Comparison

Beam Workout Tracker vs Heft

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

Head to head
About

Beam Workout Tracker

This app provides a structured and private way to plan, record, and review your workouts. It focuses on a clean interface, offline functionality, and full data ownership without cloud dependency. Easily track progress and organize your training history.

Highlights
  • Workout planning and editing
  • Support for weight, reps, time, distance
  • Comprehensive history and search
  • CSV and JSON import/export
  • Local data storage
  • Adaptive light/dark mode
Features
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Beam Workout Tracker is a modern workout notebook built for people who like structure, clarity, and control. Plan workouts, record sessions, and review progress — all offline, all on your device. Beam replaces cluttered fitness trackers with something quieter and more personal: a training log that feels focused, private, and fully yours. PLAN Design your workouts however you train. Add exercises, arrange sets, and fill in the details that matter — weight, reps, duration, distance, or notes. TRAIN During your workout, Beam stays out of your way. Pickers are fast and simple, tuned for one-handed use. Beam knows when your inputs form a complete set and adds it automatically — no pop-ups or extra steps. If you need to pause, change exercises, or reorder sets, you can. The app moves at your pace. REFLECT Every session you log becomes part of a clean, permanent history. Scroll back through weeks or years of workouts, view summaries, and see your training history at a glance. You can edit past sessions, fix mistakes, or add missing details — just like flipping through a well-kept notebook. OWN YOUR DATA Beam is fully offline. There are no accounts, servers, or hidden uploads — everything is stored locally on your device. You can export your data anytime as CSV or JSON, and import it just as easily. Your training history stays yours, portable and private. MADE FOR FOCUS Beam’s interface is calm, precise, and optimized for speed. No feeds, badges, or leaderboards — just your plan, your work, and your results. It’s designed for the flow of a real workout: quick to enter, easy to read, and always ready to continue where you left off. FEATURES • Full workout planning and editing • Support for weight, reps, time, and distance • Comprehensive history and search • CSV and JSON import/export • Local Core Data storage — no cloud dependency • Adaptive design for light and dark mode Beam Workout Tracker — your training, your data, your notebook. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Heft

Features
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Everything lives on your phone. Your training history is yours - it isn't uploaded anywhere, and it works exactly the same in the basement of a gym with no signal. LOG A SESSION • Weight and reps, or duration for timed work • Buttons to nudge weight and reps without opening the keyboard • Personal records marked automatically as you hit them • Rest timer with a default you set once, plus per-exercise overrides • Running volume total for each exercise as you go • Swipe between days to backfill a session you forgot SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING • Chart estimated 1RM, total volume, or max weight for any exercise • One month through to all time • Drag across the chart to read any single point • Full history per exercise, with an estimated 1RM for every set MOVE FASTER • Save a session as a template and load it again next week • Search a built-in exercise library by muscle group • Add your own custom exercises • Pounds or kilos YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS • Export everything to CSV whenever you want • Import it back, or open it in a spreadsheet • Nothing leaves the device unless you send it somewhere NO CATCH There are no ads, no subscriptions, no locked features and no account to create. There's a tip jar in Settings if you'd like to buy me a coffee — it unlocks nothing, because there's nothing to unlock. Built by one person who wanted a lifting log that didn't steal my data.

Screenshots

Beam Workout Tracker4 screens
Heft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Heft at 15.1 against Beam Workout Tracker's 18.2. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Beam Workout Tracker sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Heft sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Beam Workout Tracker versus Heft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeam Workout TrackerHeft
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.215.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCognitoware LLCLuke Kavenagh

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Beam Workout Tracker

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.00
  • Medium Tip$3.00
  • Large Tip$6.00
1 purchases

Heft

One-time1
  • Coffee Tip$4.99

Questions

Is Beam Workout Tracker free?
Beam Workout Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Heft free?
Heft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Beam Workout Tracker or Heft have ads?
Neither Beam Workout Tracker nor Heft shows ads.

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