Comparison

IRON Weight Lifting Tracker vs Plates

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

Head to head
About

IRON Weight Lifting Tracker

This app helps weightlifters track workouts, plan routines, and log sets. It offers detailed performance metrics, exercise information with videos, and a comprehensive workout history. Tailor plans for muscle growth, strength, or fat loss.

Highlights
  • Build custom workouts
  • Log sets with autofill
  • Track performance metrics
  • View exercise stats and charts
  • Access exercise demonstration videos
  • Organize routines with groups
  • Review workout history
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Designed for weightlifters. Catering to all gym enthusiasts, from beginners to bodybuilders and powerlifters, IRON revolutionizes user experience for workout trackers, planners, and gym logs. WORKOUTS, ROUTINES, AND GROUPS Build Workouts with Ease • Craft your workouts in advance using "Build Workout" feature, catering to various fitness goals such as muscle growth, tone, strength, bodybuilding, and powerlifting. • Use "Start Now" to perform weightlifting workouts on the fly without building a workout ahead of time. • Save your workouts to your Library for future use. Organize with Groups and Routines • Streamline your training routines by creating groups; for instance, label a group "5 Day Split" for easy organization. • Pin your favorite workouts at the top of your Library for quick and convenient access. WORKOUT LOGGING AND EXERCISE TRACKING Efficient Set Logging • Logging sets is the heart of our Exercise Stats, automatically updating your progress as you log sets. • We simplify your experience by autofilling previous weights and rep counts, reducing manual entries. • Log weightlifting workouts without building them ahead of time with Start Now. Insightful Performance Metrics • Delve into your Workout Stats to view analytics aggregated from your entire workout history, offering insights into overall performance trends and progress over time. • Explore your Exercise Stats, providing detailed analytics for individual exercises, identifying areas for improvement (red) and celebrating progress (green). • Navigate to your Muscle Group Stats to access analytics broken down by specific muscle groups, allowing for targeted assessment and optimization of your training approach. Comprehensive Exercise Statistics • Dive into detailed exercise data for individual exercises on the "Exercise Stats" page, featuring powerful charts showcasing your progress over time for each weight lifting exercise. • Quick stats offer insights like average lift, lowest lift, most frequent lift, average rep count, and more. EXERCISE INFO AND EDUCATION Visual Learning with Exercise Videos • Access demonstration videos for every exercise to ensure proper form and technique. • The Exercise Info page provides step-by-step instructions for each exercise, promoting safe and effective workouts. WORKOUT HISTORY Track Your Progress • Review your workout history, filtering data by muscle group, and sort by workouts or logged sets. MORE INFO • Tailor your workout plans for muscle growth, strength, or weight loss. • Enjoy home workouts or hit the gym with confidence with a powerful weight lifting tracker. • Utilize weightlifting for effective weight and fat loss. • Replace your traditional workout journal and gym log. • Experience the freedom of a free workout planner and weight lifting tracker. • Achieve your fitness goals with a simple gym log, gym planner, and weight lifting tracker. IRON: Your go-to companion for weight lifting, workout tracking, and gym logging. Optimize your weight lifting routine with our free workout planner. Say goodbye to traditional workout journals, trackers, and gym logs and elevate your fitness goals with IRON - your ultimate gym partner. Start tracking your weight lifting workouts today. PRIVACY ironapp.co/privacy TERMS ironapp.co/terms

About

Plates

This app helps you build and track your strength training programs. Log sets quickly, monitor personal records, and review your progress, all while working offline. Your data syncs automatically when you reconnect.

Highlights
  • Build custom training programs
  • Log sets in two taps
  • Offline-first logging
  • Track personal records (PRs)
  • Review lift history and trends
  • Sync across devices
Features
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Plates is a workout tracker built for people who lift. Build your training program, run your session, and log every set in seconds — fully offline, synced across your devices the moment you're back online. No bloat. No social feed. No subscription wall in your way. Just a fast, focused log that keeps up with you between sets. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Build programs your way — push/pull/legs, upper/lower, full body, or your own split • Log sets in two taps — weight and reps, with smart defaults pulled from last time • Never lose a set — everything saves locally first, so the app never waits on a signal • Track every PR — personal records surface automatically as you beat them • Review your history — see how each lift has trended over weeks and months • Train in your units — kg or lb, your choice, stored accurately either way • Sync across devices — start on your phone, pick up anywhere BUILT TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY Plates is offline-first by design. Your phone is the source of truth, so logging is instant whether you're in a basement gym with no bars or on a flight. When a connection comes back, your sessions sync quietly in the background. PRIVACY Plates uses Sign in with Apple — no email list, no password to remember. We don't sell your data. Full privacy policy linked below. Free to download. Get Plates and make your next session count.

Screenshots

IRON Weight Lifting Tracker4 screens
Plates4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Plates at 100% against IRON Weight Lifting Tracker's 57%. Plates also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). IRON Weight Lifting Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (420 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. IRON Weight Lifting Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Plates asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Plates holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IRON Weight Lifting Tracker has 420 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of IRON Weight Lifting Tracker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Plates's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
IRON Weight Lifting Tracker versus Plates: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIRON Weight Lifting TrackerPlates
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (420 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings420 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIRON Digital, Inc.Clear Contract

Customer experience

IRON Weight Lifting Tracker

All ratings421 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral5.0%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews72 reviews
Positive56.9%
Neutral12.5%
Negative30.6%

Plates

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

IRON Weight Lifting Tracker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Unable to delete or edit recorded workouts
  • Subscription issues (unable to use app after trial)
  • Repeated login prompts even with active subscription

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add calendar view to review past workouts
  • Improve exercise video demonstrations
  • Expand exercise library to include more equipment
  • Implement better progression tracking and planning
  • Add timer/rest timer functionality

Plates

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

IRON Weight Lifting Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$35.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$99.99
None

Plates

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IRON Weight Lifting Tracker free?
IRON Weight Lifting Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Plates free?
Plates is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, IRON Weight Lifting Tracker or Plates?
Plates is rated higher. IRON Weight Lifting Tracker averages 4.5 out of 5 from 420 ratings, while Plates averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do IRON Weight Lifting Tracker or Plates have ads?
Neither IRON Weight Lifting Tracker nor Plates shows ads.

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