Weightlifting Log vs ActiveMind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weightlifting Log
This app provides a streamlined and efficient way for weightlifters to log their gym sessions. It allows users to easily record workouts, track personal records, and monitor key metrics like 1RM and volume. The interface is clean and user-friendly, focusing on essential tracking features without unnecessary complexity.
- Log workouts
- Create custom exercises
- Track personal records
- Monitor 1RM and Volume
- Add notes to workouts
- Record bodyweight
- Export data to CSV
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Lift more. Log less. GymKing is a workout tracker that keeps things simple. Log your sets in seconds, see what you lifted last time, and focus on getting stronger. No ads. No subscriptions. No distractions. Just lifting. TRACK EVERY WORKOUT • Log sets, reps and weights in seconds • See your previous weights and reps • Create routines or repeat past workouts • Choose from 200+ animated exercises • Add custom exercises and workout notes • Stay on track with a built-in rest timer SEE YOUR PROGRESS • Track personal records and strength gains • Explore charts for weights, reps and volume • Review your workout history and streaks • See which muscle groups you train most MADE FOR iPHONE • Apple Health integration • Live Activities for rest timers • 20+ color themes • Back up your data and export to CSV 100% FREE. NO STRINGS ATTACHED. Every feature is free. No ads, subscriptions or paywalls. Independently developed since 2016, GymKing is built by a lifter, for lifters. Less time logging. More time lifting. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
ActiveMind
This app combines mental health support with physical activity suggestions based on your current mood. It offers guided sessions, mood tracking, and integrates with health data to help you stay present and active.
- Mood-based activity suggestions
- Guided mental health sessions
- Health data integration (Apple Health)
- Mood and activity tracking
- Journaling and self-assessments
- Therapy preparation tools
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ActiveMind is not a step counter and it is not a meditation app. It is the answer to a smaller question: what should I do right now? Tell it how you feel, or let it read your day from Apple Health, and it suggests something that actually fits. A short walk when you are flat. Something quiet when your body is carrying more than usual. Somewhere to go when the weather is good and you have an afternoon. Saying how you feel takes one slide, and a few words about why if you want to add them. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT Most apps show you correlations. "You feel better on days you go outside." That sounds useful until you notice the problem: you go outside on days you already feel good, so nobody can tell which way it runs. ActiveMind is the app that chooses what to suggest, so it can do something about that. The Lab runs a real experiment on your own days. For three weeks it flips a coin each morning. On some days it leads with the thing being tested, on others it stays quiet. You live normally either way. At the end you get a straight answer about whether it moved anything, and because the days were picked at random, that answer means something. It will also tell you when something did nothing for you. That is a real result, and it saves you months on the wrong thing. DAYS OUT, NOT JUST MINUTES 194 day trips built from the places actually around you, each one a short itinerary with real stops and times. Answer four questions about the kind of day you want and it picks one. Nearby towns are included, so a good afternoon is not limited to your own postcode. Everywhere you go gets pinned to a map of your own year. WEATHER, AND WHAT IT DOES TO YOU ActiveMind keeps a daily record of the sky next to how you felt, then tests which parts of it actually move you. Grey days, low pressure, short daylight, poor air. If a pattern turns out to be real for you, tomorrow's forecast starts taking it into account. If nothing shows up, it says so. YOUR BODY, READABLE Heart rate, resting heart rate, HRV, breathing rate and wrist temperature, each with its bands drawn so a number lands somewhere, and history you can drag through. Wrist temperature is shown against your own recent nights, because the raw number only tells you about your bedroom. EVERYTHING ELSE 665 things to do, filtered by how much energy you actually have Places near you worth walking to, open now and worth the walk A forecast you can open: UV, humidity, wind, rain, pressure and conditions, hour by hour Sleep sounds, breathing exercises, timers for the things you hold A letter every Sunday, written from your own week Mood check-ins that flow into Apple Health PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Every analysis in this app runs on your phone. Your moods, your health data and your check-ins are not uploaded, not sold, and not shared. There is no account to make. ActiveMind is not a medical device and nothing in it is a diagnosis. For anything that worries you about your health, talk to a clinician. move, think, thrive
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ActiveMind at none against Weightlifting Log's 3. ActiveMind also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Weightlifting Log's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Weightlifting Log sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. ActiveMind asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Weightlifting Log against 5.0 for ActiveMind. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Weightlifting Log has 32 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Weightlifting Log ships an update every 2 months, ActiveMind every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Weightlifting Log | ActiveMind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Above AS | JESUS J DOMINGUEZ ROMERO |
Customer experience
Weightlifting Log
ActiveMind
In-app purchases
Weightlifting Log
- A Generous Donation$0.99
- A Hefty Donation$2.49
- A Showy Donation$8.99
ActiveMind
No in-app purchases
Questions
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