Comparison

MAXX Strength Training Plans vs Gym log

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

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About

MAXX Strength Training Plans

Achieve your fitness goals with expert-led training plans and over a thousand workouts. Customize routines for specific body parts or sports like soccer, with or without equipment. Track progress and stay motivated with access to experienced trainers.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of training plans
  • Thousands of workouts
  • Zero equipment workouts
  • Customizable body part focus
  • Sport-specific soccer programs
  • Hydration tracking
  • Body circumference measurement
Features
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Progressive strength training, calorie and protein tracker, meal plan, and recovery - all in one app. No guesswork. No juggling three separate apps. MAXX Nation: Train hard. Recover smart. Live long. Training plans with progressive overload from competing athletes and certified coaches. Nutrition dialed to your macros and functional recipes & meal prep. Breathwork, sleep sounds, and pre-workout mixes. Strength that lasts for years - not just a season. New content every week. New challenge every month. TRAIN: TRAINING PLANS WITH PROGRESSION Where you train - your call: - Gym - full equipment, machines, barbells, cables - Box - functional training, kettlebells, plyo boxes - Home gym - barbell, bench, pull-up bar - Home - dumbbells, kettlebells, bands, or bodyweight-only home workouts What's inside: - Progressive overload - the app plans what to lift based on your results - WOD, AMRAP, EMOM - formats straight from the box and cross training - Supersets, circuits, and classic hypertrophy sets - Splits: Push Pull Legs, Upper Lower, Full Body - Weight and rep logging for every set - 1RM calculator - know your max - Audio coach - voice guidance through your workout - Deload built into the plan - recovery as strategy, not laziness - Martial arts-inspired workouts - Barbell, dumbbell, kettlebell, machine, band, and bodyweight exercises Programs for every goal: strength and muscle building, fat loss while keeping muscle, body recomposition, getting lean and six pack, bodybuilding, conditioning, hybrid training, functional training, and circuit training. Two player modes: video mode with audio coach walking you through every move, or no-video mode for faster navigation - built for strength training. Apple Watch / Wear OS support - run your workout from your wrist, no phone needed. Heart rate, calories burned, and training time tracked automatically. Beyond training plans, you'll find standalone workouts (core, stretching, tabata) - as a supplement or quick hit. Featured programs: > HYBRID RACING: hybrid race prep - 3-month progressive program > CLASSIC SPLIT: BODYBUILDING - classic 5-day split > FOUNDATION: HOME STRENGTH - dumbbell strength training at home > IRON SHAPE: HOME - physique, 3 sessions per week > CROSSFIRE CONDITIONING - functional training at the box or gym > FIRST ROUND: HOME EXPRESS - quick circuit to get you started, home workout Coaches: - Coach Dobra (Dobrosława Jaworska) - World Championship medalist in weightlifting, hybrid race competitor, certified cross trainer LVL2, and box owner - Marcin Szybaj - Fittest Man PL 2018, personal trainer - Erko Jun - MMA World Champion, bodybuilder and personal trainer - Alexander Bloszyk - cross competitor and coach, weightlifting instructor FUEL: CALORIE TRACKER, MEAL PLAN, RECIPES Simple, fast, and built around your calorie goal - you decide how you eat: 1. Meal plan - meals matched to your calories. Elevated protein for training and recovery. 4 meals a day, cook dinner once, eat it twice. Simple ingredients, quick prep. 2. Functional recipes - T-Maxxing, ProteinMaxxing, Meal Prep, pre- and post-workout recipes. 3. Calorie tracker with AI - snap a photo, get your macros. Scan barcodes, search the database, or add your own recipes. Protein and macro tracker - see what's left to hit your daily target. The app calculates calorie needs based on bodyweight, activity, and goal - high-protein bulk, cut, or recomposition. RESET: RECOVERY, SLEEP, AND BREATHING - Pre-Workout Mixes, Breathwork, Deep Work, and sleep sounds. - Breathing protocols and recovery techniques. WHO IS MAXX NATION FOR? For people who want more than just a workout. Strength, physique, endurance, energy, sleep, and fitness for life - in one app. The meal plan follows nutritional guidelines. Visit https://app.maxxnation.com/info or the Info tab in the app. Terms of service: https://app.maxxnation.com/terms-of-service

About

Gym log

This free workout tracker helps you build strength and muscle with unlimited routines, progressive overload tracking, and advanced analytics. It offers offline functionality, personalized dashboards, and seamless data input for a friction-free training experience.

Highlights
  • Unlimited workout routines
  • Progressive overload tracking
  • Advanced analytics and charts
  • Offline functionality
  • Personalizable dashboard
  • Frictionless data input
Features
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My mission is to deliver a workout training log app that will help you make progress, build strength, and ensure hypertrophy, all that for free. I will never change the free feature to a paid one, spam the paywall, limit routines or workout logs, etc. (all the bad stuff other workout trackers do). What stands Strive apart: - Create unlimited workout routines, most trackers paywall this - Crate workout plans, assign workouts to days or in an order - Share your workouts with your friends or followers - train together without paying - Set weight or reps for the next workount and ensure progressive overload, go get those gains - RIR/RPE tracking with effective reps metric - Sync cardio and bodyweight with Health so you don't have to input the data manually - Mark workouts as deloads to better understand and analyze the data - Advanced charts without paywall, analyze routine, bodypart or exercise progress - Fully offline - I know some gyms have poor reception - Rest timer personalizeable per exercise - Personalizable dashboard - Choose from many widgets in various sizes to compose your dashboard, just like your phone's homescreen. Have all the data visible at a glance! - Placeholder exercise, select exercise category and bodypart or a group of exercises and then select the actual exercise when working out, based on the feelings or what's free at the gym - Custom keyboard to input workout data frictionlessly, allows to copy value from previous set, set value to all sets, and increment and decrement value - Wrapped, see your year in review at the end of the year - Themes & theme creator - Privacy first - no data tracking - No ads Rest of the features that you would expect: - Measurements and weight ins - Notes - Backup - never loos your data - Prs - Use all the set types, warmup, dropset, myo reps etc - Workout finish reminder - never again open an app to see that you have not saved the previous training - Dark mode - Exercise database I hope my app will help you achieve your goals, in general, just progress and get better. I promise to develop this app until it is your favorite gym log and workout tracker app. Remember, we all are gonna make it! Your gym bro, Artur. _________________________________________ Terms of Use: https://strive-workout.com/terms-conditions/ Privacy Policy: https://strive-workout.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

MAXX Strength Training Plans4 screens
Gym log4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Gym log at none against MAXX Strength Training Plans's shown. Gym log also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (99% vs 73%). MAXX Strength Training Plans's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. MAXX Strength Training Plans sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Gym log sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gym log holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gym log has 885 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of MAXX Strength Training Plans's written reviews are positive against 99% of Gym log's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MAXX Strength Training Plans ships an update monthly, Gym log every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
MAXX Strength Training Plans versus Gym log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMAXX Strength Training PlansGym log
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings)4.9 (885 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews98.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7885 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size173 MB244 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeractiverse.app sp. z o.o.Artur Fijal

Customer experience

MAXX Strength Training Plans

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral4.5%
Negative22.7%

Gym log

All ratings881 ratings
Positive99.0%
Neutral0.7%
Negative0.3%
Written reviews384 reviews
Positive98.7%
Neutral1.0%
Negative0.3%

Bugs and requests

MAXX Strength Training Plans

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Gym log

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional issues with saving workouts
  • Timer not always functioning properly when other apps are running

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to sync data across devices
  • Addition of body measurements tracking (waist, legs, etc.)
  • Inclusion of a plate calculator
  • Option to log one-arm exercises separately
  • Ability to delete or reorder exercises in a workout

In-app purchases

10 purchases

MAXX Strength Training Plans

Subscriptions10
  • MAXXnation Workouts - 1 month1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • 1 month access1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • 1 month access$9.991 Month
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  • MAXXnation Workouts - 1 month7 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • 1 month access$19.991 Month
  • MAXXnation Workouts - 3 months7 Days trial$29.993 Months
  • 3 month access3 Months trial$29.993 Months
  • 3 months access$29.993 Months
  • Full access to the app1 Year trial$39.991 Year
  • MAXXnation Workouts - 365 days7 Days trial$59.991 Year
7 purchases

Gym log

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited access$6.991 Month
  • Unlimited access$39.991 Year
One-time5
  • Theme cotton candy$3.79
  • Theme cotton candy dark$3.79
  • Theme Cherry Blossom$3.79
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  • Theme beige$3.99
  • Unlimited access$139.99

Questions

Is MAXX Strength Training Plans free?
MAXX Strength Training Plans is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gym log free?
Gym log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MAXX Strength Training Plans or Gym log?
Gym log is rated higher. MAXX Strength Training Plans averages 4.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Gym log averages 4.9 from 885 ratings.
Do MAXX Strength Training Plans or Gym log have ads?
MAXX Strength Training Plans shows ads; Gym log does not.
Which is updated more often, MAXX Strength Training Plans or Gym log?
MAXX Strength Training Plans ships an update monthly, and Gym log every 6 days. Most recently, MAXX Strength Training Plans was updated on October 24, 2026 and Gym log on October 27, 2026.

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