Comparison

Overload vs OpenTrainer

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Log sets and reps
  • Track bodyweight exercises
  • Compare to previous sets
  • Customizable features
  • Zero-fluff interface
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Overload4 screens
OpenTrainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Overload ships an update weekly, OpenTrainer every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Overload versus OpenTrainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOverloadOpenTrainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (12 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndronick MartusheffHouse of Giants

Customer experience

Overload

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral22.2%
Negative0.0%

OpenTrainer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Overload

No in-app purchases

None

OpenTrainer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Overload free?
Overload is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OpenTrainer free?
OpenTrainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Overload or OpenTrainer?
OpenTrainer is rated higher. Overload averages 4.7 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while OpenTrainer averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Overload or OpenTrainer have ads?
Neither Overload nor OpenTrainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Overload or OpenTrainer?
Overload ships an update weekly, and OpenTrainer every 8 days. Most recently, Overload was updated on November 3, 2026 and OpenTrainer on November 13, 2026.

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