Gymstro vs Kpal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gymstro
Track your workouts with this simple and intuitive journal. Access all features, including rest timers and progress graphs, without any cost. It offers a streamlined experience, making it as easy as pen and paper but with advanced capabilities.
- Workout tracking
- Rest timers
- Progress graphs
- Routine templates
- Simple interface
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An easy and simple-to-use workout tracker with all the features you need -- completely for free. That's right. No subscriptions, no ads, no fees. Get access to everything the app can offer without needing to pay any money. Optimized to keep your workout tracking simple, it's as easy as pen and paper but packed with loads of features. Rest timers, progress graphs, routine templates, and much more to come!
Kpal
This app helps you track your daily food intake, including calories, nutrients, and associated costs. Log meals by taking photos, scanning barcodes, or manual entry, and monitor your progress towards calorie and spending goals.
- Calorie and nutrient tracking
- Food cost monitoring
- Photo-based food logging
- Barcode scanning
- Customizable meal entry
- Pantry organization
- Receipt scanning for prices
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Track what you eat and what it costs. Kpal is a food diary for calories, nutrients, and food spending. Take a photo, scan a barcode, or enter a meal yourself. Check the details, adjust your portion, and add it to your day. Save foods you eat regularly so you don’t have to enter them again. Cooking at home? Build a dish from its ingredients, set how many servings it makes, and log the amount you ate. Keep your pantry organized and scan receipts to reuse the prices you actually paid. Your daily log and weekly trends show your calories, nutrients, and food costs. You can set calorie and spending targets, and optionally connect Apple Health to bring in your Active Energy. Photo-based nutrition and prices are estimates. Review them before saving—you can change the numbers whenever you need to.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Gymstro at 25 against Kpal's 2. Gymstro also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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 — 4.9 for Gymstro against 5.0 for Kpal. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gymstro has 25 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Gymstro ships an update every 9 days, Kpal weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gymstro | Kpal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gymstro, LLC | Mustafa Gharaibeh |
Customer experience
Gymstro
Kpal
In-app purchases
Gymstro
No in-app purchases
Kpal
No in-app purchases
