Overload vs OpenTrainer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Overload
This app helps you track your weightlifting progress by logging sets, reps, and bodyweight exercises. It provides insights into your performance compared to previous workouts, allowing for a personalized and efficient training experience without unnecessary features.
- Log sets and reps
- Track bodyweight exercises
- Compare to previous sets
- Customizable features
- Zero-fluff interface
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Overload was designed with one purpose in mind: to help you lift more. Stop forgetting previous sets, and keep track of your lifts and body weight exercises with a light-weight tool that doesn't get in the way. Add your workout group, add your workout, log your workout... that's it! We took the journal notes and spreadsheets we used to make and organized them digitally into Overload. And unlike your journal, the Overload app will let you know how you're doing compared to previous sets! Our goal was to create something simple that adapted to your workouts, and not the other way around. Disable/enable features and make the app work for you! Fully customizable, zero fluff. Lift. Log. Overload.
OpenTrainer
Log workouts quickly with smart steppers and rest timers. Create custom routines by hand, import them, or use AI to generate a personalized plan based on your goals and available equipment. Analyze your training progress with detailed insights and a body map.
- Two-tap set logging
- Smart weight and rep steppers
- Rest timers with live countdown
- AI-generated personalized plans
- Drag-and-drop routine builder
- Training Lab analytics
- Full JSON data export
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OpenTrainer is a workout tracker that respects your time. Log sets in two taps — not five screens. TRACK One-thumb set logging with smart weight and rep steppers, warm-up flags, RPE, cardio and mobility entries. Rest timers with live countdown, haptics, and lock-screen alerts so you never miss the start of your next set. PLAN Build routines by hand with drag-and-drop days, import them as JSON, or generate a personalized plan with AI based on your goals and the equipment you actually have — describe your gym in plain words and OpenTrainer figures out the rest. UNDERSTAND The Training Lab analyzes your week: volume by muscle group, effort trends, recovery signals, personal records, and a body map showing what you've hit and what you haven't. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Full JSON export and in-app account deletion. Free while in alpha.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OpenTrainer at 5.0 against Overload's 4.7. Overload's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
OpenTrainer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Overload has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Overload ships an update weekly, OpenTrainer every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Overload | OpenTrainer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andronick Martusheff | House of Giants |
Customer experience
Overload
OpenTrainer
In-app purchases
Overload
No in-app purchases
OpenTrainer
No in-app purchases
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