Comparison

GymForge vs QuickLift

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – or accept a smart suggestion – 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 – 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/

About

QuickLift

Features
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Spend less time tracking. Spend more time lifting. QuickLift is a fast, focused workout tracker for lifters who want measurable progress without accounts, ads, or social noise. Log each set in seconds, see your last performance, and know what to aim for next. FAST WORKOUT LOGGING • Record weight, reps, RPE, RIR, tempo, notes, distance, and duration • Mark warm-up, working, drop, skill, and failure sets • Use exercise-specific rest timers with Live Activities and Dynamic Island • Log strength sets directly from Apple Watch CLEAR PROGRESSION • Compare every exercise with your previous performance • Get transparent progression, hold, recovery, and deload guidance • Detect PRs for load, reps, volume, estimated 1RM, duration, and distance • See consistency, muscle balance, volume, and strength trends PLANS THAT FIT YOUR TRAINING • Choose from 30 starter plans or build your own routines • Create templates, supersets, and complete training programs • Swap exercises while keeping your workout context • Track kg or lb and kilometers or miles STRENGTH AND CARDIO TOGETHER • Track running, walking, cycling, rowing, swimming, and more • Record live heart rate, distance, pace, and active energy on Apple Watch • Keep strength, cardio, and mixed sessions in one history • Sync completed workouts with Apple Health when you choose YOUR DATA, YOUR CONTROL • No account required • Local-first storage with optional iCloud backup • Optional Apple Health integration • Import workout history from supported CSV exports • Export CSV data or create a complete JSON backup • No advertising and no social feed QuickLift is built for focused training - from your first structured plan to your next all-time PR. Health and calorie values are estimates unless recorded by a compatible sensor. QuickLift does not provide medical advice.

Screenshots

GymForge4 screens
QuickLift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: QuickLift at none against GymForge's 2. QuickLift also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). GymForge's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. GymForge sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. QuickLift asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GymForge ships an update weekly, QuickLift fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 5 level
GymForge versus QuickLift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGymForgeQuickLift
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB14 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSascha DerungsJoshua Burgge

In-app purchases

2 purchases

GymForge

Subscriptions2
  • GymForge Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • GymForge Pro Yearly14 Days trial$24.991 Year
None

QuickLift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GymForge free?
GymForge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is QuickLift free?
QuickLift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GymForge or QuickLift have ads?
Neither GymForge nor QuickLift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GymForge or QuickLift?
GymForge ships an update weekly, and QuickLift fortnightly. Most recently, GymForge was updated on November 8, 2026 and QuickLift on October 31, 2026.

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