Skill vs Gymscle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skill
Visualize your calisthenics journey with an interactive skill tree. Discover prerequisites, track progress, and find the next step toward mastering advanced bodyweight movements.
- Interactive skill tree with 50+ calisthenics skills
- Skill descriptions, prerequisites, and progressions
- Track personal bests (reps and hold times)
- Set target skills and visualize the path
- Gear requirements for each skill
- Covers 6 major calisthenics categories
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Your roadmap from beginner to advanced calisthenics. Ever wanted to learn a muscle-up, planche, or human flag but had no idea where to start? Skill Flow maps out every step of the journey on a visual, interactive skill tree — so you always know what to train next. How it works: Tap any skill to see what it is, what prerequisites you need, and where it leads. Pinch and pan across the full skill graph to explore progressions across pushups, pullups, dips, handstands, core, and back movements — from dead hangs all the way to the iron cross and maltese. Track your progress: Mark skills as achieved, set target skills you're working toward, and log personal bests — reps for dynamic moves, hold times for statics. Your profile keeps a clear snapshot of where you are and what's next. Train smarter: Not strong enough for a skill yet? Skill Flow tells you when negative training can help — work the eccentric portion of a movement to build the strength you need for the full version. Features: -Interactive skill tree with 50+ calisthenics skills -Tap any skill for descriptions, prerequisites, and progressions -Track personal bests (reps and hold times) -Target skills and see the path to get there -Search to jump to any skill instantly -Gear requirements for each skill (bar, rings, parallel bars, etc.) -Covers 6 major categories: pushups, pullups, dips, handstands, core, and back -Free to browse the entire skill tree — no account required Whether you're just starting with body weight fitness or chasing elite skills, Skill Flow gives you the map. You bring the work.
Gymscle
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Gymscle is a workout tracker built for the gym floor: plan, log, and progress without accounts, ads, or subscriptions. Everything stays on your device. PLAN • Build your own training plans or start from 60+ ready programs: strength, hypertrophy, powerbuilding, calisthenics, kettlebell, functional fitness • Import a plan from a photo, PDF, or pasted text • Generate a starting plan by answering one question • Plan balance shows which muscles your week trains and which it skips TRAIN • Fast set logging with weight suggestions based on your history • Warm-up ramps, drop sets, AMRAP, supersets, timed sets, and RIR • Rest timer, Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Apple Watch app: log sets, see live heart rate and calories, control your music • Siri and Shortcuts: start your next workout, log a weigh-in, ask for a record or your streak • Designed for iPhone Duo: two-column workout and plan views on the open display TRACK • Full workout history with calendar, records, and milestones • Muscle map: what you trained this week and what has rested • Strength trends, DOTS score, and written check-ins for the last 7 or 30 days • Body tracking: weight, body fat, measurements, progress photos • Sleep from Apple Health, shown next to the sessions that followed it • Training streaks and 32 achievement badges in real 3D • Rewind cards to share a month or a year of lifting PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no login, no analytics, no ads • Data stays on your device, synced only to your private iCloud • Optional Apple Health sync: read workouts and sleep, write your weigh-ins • On-device Apple Intelligence for weight suggestions, insights, and check-ins (on supported iPhones) Available in English and Polish. Free. No subscriptions. Nothing to unlock.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Skill at 15.1 against Gymscle's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Skill | Gymscle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Mesa | Mateusz Dembek |
In-app purchases
Skill
No in-app purchases
Gymscle
No in-app purchases









