Forge vs Workout Log
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Forge
This app offers structured self-improvement through guided practices inspired by Benjamin Franklin's methods. It provides multi-week guides focused on essential skills, decision-making, boundary setting, and more, helping users track their growth over time.
- Structured multi-week self-improvement guides
- Virtue cultivation based on Benjamin Franklin's method
- Track progress and celebrate growth
- Guides for essential skills, decision-making, and boundaries
- Local data storage for privacy
- Optional biometric authentication
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Continuous self-improvement through structured practice. The method of Forge Guides comes from Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, inventor, writer, and statesman who spent years faithfully working on his own character. He identified virtues he wanted to cultivate and worked through them in rotation, focusing on one at a time, week by week, and marking his failures rather than just his successes. Forge Guides is built around that same idea, updated for modern life and expanded into six structured multi-week guides you can work through at your own pace: - Essential Skills: Core foundations for personal growth, self-management, and meaningful relationships - Decision-Making Lens: A systematic way to work through a difficult decision - Boundary Setting: Learning to protect your time and energy with clarity and confidence - Recovery Fundamentals: Rebuilding your foundation step by step after setbacks, burnout, or difficult periods - Franklin's Original: Benjamin Franklin's personal 13 virtues in original 18th-century language - Practical Life Skills: Habits that build self-esteem and a more purposeful life CELEBRATE YOUR GROWTH OVER TIME Celebrate over time marking less and less while you progress in virtue, skill, and self-mastery. "I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was, by the endeavour, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should have been if I had not attempted it." — Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography ** SECURITY & PRIVACY ** - Your data is stored locally and stays on your device. - Biometric authentication can be enabled to protect access to your app. ** SUBSCRIPTION & DONATION ** Subscribe to access Widget Studio or to support the app. Most features of the app are free, no subscription required. Widget Studio ~ Design your own personalized widget and track the virtue or skill of the week on your home screen. - Color palettes in light and dark mode - Selection of fonts, including modern, retro, handwritten, chalkboard, casual and formal styles - In-app live previews - Change your widget designs anytime Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage plans and turn off auto-renewal in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Privacy: https://startinjune-apps.github.io/forge-guides/privacy/ Terms: https://startinjune-apps.github.io/forge-guides/terms/
Workout Log
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Workout Log – Gym Tracker is a simple and effective tool for tracking your workouts, building consistency, and monitoring long-term progress. Whether you lift weights or follow structured routines, this app helps you stay organized and motivated. Key Features Calendar Overview Weekly workout calendar with easy navigation Visual indicators for completed workout days Optional monthly calendar view Start new workouts directly from the calendar Review your complete workout history Workout Management Create custom workout routines Add exercises with sets, reps, weight, and rest Edit or delete workouts anytime View detailed workout information Track workout sessions with automatic start and end time logging Timer Full workout timer with start, pause, resume, stop, and reset Sessions automatically saved to history Weekly history view with total duration tracking Delete individual timer sessions Active Workout Mode Step-by-step exercise guidance Track progress through each routine Automatic rest timer Set completion tracking All sessions saved to your history
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Workout Log at none against Forge's 2. Workout Log also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Forge sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Workout Log asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Forge | Workout Log |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Start in June LLC | Nguyen Thi Ha |
In-app purchases
Forge
- Monthly Plan$5.991 Month
- Yearly Plan$39.991 Year
Workout Log
No in-app purchases









