Comparison

Workout Planner vs BeatBoss

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

Head to head
About

Workout Planner

This app helps gym enthusiasts track workouts and progress with customizable logs, exercise charts, and built-in calculators. It offers ready-made training plans and advanced tools for progressive overload, suitable for intermediate athletes aiming to improve strength.

Highlights
  • Customizable workout log
  • Weight suggestions with RIR/RPE calculator
  • Ready-made training plans
  • Thousands of exercises with charts
  • Automatic rest timer
  • Advanced exercise search
  • Workout summary with muscle visualization
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

About

BeatBoss

Features
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BeatBoss turns air squats into a simple daily boss fight. Stand where your phone can see your full body, calibrate your standing pose, then battle the clock: land enough clean squats to meet your goal and bring the boss HP to zero. The camera only recognizes the user skeleton and does not display the user and environment. FEATURES • Daily challenge with a clear target (squats + time limit) you set each month • Pose-guided framing hints so reps count when your form is in frame • Boss encounters and a collectible boss library • Streaks and recent wins to keep momentum IMPORTANT • Requires camera access for pose detection during workouts • For general fitness use; not a medical device Train consistently—one boss, one day at a time. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Workout Planner4 screens
BeatBoss4 screens

Verdict

The call

Workout Planner and BeatBoss are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Workout Planner sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and BeatBoss sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Workout Planner versus BeatBoss: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkout PlannerBeatBoss
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (22 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArkadiusz Chrabaszczewski阳 赵

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Workout Planner

Subscriptions11
  • 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 Pro6 Months trial$19.996 Months
  • SmartWorkout Coach Plus1 Month trial$19.991 Month
  • SmartWorkout Pro14 Days trial2 variants$39.991 Year
  • SmartWorkout Premium14 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • SmartWorkout Coach Expert1 Month trial$59.991 Month
  • SmartWorkout Coach Elite1 Month trial$79.991 Month
  • SmartWorkout Coach Ultimate1 Month trial$99.991 Month
One-time1
  • SmartWorkout Pro Lifetime$159.99
1 purchases

BeatBoss

Subscriptions1
  • BeatBoss+$0.991 Year

Questions

Is Workout Planner free?
Workout Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BeatBoss free?
BeatBoss is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Workout Planner or BeatBoss have ads?
Neither Workout Planner nor BeatBoss shows ads.

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