Comparison

FitNotes 2 vs Trena

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

Head to head
About

FitNotes 2

Log your gym workouts, track progress, and plan routines with this comprehensive fitness tracker. Features include personal record tracking, body measurements, and various timers. Analyze your performance with graphs and set personal exercise goals.

Highlights
  • Workout routine templates
  • Automatic personal record tracking
  • 1RM and percentage calculators
  • Body measurement tracking with Apple HealthKit integration
  • Progress analysis with graphs
  • Rest, EMOM, AMRAP, and Tabata timers
  • Customizable exercises and units
Features
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Keep track of your progress in the gym with a workout tracker and planner. • Based on the popular FitNotes app, the best workout planner app ever made on any platform • Routines: Save your workout routines as templates, log them to a workout • Personal Records are automatically tracked • 1RM, Percents Calculator • Plate Calculator with profiles per gym and multiple barbells • Body Tracker: Record your weight, body fat and any other measurement. Integrates with Apple HealthKit. • Goal Tracker: Set personal goals for exercises, such as a 1RM. • Graphs: Helps to analyze your progress and plan your programming • Rest Timer, EMOM, AMRAP and Tabata timers • Notifications: Be notified when the rest timer ends for your next set • Supports every kind of exercise: weight, reps, distance, time • Use built-in exercises or create your own • Mix pounds (lbs) and kilograms (kg) easily • Add notes to workouts, sets, templates and body measurements • Dark Mode • Apple Watch app • Apple Workout integration with or without Apple Watch • Share workouts as text or an image • Warmup sets • RPE, RIR • Attach images and videos • Import the original FitNotes database and FitNotes CSV files • Manual and automatic backups to iCloud • Export your workouts in a CSV • Export back to the original FitNotes. No lock-in. • No account required You can import CSVs from other fitness and workout log apps to bring your data over. The free version of FitNotes 2 can save up to 12 workouts. Delete older workouts to continue using for free. All features are available free, the number of workouts is the only restriction. To save more workouts, purchase FitNotes unlimited lifetime access or a subscription. Terms of Use: https://getfitnotes.com/termsofuse This app is not affiliated with other fitness apps. Purchase of FitNotes does not transfer to other platforms. FitNotes Changes: Version 14 - Batch import of templates - Option to show workout set completion times - Option to the % of Training Max that a workout set is - Option to show moving average on body measurement charts - Abbreviations recognized in exercise search - Improved workout CSV import/export for Hevy, FitBod and Strong, including RPE, RIR and warmup sets - Fixed swiping workouts on iOS 26 Version 13 - Option to show the Next Set on the lock screen timer - Up/down buttons to move selected workout exercises together Version 12 - Record training max history - Templates can program based on percentages of training max - Import workout text and JSON - Import HeavySet templates - Attach photos and videos to notes - Exercise video library - French translation Version 11 - Added a per-exercise option to exclude it from statistics and graphs - Mark favorite exercises and keep them at the top of the list - Can tap links in workout notes - Plate calculator follows the next set - Modify RPE and RIR from the watch - Fix template Share and Move options - Show newly created exercises even when 'Hide Unused Exercises' is on Version 10 - Ability to hide exercises Version 8 - Add option to skip the rest timer for the final set - Long press notes to show the menu - Update CSV format for the other FitNotes import Version 7 - Export and import templates - Added an option to copy previous sets when adding an exercise to a workout - Add 'Copy' to the long press menu on workout notes Version 5 - Add the rest timer to the lock screen. - Add 'By Year' to statistics time groupings - Add an option to double an exercise's weight when calculating volume. You can use this for unilateral or dumbbell exercises. - Add RPE and RIR to workout sets - Add custom rest times to a single workout set - Add an option to show the workout set notes without opening the notes screen - Flag sets as 'warmup'. Warmup sets are excluded from graphs, statistics and goals. - Fix the rest timer buttons not working after uses EMOM/AMRAP timers

About

Trena

This app generates personalized workout routines to help you achieve fitness goals like muscle gain or body definition. It offers optimized exercises, progress tracking, and the ability to customize routines for home or gym training.

Highlights
  • Personalized workout routines
  • Muscle gain and body definition plans
  • Progress tracking
  • Exercise technique guidance
  • Customizable routines
  • Home and gym training options
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IT'S NEVER BEEN SO EASY AND FUN TO TRAIN AND MEET YOUR GOALS Trena is an app created by fitness trainers for you to reach your fitness goals such as gaining muscle mass, improving your physical condition or defining your body with routines optimized for your level and created not to be monotonous. WHY USE TRENA? The routines generated by our intelligent algorithm are optimized to stimulate your muscles to the maximum with the best exercises to make your sessions as fun and effective as possible. Also, if you are short on time we have express routines that you can do in less than 60 minutes. With Trena you will be able to: -Follow the exercises intuitively and learn the correct technique -Save the weights of the exercises you perform -Track the time it takes you to do each set, as well as your daily routine -Prioritize a muscle group you want to work -Change the exercises in your routine that you don't like for exercise alternatives CAN I TRAIN AT HOME? Of course! Trena allows you to choose between training at home, at the gym, choose the type of weights or machines you want to use, the days you want to train, among other things. You can train from the comfort of your home at the time you prefer with exercises selected for it. PROGRESS WITH TRENA! Our system assigns you series and repetitions that stimulate your muscles to the maximum according to your initial physical level, but also as you progress and meet the parameters that we will ask you, your routine will progress so that you continue to increase your muscle mass and take you to the next level. This app uses the standard terms of use from Apple: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

FitNotes 24 screens
Trena4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Trena at weekly against FitNotes 2's every 2 months. Trena also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6). FitNotes 2's advantage is ratings volume (571 vs 23) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. FitNotes 2 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Trena sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Trena holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FitNotes 2 has 571 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of FitNotes 2's written reviews are positive against 61% of Trena's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FitNotes 2 ships an update every 2 months, Trena weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FitNotes 2 versus Trena: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFitNotes 2Trena
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (571 ratings)4.9 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.7% of reviews60.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings571 — better23
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGinger Technologies Pte LtdAndres Vazquez

Customer experience

FitNotes 2

All ratings559 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral2.7%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews148 reviews
Positive54.7%
Neutral6.8%
Negative38.5%

Trena

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive60.7%
Neutral17.9%
Negative21.4%

Bugs and requests

FitNotes 2

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Copy/paste of workouts not working as expected
  • Timer issues (e.g., defaulting to 2 mins)
  • Crashes when trying to add custom body tracker units
  • Inconsistent behavior when navigating between screens

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to create and use workout templates
  • More customization options (e.g., rest time, RPE/RIR tracking)
  • Apple Health/Fitness integration
  • Supersets/circuit training support
  • Improved data export/backup functionality

Trena

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

FitNotes 2

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited Use$1.991 Month
  • Unlimited Use$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Forever$44.99
2 purchases

Trena

Subscriptions2
  • Mensualidad Premium$4.991 Month
  • Six months premium$22.996 Months

Questions

Is FitNotes 2 free?
FitNotes 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trena free?
Trena is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FitNotes 2 or Trena?
Trena is rated higher. FitNotes 2 averages 4.6 out of 5 from 571 ratings, while Trena averages 4.9 from 23 ratings.
Do FitNotes 2 or Trena have ads?
Neither FitNotes 2 nor Trena shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FitNotes 2 or Trena?
FitNotes 2 ships an update every 2 months, and Trena weekly. Most recently, FitNotes 2 was updated on October 21, 2026 and Trena on October 24, 2026.

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