LODE vs Progressive Overloader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LODE
This app helps you plan, log, and track your strength training progress. Organize workouts, record every set, and view detailed insights. It offers optional cloud sync and health integrations.
- Workout planning and templates
- Log sets, reps, weight, and rest
- Track progress over time
- Calendar history and workout details
- Exercise progress and training insights
- Optional cloud sync
- Apple Health integration
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LODE is a strength-training and workout-tracking app built to help you plan workouts, log every set, and track progress over time. Create workout templates, organize them into folders, schedule training, browse exercises, and log reps, weight, rest, and notes. View calendar history, workout details, exercise progress, and training insights in one place. LODE also supports optional cloud sync, Apple Health integration, and Apple Watch workouts. A free tier is available. LODE is a fitness tracking tool for general wellness only. It is not medical advice. Exercise carries a risk of injury, so talk to a qualified healthcare professional before starting a new program. LODE Premium unlocks unlimited saved workouts and plans, Insights, exercise progress charts and Apple Watch workout sync. Subscriptions auto-renew monthly or annually unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Service (EULA): https://legal.clad-ventures.com/lode/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://legal.clad-ventures.com/lode/privacy/
Progressive Overloader
This app helps you plan, execute, and track your strength training progress. It offers a straightforward, ad-free experience for logging your lifts and monitoring your development over time.
- Strength progression planning
- Lift execution guidance
- Progress monitoring
- Ad-free experience
- No-nonsense lift logging
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Strength progression planner, executor, and monitor. This app was created by the need for an ad-free, no-nonsense lift log.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Progressive Overloader at none against LODE's 2. LODE's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.5). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. LODE sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Progressive Overloader asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for LODE against 5.0 for Progressive Overloader. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LODE has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | LODE | Progressive Overloader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 422 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | CLAD Ventures | TIMOTHY ERIC BURTELL |
Customer experience
LODE
Progressive Overloader
In-app purchases
LODE
- LODE Premium Monthly1 Month trial$1.991 Month
- LODE Premium Annual3 Months trial$14.991 Year
Progressive Overloader
No in-app purchases
