFit WOD management
- Progress monitoring
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FitNotes is the last fitness tracking app you will ever download. FitNotes helps you track your weightlifting workouts as well as your cardio exercises in a simple, friendly, easy-to-use app FitNotes gives you the ability to create dynamic workouts that span multiple days, with the ability to auto increment between each workout. Furthermore, FitNotes allows CrossFit lovers to create complex sets of exercises for their WOD. If you are new to working out or an expert bodybuilder, FitNotes is the app that will help you stay organized with your workouts and keep track of your results, making it easier for you to reach your fitness goals EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
FitNotes 2
Log your gym workouts, track progress, and plan routines with this comprehensive fitness tracker. Features include personal record tracking, body measurements, and various timers. Analyze your performance with graphs and set personal exercise goals.
- Workout routine templates
- Automatic personal record tracking
- 1RM and percentage calculators
- Body measurement tracking with Apple HealthKit integration
- Progress analysis with graphs
- Rest, EMOM, AMRAP, and Tabata timers
- Customizable exercises and units
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Keep track of your progress in the gym with a workout tracker and planner. • Based on the popular FitNotes app, the best workout planner app ever made on any platform • Routines: Save your workout routines as templates, log them to a workout • Personal Records are automatically tracked • 1RM, Percents Calculator • Plate Calculator with profiles per gym and multiple barbells • Body Tracker: Record your weight, body fat and any other measurement. Integrates with Apple HealthKit. • Goal Tracker: Set personal goals for exercises, such as a 1RM. • Graphs: Helps to analyze your progress and plan your programming • Rest Timer, EMOM, AMRAP and Tabata timers • Notifications: Be notified when the rest timer ends for your next set • Supports every kind of exercise: weight, reps, distance, time • Use built-in exercises or create your own • Mix pounds (lbs) and kilograms (kg) easily • Add notes to workouts, sets, templates and body measurements • Dark Mode • Apple Watch app • Apple Workout integration with or without Apple Watch • Share workouts as text or an image • Warmup sets • RPE, RIR • Attach images and videos • Import the original FitNotes database and FitNotes CSV files • Manual and automatic backups to iCloud • Export your workouts in a CSV • Export back to the original FitNotes. No lock-in. • No account required You can import CSVs from other fitness and workout log apps to bring your data over. The free version of FitNotes 2 can save up to 12 workouts. Delete older workouts to continue using for free. All features are available free, the number of workouts is the only restriction. To save more workouts, purchase FitNotes unlimited lifetime access or a subscription. Terms of Use: https://getfitnotes.com/termsofuse This app is not affiliated with other fitness apps. Purchase of FitNotes does not transfer to other platforms. FitNotes Changes: Version 14 - Batch import of templates - Option to show workout set completion times - Option to the % of Training Max that a workout set is - Option to show moving average on body measurement charts - Abbreviations recognized in exercise search - Improved workout CSV import/export for Hevy, FitBod and Strong, including RPE, RIR and warmup sets - Fixed swiping workouts on iOS 26 Version 13 - Option to show the Next Set on the lock screen timer - Up/down buttons to move selected workout exercises together Version 12 - Record training max history - Templates can program based on percentages of training max - Import workout text and JSON - Import HeavySet templates - Attach photos and videos to notes - Exercise video library - French translation Version 11 - Added a per-exercise option to exclude it from statistics and graphs - Mark favorite exercises and keep them at the top of the list - Can tap links in workout notes - Plate calculator follows the next set - Modify RPE and RIR from the watch - Fix template Share and Move options - Show newly created exercises even when 'Hide Unused Exercises' is on Version 10 - Ability to hide exercises Version 8 - Add option to skip the rest timer for the final set - Long press notes to show the menu - Update CSV format for the other FitNotes import Version 7 - Export and import templates - Added an option to copy previous sets when adding an exercise to a workout - Add 'Copy' to the long press menu on workout notes Version 5 - Add the rest timer to the lock screen. - Add 'By Year' to statistics time groupings - Add an option to double an exercise's weight when calculating volume. You can use this for unilateral or dumbbell exercises. - Add RPE and RIR to workout sets - Add custom rest times to a single workout set - Add an option to show the workout set notes without opening the notes screen - Flag sets as 'warmup'. Warmup sets are excluded from graphs, statistics and goals. - Fix the rest timer buttons not working after uses EMOM/AMRAP timers
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FitNotes at every 6 days against FitNotes 2's every 2 months. FitNotes 2's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. FitNotes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and FitNotes 2 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for FitNotes against 4.6 for FitNotes 2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.5K and 559 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of FitNotes's written reviews are positive against 55% of FitNotes 2's.
FitNotes ships an update every 6 days, FitNotes 2 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FitNotes | FitNotes 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.5K ratings) | 4.6 (559 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.2% of reviews — better | 54.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 559 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Evgeny Uralsky | Ginger Technologies Pte Ltd |
Customer experience
FitNotes
FitNotes 2
Bugs and requests
FitNotes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
FitNotes 2
Reported bugs
4 issues- Copy/paste of workouts not working as expected
- Timer issues (e.g., defaulting to 2 mins)
- Crashes when trying to add custom body tracker units
- Inconsistent behavior when navigating between screens
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to create and use workout templates
- More customization options (e.g., rest time, RPE/RIR tracking)
- Apple Health/Fitness integration
- Supersets/circuit training support
- Improved data export/backup functionality
In-app purchases
FitNotes
- FitNotes PRO (1 Month)$0.991 Month
- FitNotes PRO (1 Year)$4.991 Year
- FitNotes PRO$9.99
FitNotes 2
- Unlimited Use$1.991 Month
- Unlimited Use$14.991 Year
- Forever$44.99







