Comparison

SYNCT vs GainLog

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

Head to head
About

SYNCT

This app allows users to track gym workouts with friends, discover new training routines, and join communities. It offers features for building structured workouts, live logging with timers and notes, and progress analytics. Share your fitness journey and train together.

Highlights
  • Social workout feed
  • Discover workouts and users
  • Join communities and challenges
  • Build structured workouts
  • Live logging with timers
  • Progress analytics
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Fitness is better shared. SYNCT is the social workout tracker where you train with your mates. Think Strava, but built for the gym. Tired of screenshotting workouts off Instagram or scrubbing through YouTube to copy a session? There's a better way. THE SYNC BUTTON See a workout you like on your feed? Hit Sync and it lands in your library, ready to train. Follow your coach, your training partner, your strongest mate, and actually do their workouts, not just watch them. TRAIN TOGETHER - A home feed of real workouts from only the people you follow - Discover others who train like you do - Join communities with shared plans, timetables, leaderboards and challenges - Group chats for your club, your team, your gym club BUILT FOR REAL TRAINING This isn't a basic gym logger. Powerlifting, Olympic lifting, or functional formats like AMRAP, EMOM and For Time. SYNCT adapts to how you train. - Build structured workouts, or log on the fly with Quick Log - Create a session by voice, or scan one in from a photo - Live logging with rest timers, supersets, RPE and notes - Live Activities and your music, right through the session SEE YOUR PROGRESS โ€” Analytics Hub: training analytics, recovery and daily stats โ€” Apple Health for sleep, steps and heart rate โ€” Streaks, milestones and shareable progress cards โ€” Collect SYNCT Objects as your lifetime volume climbs โ€” A Sync Counter showing how many people train your workouts Sharing your progress here isn't awkward, it's the whole point. SYNCT is free. Never train alone.

About

GainLog

Features
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Your gym data belongs to you. Not a fitness company. Not a cloud server. Not an advertiser. GainLog is the strength tracker that stays on your phone โ€” no account, no data harvesting. Just a clean, fast log for every set, rep, PR, and personal record you earn. Built for lifters who want progress, not a platform. Log every weight lifting session in seconds, track your one rep max across every lift, and monitor progressive overload week by week. GainLog is your strength training workout planner and exercise log, all in one โ€” stored privately on your phone. No account. No cloud. No ads. --- TRACK WHAT ACTUALLY MATTERS Most gym-goers train hard but track nothing. GainLog fixes that. Log your sets, reps, and weights in seconds โ€” and watch your strength training data build into a full picture of how you're progressing. - One-rep max tracking: GainLog automatically records your personal bests across every lift, so you never lose track of a new PR. - Progressive overload log: See exactly how your volume and intensity are trending week over week. Know when you're pushing forward โ€” and when you've plateaued. - Volume and tonnage: Track total weekly lifting volume per muscle group. Understand whether you're doing enough โ€” or too much. - Consistency streaks: Monitor your workout frequency over time and build the gym habit that actually sticks. --- BUILT-IN PROGRAMS FOR EVERY LEVEL Not sure what to do at the gym? GainLog includes structured workout programs tailored to your goal and experience level. Beginner strength program: If you're new to weight training, stop guessing. GainLog gives you a complete beginner workout plan โ€” sets, reps, rest times, and progressions โ€” so you can walk into the gym with a plan from day one. Intermediate hypertrophy program: For lifters who've moved past the basics and want to train specifically for muscle growth. Volume-based, structured, and designed around progressive overload principles. Strength-focused program: Built around the compound barbell lifts. Ideal for anyone chasing a new squat, bench, or deadlift personal record. Pick your goal, pick your level, and GainLog handles the structure. You just have to show up. --- YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR PHONE GainLog is built local-first. Every workout you log, every PR you hit, every program you follow โ€” it all lives on your device and nowhere else. No account required to get started. No subscription wall hiding your own data behind a paywall. No fitness company profiting from your health information. If you've ever felt uncomfortable about where your fitness data actually ends up, GainLog is the answer. Offline-first, private by design, and fully functional without an internet connection. --- SHARE YOUR PROGRESS Hit a new personal record? GainLog lets you share your workouts and PRs directly with friends โ€” not a messy screenshot, but a clean, readable training card that shows exactly what you achieved. Because your PR earned the share. --- WHO GAINLOG IS FOR - Gym beginners who want a structured workout plan and a simple way to start tracking - Intermediate lifters who are serious about progressive overload and want real data - Anyone who's tired of apps that sell your information, require a subscription, or bury the features you actually need - People who care about privacy and want their strength training log to stay private --- No Hevy. No Strong. Just yours. Download GainLog. Start logging. Watch the numbers move. Our Terms Of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SYNCT4 screens
GainLog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SYNCT at none against GainLog's 2. GainLog's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. GainLog sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. SYNCT asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SYNCT ships an update every 2 weeks, GainLog every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
SYNCT versus GainLog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSYNCTGainLog
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS15.513.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size104 MB42 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSYNCTLuuk Steltenpool

In-app purchases

None

SYNCT

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

GainLog

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$24.991 Year

Questions

Is SYNCT free?
SYNCT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GainLog free?
GainLog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SYNCT or GainLog have ads?
Neither SYNCT nor GainLog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SYNCT or GainLog?
SYNCT ships an update every 2 weeks, and GainLog every 3 days. Most recently, SYNCT was updated on October 16, 2026 and GainLog on October 18, 2026.

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