Comparison

Gym Log vs GC

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

Head to head
About

Gym Log

This app helps you plan, log, and analyze your strength training routines. Track your progress, body measurements, and integrate with Apple Health. It's designed for users who create their own training plans.

Highlights
  • Create custom workout templates and exercises
  • Log sets with quick input and automatic rest timers
  • Track progress with 1RM, volume, and personal records
  • Log body measurements and track trends
  • Integrate with Apple Health
  • Import history from other apps
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Gym Log is a workout planner and tracker for lifters who build their own strength and hypertrophy training. Plan workouts in detail, see previous performance while you train, log sets quickly, and understand how your training changes over time. PLAN YOUR TRAINING • Create reusable workout templates and custom exercises • Program warm-up, working, and special sets • Use target reps, rep ranges, RPE, percentages, and Training 1RM • Organize exercises into supersets • Reuse warm-up and working-set schemes • Configure weight increments and rest times for individual exercises LOG WITHOUT FRICTION • See planned values and previous results during your workout • Adjust weight, repetitions, and RPE with the quick input pad • Complete sets directly from the workout screen • Start rest timers automatically • Track sets using repetitions, weight, time, or distance UNDERSTAND YOUR PROGRESS • Follow estimated 1RM, weight, repetitions, volume, and personal records • Review complete workout and exercise history • See how performance changes over time • Analyze training volume by muscle group • Track primary and secondary muscle contributions separately TRACK YOUR BODY • Log weight, body fat, and other body measurements in one entry • Estimate body fat from your measurements • Follow measurement trends • Export your measurements to CSV WORKS WITH APPLE HEALTH • Save your Gym Log workouts to Apple Health • Save measurements you log to Apple Health, and see the ones already stored there BRING YOUR HISTORY WITH YOU Already using another workout tracker? Import your existing workout history from Hevy or Strong instead of starting over. ACTUALLY FREE All workout features are included. There are no subscriptions, paid tiers, or feature unlocks. Gym Log is made for people who already know how they want to train. It does not include built-in programs, coaching, exercise videos, or social feeds. It is a focused tool for planning, recording, and understanding your own training.

About

GC

Log your weightlifting progress with an AI-powered workout tracker. It helps you beat your previous records, offers detailed exercise information, and generates personalized plans. Track your gains, view reports, and sync with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • AI-generated workout plans
  • Track sets and rest timers
  • Exercise form clips
  • Progress photos
  • Apple Health integration
  • Apple Watch app
  • CSV export
Features
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Train every muscle, at the gym or at home. See each one on a body figure. Log every set with last time's numbers already filled in. Only the sets you tick count. Your own AI writes your plan. Connect ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini once. Make it yours with coral or lime, four app icons and widgets. GC (short for Gym Commitment) is a gym log your own AI can send plans to. It asks about your week and your gym, writes the plan, and the plan lands on your phone, ready to follow set by set. AT A GLANCE • Your workout full screen, one exercise at a time, with the rest timer • A plan from your own AI, showing what it did with each of your notes • Your last 7 days on Home, and 7 or 14 days on Progress • Every workout in full: each exercise, your sets and the muscles you worked YOUR AI, YOUR PLAN • Connect your own assistant once, with a code from the app • It asks one thing at a time before it writes the plan • The plan lands on your phone. Look it over, keep it and follow it • Change it in one sentence, like "make Thursday shorter". The new version lands in the same place • Ask your AI about your plan, like why an exercise is in it • Once connected, leave your AI a note on any exercise, like "No machine here". It goes with your next change • When you choose, share your last 12 weeks. Your AI writes a report with three changes for your plan • The AI tab can show one next step, so you know what to ask You connect your own ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. Only the finished plan or report comes back to your phone. Some assistants need a paid plan or are limited by country. Rather not use an AI? Everything below works without one. IN THE GYM • Your sets open with last time's numbers, so you know what to beat • Tick a set and the rest timer starts, in the app and on your lock screen • The weight column says if it is one dumbbell, or bar and plates together • Warm up, drop and failure sets. Supersets open the next exercise when you tick a set • Machine taken? Swap the exercise. Or skip it today and keep it in your plan • Exercises show as pictures. Tap one to add it, or switch to a list • No routine? Tap Start and add exercises as you go • A new best gets a trophy on the set that beat it • Gym Time reminders on the days you pick ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN AND WRIST • A lock screen widget shows today's workout and your week • While you train, the Live Activity shows your exercise, your set and your rest. Add a photo from it during your workout • With your iPhone nearby, start, tick sets, change weight, reps and time, and finish from your Apple Watch ROUTINES, YOUR WAY • Ready-made routines for every situation: full body, upper lower, push pull legs, dumbbells only, machines only, home with no kit, 30 minutes, over 40 • Build your own, day by day, exercise by exercise • A friend or trainer builds one and sends you a link • Set a weekly goal. It counts from this week WHAT YOU SEE AFTER • Sets by muscle on a body figure, for any routine and for your week so far • Every lift on a graph, with personal records • Weekly, monthly and yearly reports that show the body parts you skipped • Progress photos kept with the session they came from. You can switch Photos off in Settings YOUR DATA • No account needed • Log every set with no signal. Form clips and your AI need a connection • Export every session and set as a CSV, whenever you want • In English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German and French, following your phone or your pick in Settings WHAT PRO ADDS • More plans, changes and reports from your AI • Every earlier week, month and year • Every lift's progress back to day one • Every photo and every routine • Deeper insights with Advanced Mode • Backup to your own iCloud Questions or ideas: gymcommitmentapp@gmail.com Privacy: https://gymcommitment.com/privacy Terms: https://gymcommitment.com/terms ChatGPT is a trademark of OpenAI, Claude of Anthropic, and Gemini of Google. GC is not affiliated with any of them.

Screenshots

Gym Log4 screens
GC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gym Log at none against GC's 4. Gym Log also leads on ads (none vs shown). GC's advantage is ratings volume (28 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. GC sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Gym Log asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Gym Log against 5.0 for GC. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GC has 28 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gym Log ships an update weekly, GC every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Gym Log versus GC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGym LogGC
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (28 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings228 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.115.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKamil Mikolajgaurav khanna

Customer experience

Gym Log

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

GC

All ratings28 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Gym Log

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

GC

Subscriptions3
  • Gym Commitment Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Yearly with free trial1 Month trial$14.991 Year
  • Gym Commitment Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Gym Commitment$39.99

Questions

Is Gym Log free?
Gym Log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GC free?
GC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gym Log or GC?
Gym Log and GC are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 28 ratings respectively.
Do Gym Log or GC have ads?
GC shows ads; Gym Log does not.
Which is updated more often, Gym Log or GC?
Gym Log ships an update weekly, and GC every 4 days. Most recently, Gym Log was updated on October 27, 2026 and GC on October 28, 2026.

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