Comparison

DoNow vs Plato

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

Head to head
About

DoNow

Features
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Working out is simple. Deciding what to do is the hard part. DoNow cuts out the decision fatigue. Open the app and get your workout for the day — no planning required, no rigid schedules to stick to, no guilt when life gets in the way. HOW IT WORKS DoNow looks at what you've done recently and where you are — gym or home — and suggests the right exercises for today. Push day? Pull day? It figures it out so you don't have to. WHAT YOU GET • A clear list of exercises for today • Gym and home workout options • A rotating split that keeps your training balanced • Swap exercises you don't like or can't do • Share progress and challenge friends MADE FOR PEOPLE WHO HATE PLANNING No spreadsheets. No weekly templates. No app that punishes you for missing a day. Open it, do the work, close it.

About

Plato

This app helps you quickly log your weightlifting sets and plan your weekly training. It offers a clean interface with no account required to start, and displays your active workout on your Lock Screen. Track your progress with detailed history and charts.

Highlights
  • Fast workout logging with custom keypad
  • Built-in timers for exercises and rest
  • Workout planning and weekly scheduling
  • Progress tracking with charts and history
  • Live Activity for Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
  • No account required to start
  • Customizable themes and accent colors
Features
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Free. No ads. No pop-ups. No paywalls. No BS. Plato is a workout tracker for lifting and cardio, and that's all it is. Open it, log your sets, see your progress, get back to training. Nothing will ever pop up asking you to rate the app, upgrade, start a trial or turn on notifications. Not on your first workout, not on your five hundredth. WHAT YOU WON'T FIND • Ads • Rate-us prompts, upgrade screens or "come back" nags • Notifications. Plato doesn't send any • Subscriptions or in-app purchases. Every feature is free • Tracking. Your workouts are never sold or used for ads • A sign-up wall. The whole app works without an account LOG LIFTS FAST • 600 built-in exercises — barbell staples, machines, cables, bands, calisthenics, sports and neck work — each with a guide to doing it right, and one tap to find a video demo • A keypad built for the gym: enter weight and reps, then jump to the next field in one tap • Copy your previous set in one tap • Built-in timers for planks, dead hangs and other timed sets • An optional rest timer between sets, from 30 seconds to 5 minutes • Works with no signal: log a whole session in a dead zone and it syncs when you're back online TRAIN SMARTER • Every lift shows your best set, your estimated one-rep max and a chart of where it's heading • A muscle map of what you've hit this week, and what you've skipped • Streaks, total volume, sets and time on the Stats tab • Your fastest mile, 5K and 10K, and your distance week by week • Full workout history, a tap away CARDIO • Runs, walks, hikes, rides, swims, rows, ellipticals and stair sessions • On Apple Watch: live heart rate and calories, plus distance and pace on runs, walks, hikes, rides and swims, and mile or kilometer splits on runs, walks, hikes and rides • No watch? Runs, walks and hikes get their distance, pace and splits from your iPhone's step counter • Sessions your watch tracks save to Apple Health, so they count toward your rings APPLE WATCH • Log the workout in progress from your wrist: the next set's weight and reps are ready, the Digital Crown adjusts them, and one tap logs it • The rest countdown, right on your wrist • Start a template from the watch • Put Plato on your watch face LIVE ACTIVITY • Your workout lives on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with a running clock, your set count and the rest countdown START WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT • No sign-up, no email, nothing to fill in • Everything stays on your phone until you decide otherwise • Create an account later and everything you've logged comes with you PLAN YOUR TRAINING • Reusable workout templates, started in one tap • A weekly split: a template for each day, already picked when you tap Start workout • Plan workouts ahead on the calendar BODY WEIGHT • Log weigh-ins and watch the trend • Pull-ups, dips and other bodyweight moves count at what you weighed that day, so a new weigh-in never rewrites what you've already lifted • Pounds or kilos, your call MAKE IT YOURS • Light or dark, or follow your phone • Seven accent colors, and your home screen icon changes to match YOUR DATA • Sign in with Apple, Google or email to sync across devices • Delete your account and all your data anytime, right from the app Plato is for training. Everything else got cut.

Screenshots

DoNow4 screens
Plato4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Plato at every 2 months against DoNow's every 7 months. Plato also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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

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

DoNow ships an update every 7 months, Plato every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
DoNow versus Plato: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoNowPlato
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoan Ilari CivitFull Stach LLC

In-app purchases

None

DoNow

No in-app purchases

None

Plato

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DoNow free?
DoNow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plato free?
Plato is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DoNow or Plato have ads?
Neither DoNow nor Plato shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DoNow or Plato?
DoNow ships an update every 7 months, and Plato every 2 months. Most recently, DoNow was updated on November 9, 2026 and Plato on October 31, 2026.

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