StrengthLog vs OwnLift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StrengthLog
This app helps users plan and track their strength training progress with a vast exercise library and detailed analytics. It offers features for both beginners and experienced lifters, including social challenges and custom routine building. A generous free version is available, with an optional premium subscription for advanced tools.
- Unlimited workout logging
- 600+ exercises with videos
- Custom routine building
- Progress tracking and analytics
- Social challenges with friends
- Rest timer and plate calculator
- Body measurement tracking
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THE WORLD’S MOST GENEROUS WORKOUT TRACKER StrengthLog is the workout tracker for people who take their training seriously, whether you’re just getting started or have been lifting for decades. Plan your training. Log every set. Track your progress. Follow proven training programs or build your own. Compare your strength with other lifters. Set goals, build streaks, and challenge your friends. And unlike many workout apps, StrengthLog gives you everything you need to train effectively for free. Unlimited workout logging. No ads. No trial that suddenly locks you out. 100% gains, 0% ads. BUILT FOR LIFTERS, BY LIFTERS StrengthLog has been developed together with hundreds of thousands of lifters, from beginners to competitive strength athletes. Our library contains 600+ strength, cardio, and mobility exercises with instructions and videos. You can also create your own exercises. Log as you train or plan ahead with our calendar. Follow a ready-made training program, build your own, or simply decide what to do when you get to the gym. Your training history, PRs, statistics, and Strength Levels make it easy to see where you’ve been and where you’re going. TRAIN TOGETHER Connect with friends and make your training a little more social. See when your friends train, celebrate their progress, compare PRs and Strength Levels, and create or join challenges together. Challenge each other to train more often, do more reps, or reach whatever ridiculous goal you can come up with. You choose who you connect with, and your full training log stays private. FREE FEATURES • Log unlimited workouts, forever. • Support for both kg and lbs. • 600+ exercises with instructions and videos. • Create unlimited custom exercises. • Follow popular workouts and training programs. • Build your own routines and programs with linear progression. • Plan workouts and programs in your training calendar. • Track PRs and exercise history. • Compare your strength with other lifters using Strength Levels. • Track training volume, workouts, and other statistics. • Create training goals and streaks. • Complete our monthly challenges. • Connect with friends and challenge each other. • Use our rest timer and plate calculator. • Estimate your 1RM and get suggested PR warm-ups. • Track body measurements and progress pictures. • Connect with Apple Health. GO PREMIUM StrengthLog Premium unlocks our most advanced tools while supporting the continued development of the app. Premium includes: • Build unlimited training routines and programs with double and triple progression. • Our complete library of training programs for strength, bodybuilding, powerlifting, powerbuilding, sports, and more. • Advanced statistics for your training, muscle groups, and exercises. • Muscle heat maps showing what you’ve trained over any period. • Customizable favorite graphs. • Advanced logging with RPE, Reps in Reserve, % of 1RM, and quick set stats. • More tools for analyzing and planning your training. • Unlimited goals and streaks. • Connect your account to ChatGPT or Claude using our MCP integration. Whether you want a simple workout log or enough training data to disappear down a statistical rabbit hole for an entire evening, StrengthLog has you covered. Have an idea, found a bug, or just want to tell us what you think? Contact us at app@strengthlog.com. SUBSCRIPTIONS StrengthLog Premium is an automatically renewing subscription. • Choose between 1, 3, and 12 months. • Your App Store account will be charged upon purchase and your subscription will renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • You can manage or turn off auto-renewal in your App Store account settings. APPLE HEALTH With your permission, StrengthLog can read relevant data from Apple Health and share your completed workouts with it. You control what data StrengthLog can read or write through your Apple Health permissions.
OwnLift
This app offers comprehensive workout logging and progress tracking with a strong emphasis on user data privacy. It allows for detailed exercise recording, custom workout plans, and visual progress analysis, all while keeping data offline and secure.
- Offline workout logging
- Customizable workout plans
- Progress tracking and PR detection
- Body measurement logging
- Tabata and interval timers
- Encrypted data backups
- Simple Mode for beginners
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Own Your Workout. Own Your Data. Unlike other fitness apps, OwnLift gives you complete control. Everything stays on your device—no cloud required, no tracking, no ads. Optional encryption keeps your data secure. Simple Mode lets beginners focus on logging workouts without complexity. YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Your workout history, personal records, and body measurements never leave your iPhone unless you choose to export them. Optional SQLCipher encryption adds an extra layer of security. No account required. No internet needed. Just you and your training. POWERFUL WORKOUT LOGGING - Log sets, reps, weight, distance, and duration for any exercise - Track RPE (Rate of Perceived Exertion) for each set - Tag each set as warm-up, working, drop set, or partial - Add a note to any set - Auto-prefill from your workout history for faster logging - View workout summaries with volume totals - Simple Mode hides advanced features for beginners STRUCTURED WORKOUT PLANS - Follow pre-built starter plans (bodyweight, kettlebell, barbell, PPL) - Create custom multi-week training programs - Track plan progress with day completion status - Flexible scheduling with skip/reschedule options - Finish a cycle and restart it with one tap; OwnLift counts each cycle you complete - Free workouts show up in History alongside your plan workouts - YAML format ensures your plans are never locked in - Import and export plans freely—share with friends or coaches TRACK YOUR PROGRESS - Automatic personal record detection across multiple categories - Bodyweight and timed exercises get their own records: max reps and max duration - Volume graphs show your training progression over time - PR trends visualize strength gains by exercise - Log body measurements: weight, body fat, waist, chest, arms, thighs - View progress over custom time ranges (7 days to all-time) - Export charts as images for sharing TRAINING TOOLS - Tabata timer for HIIT and interval workouts - Interval timers run the rounds and work time your plan sets, or your own work, rest, and round settings - Countdown and stopwatch modes for timed exercises - Haptic feedback and audio cues - Plate calculator for barbell loading MADE FOR IPHONE DUO - Closed, OwnLift works exactly like it does on any iPhone - Open, the screen you were on stays put and the next level of detail opens beside it: today's workout beside your plan, a record's trend beside your records - Fold, unfold, or rotate and you keep your place BACKUP YOUR WAY - Create encrypted backups with your own passphrase - Save to iCloud Drive, Files app, or share anywhere - Restore to a new device with full data integrity - Import workout history from other apps (PWF format) BUILT FOR SERIOUS LIFTERS OwnLift is designed for people who know their programming and just need a reliable way to log and track workouts. The clean, minimal interface stays out of your way so you can focus on training. PRIVACY YOU CAN TRUST - 100% offline functionality—works without internet - Zero telemetry or analytics collection - No ads, ever - No account or sign-up required - Open data formats: plans and workout history export as YAML (PWF) - Full data portability—export everything anytime Free forever. Your workout data belongs to you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OwnLift at none against StrengthLog's 3. StrengthLog's advantage is ratings volume (3.7K vs 3) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. StrengthLog sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $16.90 per month. OwnLift asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for StrengthLog against 5.0 for OwnLift. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StrengthLog has 3.7K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
StrengthLog ships an update weekly, OwnLift every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StrengthLog | OwnLift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (3.7K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.7K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Styrkelabbet AB | Brian Carlson |
Customer experience
StrengthLog
OwnLift
Bugs and requests
StrengthLog
Reported bugs
3 issues- Disappearing workout data
- Inability to clear/reset workout history
- Inconsistent behavior when planning workouts for the same day
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to save and edit custom workout plans
- Seamless integration with Apple Health
- Community features like challenges and leaderboards
- More personalized workout recommendations
OwnLift
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
StrengthLog
- StrengthLog Premium - 1 month14 Days trial$16.901 Month
- StrengthLog Premium - 3 months14 Days trial$37.903 Months
- StrengthLog Premium - 1 year14 Days trial$109.001 Year
OwnLift
No in-app purchases







