IMPELLO vs My Workout Logs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IMPELLO
This app helps lifters track their workouts with faster logging and clear progress visualization. Manage rest, save routines, and review exercise history. It also offers Apple Watch integration for wrist-based tracking and heart rate monitoring.
- Fast workout logging
- Clear progress visualization
- Rest timer management
- Save custom workouts
- Exercise history review
- Apple Watch integration
- Heart rate monitoring
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Impello is a focused training log for lifters who want faster logging, clearer progress, and fewer interruptions while they train. Log sets, manage rest, save workouts, and review progress by exercise. Impello keeps your training history organized and your active session easy to control. With Apple Watch, you can follow your session from your wrist, view heart rate, adjust sets with the Digital Crown, log work, and stay synced with the phone app. Impello is built for consistency, not noise.
My Workout Logs
Track strength training, calisthenics, and cardio with detailed logging and progress visualization. Build custom routines, monitor personal records, and export your data. Your workout history is stored locally for privacy.
- Log strength training, calisthenics, and cardio
- Build and save reusable workout routines
- Track weight, reps, RPE, and RIR
- Rest timers with Lock Screen and Dynamic Island integration
- Visualize progress with 1RM charts and personal records
- Export workout history as CSV
- Customizable themes and appearance
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Log strength training, calisthenics, Olympic lifting, cardio, and more without slowing down your workout. Build reusable routines, check off sets as you train, and turn your history into clear charts and personal records. LOG SETS IN SECONDS • Start a saved workout in one tap and check sets off as you lift • Organize saved workouts into folders • Record weight, reps, and optional RPE or RIR on every set • Use rest timers with Live Activities on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Organize exercises into supersets and add notes to any session • See and reuse exercise notes from your previous session • Log static holds, barbell complexes, and past workouts with their real date and time CARDIO THAT FITS YOUR TRAINING • Track time, distance, pace, speed, power, cadence, and counts • Configure the measurements and units used by each exercise • Switch between alternative units directly in the logger • Follow cardio performance and trends with exercise-specific charts BUILT FOR STRENGTH SPORTS • Log added weight for weighted calisthenics and see your true system load • Record assistance for assisted calisthenics • Combine movements into barbell complexes with shared load and rounds • Create custom exercises or start with packs for barbell training, calisthenics, and Olympic weightlifting • Choose kg or lb separately for each exercise WATCH YOUR PROGRESS • Estimated 1RM charts with Epley, Brzycki, Lander, and O’Conner formulas • Projected 1RM from RIR and PR tags on record sets • Tap a chart point to see the logged sets behind it • Pin key lifts for an at-a-glance progress board • Browse your training calendar and complete session history • Track bodyweight with a trend line and weekly rate SHARE AND EXPORT • Share polished Full Session images, with automatic pagination for longer workouts • Create condensed Summary and PR images when available • Share any completed session as a plain-text recap • Export workout history, bodyweight, or individual exercise history as CSV • Session images omit bodyweight for consistent privacy YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS • Your workout database is stored on your iPhone • Enable optional iCloud backups to your personal iCloud account • Exports and shares are created locally and sent to the iOS share sheet only when you ask • Your log is included in your normal iPhone backup MAKE IT YOURS • Ten theme presets, six card styles, and 14 accent colors • Light and dark appearances with detailed visual customization • Save your customized appearance as a theme • Choose header and tab styles, with glass options on iOS 26 or later For iPhone running iOS 18 or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: My Workout Logs at 10 against IMPELLO's 2. IMPELLO's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for IMPELLO against 5.0 for My Workout Logs. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Workout Logs has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
IMPELLO ships an update every 5 days, My Workout Logs weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IMPELLO | My Workout Logs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rudy Aquino | ANDREW RICHARD MCNEIL |
Customer experience
IMPELLO
My Workout Logs
In-app purchases
IMPELLO
No in-app purchases
My Workout Logs
No in-app purchases







