Comparison

Gym Coach vs Gym Exercises & Workouts

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

Head to head
About

Gym Coach

This app acts as a personal trainer, offering various workout categories to help users improve fitness, build muscle, or manage weight. It provides image-guided exercises for different goals like bulking, leaning, or achieving a six-pack.

Highlights
  • Personalized training plans
  • Muscle building workouts
  • Weight loss/gain tracking
  • Image-guided exercises
  • Fitness and toning routines
  • Six-pack specific workouts
Features
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Gym Coach is like having a Personal Trainer in your pocket. You’ll quickly improve fitness, strength, tone, muscle or use it to count the calories you burn as part of your weight loss / weight gain program. Features: This app will contain Various types of Categories line 1. Bulky Body: If you want to become bulk with big muscles, you can go with this category. This category contains various types of work outs. Each and every workout is represented in Image. 2. Lean Body: If you want to become Lean with muscles, you can go with this category. This category contains various types of work outs. Each and every workout is represented in Image. 3. Fitness: If you want to become Fit , you can go with this category. This category contains various types of work outs. Each and every workout is represented in Image. 4. Six Pack: If you want Six Pack, you can go with this category. This category contains various types of work outs. Each and every workout is represented in Image.

About

Gym Exercises & Workouts

Create and log unlimited custom workouts with a vast library of exercises. Track your progress with detailed history and graphs to build strength and confidence. Perfect for beginners and experienced lifters alike.

Highlights
  • Create custom workouts
  • 140+ predefined workouts
  • Exercise library with instructions
  • Workout history and graphs
  • Custom exercise creation
  • Adjustable rest timer
Features
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Create and customize your own unlimited workouts, add super sets or search over 140 predefined workouts to help improve fitness, gain muscle and strength, get ripped, or tone up. Gym Exercises & Workouts helps beginners understand the mechanics of each exercise so walking into a gym doesn’t seem so daunting, and refreshes a veteran’s memory of training routines they may have forgotten. Every movement has been written by a seasoned lifter and state level powerlifter with over 20 years' experience. Ditch the pen & paper, log your workouts, add your super sets, create custom exercises and track your progress, all with an easy to use interface. Apple Watch support! Control your workout from your wrist - see your exercise, adjust reps and weight, use the rest timer with haptic feedback and view your workout summary, all synced seamlessly with your iPhone. Track your training history with the built-in workout log calendar while the graphs help you to identify trends and show how much weight you have lifted this week, month or even 12 months. Use training insights to see what's working - PRs, strength changes on every exercise, your best training day and how your volume compares to before. Your training, explained. View, add and edit your workout logs and compare your statistics, exercise volume and history. Create your weight-lifting plan & get in shape - Build a stronger & more confident version of yourself. Browse or search hundreds of exercises for the home or gym, separated into targeted muscle groups with detailed offline videos highlighting the activated muscles without having to wait for slow videos to load. Create your own custom exercises to use in your gym workouts - if you have a unique exercise that isn't in other apps you can add it. During a workout you can swap, add, edit and skip exercises or adjust the built-in rest timer. Summary of Gym Exercises & Workouts features: * Over 140 predefined workouts to do at home or the gym * No accounts or login required * Training Insights - personal records, strength change per exercise, best day and volume trends * Apple Watch support – log sets, adjust reps & weight, rest timer with haptics and workout summaries * 300+ Simple, animated figures highlighting the activated muscles during an exercise * Create and customize your own workouts * Swap, add and skip exercises during a workout * Track your workout history with a built-in calendar * Add Workout Notes to your training * Workout Graphs - Total Weight Lifted, Workout Duration and Muscles Worked * Search exercises and filter by equipment * Adjustable rest timer in-between sets during a workout * 1RM (one-rep max) calculator * Create and use your own custom exercises in workouts * Create a favorites exercise list for quick reference * Regional weight selection – kg or lb, with full decimal keyboard support * Clear instructions how to perform each exercise * Premium upgrades available to remove ads and add watch support Gym Exercises & Workouts does rely on an internet connection to download predefined workouts and new exercises, in-app images may change. The app is free to download and use without limits. A premium upgrade is available to unlock Apple Watch support and remove ads. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Gym Coach4 screens
Gym Exercises & Workouts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Gym Exercises & Workouts at Free against Gym Coach's $1.99. Gym Exercises & Workouts also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (89% vs 55%). Gym Coach's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#182 vs unranked). On ads and device support 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

Gym Exercises & Workouts is free to download; Gym Coach costs $1.99 up front. Gym Exercises & Workouts sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Gym Coach asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gym Exercises & Workouts holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gym Exercises & Workouts has 3.8K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Gym Coach's written reviews are positive against 89% of Gym Exercises & Workouts's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gym Coach ships an update every 46 months, Gym Exercises & Workouts every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Gym Coach versus Gym Exercises & Workouts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGym CoachGym Exercises & Workouts
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (10 ratings)4.8 (3.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews89.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings103.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 46 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#182 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPIXOPLAY IT SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITEDAdam First

Customer experience

Gym Coach

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral9.1%
Negative36.4%

Gym Exercises & Workouts

All ratings3,754 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral2.3%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews264 reviews
Positive89.0%
Neutral6.8%
Negative4.2%

Bugs and requests

Gym Coach

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Gym Exercises & Workouts

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashing on launch after recent update
  • Custom exercises not saving properly
  • Rest timer not functioning correctly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to view targeted muscle groups for each exercise
  • Option to download/export workout history
  • Integration with Apple Watch
  • Calorie estimation feature
  • Ability to share custom workouts with others

In-app purchases

None

Gym Coach

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Gym Exercises & Workouts

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Gym Exercises Lifetime Subscription$49.99

Questions

Is Gym Coach free?
Gym Coach costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gym Exercises & Workouts free?
Gym Exercises & Workouts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gym Coach or Gym Exercises & Workouts?
Gym Exercises & Workouts is rated higher. Gym Coach averages 4.3 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Gym Exercises & Workouts averages 4.8 from 3.8K ratings.
Do Gym Coach or Gym Exercises & Workouts have ads?
Neither Gym Coach nor Gym Exercises & Workouts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gym Coach or Gym Exercises & Workouts?
Gym Coach ships an update every 46 months, and Gym Exercises & Workouts every 3 weeks. Most recently, Gym Coach was updated on October 26, 2026 and Gym Exercises & Workouts on October 29, 2026.

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