Comparison

Barley vs Workout Plan & Gym Log

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

Head to head
About

Barley

This app helps serious lifters track their strength training progress. It offers a comprehensive exercise library, custom exercise creation, and detailed performance metrics like PRs and RPE.

Highlights
  • Exercise library
  • Custom exercise creation
  • Plate calculator
  • 1 rep max calculators
  • PR tracking
  • RPE tracking
  • Workout statistics
Features
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Barley is no-frills workout tracking app for serious lifters. **Features** - Exercise library - Create custom exercises - Barbell plate convenience calculator - 4 different 1 rep max calculators to choose from - Personal Record (PR) tracking for weight, reps, and volume - RPE tracking - Timed exercises - Workout statistics - Workout history - Customer rest timers (including the ability to have RPE-specific rest timers)

About

Workout Plan & Gym Log

Features
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Save a workout video from Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube, and turn it into a session you can actually run on the floor. Paste the link, review the exercises that come back, and it lands in your library ready to lift. FROM LINK TO SESSION Paste any workout video URL. The app reads the post and pulls out the moves, sets, and reps, then hands you an editable list before anything is saved. Fix a number, drop a move you are not doing, add one of your own. Nothing is locked. BUILD IT YOURSELF TOO The editor works from a blank page just as well. Name the session, add exercises with sets and reps, set a difficulty, drop it into a collection. No import required. RUN IT ON THE FLOOR Start a session and the screen goes to work mode: big numbers, current set, reps in front of you. Mark a set complete and the rest timer starts on its own. Skip the rest when you are ready early. Walk away mid-session and it picks up where you left off. YOUR LIBRARY, ORGANIZED Group sessions into collections by goal, block, or body part. Tag by muscle group. Search across everything you have saved. Pull up a workout in two taps instead of scrolling a camera roll. PLAN THE WEEK Assign workouts to days on the calendar. The Today screen shows what is on deck, what you ran recently, and how the week is shaping up. WATCH THE STREAK BUILD The heatmap plots every day you trained. Sessions logged, current streak, longest streak, weekly activity. Full history of past sessions, no badges, no confetti. EXPORT AND SHARE Send a workout out of the app in a readable format when you want it on paper or in a message. Workout Planner & Gym Log requires a Premium unlock to plan and log your training. Premium opens the whole app: an unlimited workout library instead of a small starter set, deeper extraction from Instagram, TikTok and YouTube links, unlimited collections, the session editor and work mode with the rest timer, the full week schedule and progress views with the training heatmap, PDF export, reminders, and an ad-free app. Plans: a weekly subscription, a yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy: https://pnkl26.web.app/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://pnkl26.web.app/terms-of-service

Screenshots

Barley4 screens
Workout Plan & Gym Log4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Barley at none against Workout Plan & Gym Log's 3. Barley also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). Workout Plan & Gym Log's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.4). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Workout Plan & Gym Log sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Barley asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Barley ships an update fortnightly, Workout Plan & Gym Log every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Barley versus Workout Plan & Gym Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarleyWorkout Plan & Gym Log
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNo Translation Layer LLCLinh Phan Nhat Khanh

In-app purchases

None

Barley

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Workout Plan & Gym Log

Subscriptions2
  • Sets & Reps Tracker$4.997 Days
  • Strength Streak & Stats$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Training Split Schedule$49.99

Questions

Is Barley free?
Barley is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Workout Plan & Gym Log free?
Workout Plan & Gym Log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Barley or Workout Plan & Gym Log have ads?
Neither Barley nor Workout Plan & Gym Log shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Barley or Workout Plan & Gym Log?
Barley ships an update fortnightly, and Workout Plan & Gym Log every 5 months. Most recently, Barley was updated on October 30, 2026 and Workout Plan & Gym Log on November 5, 2026.

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