Comparison

Liftosaur vs Depth Ecology

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

Head to head
About

Liftosaur

This app automates strength training by allowing users to build custom progressive overload programs or use pre-built routines. It tracks workouts, visualizes progress, and automatically adjusts weights and reps based on user-defined logic, making it a smart fitness companion.

Highlights
  • Automated progressive overload
  • Scriptable workout builder (Liftoscript)
  • Pre-built popular lifting programs
  • Workout tracking and progress visualization
  • Rest timers and plate calculator
  • Body weight and measurement tracking
  • Cloud backup and cross-device sync
Features
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Liftosaur is the most customizable weightlifting app and strength training tracker and planner. # Automate Your Strength Training Build your own progressive overload programs or start with proven routines like GZCLP, 5/3/1, or Basic Beginner Routine. Track every workout, visualize your progress, and fully automate your training — all in one smart fitness app. Stop guessing your next weight. Liftosaur automatically increases or decreases your weights and reps based on the logic you define. It allows to implement any possible progressive overload logic, so you can focus on lifting while the app handles the math. Liftosaur introduces Liftoscript — a simple text language for building workouts like code. Define exercises, sets, and logic once right in text, and the app updates it automatically after each session. Example: ``` # Week 1 ## Day 1 Bent Over Row / 2x5, 1x5+ / 95lb / progress: lp(2.5lb) Bench Press / 2x5, 1x5+ / 45lb / progress: lp(2.5lb) Squat / 2x5, 1x5+ / 45lb / progress: lp(5lb) ## Day 2 Chin Up / 2x5, 1x5+ / 0lb / progress: lp(2.5lb) Overhead Press / 2x5, 1x5+ / 45lb / progress: lp(2.5lb) Deadlift / 2x5, 1x5+ / 95lb / progress: lp(5lb) ``` This makes Liftosaur the only scriptable workout app — perfect for lifters who love structure, logic, and data. # Popular Programs Included Liftosaur comes with pre-built lifting programs and templates from the strength community: • All GZCL programs: GZCLP, P-Zero, The Rippler, VHF, VDIP, General Gainz, etc • 5/3/1 and its variations • Basic Beginner Routine from r/Fitness • Strong Curves • And many more! Every program is written in Liftoscript, so you can customize every detail — sets, reps, progression rules, and deloads. # Track Everything Liftosaur isn’t just a gym tracker — it’s your complete workout planner and data companion. • Rest timers & plate calculator • Body weight and measurement tracking • Graphs for exercises and progress over time • Equipment rounding & exercise substitutions • Cloud backup and cross-device sync • Web Editor for faster program creation on desktop # Made for Powerlifters and Beginners Alike Whether you’re starting your first strength program or fine-tuning an advanced powerlifting routine, Liftosaur adapts to your style. It’s a lifting program builder, progress tracker, and gym log app — all working together to make you stronger. Weightlifting is a long game, and if you're serious about lifting, building strength and sculpting your body, Liftosaur would be a great partner in your journey. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Depth Ecology

Features
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Depth Ecology is a journal for the inner work — a quiet place to notice what moves through you, and to see, over time, the patterns underneath. No account, no sign-up, no password. Open it and start writing. The practice has three movements, and the app follows them. NOTICE AND RECORD Two kinds of entry, both quick to make: • Observations — what arises within you: dreams, bodily sensations, thoughts, feelings, impressions of your surroundings, and impulses. • Life events — the outer happenings: significant moments, turning points, anything that happened. When writing is too slow, dictate instead. Speech is transcribed on your own phone; if you would rather have Apple's more accurate transcription, you can switch on Online dictation in Settings. DRAW OUT SYMBOLS From the words in your own entries, pull out the recurring images and themes that carry meaning for you. Long-press a word and it becomes a symbol, linked back to every entry that mentions it — so the threads between entries become visible without you having to hold them in your head. SEE THE PATTERNS Observations, life events and symbols are laid out together on a timeline, so you can watch how they rise and fall across weeks, months and years. TAKE IT INTO A SESSION Export a PDF over any date range to bring to your coach. It is produced on your device, and shared only if you choose to send it. KEPT SAFE IN YOUR OWN iCLOUD A journal you might lose is a journal you write in differently. Depth Ecology saves a copy to the private area of your own iCloud whenever something changes — you never have to remember to do it — and offers your journal back when you open the app on a new iPhone. It goes to your iCloud, not to us: we run no server, so there is no copy of your writing anywhere we could reach. NOTHING COLLECTED, NOTHING TRACKED There is no account to sign in to and nothing for us to hold. There is no analytics, advertising or tracking code in this app of any kind. On the phone itself your entries are protected by iOS, which keeps the app's files encrypted while your device is locked — so it is worth having a passcode set. SUBSCRIPTION Depth Ecology is a subscription, and it starts with one week free: • Monthly — €8.00 per month • Annual — €80.00 per year Prices are in euros and may vary by region; your local price is shown before you confirm. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can manage or cancel it at any time in your Apple ID settings. If a subscription ends, your journal stays. You keep reading it, searching it and exporting it, and the backup keeps running — we are not willing to let anyone lose a journal over a lapsed subscription. What renewing brings back is writing new entries. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://skrapi.github.io/depth-ecology-app/privacy/ A guiding principle runs through the whole app: logging should be quick and almost effortless. Capture the thing in the moment; the meaning can come later. Depth Ecology accompanies Dr Hélène Smit's Depth Ecology practice.

Screenshots

Liftosaur4 screens
Depth Ecology4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Depth Ecology at 15.1 against Liftosaur's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Liftosaur sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Depth Ecology sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Liftosaur versus Depth Ecology: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiftosaurDepth Ecology
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (420 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings420 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB46 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLiftosaur, LLCSylvan Smit

Bugs and requests

Liftosaur

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App crashes frequently after updates
  • Syncing issues with iPhone Health app
  • App freezes on startup screen, requires reinstallation
  • Changes to program not saving correctly
  • Error when trying to set different warm-ups for different weeks
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  • Cannot change equipment type from cable to barbell
  • Pulls reps and weight from wrong days
  • Newest update crashes the app, prevents program selection/editing

Requested features

4 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to use kgs for barbell and lbs for dumbbells
  • More intuitive UI for beginners
  • Improved documentation/organization of ideas

Depth Ecology

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Liftosaur

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Subscription$99.99
2 purchases

Depth Ecology

Subscriptions2
  • Depth Ecology Monthly7 Days trial$7.001 Month
  • Depth Ecology Annual7 Days trial$70.001 Year

Questions

Is Liftosaur free?
Liftosaur is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Depth Ecology free?
Depth Ecology is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Liftosaur or Depth Ecology have ads?
Neither Liftosaur nor Depth Ecology shows ads.

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