Blocks vs ReadyLift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blocks
Easily log gym sessions, track progress with automatic rest timers, and build custom routines. This app helps you focus on progressive overload without needing an account initially. Unlock AI coaching and personalized plans with an optional subscription.
- Log exercises, sets, reps, and weights
- Automatic rest timer
- Track workout history and personal records
- Create custom routines or use templates
- Offline training support
- AI Coach for personalized programs (Pro)
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Make each gym session easier to follow and your strength progress easier to see. Blocks helps you log workouts, stay focused between sets, and build a routine that fits your goals—without needing an account to get started. • Record exercises, sets, reps, and weights in a few taps • Check your previous performance and aim to beat your last session • Keep your workout moving with an automatic rest timer • Track workout history and personal records over time • Start with a template or create a routine that works for you • Train offline, with plate and one-rep max calculators close at hand Add, swap, or remove exercises as your session changes. Blocks saves your workout history so you can see how your training is progressing. For more guidance, Blocks Pro includes an AI Coach with personalized training programs and meal plans based on your goals, schedule, and available equipment. Built for lifters who already know their way around the gym but want a clearer plan for progressive overload—not another spreadsheet. Your data stays on your device when you start without an account; sign in with Apple or create an account for cloud backup and premium features. Blocks Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. Choose monthly access for $9.99 per month, with a 7-day free trial, or yearly access for $79.99 per year. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in Apple ID Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://josh04121998.github.io/blocks/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://josh04121998.github.io/blocks/ Download Blocks and make your next workout easier to track.
ReadyLift
This app analyzes your biometric data like HRV, resting heart rate, and sleep to provide a daily readiness score. It then automatically adjusts your workout intensity, sets, and reps to match your recovery level, ensuring you train optimally.
- Daily readiness score from biometrics
- Automatic workout adjustments
- Wearable sync (Oura, Apple Health)
- Manual recovery entry
- Workout logging and history
- PR auto-detection
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ReadyLift is a lifting log for proven strength programs: run a 5x5 workout, 5/3/1, nSuns, GZCLP or a PPL workout, and log every set in seconds, even offline. Pick a program, invite your friends, and start a gym challenge: everyone trains the same plan and competes on one private leaderboard. Free, with no ads, ever. No feed, no strangers. PROVEN STRENGTH TRAINING PROGRAMS • 12 programs with the load math done for you: Starting Strength, StrongLifts 5x5, Madcow 5x5, nSuns 5/3/1 LP, Greyskull LP, GZCLP, 5/3/1 Boring But Big, 5/3/1 Wendler, PHUL, PHAT, Reddit PPL (push pull legs) and a periodized plan • Auto-progressing targets: the app tells you the exact weight for every set • Planned sets × reps @ RIR plus a suggested weight, right in the logger • Edit any program in place, or build your own: your days, weeks, exercises and targets • Track adherence, tonnage, estimated 1RM gains and phase progress • Deload weeks and phase-complete celebrations BUILD YOUR OWN & PUBLISH TO THE COMMUNITY • Build your own program: your days, weeks, exercises, sets, reps and weights • Run it for a week, then publish it to Community with a shareable link • Your creator profile shows your bio and links to your Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or website • Browse community programs by Popular or Newest, see how many lifters are running each one, and run any of them free GYM CHALLENGES WITH FRIENDS Create a challenge. Choose a program. Invite your crew. • Invite-only and private, with unlimited members • Choose your length: 3, 7, 14 or 30 days • Four modes: run a program together, free-for-all, squad battle, or a shared co-op target • Everyone gets their own copy of the program, with their own weights • Ranked by Rival Score: workouts, sets, improvements and PRs • See the workouts behind every score; invite by link or 6-character code • Trophy Case, win streaks and end-of-challenge celebrations Coaches: build a program, wrap it in a challenge, and run your whole group on it. A WEIGHTLIFTING LOG BUILT FOR THE GYM • Offline-first: no signal, no waiting. Every set autosaves • 3 taps for your first set, 1 tap after: new sets prefill from last time • Weight, reps and RIR, with ± steppers on the keyboard • Warm-up, drop and failure sets; supersets; unilateral (L/R) • Barbell, dumbbell, machine, cable, band and assisted exercises, plus unlimited custom exercises and routines • Plate calculator, rest timer and work timer that survive backgrounding • Timed exercises: planks, carries and holds logged by duration • Undo on delete and crash-safe autosave • Per-exercise and per-workout notes, kg or lb, back-date any past workout • Training-day reminders, plus daily reminders for creatine, protein and water TRACK YOUR LIFTS • PR auto-detection and estimated 1RM tracking • Progress charts for estimated 1RM, volume and bodyweight • XP, levels, badges and a Trophy Case • CSV export anytime ADAPTIVE COACH & DEEP ANALYSIS • Adaptive Coach: RIR-based next-set suggestions (add load, add reps, or hold) • Deep Analysis: date-filtered 1RM, PR, volume and per-muscle progression • Muscle Heatmap: a front/back body map coloured by what you've actually trained • Lifting Archetype radar • Periodization, RIR-trend and deload-detection visualizations IMPORT YOUR HISTORY Already tracking somewhere else? Bring it with you: Hevy, Strong or CSV, including your PRs and workout durations. Log fast. Never lose a set. Know what to lift next. Terms of Use (EULA): https://readyliftai.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://readyliftai.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Blocks at none against ReadyLift's shown. ReadyLift's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Blocks sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and ReadyLift sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Blocks against 5.0 for ReadyLift. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ReadyLift has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Blocks ships an update every 9 days, ReadyLift every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Blocks | ReadyLift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JOSHUA LUKE HANDLEY | VirtualBeans L.L.C |
Customer experience
Blocks
ReadyLift
In-app purchases
Blocks
- Forma Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- Forma Pro Yearly$79.991 Year
ReadyLift
- ReadyLift Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- ReadyLift Pro Annual (Referral)1 Year trial$24.991 Year
- ReadyLift Pro Annual$24.991 Year
- ReadyLift Lifetime$79.99









