Comparison

Gym Date vs Workout

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

Head to head
About

Gym Date

This app transforms workouts into scheduled calendar events, creating a commitment that's harder to break than a notification. It offers intelligent exercise alternatives and detailed progress tracking beyond just weight lifted.

Highlights
  • Workout scheduling as calendar events
  • Intelligent exercise alternatives
  • Per-movement progress tracking
  • Two-tap logging
  • Automatic progression guidance
  • Apple Watch integration
  • On-device data privacy
Features
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Most workout apps remind you. Gym Date commits you. People don't skip appointments. They skip notifications. A push alert is easy to swipe away. A calendar event is a commitment, skipping it means opening your calendar and deleting it. That tiny friction changes everything. Gym Date puts your workouts on your calendar as real events with reminders and direct links into the app. Actual appointments. When your workout is on your calendar, it's committed time - not something you're trying to work in. It's what others schedule around. It exists on the calendar the same way a meeting or your kid's soccer game does. Your workout becomes part of your day, not something bolted onto it. YOUR WORKOUT ADAPTS TO YOUR GYM Someone's on the cable machine. Now what? Most apps leave you standing there. Gym Date gives you ranked alternatives for every exercise and recalculates the weight for the substitute. One tap: different movement in the same focus area, correct load, zero momentum lost. You don't want to 'make do' or be that gym wanderer landing on the next open machine. Be intentional when you need a plan B...or C. EXERCISE SPLITS Runners have had split times for decades. Mile pace, segment trends, heart rate per interval. Lifters get a total session time and a prayer. Until now. Gym Date tracks every exercise across sessions the way a runner tracks miles: load, reps, duration, and heart rate per movement, over time. New to the gym? Your body changes before the weights go up. When your heart rate drops on the same exercise at the same weight, that's real progress - even if the dumbbells haven't changed. Gym Date shows you what the mirror can't yet. Been training for years? Your max hasn't budged but your heart rate at that weight dropped 8 bpm and your sets got faster. You're not plateaued, you're consolidating. Gym Date shows you the adaptation other apps miss. No other workout app does this. TWO-TAP LOGGING Weight and reps pre-filled from your history. Confirm or adjust, tap, next set. Your phone is in your hand for seconds, not minutes. PROGRESSION WITHOUT SPREADSHEETS Gym Date tracks what you lift and tells you when to add more. Not percentages. Not formulas. Clear guidance that meets you where you are. APPLE WATCH Log sets from your wrist. Heart rate data feeds directly into your Exercise Splits, that's how per-movement biometric tracking works. Everything syncs through Apple Health. PRIVACY BY DEFAULT Your data stays on your device. NO EXCUSES LEFT You don't need experience, we build your program (we built a remix in too - but still intentional). You don't need to plan, it's on your calendar. You don't need to think mid-session, alternatives are handled (and each exercise has one tap instructions too). You don't need to track anything, progression is automatic. You don't need to wonder if it's working, Exercise Splits show you. You don't need to give us your data, it never leaves your phone. Your gym date is waiting. Don't stand it up. Gym Date is free to download with a 7-day free trial. Full access requires a subscription: $4.99/month, $49.99/year, or $99.99 lifetime. Manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple ID settings. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Workout

Features
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Plan your training, one week at a time. Workout Week is a weekly training planner for self-coached athletes. Runners, cyclists, swimmers, triathletes, lifters, anyone who plans their own training by feel. It is not a tracker. It does not sync with your watch. It does not analyze your power, heart rate, or VO2 max. It is a planner, and that is the point. WHO IT'S FOR . Athletes without a coach who plan their own week . People who train by feel, not by data . Anyone tired of dashboards full of charts they never read . Runners, cyclists, swimmers, triathletes, lifters, and everyone in between WHAT YOU GET . A clean Today view. What's on, what's done, what's next. . A focused Week view. Your seven days at a glance. . Month and Year views for the bigger picture. . 60+ training types built in, plus custom activities with your own icon and color. . Recovery weeks that automatically reduce session durations by your chosen percentage. . Recurring sessions: daily, weekly, every two or three weeks, or monthly. . Race countdowns. See how many weeks to your next event. . Rest days, health periods, recovery weeks. All built in. . Apple Calendar push. Send your week to Calendar in one tap. . Stats that mean something. Total time, completion rate, current streak, longest session. PRIVACY FIRST Your training data lives on your iPhone. Workout Week does not have a server. There is no cloud account, no analytics, no trackers. Sign in with Apple is optional and used only to greet you by name. PRICING 7-day free trial with full access. Then $4.99 per month. Cancel anytime in App Store settings. Terms of Use: https://workout-week.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://workout-week.com/privacy MADE BY MVCS ApS hello@workout-week.com

Screenshots

Gym Date4 screens
Workout2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Workout at every 4 days against Gym Date's every 2 weeks. Workout also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.2). Gym Date's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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. Gym Date sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Workout sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gym Date ships an update every 2 weeks, Workout every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Gym Date versus Workout: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGym DateWorkout
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.217.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKenneth HoweDefcon-App

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Gym Date

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Access to the Gym Date app7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Year Long Access to Gym Date app7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access for Gym Date$99.99
1 purchases

Workout

Subscriptions1
  • workout week7 Days trial$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Gym Date free?
Gym Date is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Workout free?
Workout is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Gym Date or Workout have ads?
Neither Gym Date nor Workout shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gym Date or Workout?
Gym Date ships an update every 2 weeks, and Workout every 4 days. Most recently, Gym Date was updated on October 6, 2026 and Workout on October 17, 2026.

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