Comparison

Elevate vs Progressive Overload

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

Head to head
About

Elevate

This app is a flexible workout tracker designed for experienced lifters to quickly log exercises, reference past attempts, and monitor progress. It offers real-time PR detection, social features to train with friends, and detailed analytics.

Highlights
  • Flexible workout logging
  • Automatic PR detection
  • Real-time social lifting features
  • Progress analytics
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Nutrition and body weight logging
Features
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Elevate is the fastest workout tracker, gym log, and AI coach for serious lifters. Track every set, rep, and PR in one tap. Built for strength training, bodybuilding, powerlifting, and hypertrophy. For lifters who already know what they are doing. No videos. No fluff. A workout log that keeps up with you mid set, and an optional AI personal trainer if you want one. LOG HOW YOU ACTUALLY TRAIN Start with a blank program and log exercises as you go. No rigid templates. Add, swap, or remove anytime. Your history follows the exercise, not the program. Perfect for push pull legs, upper lower, bro split, full body, or any custom routine. WORKOUT TRACKER BUILT FOR SPEED One tap set logging. Smart rest timer. Plate calculator. Warmup tracking. Rep quality rating. Every screen is built so you can log a set, lock your phone, and get back to the bar. APPLE WATCH GYM COMPANION Heart rate per set, automatically. Log sets from your wrist. Seamless iPhone and Watch sync. HR zones, peak HR, and per set averages. AUTOMATIC PR DETECTION Personal records detected as they happen. Estimated 1RM (e1RM), max weight, max reps, and volume PRs across every exercise. Every milestone gets celebrated. PROGRESS ANALYTICS AND CHARTS Track e1RM, weight, training volume, and heart rate trends with interactive charts and date range filtering. See exactly when you stalled, when you broke through, and what changed. AI COACH (NEW IN VERSION 2.1) An optional AI personal trainer in your pocket. Short, in session coaching cues tuned to the set you just did. A chat tab for training, form, recovery, and nutrition questions. Voice consultations so you can talk through your goals out loud. Pick a built in coaching personality or build your own custom AI coach. Cues fade, chat lives in its own tab, and the AI never blocks logging. SMART WEEK MANAGEMENT Programs auto advance weekly with your structure intact. Skip sessions, add exercises, rearrange the week, all without breaking your workout history. TRAIN WITH FRIENDS See when friends are lifting. Watch their sets live. Send emotes. Get notified the moment they hit a PR. NUTRITION AND BODY WEIGHT Log body weight and macros alongside your strength training. FREE Flexible logging with any metric combination, 3 programs, 30 day history, automatic PR detection, Apple Watch heart rate, live social features, music integration, Live Activity. ELEVATE BASIC Everything in Free, plus unlimited programs and routines, full lifetime history, advanced progress charts, advanced heart rate analytics, and program export and import. ELEVATE AI PRO Everything in Basic, plus the full AI coach: in session cues, chat tab, custom AI coaches you build yourself, voice consultations, and AI powered Progress analysis of your last several weeks of training. BUILT BY LIFTERS, FOR LIFTERS Most workout trackers are built for general fitness. Elevate is built for lifters who care about progressive overload, e1RM, working sets, and RIR. Whether you run 5x5, PPL, upper lower, a hypertrophy block, or a powerlifting peak, Elevate gets out of the way and lets you train. SUBSCRIPTIONS Elevate Basic: $6.99 per month or $59.99 per year. Elevate AI Pro: $19.99 per month or $179.99 per year. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage in Settings, Apple ID. Privacy Policy: https://trainwithforge.fit/elevate/privacy Terms of Service: https://trainwithforge.fit/elevate/terms

About

Progressive Overload

This app helps you track gym progress by encouraging you to lift slightly more or do more reps each session. It offers fast logging, rest timers, and personalized workout programs. Enhance your strength training with detailed analytics and Apple Health integration.

Highlights
  • Progressive overload tracking
  • Last time lifted on every set
  • Fast logging with rest timer
  • Apple Watch workout logging
  • Personalized workout programs
  • Apple Health integration
  • CSV import/export
Features
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Plus One is a workout tracker built on progressive overload. Beat last time by one rep or a bit more weight and you earn a +1. Stack them up and you get stronger. BEAT LAST TIME • Last time on every set, so you always know the number to beat • Your next target on every set: one more rep, or the next weight once you've hit the top of your rep range (Pro) • Weight jumps sized to your equipment, in lb or kg • A stalled lift gets one clear fix: add a set, slow the lowering or rest longer (Pro) • Targets hold steady after poor sleep or time away, so you ease back in (Pro) LOG FAST • Tap to log a set and the rest timer starts on its own • Rest timer on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Warm-ups, drop sets and supersets, swaps for today or for good, notes on any lift • Say your sets instead of typing, like "135 for 8" (Pro) APPLE WATCH • Run a whole workout from your wrist, with or without your iPhone • Log sets with the Digital Crown, and feel a tap when rest is over • Live heart rate and calories, then heart-rate zones • The number to beat on every set (Pro) A PROGRAM THAT FITS • A program from proven templates, from full body to Push / Pull / Legs • Every lift fits your equipment: full gym, home gym, dumbbells only or bodyweight • Train on your schedule: a number of workouts a week, or fixed days • Program Score rates your plan from 0 to 100 on sets per muscle, frequency and length • Nearly 380 exercises, most with pictures, plus your own SEE WHAT MOVED (Pro) • Strength charts, personal records and estimated one-rep max for every lift • A 3D body map of the muscles you've trained • Progress photos, each lined up with the last, played back as a time-lapse STREAKS AND FRIENDS • A week streak built on the workouts you plan, with rest weeks you earn • Race friends to this week's plan, cheer them on mid-workout, nudge them when a streak is at risk APPLE HEALTH Plus One works with Apple Health if you allow it. It saves your strength workouts, how hard they felt, and weigh-ins you log. It can read sleep, heart rate, HRV and resting heart rate for a recovery estimate (sleep needs Apple Watch), plus body weight and steps. Health data stays on your iPhone and is never used for ads or shared. EAR BREAKS AND REST CUES (Pro) Your music or podcast dips while you rest and returns for your next set. Optional "get ready" and "go" sounds too. YOUR DATA, YOUR WAY • No account needed to log, no ads. Friends is optional • Your log syncs only through your own iCloud • Bring your history: import a CSV from another workout app • Export your log as CSV, or share a workout as an image or video • Prefer to just log? Freestyle mode turns targets off WHAT'S INCLUDED Free: unlimited workouts, routines and custom exercises, supersets, your full history, last time on every set, the rest timer and Live Activity, streaks and friends, logging on Apple Watch, Apple Health, iCloud sync, sharing, import and export. Plus One Pro adds: your next target on every set, stall fixes and recovery-aware targets, the Progress tab (strength charts, estimated max, 3D muscle map), progress photos and bodyweight, the number to beat on Apple Watch, ear breaks and rest cues, and voice logging. Pro is a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Monthly and yearly start with a 1-week free trial for eligible new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. In English, Spanish, German and Portuguese. Voice logging needs an iPhone with Apple Intelligence turned on. Plus One is a training log, not medical advice. Talk to a doctor before starting a new exercise program. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://plusonelifts.com/privacy

Screenshots

Elevate4 screens
Progressive Overload4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Elevate at 6 against Progressive Overload's 1. On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Elevate sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Progressive Overload sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Elevate against 5.0 for Progressive Overload. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elevate has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Elevate ships an update weekly, Progressive Overload every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Elevate versus Progressive Overload: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElevateProgressive Overload
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLightbox Studios LLCRajesh Kumar Madhavan

Customer experience

Elevate

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Progressive Overload

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Elevate

Subscriptions6
  • Elevate Pro (Monthly)$5.991 Month
  • Elevate Base$6.991 Month
  • Elevate AI Pro$19.991 Month
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  • Elevate Pro (Annual)$34.991 Year
  • Elevate Base$49.991 Year
  • Elevate AI Pro7 Days trial$143.991 Year
3 purchases

Progressive Overload

Subscriptions2
  • Plus One Pro Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Plus One Pro Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Plus One Pro Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Elevate free?
Elevate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Progressive Overload free?
Progressive Overload is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Elevate or Progressive Overload?
Elevate and Progressive Overload are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Elevate or Progressive Overload have ads?
Neither Elevate nor Progressive Overload shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Elevate or Progressive Overload?
Elevate ships an update weekly, and Progressive Overload every 6 days. Most recently, Elevate was updated on November 5, 2026 and Progressive Overload on November 10, 2026.

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