Comparison

Hypertrophy vs GymHack

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

Head to head
About

Hypertrophy

Features
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Hypertrophy is a thoughtful app for tracking your workouts. Think of it as your Notes app for the gym. I built it from the beginning to look and feel immediately familiar as an iOS app, so it covers the basics and does it well. Hypertrophy was designed for bodybuilding and powerlifting, and is also suitable for general gym goers or home workouts. Completely free to use. No ads. No sign up required. No paywalls. No unnecessary AI. FEATURES - View and edit your past workouts - Automatically synced with iCloud - Unlimited custom exercises - Rest timers with support for Live Activities and Dynamic Island - Import from Strong - Native iOS keyboard for weight and rep entry - Charts for weekly sets per muscle group - Apple Health integration - Support for Metric (kg) and Imperial (lb) units - Comprehensive built-in exercise library - Dark mode support

About

GymHack

This app helps you track your weightlifting workouts and provides AI-driven insights into your recovery and readiness. It allows for extensive customization of exercises and gym equipment, with a focus on personalized training analysis. Features include progress charts, periodization, and readiness checks.

Highlights
  • AI-driven workout analysis
  • Customizable exercises and machines
  • Recovery and readiness tracking
  • Personalized training load insights
  • Progress charts and PR history
  • Weekly plan generation
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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TRAINING THAT KNOWS WHEN YOU'RE COOKED A workout log records what you did. GymHack reads what it's doing to you. NO ACCOUNT. EVER. Open the app and train. No email, no signup wall, no "create an account to continue." Your data lives on your device, backed up to your own iCloud. BUILT FOR YOUR GYM, NOT A GENERIC ONE Every gym is different. Yours has that one plate-loaded machine nobody else stocks, or a cable setup with its own quirks. GymHack lets you add your own exercises and your own machines — name them, photograph them, tell the app what they count as, and train with them like any built-in movement. And your AI Coach — a PRO feature, currently in beta — knows about them. Ask it to build a session around what your gym actually has, and it programs with your custom machines and exercises — not a stock library that pretends every gym is identical. FREE, AND ACTUALLY FREE • Unlimited workouts, sets, supersets and rest timers • 430+ exercises with images, cues and muscle maps • Per-set RPE, drop sets, warm-up sets, failure sets • Add 5 custom exercises and 2 custom machines • Build weekly plans, or generate one automatically • Periodization phases that coach you mid-workout • Progress charts for every exercise — volume, max weight, estimated 1RM, PR history • Guided 1RM testing • Cardio and HIIT — add a smartwatch for 5-zone heart-rate training • A 53-badge collection to chase • Pre-workout readiness check before every session • Free iCloud backup of your workout history and body stats ON YOUR WRIST — THE WHOLE APP, FREE Run entire workouts from your wrist. Heart rate, calories, Activity rings, PR haptics, complications, Siri shortcuts, offline queue, Handoff to iPhone. No subscription. PRO — SEE WHAT TRAINING IS DOING TO YOU Logging tells you what you lifted. PRO tells you what it cost. • Your whole gym — up to 200 custom exercises and 50 custom machines • AI Coach that programs around your equipment and your history — runs privately on iPhones with Apple Intelligence (beta) • Recovery and readiness — which muscles are ready, which need rest • Training load — acute, cumulative and systemic fatigue, including CNS overreaching • Muscle profile — 16 muscles tracked with personalized volume targets • Strength progress — every muscle, over time, with full analysis • Left/right asymmetry detection • Weight, body-fat, calorie and heart-rate trends with plateau detection • Nutrition targets that flex on training vs rest days Try PRO free for 14 days. Cancel anytime. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gymhack.ai/privacy

Screenshots

Hypertrophy4 screens
GymHack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: GymHack at 3 against Hypertrophy's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Hypertrophy sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and GymHack sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hypertrophy ships an update fortnightly, GymHack every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Hypertrophy versus GymHack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHypertrophyGymHack
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.2 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB227 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSidney PhamPrioton LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hypertrophy

One-time3
  • A Kind Tip$4.99
  • A Generous Tip$9.99
  • An Amazing Tip$19.99
2 purchases

GymHack

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Yearly14 Days trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Hypertrophy free?
Hypertrophy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GymHack free?
GymHack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hypertrophy or GymHack have ads?
Neither Hypertrophy nor GymHack shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hypertrophy or GymHack?
Hypertrophy ships an update fortnightly, and GymHack every 3 weeks. Most recently, Hypertrophy was updated on October 25, 2026 and GymHack on October 22, 2026.

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