Comparison

Lyfta vs Pressure

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 users track their gym workouts, build custom routines, and monitor progress. It offers a comprehensive exercise library with video demonstrations and social features to connect with friends. Advanced insights and expert programs are available with a premium subscription.

Highlights
  • Log sets, reps, weight, RPE, and notes
  • Organize supersets, warm-ups, and drop sets
  • Automatic rest timers between sets
  • Build custom workout routines
  • Explore 5,000+ exercises with video demos
  • 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

Pressure

This app combines GPS running tracking with detailed gym workout logging. It offers real-time stats, post-workout analysis, and social features to connect with friends. Your fitness data is consolidated in one place, integrating with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Live GPS running tracking
  • Detailed gym workout logging
  • Rest timer and exercise demos
  • Muscle group training visualization
  • Personal record tracking
  • Social clubs and leaderboards
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Pressure is a weekly workout streak you keep with friends, built on accountability, so running and lifting become a habit. Workout partners, couples and whole groups use it as a challenge to keep each other going: every run and lift you record counts. Nobody wants to be the one who breaks it. YOUR STREAK Start a streak with a friend, a group of up to 12, or your club. The streak sets one target, 1 to 7 days a week, and everyone in it hits that number. Weeks run Monday to Sunday, so rest days are part of the plan. Recorded runs and gym sessions count on their own, or the streak can ask for photo proof. Every Monday the week is settled: the streak continues, or it breaks. Keep hitting your weeks together and you earn a Rest week, which covers one missed week. Your streaks have their own tab in the app. YOUR FIRST WEEK Start on any day. If everyone hits the target in the week you start, that week counts too, and you can watch the week add up from day one. REMINDERS Still short this week? On Saturday you get a heads-up if the week is at risk. In a group you see how many are in this week. GROUP CHAT Each streak has its own chat in the app, where proof photos land. Add runbot, our iMessage bot, to your group chat and every run and workout is posted there when you finish, so your friends follow along even without the app. RUN Record your runs with GPS. Watch your route draw on the map in real time, with pace, distance, time, elevation, and heart rate as you go. After the run, review the full map, your splits, and how the effort compares to your past runs. Workouts from Apple Health show up automatically, so your history stays in one place. GYM Log every set, rep, and weight with a fast tracker and a built-in rest timer. Each exercise has a clear illustration and demo so you know the movement. When you finish, the muscle-map view lights up every muscle you trained, shaded by how hard you worked it. Pressure tracks your personal records and your 1RM over time, and you can save your go-to sessions as routines. CLUBS AND FRIENDS Join a club and see where you stand. Weekly and all-time leaderboards rank your miles and your volume against your friends. Follow people, react to their workouts, and leave a comment. Your profile shows your year and your full history. DIAMOND Every streak you keep with friends, its Rest week, its chat, and runbot in as many group chats as you like are free for everyone. Diamond, the optional membership, adds deeper training tools such as route generation and race plans. YOUR DATA Pressure reads your workouts from Apple Health and keeps your training in one place. We do not sell your data, we do not show ads, and we do not track you across other apps. Run or lift, every workout counts, and your friends keep the pressure on. Terms of Use: https://api.fyt.life/terms Privacy Policy: https://api.fyt.life/privacy

Screenshots

Lyfta4 screens
Pressure4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pressure at none against Lyfta's shown. Pressure also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 85%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). Lyfta's advantage is ratings volume (7.3K vs 11) and chart position (#46 vs unranked). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Pressure sells 3 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

Pressure holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lyfta has 7.3K ratings behind it against 11, 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 100% of Pressure's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lyfta ships an update weekly, Pressure every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Lyfta versus Pressure: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLyftaPressure
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.3K ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.3K — better11
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#46 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size145 MB79 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperLindberg Development ASJames Han

Customer experience

Lyfta

All ratings7,293 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral1.6%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews665 reviews
Positive84.8%
Neutral4.5%
Negative10.7%

Pressure

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Pressure

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
3 purchases

Pressure

Subscriptions2
  • Fyt Gold$4.991 Month
  • Fyt Gold$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Fyt Gold (Lifetime)$79.99

Questions

Is Lyfta free?
Lyfta is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pressure free?
Pressure is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lyfta or Pressure?
Pressure is rated higher. Lyfta averages 4.8 out of 5 from 7.3K ratings, while Pressure averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Lyfta or Pressure have ads?
Lyfta shows ads; Pressure does not.
Which is updated more often, Lyfta or Pressure?
Lyfta ships an update weekly, and Pressure every 3 days. Most recently, Lyfta was updated on November 9, 2026 and Pressure on October 31, 2026.

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