Strong vs GingR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Strong
This app helps strength training enthusiasts log, track, and analyze their workout progress. It allows detailed recording of sessions, saving workouts as templates, and provides analytics like estimated 1-Rep Max. Data is synced to the cloud and appearance is customizable.
- Workout logging and history
- Save and group workout templates
- Cloud sync for data backup
- Estimated 1-Rep Max (e1RM) calculation
- Customizable themes and units (kg/lbs)
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App Overview: Strong-er Strong-er is a modern, data-driven mobile application designed for strength training enthusiasts. Strong-er provides a robust platform for users to log, track, and analyze their workout progress. Core Features & Functionality 1. Workout & History Tracking Log Workouts: The primary function of the app is to allow users to record their workout sessions in detail. Workout History: All completed workouts are saved to a comprehensive history, allowing users to review past performance. Workout Management: Users have full control over their workout entries. From a convenient toolbar menu, they can Edit, Delete, or Repeat a past workout. 2. Templates & Efficiency Save as Template: Users can save any workout as a "Template" for quick and easy reuse in the future, streamlining the logging process for routine exercises. Template Groups: To keep templates organized, they can be grouped together, for example, by muscle group ("Push Day," "Leg Day") or workout style. Quick Actions: The home screen features a "Quick Actions" menu, providing immediate access to the most common user tasks. 3. User & Data Management Account System: The app features a full authentication system using Firebase, allowing users to create persistent accounts. It also supports a "guest session" for users who wish to try the app without registering. Cloud Sync: All user data, including profiles, workout history, and templates, is synchronized. This ensures data is backed up and available on any device. 4. Personalization & Analytics Customizable Appearance: Users can personalize the app's look and feel by choosing from different themes (e.g., light or dark mode). Weight Unit Preference: The app supports both kilograms (kg) and pounds (lbs). Users can set their preferred unit in their profile, and the app handles all conversions and formatting consistently. Strength Analytics (e1RM): Strong-er includes a scientific component to help users understand their strength gains. It uses the Brzycki formula to calculate the estimated 1-Rep Max (e1RM) from workout data, providing a more accurate strength estimate, particularly for higher repetition sets.
GingR
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50 kg on a thin cable is not 50 kg on a thick one. Most training apps only know the name of the exercise. GingR knows the equipment. THE BAR COUNTS You enter what is on the plates. GingR knows which bar your gym keeps and adds it — Olympic, women's, EZ, trap, or one you defined yourself. THIN AND THICK ARE NOT THE SAME Cable towers are kept apart by their resistance. Bands are an order, not an invented kilo figure: progress is the lighter band. MACHINES REMEMBER THEIR SETTINGS Seat height, foot position, grip, pulley height, attachment. Next time it is already filled in. LEFT AND RIGHT, LOGGED APART Switch it on per exercise. Each side keeps its own records, and the analysis tells you when one side falls behind. ASSISTED MACHINES COUNT DOWN Less assistance is more work. GingR takes your body weight minus the assistance and celebrates the record in the direction it actually runs. EVERY VARIANT KEEPS ITS OWN HISTORY Charts, records and history belong to the variant, not to the exercise name. Nothing gets averaged together that was never the same lift. ALSO IN THE BOX - 500 exercises in the catalogue, plus the ones you add - Routines, supersets, a rest timer with sound - Records, trophies and a rank per muscle group - Body weight, measurements and photos; the photos stay on the phone - Weekly volume, a muscle heatmap, estimated 1RM - CSV import from Hevy and Strong - CSV and JSON export, whenever you want - A home screen widget for your week and your streak - Apple Health: workouts out, body weight in, if you want it FRIENDS, AND ONLY YOURS A friendship starts with an invite code and no other way. No strangers, no discover tab, no suggestions. You see the workouts of the people you invited, you can comment, send a routine, and set a weekly goal together. What you share is your decision — and switching sharing off deletes the copy on the server instead of hiding it. NO ACCOUNT NEEDED The app runs offline and without signing in. An account is for sync and for friends. Sign in later and your whole history comes with you. No ads, no usage tracking. English and German.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GingR at none against Strong's 1. GingR also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Strong sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GingR asks for nothing beyond the download.
Strong ships an update every 4 weeks, GingR every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Strong | GingR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Chad Granofsky | ly-webstudio UG (haftungsbeschrankt) |
In-app purchases
Strong
- Donation$0.99
GingR
No in-app purchases









