Comparison

The Lift Log vs Plato

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

Head to head
About

The Lift Log

This workout tracker allows you to log strength and cardio exercises quickly with oversized controls. It features an AI workout generator, voice logging, and guided protocols to help you progress. Track your achievements with detailed charts and a muscle group heatmap.

Highlights
  • Log strength and cardio workouts
  • AI-powered workout generator
  • Voice logging for workouts
  • Guided workout protocols
  • Progress tracking with charts
  • Muscle group heatmap
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Log Smarter. Lift Harder. The Lift Log is your personal workout tracker built for the gym floor. Log sets in seconds with oversized controls designed for sweaty hands between sets. Follow guided protocols including pyramid sets, max sets, drop sets, and the signature 6-4-2 burnout. Features: • Log strength and cardio workouts with a tap • AI-powered workout generator — tell it your muscles, time, and equipment • Voice logging — speak your workout and AI parses it into structured sets • Follow trainers and try their published workouts • Track progress with charts, streaks, and personal records • Muscle group heatmap shows what you've trained this week • Smart progression advisor detects plateaus and suggests changes • 873+ exercise library with images and instructions • Weight and body goal tracking • Works offline — syncs when back online • Community — follow trainers, add friends, share workouts • Free forever. No subscriptions, no paywalls.

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

The Lift Log4 screens
Plato4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: The Lift Log at every 4 days against Plato's every 2 months. On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for The Lift Log against 5.0 for Plato. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Lift Log ships an update every 4 days, Plato every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
The Lift Log versus Plato: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Lift LogPlato
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaul Jonas IIFull Stach LLC

In-app purchases

None

The Lift Log

No in-app purchases

None

Plato

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Lift Log free?
The Lift Log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plato free?
Plato is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Lift Log or Plato?
The Lift Log and Plato are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do The Lift Log or Plato have ads?
Neither The Lift Log nor Plato shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Lift Log or Plato?
The Lift Log ships an update every 4 days, and Plato every 2 months. Most recently, The Lift Log was updated on October 31, 2026 and Plato on October 31, 2026.

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