Comparison

Strength Workout Log vs HelloSun

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

Head to head
About

Strength Workout Log

This app helps you create personalized strength training plans, track your workouts with detailed logging, and analyze your progress. It features a comprehensive exercise library with 3D visuals and tools to help you lift the right weight.

Highlights
  • Personalized training plan creation
  • Guided workout tracking
  • Extensive exercise library with 3D visuals
  • Progress and performance analysis
  • Superset and triple set planning
  • Barbell and dumbbell calculators
Features
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Trainer brings serious strength training into an app that feels clear, precise, and thoughtfully designed. Create a personal plan or map out the routine you already follow in Trainer. Train at home, in your home gym, or at the gym with more structure and a better feel for your progress. 1.) Train with a plan that fits you • Create a personal training plan built on current training principles around your equipment, available time, and focus • Choose whether you train at home, in a home gym, or at the gym • Decide whether to spread your workouts flexibly across the week or train on fixed days • Focus on upper body, lower body, or a balanced split • If you prefer to plan for yourself, you can also create your sessions manually 2.) Next-generation workout tracking • Guided training takes you through your workout set by set • Log weight, reps, time, and optionally RPE while you train • Trainer can automatically prefill your last used values as suggestions • Start workouts without a template or add exercises on the fly during a session • Plan supersets and triple sets for smoother training flow • Track warm-up sets separately so you start each workout prepared • Live Activities keep you updated on timers, rest periods, and set progress • Built-in barbell and dumbbell calculators help you load the right weight quickly 3.) Find exercises for your setup • Browse a large exercise library for strength training at home and in the gym • High-quality 3D visuals and a customizable 3D coach make every exercise clearer and easier to understand • Trainer shows technique, target muscles, equipment, and past performance for every exercise • Find suitable alternatives based on the equipment you have available • Create your own exercises and add exactly the variations you actually use • Manage workout location and equipment in one place so your plan and exercise choices stay aligned 4.) Analyze your progress and stay motivated • See right from the Home view what is next and how your week looks • See which muscle groups are still recovering from recent workouts • Track streaks, active training time, and your weekly focus • Explore stats for favorite exercises, rep profile, muscle focus, personal bests, and training rhythm • Edit your workout history and keep past sessions fully documented • Trainer Points help you better understand training volume and muscle load TRAINER MEMBERSHIP You can explore Trainer for free. To start real workouts and use all training features, you need a Trainer membership. Pricing, durations, and available options are shown in the App Store. Where available, you can also get to know Trainer through a trial workout or a free trial. APPLE HEALTH APP Trainer integrates with Apple Health. Trainer can save completed strength workouts to Apple Health and can optionally read workout data. Because of that, Trainer may ask for read and write access to your workout data. Health integration is optional and can be changed at any time in iOS Settings. IMPORTANT NOTE Trainer is for general workout planning, motivation, and strength training logging. The content in the app is not medical advice and does not replace diagnosis, treatment, or individual care from physicians, physical therapists, or other medical professionals. Only train if you are physically able to do so. If you have symptoms, injuries, pre-existing conditions, are pregnant, or are unsure, please seek medical advice before training. Trainer Terms - https://www.waldow.app/terms-trainer/ Trainer Privacy Policy - https://www.waldow.app/privacy-trainer/

About

HelloSun

Track your daily outdoor time and visualize your progress towards a goal. The app turns your time spent outside into a visual representation, showing how much daylight you've had and how much is left to reach your daily target. It also provides UV index estimates to help you enjoy sunshine safely.

Highlights
  • Visualize daily daylight progress
  • Standalone Apple Watch app
  • UV index and skin type estimation
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Watch face complications
  • Streak and history tracking
  • Privacy-focused, no account needed
Features
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Get your daily daylight. How much time have you spent outside today? HelloSun turns your time outdoors into something you can actually see — right on your Apple Watch and iPhone. Your day starts in darkness. Every minute you spend outside makes the sky brighter, until the sun is shining and your daily goal is reached. SEE YOUR DAYLIGHT AT A GLANCE Your Apple Watch already tracks the time you spend outside. HelloSun turns that data into a simple, visual daily goal. FROM NIGHT TO DAY No complicated charts. Your progress is represented as the time of day. The closer you get to your goal, the brighter it becomes. MADE FOR APPLE WATCH The standalone Watch app runs right on your wrist. Your iPhone can stay at home. YOUR SUNLIGHT BUDGET See how much daylight you've already had and how much is left to reach your daily goal. SUNSHINE, WITHOUT THE SUNBURN HelloSun combines the live UV index, your skin type and the sunlight you've already had to give you an easy-to-understand estimate for the day. HelloSun is not a medical device. WIDGETS & COMPLICATIONS Keep your daylight progress where you can see it — on your Home Screen, Lock Screen and watch face. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Daylight data is processed on your iPhone and Apple Watch. No account. No server. No uploads. No ads. No trackers. STREAKS, RECORDS & HISTORY See your streaks, discover your best days and look back at your progress over time. Going outside doesn't have to be complicated. HelloSun. Get your daylight.

Screenshots

Strength Workout Log4 screens
HelloSun4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Strength Workout Log at Free against HelloSun's $2.99. Strength Workout Log also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). HelloSun's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On review sentiment, 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

Strength Workout Log is free to download; HelloSun costs $2.99 up front. Strength Workout Log sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. HelloSun asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Strength Workout Log versus HelloSun: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrength Workout LogHelloSun
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size277 MB31 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJoe WaldowKevin Reutter

Customer experience

Strength Workout Log

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

HelloSun

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Strength Workout Log

Subscriptions2
  • Trainer Mitgliedschaft Monatlich$9.991 Month
  • Trainer Mitgliedschaft Jährlich7 Days trial$69.991 Year
None

HelloSun

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Strength Workout Log free?
Strength Workout Log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HelloSun free?
HelloSun costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Strength Workout Log or HelloSun have ads?
Neither Strength Workout Log nor HelloSun shows ads.

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