HardLab vs MyGymSkills
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HardLab
This app helps you track workouts, meals, and body measurements to visualize your fitness progress. It offers an offline-first experience with features like a rest timer, exercise library, and AI-powered meal logging. Syncs with Apple Health for automatic data import.
- Workout logging with rest timer
- Exercise library with muscle targeting
- AI-powered meal and nutrition tracking
- Body measurement and progress photo logging
- Interactive progress charts and trends
- Apple Health integration
- Social sharing and friend motivation
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HardLab is your all-in-one fitness companion — built to track every workout, meal, and measurement, and to actually show you the progress you're making. Whether you're lifting to get stronger, dialing in your nutrition, or just trying to move more, HardLab keeps everything in one fast, offline-first app that works even when you're off the grid. TRAIN SMARTER • Build routines and log workouts set-by-set with a built-in rest timer • Browse a full exercise library with muscle-group targeting • Track personal records and celebrate PR moments • See workout insights and weekly snapshots of your training EAT WITH INTENTION • Log meals in seconds — type what you ate or snap a photo and let AI do the rest • Track calories and macros with clear, visual nutrition rings • Set water and macro goals and watch them update through the day TRACK YOUR PROGRESS • Log body measurements and attach progress photos • Visualize trends over any date range with interactive charts • Set goals and see exactly when you hit them • Monitor steps and sleep right from your Home screen SYNC WITH APPLE HEALTH • Connect Apple Health to automatically bring in steps, workouts, and activity • Your data stays current without manual entry STAY CONNECTED • Follow friends, share your progress, and stay motivated together MADE FOR YOU • Light and dark themes • Imperial or metric units, your choice • Sound and haptics controls • Works great whether you have an account or just want to start tracking right away Download HardLab and start building the strongest version of you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
MyGymSkills
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MyGymSkills is a clean, local-first gym tracker built for people who want to train with more structure and understand their progress without needing an internet connection. Plan your workout before you train, log what you actually did, and review your performance with simple daily and weekly insights. CREATE STRUCTURED WORKOUTS Build a session in seconds: • Choose exercises from the built-in exercise library • Set target sets, reps, and weight • Add rest time, RPE, and notes • Create unlimited workout sessions • Duplicate past sessions to save time Whether you are planning a push day, pull day, leg day, full-body session, or a custom routine, MyGymSkills helps you keep everything organized. LOG YOUR REAL PERFORMANCE Training rarely goes exactly as planned. MyGymSkills lets you record what actually happened during your workout: • Actual reps • Actual weight • Number of completed sets • Exercise duration • RPE • Notes • Skipped, modified, or extra exercises You can compare your target plan with your real performance and understand how close you were to your goal. DAILY GOAL COMPLETION After each workout, MyGymSkills calculates your daily completion percentage based on your planned volume and actual logged performance. See: • Daily goal completion • Planned vs actual volume • Exercise-by-exercise completion • Total completed exercises • Workout duration This gives you a simple answer after every session: how much of today’s plan did you complete? WEEKLY PROGRESS MyGymSkills also shows your weekly average completion, helping you focus on consistency over time. Track: • Weekly average goal completion • Sessions completed this week • Total weekly volume • Last 7 days progress • Recent training trends The goal is not perfection. The goal is to keep building. EXERCISE LIBRARY Browse a built-in exercise library designed for gym training. Search and filter exercises by: • Muscle group • Equipment • Movement type • Difficulty The library includes exercises for chest, back, shoulders, arms, legs, glutes, core, and full-body training. PERSONAL RECORDS Track your best performances over time: • Heaviest weight • Max reps • Best estimated one-rep max • Best sets by exercise MyGymSkills helps you notice progress that is easy to miss when you only rely on memory. WORKS OFFLINE MyGymSkills is designed to work without Wi-Fi or mobile data. Your workouts, history, progress, and exercise library remain available on your device. No account is required. No internet is required for core features. Your training data stays local on your device. CLEAN DESIGN MyGymSkills is built with a minimal, premium interface focused on clarity: • Light and dark mode • Simple workout cards • Clear progress indicators • Fast local interactions • Easy logging during training BUILT FOR CONSISTENCY MyGymSkills is not about extreme training or unrealistic expectations. It is about building better habits, tracking your sessions, and improving your performance step by step. Plan your session. Log your sets. Review your progress. Build your gym skills.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MyGymSkills at none against HardLab's 2. MyGymSkills also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. HardLab sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. MyGymSkills asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | HardLab | MyGymSkills |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Credo Tech LLC | Hedi Fourati |
In-app purchases
HardLab
- HardLab Pro$4.991 Month
- HardLab Pro$29.991 Year
MyGymSkills
No in-app purchases









