Lift Point vs GainTain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lift Point
This app simplifies barbell weight calculations. It quickly determines the correct number of plates needed for each side of the bar, eliminating mental math during workouts.
- Quick plate calculation
- Eliminates mental math
- Barbell weight determination
- Easy to use interface
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Lift Point is the easy plate math calculator! Quickly determine how many plates you need to put on each side of the barbell without having to do "plate math" in your head.
GainTain
Log your exercises, sets, reps, and weight instantly without needing an account. This app offers an intuitive interface for tracking supersets and other workout details.
- Instant workout tracking
- No account required
- Log sets, reps, weight
- Superset tracking
- Intuitive interface
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Tired of complicated setup before you can even log a single rep? GainTain gets you tracking your workouts INSTANTLY – no account required! Dive right into logging your exercises, sets, reps, weight, and even supersets with our intuitive interface.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Lift Point at every 2 days against GainTain's every 2 weeks. GainTain's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Lift Point against 5.0 for GainTain. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively.
Lift Point ships an update every 2 days, GainTain every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Lift Point | GainTain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jared Lipton | GainTain, Inc. |
Customer experience
Lift Point
GainTain
In-app purchases
Lift Point
No in-app purchases
GainTain
No in-app purchases
