Comparison

Lifting Lindsay vs Trace Elements

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

Head to head
About

Lifting Lindsay

This app provides science-backed strength training plans and exercise demonstrations specifically for women. It offers structured workouts, form guides, and progress tracking to help users build muscle, gain strength, and achieve lasting results with expert coaching.

Highlights
  • Structured training plans
  • Exercise demo videos
  • Form walkthroughs
  • Progress tracking tools
  • Home or gym training options
  • Customizable program frequency
Features
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Science-Backed Strength Training for Women The LiftingLindsay App gives you structured training plans, exercise demos, and form walkthroughs so you can build muscle, gain strength, and feel confident in your training—no matter where you lift. Choose the plan that fits your life: • Home or gym training options tailored to your setup • 3x, 4x, or 5x per week programs to match your schedule and goals • Exercise demo videos & form guides so you train safely and effectively • Progress tracking tools to see your strength and muscle gains • Expert coaching in your pocket—practical, science-based, and sustainable No gimmicks. Just proven methods that help women build strength, confidence, and lasting results. Stop guessing, start progressing. Download today and join thousands of women training smarter and seeing results.

About

Trace Elements

This app helps individuals manage restricted diets by logging food intake and estimating nickel or cobalt content. It offers offline functionality, a customizable food database, and trend tracking to monitor daily intake against set limits.

Highlights
  • Offline food logging
  • Nickel and cobalt intake estimation
  • Customizable food database
  • Barcode scanning
  • Recipe building
  • Daily trend calendar
  • Journaling for mood and notes
Features
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Trace Elements is a private, offline food diary for people on a restricted diet — a low-nickel diet for Systemic Nickel Allergy Syndrome (SNAS) or nickel-sensitive dermatitis, or a low-cobalt diet. Log what you eat and the app estimates how much nickel (or cobalt) each meal and each day adds up to, against a daily limit you set. It works fully offline, has no account, no ads, and no tracking. Your data stays on your iPhone. FAST DAILY LOGGING • Add foods to Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Snacks • Enter amounts in grams or common serving sizes • A progress ring shows your running daily total at a glance • Copy a meal forward from yesterday with one tap • Save favorite meals and re-add them in seconds A FOOD DATABASE THAT GROWS WITH YOU • Hundreds of foods with reference values from the Rebelytics low-nickel and low-cobalt diet datasets • Edit or add your own values — they're saved and reused • Scan a packaged product's barcode to pull in its ingredient list • Can't find a food? Look it up in the USDA FoodData Central database, or use the in-app web lookup. These optional lookups are the only times the app goes online. RECIPES • Build compound foods (a sandwich, a stew, a takeout order) from ingredients and the app totals them automatically • Save them as reusable recipes SEE YOUR TRENDS • A calendar colors each day Good, Caution, or Over against thresholds you choose • Keep a per-day journal with mood and notes PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No sign-in, no user accounts • No advertising, analytics, or crash-reporting SDKs • Camera images from barcode and menu scans are read on the device and never stored or uploaded TRACE ELEMENTS PRO (optional subscription) • Track cobalt alongside nickel, with its own daily limit and dataset • Scan a restaurant menu: photograph it, pick your dish, and its ingredients are looked up — on supported iPhones, your phone's own on-device AI can estimate ingredients and portions without anything leaving the device • Export PDF reports to share with your clinician • Back up and restore everything: to a file, or to your own iCloud • $1.99 per month or $12.99 per year. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings after purchase. • Prefer a one-time thank-you? A tip jar is there too. Core tracking stays free. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://traceelements.app/privacy A NOTE FROM THE DEVELOPER I built this app for my wife after she was diagnosed with a nickel sensitivity. Managing it day to day was harder than it needed to be, and this was the only way I knew how to help. If it makes your days a little easier too, it's done its job. Please note: Trace Elements is a self-tracking aid. Reference values are estimates and vary by source, growing region, and preparation. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical or dietary advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your diet and any food sensitivities.

Screenshots

Lifting Lindsay4 screens
Trace Elements4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Trace Elements at 5.0 against Lifting Lindsay's 4.4. Trace Elements also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 10 months). Lifting Lindsay's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Lifting Lindsay sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Trace Elements sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Trace Elements holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lifting Lindsay has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Lifting Lindsay's written reviews are positive against 100% of Trace Elements's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lifting Lindsay ships an update every 10 months, Trace Elements weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lifting Lindsay versus Trace Elements: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLifting LindsayTrace Elements
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (22 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLiftingLindsay LLCCode Cowboys

Customer experience

Lifting Lindsay

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Trace Elements

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lifting Lindsay

One-time1
  • Body Recomposition$36.99
5 purchases

Trace Elements

Subscriptions2
  • Trace Elements Pro$1.991 Month
  • Trace Elements Pro$12.991 Year
One-time3
  • A coffee$1.99
  • A big coffee$4.99
  • Coffee for a week$9.99

Questions

Is Lifting Lindsay free?
Lifting Lindsay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trace Elements free?
Trace Elements is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lifting Lindsay or Trace Elements?
Trace Elements is rated higher. Lifting Lindsay averages 4.4 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Trace Elements averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Lifting Lindsay or Trace Elements have ads?
Neither Lifting Lindsay nor Trace Elements shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lifting Lindsay or Trace Elements?
Lifting Lindsay ships an update every 10 months, and Trace Elements weekly. Most recently, Lifting Lindsay was updated on October 3, 2026 and Trace Elements on October 8, 2026.

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