GymForge vs Lightly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
GymForge
This app helps dedicated lifters build, track, and master workouts with a clean interface. It offers personalized insights, smart progression guidance, and the ability to define exercises and routines your way. Integrates with Apple Health and allows data export.
- Personalized progress tracking and insights
- Customizable workout routine builder
- Smart progression guidance for weight increases
- Voice-activated workout start with Siri
- Pause and resume workouts anytime
- Define exercises with custom details and videos
- Muscle map visualization
- Timed holds for exercises
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GymForge: Serious Lifting - Zero Distractions - Proper Form Mastery Stop wrestling with complicated workout apps. GymForge gives dedicated lifters a simple yet powerful way to build, track, and master workouts โ with a clean, native interface on iPhone and iPad that keeps your focus on training. Key Features: - TRACK PROGRESS WITH PERSONALIZED INSIGHTS: Your Dashboard provides Quick Start access to recent workouts and insights. View consistency on a calendar heatmap, track volume, training time, and personal records over time โ weekly to yearly. - CREATE YOUR PERFECT PLAN: Intuitively build truly custom routines. Add, remove, and sort exercises; set target sets with flexible rep modes (fixed reps, rep ranges, or AMRAP) or a hold time; and configure optional RPE targets as a single value, a range, or per set โ your way, with fewer taps. - SMART PROGRESSION GUIDANCE: NextLoad indicators analyze your performance and suggest whether to increase, maintain, or decrease weight for your next session. Combined with automatic weight increments, progressive overload has never been easier. - START WITH SIRI: Say "Start Push Day in GymForge" to jump straight into your workout โ or use Spotlight, Shortcuts or the Action Button. - PAUSE & RESUME ANYTIME: Life happens. Pause mid-session and pick up exactly where you left off, right from your dashboard. - DEFINE EXERCISES YOUR WAY: Tailor exercise names, descriptions, and muscles, and link YouTube videos (with custom timestamps) for technique reference. Track history and personal records for every exercise. - MUSCLE MAP: See exactly what every exercise trains. Tag primary and secondary muscles โ or accept a smart suggestion โ and view them on a front and back body map, male or female. Muscles Trained shades it by sets per muscle, so you spot what you've skipped. - TIMED HOLDS: Measure Plank, Dead Hang or any exercise by time. Plan a fixed time, a range, or max hold; the Set Timer counts, even on your Lock Screen. Beat your Longest Hold. - EXERCISE VARIANTS: Add alternatives to any exercise, even mid-workout, and swap on the fly. The picker remembers your last pick. - REST TIMER BETWEEN SETS: Stay on pace with a floating rest timer that starts after each set. Use a fixed rest time or a range โ the color-coded bar shows when you're ready to lift and when you've rested too long. Set a global default or customize per exercise. - APPLE HEALTH INTEGRATION: Every workout automatically saves to Apple Health with duration and calories burned. - CELEBRATE PERSONAL RECORDS: Automatically detects new bests for weight, volume, and longest hold. Finish and see which PRs you crushed, next to your previous bests. - TRACK WORKOUTS WITH ZERO FRICTION: Log weights, reps, hold times, and RPE in a few taps, with form videos at hand mid-workout. - REVIEW & REFINE YOUR JOURNEY: Look back at past sessions and fix mistakes in them. - EXPORT YOUR DATA: Export completed workouts to CSV for analysis in any spreadsheet app. Choose a date range or export everything at once. Whether you train with progressive overload, RPE, AMRAP, timed holds, or a focus on technique, GymForge adapts. Free Features Include: Complete workout tracking, timed holds with Set Timer, automatic PR detection, Apple Health integration, exercise videos with trim controls, muscle map, Siri & Shortcuts, consistency heatmap, pause/resume workouts, up to 3 workout plans, iCloud sync between iPhone and iPad, and more. GymForge Pro Unlocks: Unlimited workout plans, Visual Plate Calculator (with 5 barbell types and color-coded plates), automatic weight increments (global and per-exercise), RPE targeting (incl. per-set targets), Rest Timer with rest ranges (global and per-exercise), Exercise Variants, CSV workout export, Volume, Training Time, Personal Records & Muscles Trained insights, and Family Sharing support. GymForge uses the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Lightly
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Every morning, the sun rises at a different time and with it, a window of natural light that resets your circadian rhythm, boosts serotonin, and sets the tone for your entire day. Most people sleep right through it. Lightly makes sure you don't. HOW IT WORKS - Fetches the exact sunrise time for your location, every day - Wakes you at sunrise โ or 15, 30, 60 minutes before - Scores your morning with a daily Morning Light score - Tracks your streak so consistency becomes visible FEATURES Real Sunrise Times GPS-accurate sunrise data. No manual setup. Adjusts automatically as seasons change โ 6:20 in winter, 4:45 in summer. Morning Light Score How close did you wake to sunrise? Your score tells you instantly. Excellent, Strong, Good, or Missed โ with color-coded feedback that makes progress feel real. Streak Tracking The longer your streak, the harder it is to break. Watch your consistency build day by day. Weather at a Glance Cloud cover, temperature, conditions โ all on your morning screen. Your score even adjusts for cloudy days. iOS Widget Sunrise time, score, and streak on your home screen. No need to open the app. Wake History Review your full wake-up log โ sunrise time, wake time, score, and verdict for every day. DESIGNED TO FEEL DIFFERENT Lightly changes with the day: - Deep Rest โ calm darkness while you sleep - Sunrise โ warm gold as dawn approaches - Morning Glory โ a celebration when you wake with the sun This isn't another alarm app. It's a morning ritual. PRIVACY FIRST Your location is used only to calculate sunrise times. We don't track or sell your data. Ever. The sun rose this morning. Did you? SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Lightly Premium is available via two auto-renewable subscription options: - Monthly: $3.99/month - Annual: $19.99/year Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://lightly-beige.vercel.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Lightly at 15.1 against GymForge's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. GymForge sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Lightly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
GymForge ships an update weekly, Lightly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GymForge | Lightly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | โ |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sascha Derungs | Takase Higashiuezato |
In-app purchases
GymForge
- GymForge Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- GymForge Pro Yearly14 Days trial$24.991 Year
Lightly
- Lightly Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Lightly Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Lightly Premium โ Lifetime$79.99









