Comparison

GainLogger vs FitJot

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

Head to head
About

GainLogger

This app helps serious lifters track every set, rep, and personal record with fast, offline-first logging. It offers smart progression suggestions, Apple Watch integration, and detailed progress charts for strength training and bodybuilding.

Highlights
  • Fast set logging
  • Offline functionality
  • Apple Watch & Wear OS app
  • Progressive overload suggestions
  • Supersets & circuits
  • Exercise library with videos
  • Personal record detection
Features
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Log every set, every rep, every PR. GainLogger is the workout tracker built for serious lifters — build and share templates, watch strength climb over months and years, and log at gym-floor speed with full Apple Watch support. WHY LIFTERS PICK GAINLOGGER • Build & share workout templates — create your own, save any finished session as a template, share via public link • Personal records — auto-detected across reps, weight, volume, and 1RM • Milestones & streaks — achievements and streaks that keep you showing up • Long-term progress charts — strength gains over months and years • Apple Watch app — start, log, and finish workouts from your wrist • Fast set logging — tap-to-complete, smart reps & weight pickers, big buttons built for the gym floor • Supersets & circuits — group exercises, color-coded on the log screen • Per-set targets — different reps and weight for each set • 600+ exercise library — video demos and instructions • Smart progression — suggests next weight or reps from your last session • Tracking modes — reps × weight, reps-only, or duration per exercise • NEW: weekly planning — repeat a template on chosen weekdays, with reminder times and calendar export PERFECT FOR • Strength training & weightlifting • Hypertrophy & bodybuilding • Push/Pull/Legs, Upper/Lower, Bro splits • 5/3/1, nSuns, GZCLP, Stronglifts 5x5 • Calisthenics & bodyweight progression HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick a template or build your own 2. Log sets fast — tap to complete, smart pickers handle the numbers 3. Review your PRs, streaks, and strength curves FEATURES IN DETAIL Templates & Sharing: Build workout templates from scratch, or save any finished session as one. Share via a public link with a coach or training partner. Programs & Bundles: Multi-week programs with weekly schedules keep long training blocks organized. Start from PPL, Upper/Lower, Stronglifts 5x5, and more. Weekly Planning: Set a template to repeat on chosen weekdays, add reminder times, and export your week to the calendar. Smart Progression: GainLogger reads your last session and suggests the next weight or rep target. Built-in progressive-overload rules: linear and double progression. Apple Watch: A standalone watch app — start, log, and finish from your wrist with heart rate, calories, and a rest timer. No phone required. Records & Milestones: Every PR auto-detected — top set, 1RM estimate, total volume. Streaks and achievements reward consistency, no manual entry. Per-Exercise Tracking: Reps × weight, reps-only (bodyweight), or duration (planks, holds). Pick what fits each exercise. Built for Speed: Big buttons, fast pickers, no menu digging — made for the middle of a working set. PRIVACY Your training data is yours. No ads, ever. GAINLOGGER PRO The core tracker is free. Pro unlocks unlimited programs and bundles, advanced progression rules, custom exercises, and full progress charts. 14-day free trial. Cancel anytime. QUESTIONS? FEEDBACK? Email support@gainlogger.app or visit gainlogger.app. Track your gains. Trust the log. Build the lift. Terms of Use: https://gainlogger.app/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://gainlogger.app/privacy-policy

About

FitJot

This app helps you track gym workouts and log progress with features like seeing previous session weights and reps, a rest timer, and automatic PR detection. It offers over 1,800 exercises with video demos and syncs with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Progressive overload tracking
  • Last session's weight/reps displayed
  • Lock Screen rest timer (iOS 17+)
  • Apple Watch logging
  • Apple Health sync
  • 1,800+ exercises with video demos
  • Automatic PR detection
Features
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FitJot is the workout tracker and gym log for progressive overload, plus a calorie and protein tracker. See last session's weight and reps next to every set, log with a big one-handed keypad, and watch your PRs and 1RM climb. Rest timer on your Lock Screen (iOS 17 or later), Apple Watch logging with your iPhone, Apple Health sync and 1,800+ exercises with video demos. Free to start. FitJot Plus is optional. WHY FITJOT - Last session's weight and reps sit next to every set, so you always know what to beat - A front and back body map in the workout header shows the muscles you've trained BUILT FOR REAL TRAINING - Warm-up, drop sets and sets to failure, tagged so your working volume stays honest - Supersets, bodyweight moves, timed holds, and cardio as distance and time - Plate calculator, and a 1RM calculator (Epley, Brzycki, Lombardi) TRACK EVERY PR - PRs detected automatically, with a medal on the set and the date - Finish a workout and share it as a card: Summary, Exercises or Muscles worked - A streak built on your weekly goal, so rest days don't break it BODY WEIGHT AND BODY FAT - Body weight with a smoothed trend, and body fat with its own chart and history - Sync both with Apple Health: weigh-ins from your scale and other apps come in, and what you log in FitJot goes out FUEL (BETA): FOOD LOG - Its own tab: daily calories and protein against a target, and your meals - Free for everyone: scan a barcode, search foods, log recent foods or enter them by hand - AI food logging is included with Plus while in beta: log from a photo, or type or say a line like "2 eggs, toast with butter" (up to 25 a day). It's an estimate, so check the grams - Food photos are deleted within 15 minutes and never used for training. For adults 18+; needs internet WORKOUT PLANS AND ROUTINES - Browse programs on Home: 30+ free training programs, quick sessions and plans by goal or equipment - Routine editor that plans every set: weight, rep range, set type and a note - Plan your week, with reminders on the days you train EXERCISE LIBRARY - 1,800+ exercises with video demos, photos, step-by-step instructions and target muscles - Tick the equipment your gym has, and the exercise picker and programs show what fits APPLE WATCH Leave your phone in your bag: start a routine on your wrist, tick off sets, adjust weight and reps, time planks and rest, then finish and see your new PRs. It syncs to FitJot on your iPhone. Requires the FitJot iPhone app and watchOS 11. FITJOT PLUS Free includes logging, history, PRs, rest timers, supersets, plate and 1RM calculators, body weight and body fat, 30+ programs, up to 5 routines, 15 custom exercises and charts for the last month. FitJot Plus adds: - Auto Pilot: next-session weights with the reason for each. It adjusts your sets as you lift, starts new exercises from your other workouts, eases off after a stall and uses only weights your gym can load - Auto Pilot on Apple Watch, for workouts you start on the watch - Weekly check-ins with tape measurements and how-to guides - Progress photos, front and back, side by side - Gym weights: your exact plates, bars, dumbbells, kettlebells and machine stacks, and up to 5 gyms - Warm-up calculator, rep-range PRs, weekly sets per muscle, estimated 1RM trends, and charts from 3 months to all time - Unlimited routines and custom exercises Subscription information: FitJot Plus is an optional auto-renewable subscription, monthly or yearly. Prices are shown in the app and may vary by country. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://fitjot.tech/terms Privacy Policy: https://fitjot.tech/privacy-policy

Screenshots

GainLogger4 screens
FitJot4 screens

Verdict

The call

GainLogger and FitJot are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. GainLogger sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and FitJot sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GainLogger against 5.0 for FitJot. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GainLogger ships an update every 5 days, FitJot weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
GainLogger versus FitJot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGainLoggerFitJot
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB97 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVladislav GesinEcoweb Softech Services

Customer experience

GainLogger

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FitJot

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

GainLogger

Subscriptions2
  • GainLogger Pro$3.991 Month
  • GainLogger Pro14 Days trial$34.991 Year
4 purchases

FitJot

Subscriptions4
  • FitJot Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
  • FitJot Plus$8.991 Year
  • FitJot Plus14 Days trial$11.991 Year
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  • FitJot Plus1 Year trial$17.991 Year

Questions

Is GainLogger free?
GainLogger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FitJot free?
FitJot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GainLogger or FitJot?
GainLogger and FitJot are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do GainLogger or FitJot have ads?
Neither GainLogger nor FitJot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GainLogger or FitJot?
GainLogger ships an update every 5 days, and FitJot weekly. Most recently, GainLogger was updated on October 31, 2026 and FitJot on November 10, 2026.

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