Shrug vs Overload
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shrug
Easily track your gym lifts to achieve progressive overload and see better results. This simple, free application offers all its features without any subscriptions.
- Track gym lifts
- Progressive overload tracking
- Simple interface
- All features free
- No subscription required
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Shrug helps you see better results from your time spent in the gym by making it easy to track your lifts so that you're performing progressive overload - the gradual increases in weight, reps, or other measures of intensity that force your body to adapt. Shrug is simple, free, and doesn't hide any of its features behind a subscription.
Overload
This app helps you track your weightlifting progress by logging sets, reps, and bodyweight exercises. It provides insights into your performance compared to previous workouts, allowing for a personalized and efficient training experience without unnecessary features.
- Log sets and reps
- Track bodyweight exercises
- Compare to previous sets
- Customizable features
- Zero-fluff interface
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Overload was designed with one purpose in mind: to help you lift more. Stop forgetting previous sets, and keep track of your lifts and body weight exercises with a light-weight tool that doesn't get in the way. Add your workout group, add your workout, log your workout... that's it! We took the journal notes and spreadsheets we used to make and organized them digitally into Overload. And unlike your journal, the Overload app will let you know how you're doing compared to previous sets! Our goal was to create something simple that adapted to your workouts, and not the other way around. Disable/enable features and make the app work for you! Fully customizable, zero fluff. Lift. Log. Overload.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Overload at weekly against Shrug's every 2 months. Overload also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Shrug's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Overload holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Shrug's written reviews are positive against 78% of Overload's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Shrug ships an update every 2 months, Overload weekly. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shrug | Overload |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (9 ratings) | 4.8 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 77.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Super Symmetry LLC | Andronick Martusheff |
Customer experience
Shrug
Overload
In-app purchases
Shrug
No in-app purchases
Overload
No in-app purchases
