Comparison

Watch Workout Log vs Hank

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

Head to head
About

Watch Workout Log

Features
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This app allows users to quickly log workout weight, reps, and heart rate during strength training using simple tap interactions on Apple Watch. Workout records are organized as clean text, making them easy to copy and paste into note-taking apps or other AI tools for further use. Even when the iPhone is unavailable, users can continue logging directly from Apple Watch, allowing them to leave their phone at home or in a locker during workouts. The app is continuously improved by the developer, who actively uses it as part of a regular strength training routine. The goal is to create an app that helps users stay more focused on their training.

About

Hank

This strength training log allows you to record sets, reps, and weight with minimal taps. It offers planning tools, progress tracking, and an Apple Watch app for workouts on the go. All your data is stored locally on your device.

Highlights
  • Log sets, reps, and weight quickly
  • View last session's numbers while logging
  • Create and manage training plans
  • Track weight and volume progression
  • Apple Watch app for phone-free workouts
  • Local data storage with export options
Features
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No AI. No paywall. No in-app purchases. No subscription. No account. No ads. Nothing leaving your phone. Hank is a strength log. You open it, write down what you lifted, and close it. That is the whole product. Every other tracker now wants to be your coach — generating plans you did not ask for, guessing at your recovery, and charging you monthly for a chatbot in a tracksuit. Hank does none of that. It is a notebook that does the arithmetic. LOGGING • Sets, reps and weight in the fewest taps the job allows • Last session's numbers on the same screen you are logging into • Bodyweight sets • Kilograms or pounds • Edit or delete any set at any time, including in finished workouts • Repeat your last set with one tap PLANNING • Training plans, each holding as many templates as you want • Templates with target sets, reps and weight per exercise • 150+ movements, tagged by muscle group • Search that understands how lifters type: "pull ups", "db press", "pull back", a typo — it finds the movement you meant • Add your own movements • Save a finished workout back out as a template APPLE WATCH • Start a workout from a template with no phone nearby • The full movement library on your wrist • Digital Crown for reps and weight, so the only tap is "log set" — and it fits one screen on every watch size, no scrolling • The watch follows the phone: log a set on your iPhone and your wrist is already on that exercise • Live heart rate and elapsed time • Everything syncs when your phone comes back PROGRESS • Weight and volume progression, movement by movement • Personal records, including volume PRs • Muscle balance — sets per week, per muscle group, and what you keep skipping • Workout frequency and streaks • Typical rest between sets, measured from your own logs • A calendar of everything you have trained YOUR DATA • Stored on your device in a local database • No server, no account, no analytics SDK — nothing is collected, because there is nowhere to send it • Export all of it to CSV or JSON whenever you like • Apple Health sync is optional and off until you turn it on Free. All of it. There is no paid tier to upgrade to, because there is no paid tier.

Screenshots

Watch Workout Log4 screens
Hank4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Watch Workout Log at 4 against Hank's 2. Hank's advantage is iOS requirement (18.5 vs 26.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Watch Workout Log ships an update every 6 days, Hank every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Watch Workout Log versus Hank: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWatch Workout LogHank
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.018.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShunsuke TakanishiRIKU ROBERT BRANDT

In-app purchases

None

Watch Workout Log

No in-app purchases

None

Hank

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Watch Workout Log free?
Watch Workout Log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hank free?
Hank is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Watch Workout Log or Hank have ads?
Neither Watch Workout Log nor Hank shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Watch Workout Log or Hank?
Watch Workout Log ships an update every 6 days, and Hank every 11 days. Most recently, Watch Workout Log was updated on October 28, 2026 and Hank on October 25, 2026.

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