Comparison

Power vs Herculog

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

Head to head
About

Power

Streamline your weightlifting progress tracking without messy notes or spreadsheets. This app offers a focused way to monitor your lifting regimen, ideal for those already familiar with weight training.

Highlights
  • Weightlifting progress tracking
  • Streamlined regimen monitoring
  • Replaces notes and spreadsheets
  • Focused on lifting progress
Features
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Keep track of your weightlifting progress! No more disorganized notes or spreadsheets. Suited best towards those who are already comfortable with lifting, Power does one thing only - provides a streamlined way to track your progress across your lifting regimen.

About

Herculog

This minimalist app provides a straightforward way to log weightlifting sessions. It offers daily and monthly summaries, auto-fill for quick entry, and performance tracking to monitor progress. Data is stored locally and can be exported to CSV.

Highlights
  • Ad-free workout logging
  • Daily & monthly summaries
  • Quick exercise entry
  • Auto-fill from previous workouts
  • Performance monitoring
  • CSV data export
Features
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Every legend keeps a log. Herculog (formerly MyLiftLog) is a weight lifting journal built on one principle: your training data belongs to you. No account. No subscription. No ads. No cloud. Open the app and lift — everything stays on your iPhone or iPad. LOG SETS IN SECONDS Name, sets, reps, weight — done. Auto-fill loads your last session's numbers for every exercise, so logging today's work takes a tap, not a form. Add RPE, warm-up flags, and notes when you want them; skip them when you don't. RUN GUIDED WORKOUT PLANS Build training plans or add ready-made programs from the Discover library — full-body, upper/lower, push pull legs, and more, with sets and reps already filled in. Then run each session set by set, checking off every set as you go. Leave the gym mid-workout and pick up right where you stopped. WATCH STRENGTH CLIMB Herculog computes estimated 1RM, total volume, and efficiency automatically from every set you log. Strength charts show your sets, daily max weight, and 1RM trend for every exercise, and personal records are tracked across 3-month, 6-month, 1-year, and lifetime windows — with a proper PR celebration when you earn one. SEE THE WHOLE MONTH Daily and monthly summaries put your consistency on the record: training days, total volume, sets, reps, streaks, and the awards you have earned. Spot patterns, keep the streak alive, stay honest. YOUR DATA IS YOURS — ACTUALLY • No account or sign-in, ever • No ads, no tracking, no analytics — the App Store privacy label reads "Data Not Collected" • Everything is stored on your device, nothing on our servers (there are no servers) • Export your complete history or your plans as CSV anytime — an open format any spreadsheet can read • Import plans the same way: build one at herculog.com/plan-builder, or have a coach send you one FORMERLY MYLIFTLOG Herculog is the new name for MyLiftLog — the same app from the same studio, updated in place. Your entire training history carries over with the update, because it never left your device in the first place. Free training guides — progressive overload, RPE, program templates, and a 1RM calculator — at herculog.com/guides. The iron is waiting. Start your log.

Screenshots

Power3 screens
Herculog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Herculog at every 2 weeks against Power's every 4 months. Herculog also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 1). Power's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Power against 5.0 for Herculog. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Herculog has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Power ships an update every 4 months, Herculog every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Power versus Herculog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPowerHerculog
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings)
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNadia BarbosaRichard Vetter

Customer experience

Power

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Herculog

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Power

No in-app purchases

None

Herculog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Power free?
Power is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Herculog free?
Herculog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Power or Herculog?
Power and Herculog are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 8 ratings respectively.
Do Power or Herculog have ads?
Neither Power nor Herculog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Power or Herculog?
Power ships an update every 4 months, and Herculog every 2 weeks. Most recently, Power was updated on November 3, 2026 and Herculog on October 30, 2026.

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