Comparison

Strongr vs Workout Planner

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

Head to head
About

Strongr

This app helps weightlifters and powerlifters plan, track, and monitor their gym workouts. It offers features like unlimited routine creation, superset grouping, and detailed workout history. Pro users gain access to advanced stats and interactive charts for deeper training insights.

Highlights
  • Unlimited workout routine and program creation
  • Log sets, reps, and weight with ease
  • Extensive exercise library with custom options
  • Superset and triset grouping
  • Integrated stopwatch and rest timers
  • Full workout history and detailed charts (Pro)
Features
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The advanced training tool for weightlifters and powerlifters. Get deeper insights into your training to make better progress towards your goals. Strongr helps you: Plan: Compose your workout routines and organise into programs Track: Log your efforts in the gym with ease Monitor: See your full workout history, plus detailed charts and metrics for Pro users. The app is fully usable without a paid subscription. It has no artificial limits to the number of workout routines or logs you can save. Features for all users (Free): • Create unlimited workout routines and programs. • Build your workout routines with sets, reps and weight. • Choose from an extensive exercise list or add your own • Easily group exercises into supersets, trisets (or as many as you like) • Perform your own pre-defined workouts or record sets, reps and weights on-the-go • Integrated stopwatch and rest timers • Metric (kg) and imperial (lbs) support • Large, clear UI for easy recording of your workout in the gym • Full workout log history • Access to your data across all your iOS devices (requires an iCloud account) Features for paying users (Pro): Strongr Pro is a subscription which provides more insight into your training with advanced stats and charts. • See your training activity broken down by totals and averages of volume, time and number of sessions • Full set history for all exercises • Track rep and volume max progressions. • All illustrated in fully interactive charts About subscriptions: Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Privacy policy: https://www.strongr-app.com/privacy-policy-ios-app Terms of use: https://www.strongr-app.com/terms-of-use-ios-app Contact: Get in touch with any questions or feedback: support@strongr-app.com

About

Workout Planner

This app helps you track gym workouts, log weights and reps, and build strength. It offers ready-made plans, an AI plan builder, and detailed progress charts. Works offline and supports multiple languages.

Highlights
  • Log unlimited workouts
  • Progressive overload tracking
  • AI workout plan generator
  • 1,000+ exercises with videos
  • Automatic rest timer
  • Detailed progress charts
  • Works offline
Features
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SmartWorkout is a free gym app and workout log. Log unlimited workouts, follow ready-made workout plans and track your strength progress. No ads. It works as a simple workout tracker for beginners and as a full training planner for lifters who program progressive overload. FREE: - Unlimited workout templates (routines), workouts and full history. - Ready-made workout plans and a plan builder: microcycle and mesocycle generator, rep ranges, RIR, RPE or %1RM targets, tempo and supersets. - AI workout plan: answer a few questions and the AI builds a plan for your goal, schedule and equipment. You get 50 AI credits to start, and a plan on the basic model costs 10 credits. - 1,000+ exercises with videos, instructions and tips, plus unlimited custom exercises. - Log sets, reps, weight, RIR/RPE, tempo and rest. Warm-up sets, working sets, drop sets and supersets. - Automatic rest timer based on your previous workouts, with your last result shown next to every set. - Two log modes: simple and detailed. - Charts for every exercise with your full history: e1RM, volume, reps, best weight, time and distance. - Personal records and estimated 1RM, calculated automatically. - Statistics for 30 days, 90 days, a year or all time, including sets per muscle group. - Muscle map after every workout and weekly volume per muscle group. - Body measurements: weight, circumferences and progress photos. - 1RM, RIR/RPE and plate calculators. - Workout keyboard with stopwatch, countdown, RIR/RPE keys, buttons to copy your last results and custom weight increments, e.g. +1 kg for dumbbells and +2.5 kg for barbells. - Export your workouts to CSV. - Works offline. Start without creating an account. - Available in 11 languages: English, Polish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Arabic. PRO: - Weight suggestions from RIR and RPE during your workout. - Photos and videos of your sets. - Swap an exercise for an alternative mid-workout. - Timed intervals with countdown. - Filter exercises by specific muscle. - Weekly analytics up to 12 weeks back. - Up to 1,000 AI credits a month. PREMIUM (everything in Pro, plus): - Progression suggestions: the app tells you when to add weight and when to add a rep, based on your results. - Volume zones (MV, MEV, MAV, MRV) for 16 muscle groups, based on a meta-analysis of 67 studies. - Strength vs. volume: see at how many weekly sets your strength grows fastest. - Up to 2,000 AI credits a month. APPLE WATCH: - Log your workout from your wrist: start from a plan, a template or an empty workout, tick off sets with the Digital Crown or a tap, and feel a vibration when your rest is over. Requires watchOS 10 or later. PERFECT FOR: - Tracking gym workouts and logging weights and reps. - Building muscle and getting stronger. - Applying progressive overload. - Planning your training and keeping an eye on weekly volume. SmartWorkout combines a workout log, workout plans and an exercise library in one free gym app. SmartWorkout Pro and Premium are available as monthly and yearly subscriptions. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel at any time in your Apple Account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. SmartWorkout saves your workouts, weight and body fat to the Apple Health app. Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA) apply to this app. By using the app, you accept these terms. Terms of Service: https://smartworkout.app/en/terms Privacy Policy: https://smartworkout.app/en/privacy

Screenshots

Strongr4 screens
Workout Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Workout Planner at every 3 days against Strongr's weekly. Workout Planner also leads on ratings volume (22 vs 4). Strongr's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Strongr sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month and Workout Planner sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Strongr against 4.7 for Workout Planner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Workout Planner has 22 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Strongr's written reviews are positive against 88% of Workout Planner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strongr ships an update weekly, Workout Planner every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Strongr versus Workout Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrongrWorkout Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better4.7 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings422 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB89 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNeil Smith DesignArkadiusz Chrabaszczewski

Customer experience

Strongr

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%

Workout Planner

All ratings22 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Strongr

Subscriptions2
  • Strongr Pro: Monthly$3.491 Month
  • Strongr Pro: Annually$29.991 Year
6 purchases

Workout Planner

Subscriptions6
  • SmartWorkout Pro$5.991 Month
  • SmartWorkout Pro$6.991 Month
  • SmartWorkout Coach Essential14 Days trial$9.991 Month
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  • SmartWorkout Premium$9.991 Month
  • SmartWorkout Pro14 Days trial2 variants$39.991 Year
  • SmartWorkout Premium14 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Strongr free?
Strongr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Workout Planner free?
Workout Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Strongr or Workout Planner?
Strongr is rated higher. Strongr averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Workout Planner averages 4.7 from 22 ratings.
Do Strongr or Workout Planner have ads?
Neither Strongr nor Workout Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Strongr or Workout Planner?
Strongr ships an update weekly, and Workout Planner every 3 days. Most recently, Strongr was updated on November 3, 2026 and Workout Planner on November 4, 2026.

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