Body Hack vs Iron Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Body Hack
Easily monitor your fitness journey and stay motivated with this app. It helps you track your progress and maintain accountability during every exercise session.
- Workout progress tracking
- Accountability features
- Fitness motivation
- Exercise session monitoring
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Body Hack makes it easy to track your progress and hold yourself accountable through every workout.
Iron Journal
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Iron Journal – For Those Who Lift With Intent Iron Journal is built for athletes who train with purpose. Not a simple set logger. A complete training system designed around how serious lifters actually program, track, and improve. • Train With Structure: Phase-based workouts keep you locked in set by set. No scrolling, no searching — just the next lift, your goals, and your last session set's stats visible in real time right where you need them. • Log Everything That Matters: Weight, reps, RPE, RIR, rest, and set comments captured in seconds. Automatically tracked rest and every detail recorded so nothing is left to memory or guesswork. • Know Exactly How You're Progressing: Compare any two sessions side by side, set by set. Trend data shows weight, reps, exertion, and rest changes over time so you always know if you're moving forward. • Personal Records That Work For You: Strength and endurance PRs tracked automatically and linked to your exercises. Use percentage-based targets to program intelligently off your actual maxes. • Plan Like You Mean It: Build full training blocks with the workout calendar. Schedule deload weeks, max effort days, and recurring sessions across your entire cycle. • Everything Else: Percentage-based weight targets · Muscle group tagging · Mid-session exercise editing · Data export · Imperial and metric · Custom accent colors · One-swipe exercise management
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Iron Journal at fortnightly against Body Hack's every 2 months. Iron Journal also leads on iOS requirement (15.2 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Body Hack ships an update every 2 months, Iron Journal fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Body Hack | Iron Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | David Chambers | Jacob Miller |
In-app purchases
Body Hack
No in-app purchases
Iron Journal
No in-app purchases








