Comparison

GymTrack vs Plato

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

Head to head
About

GymTrack

Log your weightlifting sessions, track progress with detailed charts, and set custom workout plans. This app offers local data storage, exercise guides, and motivational achievements without subscriptions or ads.

Highlights
  • Log weight, reps, and RPE
  • Create reusable workout templates
  • Automatic personal record detection
  • Progress charts and volume rings
  • 130+ exercise library with video links
  • Local data storage and export
  • Rest timer and plate calculator
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GymTrack is a clean, focused workout tracker built for lifters who want to log their training and see real progress — without subscriptions or cloud accounts. TRACK YOUR WORKOUTS - Log weight, reps, and RPE for every set - Group exercises into supersets - Auto-fill from your last session - Pause, resume, or save as a template mid-workout WORKOUT PLANS - Create reusable templates with target sets and reps - Pin your favorites for one-tap access - Start from a plan or go freestyle SEE YOUR PROGRESS - Automatic personal record detection - Push/Pull/Legs volume rings with weekly targets - Weight progression and volume trend charts - Body weight tracking with 30-day trends STAY MOTIVATED - 16 achievement badges across PRs, streaks, consistency, and milestones - Weekly workout streak tracking - Customizable weekly workout goals BUILT FOR THE GYM - Rest timer with Live Activity countdown - Keep screen awake during workouts - Plate calculator and 1RM estimator - Haptic feedback on set completion 130+ EXERCISES - Pre-loaded library covering barbell, dumbbell, cable, machine, and bodyweight - YouTube video links for form reference - Create your own custom exercises WIDGETS - Streak widget for your Home Screen - Weekly progress ring widget YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICE - Everything stored locally — no account required - Export to CSV or full JSON backup - Import backups to restore your history No ads. No subscriptions. Just training.

About

Plato

This app helps you quickly log your weightlifting sets and plan your weekly training. It offers a clean interface with no account required to start, and displays your active workout on your Lock Screen. Track your progress with detailed history and charts.

Highlights
  • Fast workout logging with custom keypad
  • Built-in timers for exercises and rest
  • Workout planning and weekly scheduling
  • Progress tracking with charts and history
  • Live Activity for Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
  • No account required to start
  • Customizable themes and accent colors
Features
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Free. No ads. No pop-ups. No paywalls. No BS. Plato is a workout tracker for lifting and cardio, and that's all it is. Open it, log your sets, see your progress, get back to training. Nothing will ever pop up asking you to rate the app, upgrade, start a trial or turn on notifications. Not on your first workout, not on your five hundredth. WHAT YOU WON'T FIND • Ads • Rate-us prompts, upgrade screens or "come back" nags • Notifications. Plato doesn't send any • Subscriptions or in-app purchases. Every feature is free • Tracking. Your workouts are never sold or used for ads • A sign-up wall. The whole app works without an account LOG LIFTS FAST • 600 built-in exercises — barbell staples, machines, cables, bands, calisthenics, sports and neck work — each with a guide to doing it right, and one tap to find a video demo • A keypad built for the gym: enter weight and reps, then jump to the next field in one tap • Copy your previous set in one tap • Built-in timers for planks, dead hangs and other timed sets • An optional rest timer between sets, from 30 seconds to 5 minutes • Works with no signal: log a whole session in a dead zone and it syncs when you're back online TRAIN SMARTER • Every lift shows your best set, your estimated one-rep max and a chart of where it's heading • A muscle map of what you've hit this week, and what you've skipped • Streaks, total volume, sets and time on the Stats tab • Your fastest mile, 5K and 10K, and your distance week by week • Full workout history, a tap away CARDIO • Runs, walks, hikes, rides, swims, rows, ellipticals and stair sessions • On Apple Watch: live heart rate and calories, plus distance and pace on runs, walks, hikes, rides and swims, and mile or kilometer splits on runs, walks, hikes and rides • No watch? Runs, walks and hikes get their distance, pace and splits from your iPhone's step counter • Sessions your watch tracks save to Apple Health, so they count toward your rings APPLE WATCH • Log the workout in progress from your wrist: the next set's weight and reps are ready, the Digital Crown adjusts them, and one tap logs it • The rest countdown, right on your wrist • Start a template from the watch • Put Plato on your watch face LIVE ACTIVITY • Your workout lives on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with a running clock, your set count and the rest countdown START WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT • No sign-up, no email, nothing to fill in • Everything stays on your phone until you decide otherwise • Create an account later and everything you've logged comes with you PLAN YOUR TRAINING • Reusable workout templates, started in one tap • A weekly split: a template for each day, already picked when you tap Start workout • Plan workouts ahead on the calendar BODY WEIGHT • Log weigh-ins and watch the trend • Pull-ups, dips and other bodyweight moves count at what you weighed that day, so a new weigh-in never rewrites what you've already lifted • Pounds or kilos, your call MAKE IT YOURS • Light or dark, or follow your phone • Seven accent colors, and your home screen icon changes to match YOUR DATA • Sign in with Apple, Google or email to sync across devices • Delete your account and all your data anytime, right from the app Plato is for training. Everything else got cut.

Screenshots

GymTrack4 screens
Plato4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: GymTrack at every 2 days against Plato's every 2 months. Plato's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GymTrack against 5.0 for Plato. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GymTrack ships an update every 2 days, Plato every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
GymTrack versus Plato: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGymTrackPlato
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developersanjay MahidaFull Stach LLC

In-app purchases

None

GymTrack

No in-app purchases

None

Plato

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GymTrack free?
GymTrack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plato free?
Plato is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GymTrack or Plato?
GymTrack and Plato are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do GymTrack or Plato have ads?
Neither GymTrack nor Plato shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GymTrack or Plato?
GymTrack ships an update every 2 days, and Plato every 2 months. Most recently, GymTrack was updated on October 28, 2026 and Plato on October 28, 2026.

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