Comparison

Training Note vs Gym Tracker & Log

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

Head to head
About

Training Note

Easily log your training volume with customizable categories and exercises. Track progress with monthly reports and charts. Premium features offer extended reporting, daily summaries, and an interval timer.

Highlights
  • Log training volume
  • Customizable categories/exercises
  • Weight x reps, reps, distance, duration logging
  • Monthly reports with charts
  • Interval timer (Premium)
  • Export CSV/JSON (Premium)
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Log the training volume quickly. - No ads - Customizable training categories and exercises (weight x reps, reps, distance, duration) - Easy-to-use keyboard - Monthly reports with charts - More date range options for reports (Premium) - Daily summary (Premium) - Colorful date cell borders (Premium) - Interval timer (Premium) - Export CSV / JSON (Premium) Premium Subscription USD 0.49 / month One-month Free Premium Trial. Terms of Use: https://training.huebear.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://training.huebear.com/privacy

About

Gym Tracker & Log

This app helps you track your weightlifting progress with unlimited routines and workout logs. It offers detailed analytics, automatic progression, and a comprehensive exercise library, all stored locally and synced via iCloud. Enjoy a feature-rich, ad-free experience designed for serious lifters.

Highlights
  • Unlimited workout routines and logs
  • Full workout history stored forever
  • Workout plans and plan creator
  • Automatic progression and warmup sets
  • RIR/RPE tracking and advanced charts
  • Progress photos and body measurements
  • Apple Health sync
Features
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Gym tracker and workout log built by a lifter, for lifters. Unlimited routines and workouts, your full history forever, no ads, no paywall spam. My mission is to deliver a workout log app that will help you make progress, build strength, and ensure hypertrophy, all that for free. I will never change a free feature to a paid one, spam the paywall, limit routines or workout logs, etc. (all the bad stuff other workout trackers do). What sets Strive apart: - Create unlimited workout routines, most trackers paywall this - Your full history, forever - every workout, set and chart since day one, no history limit. During a workout tap any exercise to see its history and your previous numbers - Your data stays yours - stored on your phone, backed up to iCloud, and you can create a manual backup anytime - Workout plans: 33 ready-made programs (nSuns, PHUL, Reddit PPL, 5x5, Arnold Split and more), a plan creator that builds a plan for you from a short survey, or your own plan with workouts assigned to days or in order - Plan summary - when a plan ends you get a progress analysis and recommendations - Automatic progression - turn it on in a routine and the app raises the weight or reps for the next workout, advanced rules are still there for the nerds - Automatic warmup sets, per exercise - RIR/RPE tracking with effective reps metric - Advanced charts, analyze routine, body part or exercise progress - Personal records and estimated 1RM for every exercise - Progress photos, compare them side by side - Measurements and body proportions, see how you compare to ideal ranges - Rest timer per exercise or per routine, visible on the lock screen - Home screen widgets and a personalizable dashboard, choose from many widgets in various sizes and have all the data at a glance - Plate calculator with your own plates and bars - Gear - assign straps, belts or sleeves to routines and never forget them again - Placeholder exercise - pick a category or body part and choose the actual exercise during the workout, based on how you feel or what's free at the gym - Custom keyboard to input workout data frictionlessly, copy values from the previous set, set a value for all sets, increment and decrement - Apple Health sync - import cardio and bodyweight, send your workouts to Health - Share workouts and routines with friends or followers, cardio share cards with your GPS route - PT report - send your coach a clean summary of your training - Mark workouts as deloads to better understand and analyze the data - Fully offline - I know some gyms have poor reception - Wrapped, see your year in review at the end of the year - Themes & theme creator - No ads, no selling your data, no tracking across apps Rest of the features that you would expect: - Exercise database with 335 exercises, animations and technique tips - Notes - All set types: warmup, dropset, myo reps etc. - Workout finish reminder - never again open the app to see that you have not saved the previous workout - Plan workout reminders - Dark mode 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

Training Note4 screens
Gym Tracker & Log4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Gym Tracker & Log at free against Training Note's freemium. Gym Tracker & Log also leads on ratings volume (896 vs 6) and review sentiment (99% vs 87%). Training Note's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.2). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Training Note sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.49 per month and Gym Tracker & Log sells 8 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Training Note against 4.9 for Gym Tracker & Log. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gym Tracker & Log has 896 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Training Note's written reviews are positive against 99% of Gym Tracker & Log's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Training Note ships an update every 9 days, Gym Tracker & Log every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Training Note versus Gym Tracker & Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTraining NoteGym Tracker & Log
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better4.9 (896 ratings)
Positive reviews86.8% of reviews98.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6896 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB246 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJhesyong JiangArtur Fijal

Customer experience

Training Note

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive86.8%
Neutral5.3%
Negative7.9%

Gym Tracker & Log

All ratings896 ratings
Positive99.0%
Neutral0.7%
Negative0.3%
Written reviews386 reviews
Positive98.7%
Neutral1.0%
Negative0.3%

Bugs and requests

Training Note

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Gym Tracker & 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

1 purchases

Training Note

Subscriptions1
  • Premium (Monthly)1 Month trial$0.491 Month
8 purchases

Gym Tracker & Log

Subscriptions2
  • Strive PRO Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Strive PRO Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time6
  • Theme cotton candy$3.79
  • Theme cotton candy dark$3.79
  • Theme Cherry Blossom$3.79
Show 3 more
  • Theme beige$3.99
  • Unlimited access$79.99
  • Unlimited access$139.99

Questions

Is Training Note free?
Training Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gym Tracker & Log free?
Gym Tracker & Log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Training Note or Gym Tracker & Log?
Training Note is rated higher. Training Note averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Gym Tracker & Log averages 4.9 from 896 ratings.
Do Training Note or Gym Tracker & Log have ads?
Neither Training Note nor Gym Tracker & Log shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Training Note or Gym Tracker & Log?
Training Note ships an update every 9 days, and Gym Tracker & Log every 6 days. Most recently, Training Note was updated on November 3, 2026 and Gym Tracker & Log on November 7, 2026.

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