Comparison

LIFTY vs GymDiary

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

Head to head
About

LIFTY

Log your gym sessions, track sets and reps, and plan your weekly workouts. Monitor your progress with detailed history and body weight tracking. Integrates with Apple Watch for real-time heart rate and calorie data.

Highlights
  • Workout logging (sets, reps)
  • Custom workout templates
  • Progress monitoring
  • Weekly workout planner
  • Body weight tracking
  • Rest timer
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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Lifty is your complete gym companion. Track workouts, log sets and reps, build custom templates, and monitor your progress over time. With Apple Watch integration, track live heart rate and calories during every session. Features include a weekly workout planner, body weight tracking, rest timer, and workout history.

About

GymDiary

Features
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The workout tracker built for serious lifters. Log every set, rep, and weight. Track progressive overload session by session. Monitor volume across every muscle group. GymDiary gives you the data to train smarter — completely free, forever. —————————————————————————— WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH GYMDIARY —————————————————————————— - EXERCISE LOGGING Log sets, reps, and weight for any exercise. Build a complete record of your entire training history. - PROGRESSIVE OVERLOAD TRACKING See your last session's data every time you train. Make deliberate increases to keep building strength over time. - MUSCLE GROUP VOLUME Automatically track weekly training volume for Chest, Back, Legs, Shoulders, and Arms. Know exactly what you've trained. - STRENGTH ANALYTICS Charts for volume, frequency, and personal records. Understand exactly how your training is progressing over weeks and months. - CUSTOM EXERCISE LIBRARY Add your own exercises with custom muscle group mappings. Your library works the way you train. - FULL WORKOUT HISTORY Every session you've ever logged, always available. Search and filter by date, muscle group, or exercise name. - WORKS ON ALL YOUR DEVICES your data syncs across all platforms. Train anywhere. —————————————————————————— BUILT FOR EVERY TRAINING STYLE —————————————————————————— Whether you run Push Pull Legs, Upper Lower, a full-body program, or your own custom split — GymDiary adapts to your routine, not the other way around. No templates forced on you. No premium features locked behind a paywall. No ads. Just a clean, fast workout tracker that gets out of your way and lets you lift. Download GymDiary today — it's free. Forever.

Screenshots

LIFTY4 screens
GymDiary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: GymDiary at 15.1 against LIFTY's 26.2. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LIFTY ships an update weekly, GymDiary every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
LIFTY versus GymDiary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLIFTYGymDiary
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.215.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFORREST WILLIAM CARLSONANALYTICA SOLUTIONS AND CONSULTING LIMITED

In-app purchases

None

LIFTY

No in-app purchases

None

GymDiary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LIFTY free?
LIFTY is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GymDiary free?
GymDiary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LIFTY or GymDiary have ads?
Neither LIFTY nor GymDiary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LIFTY or GymDiary?
LIFTY ships an update weekly, and GymDiary every 2 weeks. Most recently, LIFTY was updated on October 18, 2026 and GymDiary on October 7, 2026.

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