GymTracker Pro vs Notch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GymTracker Pro
This app helps serious lifters track workouts quickly and efficiently. Log sets, reps, and weights with ease, and automatically track personal records. It intelligently remembers machine-specific weights and offers smart calculators for bar loading.
- Log sets in one tap
- Machine variant weight tracking
- Smart plate calculator
- Customizable workout cycles
- Exercise alternative swaps
- Superset and warm-up tracking
- Automatic PR celebration
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GymTracker Pro is a workout tracker for people who lift. Plan your week, log every set in one tap, rest on a timer that starts itself, and watch your strength climb, on iPhone and Apple Watch. LOG FAST • Log a set in one tap, with last time's weight and reps right beside it • Warm-up and working sets, rep ranges and rest for every exercise • Supersets in rounds, with rest after each round • Bodyweight moves: reps only, added weight or assisted • Swap an exercise mid-workout without losing your sets • Notes where you need them, like "seat 4, pin 3" TRAIN ANYWHERE • Works fully offline: start, log and finish workouts with no signal, and they sync later with the right times • A sync icon on Home shows anything waiting to send STRETCH AND MOBILITY • 70+ stretches, logged as a timed hold (each side if you like), as reps or with one tap • Make any exercise a stretch, and log one-sided moves left, then right • Time any exercise, like a plank or a dead hang REST RIGHT • The rest timer starts after every set • Follow it on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, in your accent color, and on your Apple Watch • 12 timer sounds, from a classic double beep to 8-bit fun • Focus mode shows one set at a time, full screen PLATES, SORTED • See exactly which plates go on each side of the bar • Set up your own plates and bars, with plate math for plate-loaded machines too • Leg press and other plate-loaded machines show the weight on each side PLANS THAT FIT • Build your own plan with any number of days • Start from nearly 50 ready-made programs • Or let the AI Plan Builder write one from a few answers • Ask the AI coach to adjust your plan or add a day, ask for changes, and see every change before it's saved • After 10 workouts, check in with the AI coach once a week: a look at your last 8 weeks, a few quick questions, a report on what's going well and what to work on, and changes you can apply or skip • Days run in order, so a missed day waits for your next workout SEE YOUR PROGRESS • Records for every lift, celebrated the moment you set them • Estimated 1RM and volume charts for every exercise • Weekly volume, volume per muscle and your full history • Share a card of your workout, with your own photo if you like • Each machine keeps its own records, so switching leg press machines never spoils your bests APPLE WATCH • Start a workout on your iPhone, then log sets and follow your rest from your wrist MADE FOR YOU • 300+ exercises to search and filter, plus your own, and every label is yours to change • Dark and light themes, and your choice of accent colour • English and Arabic, with the whole app right to left in Arabic • Try it as a guest, with no account needed • Download all your data as a file, free for everyone • Deleted something? Recently deleted keeps it for 30 days YOUR DATA No ads and no tracking, and your training is never sold. The AI Plan Builder and the AI coach ask before they send your answers or your plan to an AI company, and name the company first. You can turn that off in Settings. Questions or ideas? Visit gymtrack.pro/support
Notch
This app is a private gym workout tracker designed for individuals who want to log their sessions and monitor progress without distractions. It offers a clean interface for recording sets, reps, and various exercise types, with all data stored locally on your device.
- Log workouts by muscle group and cardio
- 100+ built-in exercises and custom additions
- Multiple exercise types (weight, bodyweight, distance, time)
- Rest timer with screen lock support
- Progress charts and custom metrics
- Local data storage with JSON export/import
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Notch is a free, private gym workout tracker. Built for lifters who just want to log a session, see their progress, and move on with their day. One thing. Done well. Log sets and reps. See your progression. That's it. No social feed, no streaks chasing you, no badges to collect, no plan recommending what you should bench tomorrow. Your data stays on your phone. No account to sign up for. No cloud sync. No analytics. No tracking. Notch makes zero network calls. The only thing that ever leaves your phone is what you choose to export. Free. Forever. No catch. No ads. No paywalls. No "Pro" tier. No "upgrade for charts." Every feature is in the free app. Features: • Log workouts grouped by muscle group + cardio • 100+ built-in exercises across Chest, Back, Legs, Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps, Core, and Cardio — plus add your own • Five exercise types: weight × reps, bodyweight reps (with optional added weight), distance + time, distance, time • Per-exercise variations saved as a pick-list (so analytics stay clean) • Optional partial-rep tracking per set • Rest timer between sets — runs even when the screen is locked • Calendar view with colored muscle-group dots for every gym day • Progress charts per exercise + variation: estimated 1RM, top-set weight, total volume, reps over time • Custom metrics — body weight, resting HR, anything numeric • Daily notes per day • Locations (home gym, commercial gym, etc.) with per-location progress filtering • Full JSON export/import — your data is portable, always • Light + dark themes that follow the system • Metric and imperial units What Notch will never have: Accounts. Ads. Push notifications begging you to come back. Streaks. Social sharing. AI coaches. Subscription tiers. Email lists. Crash reporters. Analytics SDKs. Just a gym log. The way it should be.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Notch at 13.0 against GymTracker Pro's 15.1. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GymTracker Pro against 5.0 for Notch. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
GymTracker Pro ships an update weekly, Notch fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GymTracker Pro | Notch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mohammad Alhusaini | Arvind Sasikumar |
Customer experience
GymTracker Pro
Notch
In-app purchases
GymTracker Pro
No in-app purchases
Notch
No in-app purchases








