Gymaholic vs Riker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gymaholic
This app helps you track workouts, build custom routines, and monitor progress. It offers a large exercise library with instructions and animations, seamless Apple Watch integration, and health app syncing. Optimize your training with built-in timers and voice guidance.
- Track every workout (sets, reps, weights)
- Create personalized workout routines
- Access 850+ exercises with 3D animations
- Monitor strength gains with detailed charts
- Seamless Apple Watch integration
- Sync with Health App
- HIIT and timer support
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Log every set from your Apple Watch. No phone, no fumbling. Build muscle, gain strength, and track every workout. Log every rep, every plate, and every personal record across 850+ exercises with interactive 3D animations. Used by serious lifters for over a decade. APPLE WATCH — YOUR WRIST IS ENOUGH Start, track, and log workouts directly from your Apple Watch. Record sets, reps, weight, heart rate, and calories without taking your phone out of your pocket. TRACK EVERY SET, OWN EVERY PR Smart progress charts show your strength gains and personal records over time. Monitor workout volume, training history, and performance trends with a clean, distraction-free interface built for the gym floor. 850+ EXERCISES WITH 3D ANIMATIONS Explore a complete exercise library covering every major muscle group. Learn proper form with detailed instructions and interactive 3D animations available on iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac, Apple TV, and Vision Pro. PLANS THAT FIT YOUR TRAINING • Pre-made programs created by a competitive bodybuilding champion • Build your own routines from scratch • Modify any workout plan to match your goals • Train at the gym or at home • Strength training, bodybuilding, powerlifting, and functional fitness BUILT FOR THE ENTIRE APPLE ECOSYSTEM • iPhone for planning workouts and tracking progress • Apple Watch for logging workouts in the gym • Mac for analyzing your training history • Apple TV for following workouts on a bigger screen • Vision Pro for immersive fitness experiences EVERYTHING ELSE • Voice guidance to keep you focused during workouts • Rest timers and HIIT interval timers • Body metrics tracking including weight, body fat, and measurements • Apple Health integration for workouts, calories, and body metrics Try Gymaholic free for 7 days. No commitment. Premium is available as a monthly or annual subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in App Store Account Settings. Terms of Use: https://www.gymaholic.app/termsofuse.html Privacy Policy: https://www.gymaholic.app/privacypolicy.html
Riker
Log your strength training progress by tracking reps, weight, and rest times. Monitor body measurements and visualize your gains with detailed charts. Integrates seamlessly with Apple Health and offers an independent Apple Watch app.
- Track reps, weight, and sets
- Log body measurements
- Automatic rest time tracking
- Progress charts and graphs
- Apple Health integration
- Standalone Apple Watch app
- CSV data export/import
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Track your strength with Riker. Riker lets you track your reps during your strength training workouts. Search or drill-down to find your movement and variant (e.g., bench press with dumbbells), and simply enter the weight used and the number of reps. You can also indicate if you went to failure or not. Riker will also keep track of your rest time spent between sets automatically. In addition to tracking your sets, Riker lets you track relevant body measurements, including your arm size, chest size, calf size and more. Plenty of charts are provided to track your progress. Riker provides charts to track your weight lifted over time, your rep count over time and your time spent between sets over time. Pie charts are provided to give you an aggregate view of these metrics. Riker's Apple Watch app allows you to input your sets and body measurements with ease. Riker integrates with Apple's Health app. The sets you record are saved as strength training workouts in Apple Health. Any body weight measurements you record in Riker will also be saved in Apple's Health app. Forget to bring your iPhone to the gym? Riker's Apple Watch app works just fine untethered from your iPhone enabling it to work perfectly when your iPhone is unreachable. Riker will save your sets and body measurement logs locally to your Apple Watch, and later you can bulk-sync them to your iPhone. Want to import your Riker data into your favorite spreadsheet program? Riker has an export function to extract your sets and body measurement log data to CSV files. There's also an import function so you can restore your data to a new device. It's your data. You'll always be in full control of your data with Riker.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Riker at none against Gymaholic's 11. Riker also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (82% vs 71%). Gymaholic's advantage is ratings volume (3.5K vs 19) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads and device support 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. Gymaholic sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Riker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Riker holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gymaholic has 3.5K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Gymaholic's written reviews are positive against 82% of Riker's.
Gymaholic ships an update every 10 days, Riker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gymaholic | Riker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.5K ratings) | 4.9 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.6% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.5K — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 27.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Devenyi Gabor | Paul Evans |
Customer experience
Gymaholic
Riker
Bugs and requests
Gymaholic
Reported bugs
4 issues- Workouts not syncing correctly between devices
- Inability to edit previous sets during a workout
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between units (lbs/kg)
- Crashes and freezes, especially after recent updates
Requested features
5 requests- Add more bodyweight and cardio exercises
- Improve customization options for workouts
- Provide more detailed workout history and analytics
- Allow users to copy and reuse custom workouts
- Improve Apple Watch app stability and responsiveness
Riker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gymaholic
- Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$31.991 Year
- Exercise Pack 1Free
- TRX Exercise PackFree
- 1h/Day Full Week PlanFree
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- 4-Day ProgramFree
- Basic Intermediate ProgramFree
- Basic Beginner ProgramFree
- Exercise Pack 2Free
- Pro version$4.99
- Pro Gold version$14.99
Riker
No in-app purchases








