Comparison

Gymaholic vs Chat Maigre

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Chat Maigre

Features
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The Progress Protocol. Most protocols measure how much more you did. This one measures what it cost you. THE COUNTS Three times inside the morning hour you put two fingers on your wrist and count. Prima before you move. Media once you have settled. Ultima the moment you stop, and once more a minute later while you keep walking. Each one is three movements. Spiritus, settle the breath. Pulsus, take the count. Census, read what it says. The breath comes first for a reason rather than a mood: your rate climbs as you inhale and falls as you exhale, so counting across a ragged breath measures the breath as much as the heart. You never type a number and you never watch a clock. Press when you start counting and release on the twentieth beat, or let a tone start and stop you and enter what you counted. Either way the app does the arithmetic and hands it back in beats and per cent. Nothing appears on screen while you count. You cannot read and count at the same time, and a number you can watch is a number you start chasing. WHAT THE COUNTS TELL YOU The ultima against the media is your drift: what the same pace cost you by the end. The fall across the minute after you stop is your recovery. Both are read against your own history and never against a table, because a threshold borrowed from a clinical treadmill test would be a claim this app has no business making. No strap. No watch. No account with a company that keeps your heartbeat on a server. The body is the instrument. The sensor is a second opinion. THE METHOD Most training asks you to empty the tank twice a week. This asks for a few short sets spread across the day, every day, and one easy hour on your feet each morning. No set is ever hard. The work still adds up, so lighter weeks are built in and you are expected to take them. Early strength is largely coordination: the nervous system learning to use what you already have. That is built by frequent unhurried repetition, not by exhaustion. So you practise four movements at roughly half of what you could manage, always stopping with reps still in the tank. Pull-ups. Push-ups. Air squats. Hanging leg raises. Nothing else, and nothing you need a gym for beyond a bar. THE MORNING HOUR Every day carries a session rather than a number of minutes: an easy walk, an easy jog, threshold work, hill economy, a long easy hour, or recovery. The programme chooses, from where you stand in your block. Quality never sits beside quality. Lighter weeks and the taper drop the hard work entirely, because that is what they are for. A BLOCK THAT FITS YOU Choose six, eight, twelve or sixteen weeks, or type any length from four weeks to a year. Everything reshapes around it: per-set targets, daily touches, the shape of the week, and where the lighter weeks fall. When a block finishes it rolls into a fresh cycle at the same length. It never expires. EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR PHONE No account. No password. No server. No analytics. Your log lives in this app on this device and there is no cloud to sync to, because there is nothing on the other end. Export the lot as a readable file whenever you want. BEFORE YOU START This programme is not for everyone. It is daily, repetitive and loaded. The app opens with a short list of conditions you should be cleared for by a clinician first, including current or recent tendon pain in the elbow, shoulder, wrist or hand, recent shoulder surgery or dislocation, joint hypermobility, low bone density, pregnancy and postpartum, a history of disordered eating, uncontrolled hypertension or cardiac disease, and chronic kidney disease. It is not suitable under 18. Chat Maigre is a training and logging tool, not a medical device. Its guidance is general information, not personalised advice. Speak to a qualified professional before starting a new training or nutrition plan.

Screenshots

Gymaholic4 screens
Chat Maigre4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chat Maigre at none against Gymaholic's 11. Chat Maigre also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 27.0). Gymaholic's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). On price and ads 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. Gymaholic sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Chat Maigre asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Gymaholic versus Chat Maigre: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGymaholicChat Maigre
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.5K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS27.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size172 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDevenyi GaborJames Smith

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

Chat Maigre

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Gymaholic

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$31.991 Year
One-time9
  • 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
None

Chat Maigre

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gymaholic free?
Gymaholic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chat Maigre free?
Chat Maigre is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gymaholic or Chat Maigre have ads?
Neither Gymaholic nor Chat Maigre shows ads.

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