Gym Buddy Tracker vs Workout Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gym Buddy Tracker
This app helps you personalize your fitness journey by creating and tracking custom workouts. Monitor your progress, manage weights, and optimize rest periods. Explore a library of routines or build your own for any fitness level.
- Create custom workouts
- Track workout progress
- Manage weights and reps
- Optimize rest periods
- Library of workout routines
- Build custom routines
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Introducing Gym Buddy Tracker: your ultimate fitness companion! This app empowers you to personalize your fitness journey by adding and tracking your own workouts. With Gym Buddy Tracker, you can easily monitor your progress, manage weights, and optimize your rest periods between sets. Dive into our extensive library of workout routines tailored for various fitness goals. Whether you're interested in adhering to a structured plan or prefer to mix and match components to create a custom routine, Gym Buddy Tracker offers versatile solutions for every fitness level. Start your journey towards better health and fitness today! Gym Buddy Pro subscription: Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your iTunes account will automatically be charged at the renewal price within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period unless you change your subscription preferences in your App Store account settings. You can manage your subscriptions at any time through your App Store account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when making a purchase of an auto-renewing subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gymbuddytracker.web.app/privacy-policy/
Workout Tracker
This app simplifies workout tracking for strength training and general fitness. Log unlimited workouts and routines, access a large exercise library, and visualize your progress with graphs. It helps you monitor personal records and calculate lifting metrics.
- Simple workout tracking
- Unlimited workouts and routines
- 300+ cardio and strength exercises
- Rest timers
- Progress visualization graphs
- Personal record tracking
- Apple Health integration
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SwoleMate helps make tracking your workouts as simple as possible. Whether you're looking to get stronger or get in better shape, SwoleMate can help you stay on track and achieve your goals! FEATURES • Clean and simple workout tracking • Log an unlimited number of workouts and create an unlimited number of routines • A comprehensive list of 300 cardio and strength exercises • Rest timers • Graphs to visualize your progress and goals • Easily track your personal records and progression and even calculate your one rep max and total weight lifted • Integrated with Apple Health and Fitness For support and feedback, don't hesitate to reach out at samaha.developer@gmail.com Terms of Use: https://gist.github.com/samaha95/af7a873353bd67d60caa280a0d0ec258 Privacy Policy: https://gist.github.com/samaha95/48ec20bafc7343f11cea88056f006233
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Workout Tracker at 152 against Gym Buddy Tracker's 2. Gym Buddy Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.2). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Gym Buddy Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Workout Tracker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Gym Buddy Tracker against 4.9 for Workout Tracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Workout Tracker has 152 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Gym Buddy Tracker's written reviews are positive against 98% of Workout Tracker's.
Gym Buddy Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, Workout Tracker fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gym Buddy Tracker | Workout Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.9 (152 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 97.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 152 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mattia Biondani | Anthony Samaha |
Customer experience
Gym Buddy Tracker
Workout Tracker
Bugs and requests
Gym Buddy Tracker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Workout Tracker
Reported bugs
4 issues- Live activity notifications not working
- Timer resets when switching apps
- Timer not displaying when music is playing
- Issues with Liquid Glass update affecting rest timer and adding workouts
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to select multiple exercises at once when preparing a routine
- Feature to see reps for heaviest set, not just most reps
- Warmup set feature or top set feature for tracking important set reps on a graph
In-app purchases
Gym Buddy Tracker
- Gym Buddy PRO Monthly1 Month trial$0.991 Month
- Gym Buddy PRO Yearly1 Month trial$9.991 Year
Workout Tracker
- Supporter Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- Small Tip$0.99
- Nice Tip$4.99
- Generous Tip$9.99
