LiftList Workout Planner vs GymVim
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LiftList Workout Planner
This app helps you document your fitness journey by creating exercises and training plans. Log your workouts, track key metrics like weight and reps, and review your progress with historical data and statistics. It focuses on essential logging and organization without ads or cross-app tracking.
- Create exercises and training plans
- Log workouts with detailed metrics
- Track weight, reps, sets, duration, distance
- Review progress and personal records
- Browse workout history by date
- Use streaks, summaries, and widgets
- Optional cloud backup and CSV export
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LiftList is a straightforward training app for people who want to document their workouts clearly. Create exercises and training plans, start workouts, enter your values and keep an eye on your progress. LiftList focuses on the essentials: logging training data, reviewing your history, checking statistics and organizing routines. Features: - Create exercises and training plans - Log workouts - Track weight, reps, sets, duration and distance - Review progress and personal records - Browse your workout history by date - Use streaks, monthly summaries and widgets - Optional cloud backup and CSV export with Premium LiftList is built local-first. Your regular training data stays on your device unless you choose to use cloud backup. The app is not built around ads, profiling or cross-app tracking. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
GymVim
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Log every set in one tap, follow a plan that works, and watch your lifts climb. GymVim is a workout tracker built for the gym floor, on your iPhone and on your wrist. PLANS THAT WORK FROM DAY ONE • 70+ proven plans: push/pull/legs, full body, upper/lower and more • Or build your own, day by day, with supersets, sets, reps and rest dialed in • See every day of a plan before you start it • Share a plan by link or QR code: a friend sees every day and adds their own copy ONE TAP A SET • Weights and reps pre-filled from last time, with a suggested next weight • Rest timer with a Live Activity on your Lock Screen • Works offline and syncs when you are back online • kg or lb, your choice 580+ GUIDED EXERCISES • Video for every move, step-by-step instructions and the mistakes people actually make • Find exercises by muscle, equipment or movement • Add up to 30 custom exercises with your own photo or video APPLE WATCH • Your plan, sets and rest timer on your wrist, with live heart rate • Leave your phone in your bag: the watch logs the workout and syncs it back later • Finished watch workouts are saved to Apple Health PROGRESS YOU CAN SEE • Charts for every exercise: weight, volume, reps and your best sets • New personal records flagged the moment you hit them • Body weight and measurements, with import from Apple Health • Progress photos, locked with Face ID • Goals and achievements that keep you coming back MADE FOR YOU • Home Screen widgets for your next workout, your last session and your goals • Light and dark mode • 9 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Turkish, Arabic and Persian FREE, NO ADS Plans, logging, progress and the exercise library stay free. Analytics are off unless you opt in, and you can export or delete your data at any time from the app. APPLE HEALTH With your permission, GymVim reads weight, body fat, lean body mass, waist size and heart rate from Apple Health, and the Apple Watch app saves your strength workouts to Health. Health data is never used for advertising and never sold. GymVim is a training log, not medical advice. Check with a doctor before starting a new exercise program. Support: https://gymvim.app/support Privacy Policy: https://gymvim.app/datenschutz Terms of Service: https://gymvim.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GymVim at none against LiftList Workout Planner's 3. GymVim also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. LiftList Workout Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. GymVim asks for nothing beyond the download.
LiftList Workout Planner ships an update every 6 days, GymVim every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LiftList Workout Planner | GymVim |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Konrad Schmid | Mostafa Hosseini |
In-app purchases
LiftList Workout Planner
- LiftList Premium Monthly1 Month trial$0.991 Month
- LiftList Premium Yearly1 Month trial$9.991 Year
- Lift List Premium Lifetime$34.99
GymVim
No in-app purchases








