Comparison

LODE vs Liftspan

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Liftspan

This app creates personalized strength training plans that adapt to your specific joint pain and physical limitations. It can import existing workout routines, track your progress with detailed analytics, and offers a flexible streak system to encourage consistent activity.

Highlights
  • Personalized workout plans based on joint pain
  • Import existing workout programs via photo
  • Adaptive exercise selection and load adjustments
  • Progress tracking and estimated 1RM calculation
  • Flexible daily streak system for all activities
  • Workout logging across various locations and equipment
  • Shared streak feature with a partner
Features
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Strength training that works around your joints. Most lifting apps hand everyone the same plan and hope your shoulder agrees. Liftspan asks what hurts first. Tell it about a cranky shoulder, a bad knee or a sore lower back and it builds every session around them, tells you exactly what to lift, and moves the weight when you've earned it. Snap your program. Got a program from a coach, a book or the whiteboard at your gym? Take a photo. Liftspan reads every line, matches every move, keeps your sets and reps, swaps anything that loads a joint you told it about, and coaches you through it. Your first import is free. Chosen around your body. Every movement in the library carries a joint and lower-back rating. Tell it your shoulder or your back is a problem and those lifts stop being offered, replaced with a named alternative that trains the same muscle. Load jumps get halved. Blocks deload sooner. And the joint filtering is free. (It's not medical advice; see below.) Tell it how you feel. Type "shoulder's cranky and I slept badly" and today's session reshapes: overhead work swaps out, a set comes off, the load eases. Just for today. Time your holds. Planks and carries count up, turn green at your target and keep going so you can beat it. The timer shows on your Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island and on Apple Watch. Train wherever you are. Full gym, home gym, hotel, bodyweight, dumbbells only, bands only. 267 movements, including machines, cables, landmine work and carries. Switch mid-week and every weight you've worked up to carries across. A streak for showing up, not just lifting. Log a walk, a bike ride, yoga, or "something else" and your flame stays lit; lifting days count on their own. Bank a full training week and you earn a freeze that covers a missed day. The Liftspan widget puts it on your Home Screen. Turn on reminders and you get a Monday heads-up, a nudge when your week is about to slip, and a 10 am reminder on days you haven't logged yet. Keep it with a friend. Invite a streak partner and keep a shared streak together. They see whether you logged today, your flame, and the streak you've built as a pair. Never your weights or your history. Proof you're actually getting stronger. Estimated 1RM on every lift, every all-time best recorded the moment you hit it, and your weekly hard sets measured against what the science says. Save your workout card straight to Photos when you want to share it. Bring your history. Already on Strong or Hevy? Import your CSV and your sessions and working weights come across, never above what you've actually lifted. It exports right back out too. Free to start. Free forever: log every workout, a starting plan that works around the joints you tell it about, the daily streak and one streak partner, the streak widget, badges and levels, your training synced to every device, and full export. No ads, no session limits, nothing ever deleted. Pro is the coach in full: the daily check-in, progression that keeps moving the weight, building your own program, unlimited swaps and the whole library, every training environment, the hold timer, reminders, Apple Health sync, the rest timer in your Dynamic Island and on Apple Watch, and the progress screen. Try Pro free for 7 days. Lifting, for the long haul. Not medical advice. If something hurts, stop, and talk to your doctor before starting a training program. Liftspan Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. - Monthly: $4.99/month - Annual: $29.99/year - Includes a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms: https://liftspan.fit/terms Privacy: https://liftspan.fit/privacy

Screenshots

LODE4 screens
Liftspan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: LODE at 6 against Liftspan's 1. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. LODE sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Liftspan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 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 LODE against 5.0 for Liftspan. 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LODE ships an update every 4 days, Liftspan every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
LODE versus Liftspan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLODELiftspan
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size422 MB50 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperCLAD VenturesDave Newman

Customer experience

LODE

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Liftspan

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

LODE

Subscriptions2
  • LODE Premium Monthly1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • LODE Premium Annual3 Months trial$14.991 Year
2 purchases

Liftspan

Subscriptions2
  • Liftspan Pro Monthly1 Month trial$7.991 Month
  • Liftspan Pro Annual1 Month trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is LODE free?
LODE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Liftspan free?
Liftspan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LODE or Liftspan?
LODE and Liftspan are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do LODE or Liftspan have ads?
Neither LODE nor Liftspan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LODE or Liftspan?
LODE ships an update every 4 days, and Liftspan every 6 days. Most recently, LODE was updated on October 24, 2026 and Liftspan on October 17, 2026.

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