Gym Buddy vs PRTracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gym Buddy
This app helps users track their personal records (PRs) during gym workouts. Users can select specific workout groups to focus their tracking efforts.
- Track personal records (PRs)
- Select workout groups
- Log gym progress
- Simple interface
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Gym Buddy is here to help you track your PRs at the gym. Select one, some, or all workout groups to get started!
PRTracker
Log personal records for any exercise and visualize your strength gains with clean charts. Set goals, receive AI-powered predictions, and compete on global leaderboards. Includes home screen widgets for quick PR checks.
- Log PRs for any exercise
- Track progress with visual charts
- Set and chase goals
- AI-powered lift predictions
- Global leaderboards
- Home screen widgets
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Track every personal record. See exactly how strong you're getting. PRTracker is built for one thing: logging your PRs and watching them climb. No workout logging fluff, no complicated programs — just your lifts, your progress, and your goals. What you get: Log PRs for any exercise across multiple rep ranges, track progress with clean visual charts, set goals and watch the trend line chase them, get AI-powered predictions for where your lifts are headed, compete on global leaderboards, and check your PRs from your home screen with widgets. Built for powerlifters, weightlifters, and anyone who trains with a barbell. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gym Buddy at none against PRTracker's 4. Gym Buddy also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). PRTracker's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (14 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. PRTracker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Gym Buddy asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Gym Buddy against 5.0 for PRTracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PRTracker has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Gym Buddy ships an update every 6 months, PRTracker every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Gym Buddy | PRTracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Gardiner | Brevin Blalock |
Customer experience
Gym Buddy
PRTracker
In-app purchases
Gym Buddy
No in-app purchases
PRTracker
- Premium$1.991 Month
- Weekly Premium3 Days trial$7.997 Days
- Premium3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$49.99
