Comparison

Gym Tracker & Log vs Forge

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

Head to head
About

Gym Tracker & Log

This app helps you track your weightlifting progress with unlimited routines and workout logs. It offers detailed analytics, automatic progression, and a comprehensive exercise library, all stored locally and synced via iCloud. Enjoy a feature-rich, ad-free experience designed for serious lifters.

Highlights
  • Unlimited workout routines and logs
  • Full workout history stored forever
  • Workout plans and plan creator
  • Automatic progression and warmup sets
  • RIR/RPE tracking and advanced charts
  • Progress photos and body measurements
  • Apple Health sync
Features
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Gym tracker and workout log built by a lifter, for lifters. Unlimited routines and workouts, your full history forever, no ads, no paywall spam. My mission is to deliver a workout log app that will help you make progress, build strength, and ensure hypertrophy, all that for free. I will never change a free feature to a paid one, spam the paywall, limit routines or workout logs, etc. (all the bad stuff other workout trackers do). What sets Strive apart: - Create unlimited workout routines, most trackers paywall this - Your full history, forever - every workout, set and chart since day one, no history limit. During a workout tap any exercise to see its history and your previous numbers - Your data stays yours - stored on your phone, backed up to iCloud, and you can create a manual backup anytime - Workout plans: 33 ready-made programs (nSuns, PHUL, Reddit PPL, 5x5, Arnold Split and more), a plan creator that builds a plan for you from a short survey, or your own plan with workouts assigned to days or in order - Plan summary - when a plan ends you get a progress analysis and recommendations - Automatic progression - turn it on in a routine and the app raises the weight or reps for the next workout, advanced rules are still there for the nerds - Automatic warmup sets, per exercise - RIR/RPE tracking with effective reps metric - Advanced charts, analyze routine, body part or exercise progress - Personal records and estimated 1RM for every exercise - Progress photos, compare them side by side - Measurements and body proportions, see how you compare to ideal ranges - Rest timer per exercise or per routine, visible on the lock screen - Home screen widgets and a personalizable dashboard, choose from many widgets in various sizes and have all the data at a glance - Plate calculator with your own plates and bars - Gear - assign straps, belts or sleeves to routines and never forget them again - Placeholder exercise - pick a category or body part and choose the actual exercise during the workout, based on how you feel or what's free at the gym - Custom keyboard to input workout data frictionlessly, copy values from the previous set, set a value for all sets, increment and decrement - Apple Health sync - import cardio and bodyweight, send your workouts to Health - Share workouts and routines with friends or followers, cardio share cards with your GPS route - PT report - send your coach a clean summary of your training - Mark workouts as deloads to better understand and analyze the data - Fully offline - I know some gyms have poor reception - Wrapped, see your year in review at the end of the year - Themes & theme creator - No ads, no selling your data, no tracking across apps Rest of the features that you would expect: - Exercise database with 335 exercises, animations and technique tips - Notes - All set types: warmup, dropset, myo reps etc. - Workout finish reminder - never again open the app to see that you have not saved the previous workout - Plan workout reminders - Dark mode I hope my app will help you achieve your goals, in general, just progress and get better. I promise to develop this app until it is your favorite gym log and workout tracker app. Remember, we all are gonna make it! Your gym bro, Artur. _________________________________________ Terms of Use: https://strive-workout.com/terms-conditions/ Privacy Policy: https://strive-workout.com/privacy-policy/

About

Forge

This app helps you track your weightlifting progress and plan your workouts. It offers a library of exercises, performance analysis, and the ability to share your routines with others. Achieve your fitness goals with a structured and social approach.

Highlights
  • Track lifts over time
  • Create tailored routines
  • Access 500+ exercises
  • Share your workouts
  • Analyze performance
  • Workout offline
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Forge your fitness journey, set by set. Forge is the ultimate social gym app for you to reach your goals. Take away the guesswork by tracking your lifts over time. A paid subscription is required to use Forge. After subscribing, you can: - Create tailored routines - Access 500+ exercises - Share your workouts - Analyse your performance - Workout offline Allow Forge to transform your fitness journey into a shared experience. Terms and Conditions: https://www.forge-fitness-app.com/terms

Screenshots

Gym Tracker & Log4 screens
Forge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Gym Tracker & Log at free against Forge's paid. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Gym Tracker & Log sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Forge sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Gym Tracker & Log against 4.9 for Forge. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 889 and 404 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 99% of Gym Tracker & Log's written reviews are positive against 93% of Forge's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gym Tracker & Log ships an update every 6 days, Forge weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Gym Tracker & Log versus Forge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGym Tracker & LogForge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (889 ratings) — better4.9 (404 ratings)
Positive reviews98.7% of reviews — better92.6% of reviews
Number of ratings889 — better404
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size244 MB130 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArtur FijalForge App Limited

Customer experience

Gym Tracker & Log

All ratings889 ratings
Positive99.0%
Neutral0.7%
Negative0.3%
Written reviews386 reviews
Positive98.7%
Neutral1.0%
Negative0.3%

Forge

All ratings393 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral1.3%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive92.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.4%

User reviews

Gym Tracker & Log

From 889 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Customizable workouts
  • 🚀 Efficient workout tracking
  • 💡 Helpful progress tracking
  • 🚀 Simple and straightforward

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs or glitches
  • 💡 Desire for more advanced features (e.g., plate calculator, one-arm exercise logging)
  • 💡 Request for ability to delete or reorder exercises in a workout

Forge

From 404 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy workout tracking
  • 🚀 Efficient progressive overload tracking
  • 💡 Flexible set types (unilateral, failure, etc.)
  • 🤝 Strong community and social features
  • 🤩 Clean and intuitive interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes when editing workouts
  • 🐛 Inaccurate muscle variation tracking (shoulders)
  • 💸 Unexpected payment required
  • 📉 Lost progress reported

Bugs and requests

Gym Tracker & Log

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional issues with saving workouts
  • Timer not always functioning properly when other apps are running

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to sync data across devices
  • Addition of body measurements tracking (waist, legs, etc.)
  • Inclusion of a plate calculator
  • Option to log one-arm exercises separately
  • Ability to delete or reorder exercises in a workout

Forge

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when editing previously recorded workouts
  • Inaccurate muscle group tracking (e.g., shoulders)
  • Users reporting lost progress

Requested features

2 requests
  • Improve shoulder muscle group tracking accuracy
  • Address app crashes during workout editing

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Gym Tracker & Log

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited access$6.991 Month
  • Unlimited access$39.991 Year
One-time5
  • Theme cotton candy$3.79
  • Theme cotton candy dark$3.79
  • Theme Cherry Blossom$3.79
Show 2 more
  • Theme beige$3.99
  • Unlimited access$139.99
8 purchases

Forge

Subscriptions8
  • Pro7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Pro2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Pro7 Days trial$5.991 Month
Show 5 more
  • Pro$19.991 Year
  • Pro3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Pro7 Days trial2 variants$19.991 Year
  • Pro3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Pro$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Gym Tracker & Log free?
Gym Tracker & Log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Forge free?
Forge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gym Tracker & Log or Forge?
Gym Tracker & Log is rated higher. Gym Tracker & Log averages 4.9 out of 5 from 889 ratings, while Forge averages 4.9 from 404 ratings.
Do Gym Tracker & Log or Forge have ads?
Neither Gym Tracker & Log nor Forge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gym Tracker & Log or Forge?
Gym Tracker & Log ships an update every 6 days, and Forge weekly. Most recently, Gym Tracker & Log was updated on November 3, 2026 and Forge on November 5, 2026.

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