Workout Tracker vs VALDA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Workout Tracker
Log workouts naturally by typing, and this app automatically structures your data. Track progress with charts and statistics, and get smart suggestions with premium features. Spend less time logging and more time training.
- Natural language workout logging
- Automatic recognition of sets, reps, weights, rest
- Exercise autocomplete and history
- Progress charts and statistics
- Personal record and volume tracking
- Plain-text import/export
- Smart progression suggestions (Premium)
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LiftPad is the workout log that feels like writing in your notes. Type your workout naturally, and LiftPad automatically recognizes exercises, weights, reps, sets, and rest times - giving you structured training history without slowing you down. Log workouts your way Write freely instead of navigating forms and menus. LiftPad turns your notes into useful workout data as you type. Edit in a tap Tap recognized weights, reps, and rest times to make quick changes. Exercise autocomplete makes repeated workouts even faster. Track your progress Review exercise history, personal records, training volume, consistency, and progress charts to see how your strength develops over time. Train smarter Optional premium features use your workout history to suggest your next sets, highlight trends, and surface useful training insights. Built for real training • Fast, free-form workout logging • Automatic recognition of sets, reps, weights, and rest • Exercise autocomplete and history • Progress charts and workout statistics • Personal record and volume tracking • Plain text workout import and export • Smart progression suggestions with Premium Spend less time managing your workout tracker and more time lifting.
VALDA
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VALDA is the workout app the fitness industry should have built years ago. Proper workout logging, intelligent programme management, a watch companion that's faster than any phone, and the only cycle tracking that actually connects to your training. Workout Logging That Respects Your Time Log sets with full support for weight, reps, tempo notation, RPE, set types (warmup, dropset, AMRAP, backoff, rest-pause), cardio distance and duration, and supersets. Personal records are detected automatically across seven categories — max weight, max reps, max volume, estimated 1RM, max distance, best pace, and max duration. Every PR triggers a celebration on your wrist. The Programme Parser Find a programme anywhere — Reddit, a coach, a PDF, a forum post. Copy the text. Paste it into VALDA. The entire programme is structured in seconds: exercises, sets, reps, RPE targets, rest periods, tempo notation, percentage-based loading, deload weeks, phase names. What used to take twenty minutes of manual entry takes about ten seconds. Supports 5/3/1, GZCL, PHUL, PPL, wave loading, and virtually any format. Five imports per month on Pro. Watch Companion Your phone stays in your bag. The Apple Watch app sends your current set to your wrist — exercise name, target reps, suggested weight. Adjust if needed. Tap complete. Next set loads instantly. Rest timer, heart rate monitoring, and exercise swaps all work from your wrist. It is the fastest workout logging experience available. ValdaFLEX — Smart Exercise Alternatives Machine taken? Tap the exercise, see alternatives ranked by muscle group overlap and movement pattern similarity. One tap to swap. Mid-session, no disruption, no muscles missed. ValdaFREYA — Free Forever Menstrual cycle tracking that actually connects to your training. Not a separate wellness app. Not a period tracker that knows nothing about your deadlift. Free. Permanently. Flow-based cycle tracking with automatic phase detection Contraceptive tracking and reminders (pill, IUD, injection, implant) Pregnancy mode with trimester-specific exercise safety guidance Daily observation scales: energy, mood, discomfort, sleep, bloating Clinical cycle report PDF with markers for ~12 conditions — take real data to your GP Phase-adapted coaching that adjusts training recommendations to your cycle We will never sell your health data. Not to insurers. Not to advertisers. Not to anyone. Ever. ValdaPEAK — Your Performance, Quantified Volume trends, frequency tracking, strength curves with estimated 1RM, muscle group analysis, and cardio metrics. AI coaching overview from 16 weeks of data covering consistency, volume trends, and specific recommendations. What's Free Workout logging, exercise library, workout calendar, cardio tracking, tempo and RPE logging, one manual programme, 30-day history, and the entire ValdaFREYA suite including cycle tracking, pregnancy mode, contraceptive reminders, and clinical reports. What's Pro Everything in Free with unlimited history, personal records and 1RM tracking, post-workout coaching, unlimited programmes, smart auto-progression, programme import, performance dashboard, ValdaFLEX smart exercise swaps, ValdaFREYA phase-adapted coaching, and cross-platform sync including Apple Watch. Your training. Your body. Finally understood.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: VALDA at every 2 weeks against Workout Tracker's monthly. VALDA also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.1). 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
Both are free to download. Workout Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and VALDA sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Workout Tracker ships an update monthly, VALDA every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workout Tracker | VALDA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Svante Dahlberg | Valda Fitness Ltd |
In-app purchases
Workout Tracker
- LiftPad Premium7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- LiftPad Premium7 Days trial$17.991 Year
VALDA
- VALDA Pro$6.991 Month
- VALDA Pro$59.991 Year









