Benchmark Workout Tracker vs Plates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Benchmark Workout Tracker
This app provides professional workout tracking for gym-goers and strength athletes. It focuses on user data ownership and offers a one-time purchase option for lifetime access, avoiding recurring subscriptions and data mining.
- Comprehensive session logging
- Automatic rest timers
- Track beyond sets and reps
- Customizable routines
- Live Activities for workouts
- Detailed progress graphs
- User data ownership
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Track your lifts. Own your data. Pay once. Tired of fitness apps that treat you like a data product? While others collect 20+ data points and charge you monthly forever, Benchmark gives you professional tracking for one price. No subscriptions required. No data mining. No selling your workout habits to advertisers. Just a solid tool to help you build solid muscle and endurance. Benchmark is a notebook that is perfect for gym-goers, bodybuilders, and strength athletes who want serious tracking without the subscription fatigue. YOUR DATA, YOUR RULES No third-party servers. No data mining. No selling your workout habits. Your workouts sync to your personal iCloud or stay entirely on your device - your choice. No account required. No tracking. No compromises. PROFESSIONAL TRACKING WITHOUT SUBSCRIPTION BLOAT - Comprehensive session logging with automatic rest timers - Track beyond sets and reps: warm-ups, failures, partial sets. - Create custom routines for consistent and compariable workouts. - Live Activities keep your workout visible without opening the app - Detailed history and progress graphs to visualize your growth BUILT BY LIFTERS, FOR LIFTERS Responsive development team that actually listens to lifters. Over 2 years of consistent updates, all included free. Request features directly in-app and watch your feedback shape the future of Benchmark. ONE PRICE. LIFETIME ACCESS. - Own Benchmark for $14.99 - one purchase, all features, FOREVER. - Still want a subscription discount or prefer that form of payment? Benchmark offers a $1.99/month or $10.99/year subscription. - Either way, you get the same complete experience. Try everything free for 2 weeks—unlimited exercise logging forever with limited history access and routines. No pressure. If Benchmark helps you track better, own it. If not, cancel before the trial ends. FREE TRIAL TERMS After your 2-week free trial, you'll have the option to purchase lifetime access for $14.99 or continue with an extended trial at $1.99 for 30 day that then converts to a monthly subscription. Subscriptions auto-renew at $1.99/month (or $10.99/year if selected) unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Cancel anytime from your App Store account settings. One-time lifetime purchases are permanent and never expire. Benchmark Workout Tracker: Turn aspirations into achievements. Whether it's building muscle, improving strength, or tracking endurance - Benchmark gives you the tools without the recurring fees. -- Terms of Service: https://contagious.dev/benchmark/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: https://contagious.dev/privacy-policy/benchmark/
Plates
Log your weightlifting sessions with ease, track sets, and analyze your progress. Create custom workouts or use templates, and access over 250 pre-made exercises. Gain insights into your training trends to improve your performance.
- Workout logging with sets and reps
- Customizable workout templates
- 250+ pre-made exercises
- Progress analytics and trends
- Custom exercise creation
- Session volume and best weight tracking
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Plates is a workout log for weightlifting. A 7-day free trial is included. Access to all features requires a Lifetime Unlock (one-time purchase). It's made for people who are serious about weightlifting and love going to the gym. Start a workout from scratch, or from a template you’ve already built. Add exercises, log sets, tick them off as you go, and finish the session. That’s it. After that, Plates does the boring part for you: it turns your logged sessions into analytics you can use to advance quicker in your weightlifting journey. Logging that's simple and elegant: • Create workouts fast (empty or template-based) • Track sets with weight + reps (and more when needed) • Adjust on the fly mid-workout • Templates (optional, but worth it) If you train the same structure each week (which you probably do), templates save a ton of time: • Add exercises and sets beforehand (it will automatically update the weight you used) • Re-use your common sessions (PPL, upper/lower, full body, etc.) Exercises: • Plates comes with 250+ pre-made exercises (free-weight, machine, cardio, and isometric). • You can easily create custom exercises and configure them according to their function. Plates shows what your training has looked like recently: • Muscle heat-map based on recommended volume • Total volume per session, best weight, best duration, etc. • Trends across time • Most trained muscle groups in the past 30 days
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Benchmark Workout Tracker at 5.0 against Plates's 4.0. Benchmark Workout Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). Plates's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Benchmark Workout Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Plates sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Benchmark Workout Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Benchmark Workout Tracker ships an update every 2 months, Plates every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Benchmark Workout Tracker | Plates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Griffin | Toms Burgmanis |
Customer experience
Benchmark Workout Tracker
Plates
In-app purchases
Benchmark Workout Tracker
- Monthly14 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Yearly14 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime Unlock$14.99
Plates
- Free TrialFree
- Lifetime$19.99
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