Comparison

Lyfta vs Epilog

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

Head to head
About

Lyfta

This app helps you track your gym workouts, build custom routines, and monitor your strength progress. It offers a vast exercise library with video guides and social features to connect with friends. Enhance your training with advanced insights and expert programs through an optional premium subscription.

Highlights
  • Log sets, reps, weight, RPE, and notes
  • Organize supersets, warm-ups, and drop sets
  • Automatic rest timers between sets
  • Create custom exercises and routines
  • Explore 5,000+ exercises with video demonstrations
  • Track personal records and strength graphs
  • Connect with friends and share workouts
Features
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Join over 5 million gym-goers getting stronger with Lyfta. Track your workouts and create unlimited routines for free, with no ads. See your progress, challenge yourself and make every session count. LOG EVERY SET. MAKE EVERY WORKOUT COUNT. See your previous weights and reps while you train. Record each set without losing focus, then use your workout history to guide what comes next. • Track sets, reps, weight, RPE and notes • Log weight lifting workouts with barbells, dumbbells or machines • Organize supersets, warm-ups, drop sets and failure sets • Stay on track between sets with automatic rest timers • Add custom exercises to match the way you train YOUR WORKOUT PLAN, READY WHEN YOU ARE Walk into the gym knowing what to do. Choose a ready-made program or build your own gym workout routine around your goals, schedule and equipment. Follow a push pull legs routine, organize an upper/lower split or create a full body workout plan. Customize exercises, sets and reps, then return to your saved routine for your next session. TRAIN WITH CONFIDENCE Explore 5,000+ exercises with video demonstrations and search by muscle group or equipment. Build your bodybuilding routine or find an alternative exercise when equipment is busy, so you can keep your workout moving. SEE YOUR HARD WORK ADD UP Track personal records and see how your weights, reps and training volume change over time. Compare sessions, explore strength graphs and check your estimated one-rep max. Make progressive overload easier to follow: use your previous performance as a starting point and work toward another rep, a little more weight or your next personal best. NEW TO STRENGTH TRAINING? Start with a beginner-friendly gym routine and learn each movement with exercise videos. Keep your workouts organized and track your progress as you get more comfortable lifting. Training at home? Create dumbbell workouts or bodyweight sessions around the equipment you have. MORE REASONS TO KEEP SHOWING UP Follow friends, share workouts and celebrate personal records together. Monthly challenges, streaks and milestones help you stay connected to your training. Choose a public or private profile to control what you share. CONNECT YOUR TRAINING Log workouts with Apple Watch, sync with Apple Health and share completed sessions to Strava. Access your training faster with widgets and shortcuts. GO FURTHER WITH LYFTA PREMIUM • Train smarter with advanced workout insights • See your all-time progress • Follow expert workout programs Download Lyfta and start building on your progress, one workout at a time. Lyfta offers optional Premium subscriptions that renew automatically unless canceled. Prices are shown before purchase. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.lyfta.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.lyfta.app/terms

About

Epilog

Track your weightlifting progress with detailed metrics like weight, reps, and tempo. Analyze your performance muscle by muscle and set up circuit training routines. Measure body composition and sync with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Record sets, reps, tempo, and rest
  • Analyze progression by muscle group
  • Create and track circuit training
  • Estimate 1RM and track volume
  • Log body measurements and photos
  • Exercise library with animations
Features
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The workout tracker that shows you're making progress. Epilog logs every set in seconds (weight, reps, tempo, RPE) and turns your workouts into a clear read on your progress, exercise by exercise and muscle by muscle. LOG FAST, STAY IN THE ZONE • Check off a set and the rest timer starts on its own • Rest timer on the Dynamic Island and the Lock Screen • Supersets, drop sets, warm-up sets and sets to failure • Tempo, RPE and notes on every exercise • Reorder or swap exercises in one tap YOUR PROGRESS, MUSCLE BY MUSCLE • See how much work each muscle gets, week after week • A muscle map shows where you train hard and where you lag behind • Every exercise has its own curve: estimated 1RM, top set, volume, reps • Personal records detected automatically and kept with their date 300+ EXERCISES, EXPLAINED • Instructions and common mistakes for each movement • Filter by muscle and equipment • Can't find one? Create your own CIRCUITS AND ROUTINES • HIIT circuits on the clock, EMOM, AMRAP, or free rounds • Build your routines, sort them into folders, and start from ready-made programs TRACK MORE THAN THE BAR • Body weight, body fat and circumferences, charted over time • Progress photos, compared side by side (Pro) • Calculators built in: plates, 1RM, percentage of 1RM, RPE, warm-up sets • Streaks and achievements to keep you coming back MADE FOR IPHONE • Home Screen widgets • Apple Health sync • Kilograms or pounds • Available in 12 languages ON APPLE WATCH (FIRST RELEASE) • Follow your workout and log your sets from your wrist • Rest timer and live heart rate Epilog is free to use, with unlimited workout logging. Go Pro for your full history, every stat and widgets. Try Pro free for 14 days. Download Epilog and make every workout count. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Lyfta4 screens
Epilog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Epilog at none against Lyfta's shown. Lyfta's advantage is ratings volume (7.2K vs 2) and chart position (#55 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lyfta sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Epilog sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Epilog holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lyfta has 7.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Lyfta's written reviews are positive against 90% of Epilog's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lyfta ships an update weekly, Epilog every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Lyfta versus Epilog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLyftaEpilog
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.2K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.8% of reviews90.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.2K — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#55 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size141 MB115 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperLindberg Development ASFit Mass

Customer experience

Lyfta

All ratings7,188 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews665 reviews
Positive84.8%
Neutral4.5%
Negative10.7%

Epilog

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive90.5%
Neutral7.1%
Negative2.4%

Bugs and requests

Lyfta

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Workouts not resetting properly after completion
  • Leg workout tracking not working as expected
  • Delayed or unresponsive set timer notifications

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more advanced analytics and data visualization
  • Improve Apple Watch connectivity and standalone usage
  • Allow more customization of the user interface
  • Expand the exercise library with more niche movements

Epilog

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Lyfta

Subscriptions10
  • Lyfta Premium$5.991 Month
  • Lyfta Premium$11.491 Month
  • Lyfta Premium$12.991 Month
Show 7 more
  • Lyfta Premium$17.991 Year
  • Lyfta Premium$29.991 Year
  • Lyfta Premium$49.991 Year
  • Lyfta Premium14 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Lyfta Premium1 Month trial$59.991 Year
  • Lyfta Premium14 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Lyfta Premium14 Days trial$79.991 Year
6 purchases

Epilog

Subscriptions6
  • Epilog Pro (Mensuel)14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Epilog Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Epilog Pro (Monthly)14 Days trial$6.991 Month
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  • Epilog Pro (Annual)14 Days trial$22.991 Year
  • Epilog Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Epilog Pro (Annual)14 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Lyfta free?
Lyfta is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Epilog free?
Epilog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lyfta or Epilog?
Epilog is rated higher. Lyfta averages 4.8 out of 5 from 7.2K ratings, while Epilog averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Lyfta or Epilog have ads?
Lyfta shows ads; Epilog does not.
Which is updated more often, Lyfta or Epilog?
Lyfta ships an update weekly, and Epilog every 6 days. Most recently, Lyfta was updated on November 1, 2026 and Epilog on October 31, 2026.

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