Comparison

GymHack vs Gym Log

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

Head to head
About

GymHack

This app helps you track your weightlifting workouts and provides AI-driven insights into your recovery and readiness. It allows for extensive customization of exercises and gym equipment, with a focus on personalized training analysis. Features include progress charts, periodization, and readiness checks.

Highlights
  • AI-driven workout analysis
  • Customizable exercises and machines
  • Recovery and readiness tracking
  • Personalized training load insights
  • Progress charts and PR history
  • Weekly plan generation
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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TRAINING THAT KNOWS WHEN YOU'RE COOKED A workout log records what you did. GymHack reads what it's doing to you. NO ACCOUNT. EVER. Open the app and train. No email, no signup wall, no "create an account to continue." Your data lives on your device, backed up to your own iCloud. BUILT FOR YOUR GYM, NOT A GENERIC ONE Every gym is different. Yours has that one plate-loaded machine nobody else stocks, or a cable setup with its own quirks. GymHack lets you add your own exercises and your own machines — name them, photograph them, tell the app what they count as, and train with them like any built-in movement. And your AI Coach — a PRO feature, currently in beta — knows about them. Ask it to build a session around what your gym actually has, and it programs with your custom machines and exercises — not a stock library that pretends every gym is identical. FREE, AND ACTUALLY FREE • Unlimited workouts, sets, supersets and rest timers • 430+ exercises with images, cues and muscle maps • Per-set RPE, drop sets, warm-up sets, failure sets • Add 5 custom exercises and 2 custom machines • Build weekly plans, or generate one automatically • Periodization phases that coach you mid-workout • Progress charts for every exercise — volume, max weight, estimated 1RM, PR history • Guided 1RM testing • Cardio and HIIT — add a smartwatch for 5-zone heart-rate training • A 53-badge collection to chase • Pre-workout readiness check before every session • Free iCloud backup of your workout history and body stats ON YOUR WRIST — THE WHOLE APP, FREE Run entire workouts from your wrist. Heart rate, calories, Activity rings, PR haptics, complications, Siri shortcuts, offline queue, Handoff to iPhone. No subscription. PRO — SEE WHAT TRAINING IS DOING TO YOU Logging tells you what you lifted. PRO tells you what it cost. • Your whole gym — up to 200 custom exercises and 50 custom machines • AI Coach that programs around your equipment and your history — runs privately on iPhones with Apple Intelligence (beta) • Recovery and readiness — which muscles are ready, which need rest • Training load — acute, cumulative and systemic fatigue, including CNS overreaching • Muscle profile — 16 muscles tracked with personalized volume targets • Strength progress — every muscle, over time, with full analysis • Left/right asymmetry detection • Weight, body-fat, calorie and heart-rate trends with plateau detection • Nutrition targets that flex on training vs rest days Try PRO free for 14 days. Cancel anytime. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gymhack.ai/privacy

About

Gym Log

Features
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Gym Log is the simplest way to track whether you went to the gym. No reps, no sets, no clutter. • Tap a day to log a visit: Upper, Lower, Cardio, or a quick check-in • Set a weekly goal and build your streak • See your consistency in stats and heatmaps • Pick your own colors and icons • Private iCloud sync and CSV export No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Your data stays yours. Gym Log Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks year and all-time stats, plus extra themes.

Screenshots

GymHack4 screens
Gym Log3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Gym Log at weekly against GymHack's every 3 weeks. GymHack's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. GymHack sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Gym Log sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GymHack ships an update every 3 weeks, Gym Log weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
GymHack versus Gym Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGymHackGym Log
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size227 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrioton LLCMin ho Kim

In-app purchases

2 purchases

GymHack

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Yearly14 Days trial$69.991 Year
1 purchases

Gym Log

One-time1
  • Gym Log Pro$2.99

Questions

Is GymHack free?
GymHack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gym Log free?
Gym Log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GymHack or Gym Log have ads?
Neither GymHack nor Gym Log shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GymHack or Gym Log?
GymHack ships an update every 3 weeks, and Gym Log weekly. Most recently, GymHack was updated on October 22, 2026 and Gym Log on October 19, 2026.

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