Smart Exercise Tracker vs Physical
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Exercise Tracker
Log all your workouts with this personal exercise notebook. Receive suggestions for your next activity to simplify your fitness routine.
- Track all exercise types
- Personal workout notebook
- Exercise suggestions
- Simplify fitness routine
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Keep track of every exercise with the Smart Exercise Tracker, your personal notebook for all types of workouts. Get exercise suggestions to avoid the hassle of deciding what to do next.
Physical
This app tracks your weekly aerobic minutes and strength training days based on national guidelines, personalized to your profile. It integrates with Apple Health to automatically log workouts and provides visual progress through simple rings. Features include live heart-rate zones, workout goals, and voice commands via Siri.
- Guideline-based weekly targets
- Live heart-rate zones
- Workout goals with progress alerts
- Siri and Shortcuts integration
- Outdoor GPS tracking
- Strength logging with muscle groups
- Widget and Live Activity display
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Most fitness apps chase step counts. Physical tracks what actually moves your health: the weekly aerobic minutes and strength days from national physical activity guidelines, personalized to you. Your dashboard shows two simple rings, aerobic and strength, tailored to your age and profile. Every walk, run, and lift you log in Apple Health counts automatically. WHAT YOU GET - Guideline-based targets. Weekly goals from the 2018 U.S. Physical Activity Guidelines, not a generic 10k steps. - Vitals. See your VO2 max, leg press to bodyweight, and waist to height, each ranked into four zones, so you know what to work on first. - Coach mode. An optional weekly plan built around your lowest vital, with suggested strength weights and interval cues on Apple Watch. - Live heart-rate zones. Color-coded intensity on iPhone and Apple Watch, so you know when you are working hard enough. - Workout goals. Aim for a time, calorie, or distance target, with a wrist buzz at the halfway point and the finish. - Start with Siri. Say "Hey Siri, let's get Physical" to begin a workout or a saved routine by voice, plus Shortcuts and Spotlight support. - Start fast. Use the Action Button on iPhone and Apple Watch, or long-press the app icon for quick actions. - Outdoor GPS. Live distance, pace, and route mapping for outdoor walks, runs, hikes, and rides on Apple Watch. - Music controls. Play, pause, and skip right from the workout screen, without leaving the app. - Strength logging. Log sessions on iPhone or Apple Watch with muscle-group coverage, weekly sets by movement, and your own saved routines. - Widget, complication, and Smart Stack. Your rings at a glance on the Home Screen and watch face, and live during workouts. - Live Activity. Heart rate and intensity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island during a workout. - Share your week. Turn your two rings into an image you can post anywhere. - Export your data. Send your logged workouts to CSV anytime from Settings. - Nothing slips by. Get a heads-up when a workout you logged in another app counts toward your week. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Physical collects nothing. No account, no analytics, no ads, no network calls. Your health data stays in Apple Health, and your saved routines back up to your own iCloud. Nothing is ever sent to us. HOW IT WORKS Set your profile once, then just live your week. Workouts you log in Apple Health count automatically, and Physical shows how close you are with reminders that adapt as your rings fill. Try everything free for 7 days, then continue with a subscription or a one-time lifetime unlock. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ryansan2001-source.github.io/physical/privacy/ Questions? developer.ryan.mcgee@icloud.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Smart Exercise Tracker at none against Physical's 3. Smart Exercise Tracker also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.5 vs 26.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Physical sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Smart Exercise Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Smart Exercise Tracker against 5.0 for Physical. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Exercise Tracker | Physical |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Vea | Ryan McGee |
Customer experience
Smart Exercise Tracker
Physical
In-app purchases
Smart Exercise Tracker
No in-app purchases
Physical
- Monthly Access7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Annual Access7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Unlock Physical$49.99
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