Comparison

LiftTrack vs Alke

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

Head to head
About

LiftTrack

Create custom strength workouts and sync them directly to your Garmin watch. Track your progress with detailed logs and performance charts. Offers AI-generated workouts and advanced training tools for all lifting styles.

Highlights
  • Custom workout builder
  • Seamless Garmin sync
  • Unlimited custom exercises
  • Smart progress tracking
  • AI workout creation
  • Advanced training tools
Features
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Plan your next training block with Claude or ChatGPT. Build workouts across multiple weeks, set progression rules, and adjust your program using your actual results. LiftTrack is your training home for Claude and ChatGPT. Keep your strength program, workout log and progress together, from planning the first week to reviewing the last. Train on your phone or a compatible Garmin watch. BUILD A COMPLETE TRAINING BLOCK Tell Claude or ChatGPT your goals, available equipment and training schedule. Plan several weeks of workouts, decide how volume and intensity should change, and make room for lighter weeks. Ask, "Build a six-week squat program with three lifting days a week." Your AI can use your saved programs, training history and training maxes to shape the plan, then save it directly to LiftTrack. Your program includes the details you need to train: exercises, sets, reps, weights, rest times and progression rules. PUT PROGRESSION INTO THE PLAN Give each lift a clear next step. Build LiftTrack's progression rules into your program with Claude or ChatGPT, or set them up yourself. Add weight when you hit your rep targets. Or work from 8 to 12 reps, then increase the weight and start again at 8. Choose your increments and targets, and let LiftTrack apply the rules as you complete your sessions. Use training maxes to set percentage-based loads, with warmups, supersets and RPE targets to structure each workout. REVIEW YOUR TRAINING LOAD AND ADAPT Give your next planning conversation the context of what you actually did. • Compare weekly sets per muscle group with your four-week average • See which movement patterns you trained and which you missed • Review exercise history, strength trends and personal records • Check your saved program and upcoming workouts Ask, "Review my last four weeks. How should we adjust the next block?" Work with Claude or ChatGPT to change upcoming workouts as your performance, goals or availability change. Your AI makes changes when you ask. TRACK ON YOUR PHONE Follow your workout and log sets, reps and weights as you train. Use rest timers with audio alerts, and return to your saved session after minimizing it. Your completed sessions become part of the history Claude or ChatGPT can review. No watch required. TRAIN WITH GARMIN Send planned workouts to Garmin Connect and follow them using your compatible Garmin watch's native strength activity. Completed watch workouts sync back to LiftTrack, ready for progress tracking and your next AI review. Phone-recorded workouts stay in LiftTrack and do not export to Garmin Connect. START FREE Download LiftTrack and connect Claude or ChatGPT to your training. Connecting and letting your AI read your training data is free. LiftTrack Premium lets Claude or ChatGPT save and update your workouts, programs, progression rules and training maxes. Claude and ChatGPT connect through their own apps or websites. Availability depends on your AI provider's account and plan. Plan the weeks ahead. Train with purpose. Build on your results. End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Alke

Features
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Alke is a fast, native workout tracker that plans your training, guides you set by set, and shows your progress in beautiful detail — all offline, all on your iPhone. BUILD YOUR ROUTINES • Create routines from scratch, start from a preset, or let the routine wizard build one around your goal, equipment and time. • Organize supersets, reorder with a drag, and schedule routines across your week. • Browse a library of over a thousand exercises with images, technique video, and an interactive muscle map. Filter by equipment, muscle group, or category. TRAIN WITHOUT FRICTION • A focused workout screen walks you through every set, with automatic rest timers and clear next-up prompts. • Adjust weight, reps or sets on the fly. Tap any weight to read it in kg or lb — handy when the machine in front of you is labelled the other way. • Follow your workout on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island with a Live Activity that shows the set you're on and counts your rest down at a glance. • Sounds, haptics and keep-screen-on are all yours to toggle. TRAIN FROM YOUR WRIST • The Apple Watch app shows the set you're on, its weight and reps, and how far through the workout you are. • A rest countdown that keeps running with your arm down, and a tap on your wrist the moment the pause is over. • Log what you actually lifted: finish a set and correct the weight or reps with the Digital Crown. • Start a routine from your watch and your iPhone picks it up, even from your bag. ALSO ON GARMIN • Pair a compatible Garmin watch and run the same workout from it: the set you're on, its weight and reps, a rest countdown, and how far through you are. • Start a routine, finish a set, and correct what you actually lifted — all from the wrist. • Choose what the watch shows you. Four data fields, picked from heart rate, elapsed and active time, sets done and sets left, volume, total reps, load against your plan, and more. SEE YOUR PROGRESS • Weekly history with a calendar heatmap and per-session summaries, including a muscle heatmap and smart recommendations for next time. • Seven report types powered by charts: volume, estimated 1RM, personal records, muscle balance and more. • A profile "training dossier" — total tonnage, a contribution grid, an all-time muscle heatmap, and your PR podium. BUILT FOR iOS • Save workouts to Apple Health and pull in your body weight. • Home and Lock Screen widgets in Alke's own typeface. • Start a workout with Siri and Shortcuts. • Private iCloud backup of your routines, history, settings and reports, with restore on a new device. • Share a workout card to your favorite apps. • Available in English, Romanian and Russian. No account required. No ads. Your data stays on your device unless you choose to back it up to your private iCloud.

Screenshots

LiftTrack4 screens
Alke4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Alke at none against LiftTrack's 5. LiftTrack's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. LiftTrack sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Alke asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
LiftTrack versus Alke: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiftTrackAlke
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (134 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings134 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size186 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLiftTrack LLCGrigore Odajiu

In-app purchases

4 purchases

LiftTrack

Subscriptions4
  • Premium - Monthly2 variants$7.991 Month
  • Premium - Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Premium - Yearly$49.991 Year
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  • Premium - Yearly$59.991 Year
None

Alke

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LiftTrack free?
LiftTrack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Alke free?
Alke is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LiftTrack or Alke have ads?
Neither LiftTrack nor Alke shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LiftTrack or Alke?
LiftTrack ships an update every 9 days, and Alke every 9 days. Most recently, LiftTrack was updated on October 14, 2026 and Alke on October 17, 2026.

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