Comparison

Pump vs Plain Weights

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

Head to head
About

Pump

This app helps you track your weightlifting sessions to achieve your fitness goals. It focuses on progressive overload with an intuitive interface for maximizing progress and potential. Features include custom routines, progress indicators, and a rest timer.

Highlights
  • Dynamic workout tracking
  • Compare with previous workouts
  • Color-coded progress indicators
  • Save custom exercises and routines
  • Rest timer between sets
  • Sync with Apple Health
Features
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Elevate your workouts to the next level by tracking your lifts with Pump. Pump is a weightlifting workout tracker designed to help you reach your fitness goals. To build muscle, you need to gradually increase the intensity and difficulty of your workouts - this is known as progressive overload. Pump is focused on helping you achieve this. With its intuitive interface and keen focus on improvement, Pump makes it easy to maximise your progress and achieve your potential. ** Features ** - Dynamic, streamlined workout tracking - Easy comparison with previous exercises and workouts - Colour-coded progress indicators - Save custom exercises and routines - View exercise instructions and history - Repeat, edit, and share your workouts - Rest timer between sets - Track with Live Activities - Sync with Apple Health Feedback and suggestions are very welcome. Pump is constantly being developed and improved so expect many more features to come in the future. - Email: feedback.pump@gmail.com - Privacy policy: https://get-pump.github.io/privacypolicy/

About

Plain Weights

Features
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The simplest way to track your progress and lift more. No account. No subscription. No creating a full workout programme just to log a set. Open the app, log your lifts, and get back to training. Log in seconds --------------- Create any exercise, name it what you want, tag your muscles your way. Then just log your sets. That's it. Know exactly what to beat -------------------------- Every session surfaces a delta comparison against your last weight, reps, and total volume. You'll see exactly where you're up, where you're down, and what it takes to keep progressing. Progressive overload, made obvious. Data that actually helps ----------------------- Trend lines for weight, reps, and volume. Personal records per exercise. Clean charts that show whether you're moving in the right direction. Everything you need, nothing you don't. Native iOS, built properly ------------------------- SwiftUI and SwiftData from the ground up which is fast, fluid, and offline by default. Plain Weights is just the least frustrating way to track your training and make sure you're always improving.

Screenshots

Pump4 screens
Plain Weights4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Plain Weights at every 8 days against Pump's monthly. Pump's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pump ships an update monthly, Plain Weights every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pump versus Plain Weights: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPumpPlain Weights
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMATTHEW IAN GREENSTEDAFOUNDRY LTD

In-app purchases

None

Pump

No in-app purchases

None

Plain Weights

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pump free?
Pump is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plain Weights free?
Plain Weights is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pump or Plain Weights have ads?
Neither Pump nor Plain Weights shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pump or Plain Weights?
Pump ships an update monthly, and Plain Weights every 8 days. Most recently, Pump was updated on September 21, 2026 and Plain Weights on September 12, 2026.

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