Grape vs SimpleLifts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Grape
Easily log your gym workouts, track exercise progress, and analyze your performance. This app offers a clean interface, a vast exercise library, and detailed statistics to help you get stronger.
- Workout logging
- Exercise progress tracking
- Detailed statistics
- Customizable exercise library
- Rest timer
- Apple Health integration
- Apple Watch control
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Grape is a convenient workout log and fitness progress tracker that helps you track exercises, analyze results, and get stronger. The app is designed for quick and easy workout logging. Record sets, reps, and weights, monitor your progress, and analyze detailed workout statistics. KEY FEATURES β’ Completely free app with no ads! β’ Clean and intuitive interfaceβ¨ β’ Large library of cardio and strength exercises, with the ability to add your own custom exercises β’ Detailed exercise instructions β’ Workout templates for a quick start β’ Calculation of one-rep max and personal record weight β’ Rest timer to control breaks between setsβ¨ β’ Body metrics tracker with support for Apple Health STATISTICS AND ANALYTICS Track your progress with detailed statistics: β’ statistics by exercises β’ statistics by workoutsβ¨ β’ statistics by muscle groups β’ body metrics tracking This helps you better understand your progress and plan your workouts more effectively. APPLE WATCH & LIVE ACTIVITIES β’ Control your workout directly from Apple Watch β’ Track your workout with Live Activities on the lock screen β’ Quickly log sets and manage rest time APPLE HEALTH INTEGRATION Grape displays the following data from the Health app (HealthKit): β’ Weight β’ Heightβ¨ β’ Body fat percentage You can also enter your data manually β it will be securely stored in the Health app.
SimpleLifts
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Log your lifts. Track your runs. Sync your devices. SimpleLifts is a privacy-first gym and run tracker for iPhone and Apple Watch β with no account, no ads, and no servers. Built for people who want a clean, fast workout log without giving up control of their data. WHAT YOU CAN DO β’ One-tap set logging β weight, reps, perceived effort, all from the watch or phone β’ Apple Watch companion β start a workout from your wrist, with live heart rate and calories captured through HealthKit β’ Outdoor runs β GPS route, pace, distance, and elevation, alongside your lifts in the same app β’ Indoor runs β log treadmill sessions by distance, speed, and time β’ Templates and programs β save your routines, build multi-day splits, run them in sequence β’ Exercise library β hundreds of bundled exercises with images, plus your own custom ones β’ Apple Health integration β completed workouts save to Apple Health and contribute to your Activity rings β’ Widgets and complications β see your last workout and weekly volume at a glance on your home screen and Watch face β’ Share extension β paste a workout from any app (Notes, Messages, the web) and SimpleLifts parses it into structured sets PRIVACY BY DEFAULT SimpleLifts has no backend server. Your workouts live on your device and β if you choose β sync to your other devices through your own iCloud account, never through us. We don't collect personal information, we don't run analytics, and we don't sell data. β’ No account or sign-up required β’ No ads, no in-app purchases, no subscriptions β’ No analytics SDKs or tracking β’ Location used only during outdoor runs (when in use, never in the background) β’ Optional Notion sync β connect a Notion database to mirror workouts there if you keep a training journal in Notion ICLOUD SYNC Your lifts, templates, history, and exercise library sync between your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch via Apple's CloudKit framework. It's the same mechanism Notes and Reminders use β your data never touches a SimpleLifts server, because there is no SimpleLifts server. APPLE WATCH The Watch app is a fully native watchOS companion. Start a workout from your wrist, log sets via the digital crown or on-screen buttons, capture heart rate and active energy through HealthKit, and review your last session β all without your phone nearby. Outdoor runs use the Watch's built-in GPS. ON-DEVICE INTELLIGENCE Where SimpleLifts uses AI β for example, parsing a workout you share into the app from another source β it runs on Apple's on-device Foundation Models framework. No workout text is ever sent to a cloud AI service. (Requires iOS 26 or later on a device with Apple Intelligence enabled.) FREE, FOREVER SimpleLifts is free. There are no ads, no in-app purchases, and no premium tiers. If you'd like to support development, the best way is to leave a review and tell a friend. QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? Email azeltzdev@gmail.com β we read everything.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Grape at every 4 weeks against SimpleLifts's every 2 months. Grape also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Grape ships an update every 4 weeks, SimpleLifts every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grape | SimpleLifts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | β |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks β better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | β |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch β better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexandr Khrulev | Amir Zeltzer |
In-app purchases
Grape
No in-app purchases
SimpleLifts
No in-app purchases









