Comparison

Fitloop vs BimStrength Timer

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

Head to head
About

Fitloop

This app helps users track gym and calisthenics workouts with an AI planner and coach. It offers a free tier for core tracking and an optional subscription for personalized AI-driven plans and daily check-ins. It supports over 1,000 exercises with video demonstrations and integrates with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • AI workout planner and coach
  • Log sets, reps, and weight
  • 1,000+ exercises with video demos
  • Progression trees for bodyweight skills
  • Automatic progressive overload for gym lifts
  • Apple Watch app for logging workouts
  • Apple Health sync and data export
Features
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Fitloop is a free calisthenics and gym workout tracker for iPhone and Apple Watch, with an AI workout planner and coach built in. 100K+ people use it to log sets, follow proven programs, and master bodyweight skills. No ads. Core tracking is free forever; Fitloop+ adds AI planning and coaching. * A solo dev project made with care * *RECOMMENDED ON r/BODYWEIGHTFITNESS* WHAT USERS ARE SAYING "You can use it just for calisthenics or just for weights, even yoga. The most perfect, great-priced app I've ever downloaded." - Hardyofmark "Clean and intuitive, making workouts easy to track at the gym. Comparing previous weights makes it easy to push harder each week." - Jerdin88 WHAT'S FREE Workout logging and full history, custom routines, programs and exercises, the weekly schedule, 1,000+ exercises with videos, progression trees, the Apple Watch app, Apple Health sync, and data export. No limits, no ads. FITLOOP+ (OPTIONAL) • Personalized plans built around your goals, equipment, schedule, sports, and injuries • Generate a workout from a sentence: "30-minute push workout, no equipment" • AI Coach that checks in daily on your workouts, recovery, and progress THE CALISTHENICS STANDARD Fitloop started in the r/bodyweightfitness community, and bodyweight training is still in its DNA. Every bodyweight exercise sits on a progression tree: pick your level, see the next rung, and change level mid-workout. Push-up to handstand push-up, row to pull-up to muscle-up, tuck to front lever. BUILT FOR THE GYM Track dumbbells, barbells, machines, and cables with automatic progressive overload. Fitloop shows your previous weight and reps on every set so you push harder each week. COMMUNITY-PROVEN PROGRAMS • Recommended Routine (r/bodyweightfitness): no equipment needed • Basic Beginner Routine (r/fitness): for new lifters • Push/Pull/Legs: classic muscle-building split • Beginner Dumbbell and Dumbbell PPL: home-gym essentials • 28-day Beginner Calisthenics challenge • Plus a library of routines for every goal APPLE WATCH Log sets, run rest timers, and pause or end your workout from your wrist. Workouts sync to Apple Health with the right activity type. FAST, SIMPLE WORKOUT TRACKER & GYM LOG • Step-by-step mode with a video for every exercise, picture-in-picture during workouts • Tap to log reps; adjust weight and sets in seconds • Warmup, superset, and circuit sets • Rest timers with Live Activities and Dynamic Island • 1,000+ exercises with video demos and muscle targeting; create and edit your own TRACK YOUR PROGRESS • Streaks, workouts per week, and body weight with a trend chart • Per-exercise charts and full history • Skills and mobility tracking for handstands, muscle-ups, and more • Export everything from Settings Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, and Portuguese. COMMON QUESTIONS Is Fitloop free? Yes. The workout tracker, routines, programs, custom exercises, Apple Watch app, and history are free forever, with no ads. Fitloop+ adds AI plans, instant workouts, and the AI Coach. Can Fitloop plan my workouts for me? Yes. The AI planner builds your week around your goals, schedule, equipment, and injuries. Or build your own routines with supersets, circuits, and progression ladders. Is Fitloop good for beginners? Yes. Start with the Reddit Recommended Routine or the 28-day Beginner Calisthenics challenge and go at your own pace. Can I use Fitloop with no equipment? Yes. Bodyweight-only plans, or scale up to a full gym. Does Fitloop work for weightlifting? Yes. Dumbbells, barbells, machines, and cables with progressive overload. Does Fitloop work on Apple Watch? Yes. Log sets, run rest timers, and control the workout from your wrist. CONNECT Web: https://fitloop.app Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/fitloop Email: support@fitloop.app Terms: https://fitloop.app/terms Privacy: https://fitloop.app/privacy

About

BimStrength Timer

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BimStrength Timer — Build, run and reuse your workout timelines. Create a MIX session from timed phases, named blocks and nested repetitions. Save a version, run the complete sequence, then find the original timeline in your local history to replay it or adapt it into another MIX. BUILD YOUR OWN MIX • Combine work, rest and preparation phases with individual durations • Organise phases into blocks and repetitions • Preview the expanded timeline before starting • Save versions of your templates and find them in Library KEEP A USEFUL SESSION HISTORY • Open completed sessions and review their timing and progress • Add perceived effort (RPE), personal notes, tags and favourites • Filter your local history and export session data as CSV • Private notes, tags and RPE stay out of CSV exports • Replay the original timeline or duplicate it into the MIX editor 12 EXECUTABLE MODES AND 30 OFFICIAL PRESETS Stopwatch with laps and splits; countdown; HIIT; Tabata; EMOM; AMRAP; For Time; combat rounds; circuit; MIX; strength rest timer; guided breathing. Additional catalogue entries are clearly identified as previews rather than executable presets. DURING THE SESSION • Large display with the current phase and what comes next • Foreground sound and vibration cues • Pause, resume and lock controls; timing adjustments where available • Screen stays awake through the session • Long iOS sessions warn when background notification coverage is limited OFFLINE AND ACCOUNT-FREE MIX templates, session execution and local history work without a connection or account. Session recovery is available after closing the app. Profile includes controls to erase local data. INTERFACE Text scaling, reinforced contrast and right-to-left layouts. Multilingual interface; some advanced editor and history labels use English fallback. BimStrength Timer is the standalone workout-timeline app in the BimStrength suite. No subscription or purchase is required.

Screenshots

Fitloop4 screens
BimStrength Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BimStrength Timer at none against Fitloop's 4. On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Fitloop sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. BimStrength Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fitloop ships an update weekly, BimStrength Timer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Fitloop versus BimStrength Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFitloopBimStrength Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (182 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings182 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShridhar GuptaDENOLIA

Bugs and requests

Fitloop

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Custom workout logging defaults to 1x1
  • Finish workout button appears mid-workout
  • Daily notifications not disabling
  • App crashes after a few days
  • Rest timers not working in background
Show 9 more
  • Half of the videos are broken
  • Privacy label is misleading
  • Workout logging requires paid membership
  • Custom workouts are broken
  • App crashes on start
  • App doesn't make it past workout selection
  • UI became too complicated
  • No more light mode
  • Basic features removed from free tier

Requested features

15 requests
  • Add graphs for progress visualization
  • Ability to edit existing workouts
  • Add a skills section for handstand practice
  • Change front lever from 'reps' to 'hold time'
  • Add alternate path for dips to focus on HePU progressions
Show 10 more
  • Allow users to add to the database
  • Add calorie sync to Apple Health app
  • Implement dark mode
  • Make timers continue in background/screen off
  • Fix skill and mobility workout progressions
  • Fix broken video links
  • Add custom timers within overall timer
  • Allow editing of custom workouts
  • Add more skill and mobility progressions
  • Improve UI/UX around adding workouts

BimStrength Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Fitloop

Subscriptions3
  • Fitloop+$9.991 Month
  • Fitloop+1 Month trial$49.991 Year
  • Fitloop+14 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Fitloop+ Lifetime$199.99
None

BimStrength Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fitloop free?
Fitloop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BimStrength Timer free?
BimStrength Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fitloop or BimStrength Timer have ads?
Neither Fitloop nor BimStrength Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fitloop or BimStrength Timer?
Fitloop ships an update weekly, and BimStrength Timer every 2 weeks. Most recently, Fitloop was updated on November 3, 2026 and BimStrength Timer on October 31, 2026.

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