Comparison

Stark vs Beast

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

Head to head
About

Stark

Features
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Stark. Workout Tracker Stark is a simple and powerful workout tracker built for lifters who want structure, consistency, and real progress. No ads. No account required. No subscription. Start training instantly. Track workouts, log sets and reps, and follow your progress over time without distractions. Create custom workout routines for push, pull, legs, full body, or your own split. Log every set and rep with ease and keep your training consistent. Progressive overload tracking See your training volume increase over time. View full workout history, track personal records, and monitor strength progression clearly. Streak tracker Stay consistent with a streak system that keeps you accountable. Miss a week and it resets. Keep going and build momentum. Quickly calculate how to load the bar. Enter your target weight and get the exact plates needed instantly. Automatic rest timer starts after each set. Stay on track with countdown alerts so you never lose focus between sets. Exercise library and workout log Access your full exercise library, log weights, track progress per movement, and review your lifting history anytime. Fast, minimal interface designed for training sessions. Works in dark or light mode depending on your environment. Stark is free to download and requires no account or subscription. Just open and start lifting. FEATURES Workout Templates — Build reusable routines for any split and launch them in one tap. Set & Rep Logging — Log every set with weight and reps as you train, in real time. Rest Timer — Auto-starts after each set with a visual countdown and "Get Ready" alert. Plate Calculator — Enter your target weight and instantly see which plates to load. Exercise Library — Browse a full exercise database with per-exercise history and personal records. Session History — Review every past workout with full set-by-set detail. Weekly Report — Get a clear summary of your training each week, including volume, progress, and consistency. Training Streaks — Stay accountable with a streak that resets if you skip a week. Progress Charts — Visualize strength gains and volume trends across time. Exercise Swaps — Quickly swap exercises mid-workout if equipment is taken or you want a change. Dark & Light Mode — Full support for both — looks sharp either way. No ads. No subscriptions. — Free to download, nothing locked away. Fully functional offline!

About

Beast

Log your gym sessions quickly and efficiently with this workout tracker. It allows for easy data import from other apps, offers a rest timer, and provides detailed progress charts for each exercise and muscle group. You can also edit past workouts and add custom exercises.

Highlights
  • Import training data from other apps
  • Log sets with one-tap repeat
  • Automatic rest timer with notifications
  • Extensive exercise library with custom options
  • Muscle heat maps for volume tracking
  • Progress charts for individual exercises
  • Editable workout logs
Features
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Beast is a workout tracker with no account and no subscription. Import years of training from another app, then log your next session in about ten seconds. SWITCH WITHOUT STARTING OVER Most workout trackers make you start at zero. Export your data from the app you use today and Beast reads it. Years of training, thousands of sets. Your PRs, your volume, your charts and your muscle map are all there on day one. LOG A SET IN ONE TAP Beast shows what you lifted last time next to every set. Repeating it? One tap on the checkmark logs it. Going heavier? Type the number and tap. Warm-up, working, drop and failure sets each get their own badge, and warm-ups never disturb your set numbering or steal a personal record. A REST TIMER THAT KEEPS RUNNING Rest starts itself the moment you log a set. Adjust it by 15 seconds, skip it, or leave the app entirely. A notification tells you when rest is up, even with your phone locked. 500+ EXERCISES, PLUS YOUR OWN Browse a library of hundreds of movements with instructions, filtered by muscle and equipment. Anything missing, you add yourself. A custom exercise fills in the muscle map and earns records exactly like a built-in one. SEE EVERY MUSCLE YOU TRAINED Every workout gets a muscle heat map: front and back body maps shaded by how much volume each muscle actually took, with a ranked breakdown underneath. Your profile shows the same map across your entire training history, so a neglected muscle group is impossible to miss. WATCH YOUR LIFTS GO UP Every exercise has its own progress chart: heaviest set, estimated 1RM or total volume, plotted session by session. Personal records are stamped onto the workout that earned them, so you can see the day you hit them. YOUR WHOLE TRAINING LOG, ADDED UP The profile tab is your lifetime numbers: total volume lifted, workouts completed, week-by-week training streaks, an activity grid of every day you trained, and your best set on every lift you have ever done. Tap any day to open that workout. FIX A WORKOUT LATER Logged 225 when you meant 245? Every finished workout is fully editable: title, date, duration, units, notes and every set of every exercise. Correct a weight and the personal record hands itself back to the workout that really earned it. BUILT FOR LIFTERS Barbell, dumbbell, machine, cable or bodyweight. Push-pull-legs, upper-lower, full body, 5x5, or whatever you wrote on the back of an envelope. Beast does not tell you what to train. It keeps an honest record of the work you did.

Screenshots

Stark4 screens
Beast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Stark at none against Beast's shown. Stark also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stark ships an update every 10 days, Beast weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Stark versus Beast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStarkBeast
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnton LarssonRishi Masand

In-app purchases

None

Stark

No in-app purchases

None

Beast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stark free?
Stark is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beast free?
Beast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Stark or Beast have ads?
Beast shows ads; Stark does not.
Which is updated more often, Stark or Beast?
Stark ships an update every 10 days, and Beast weekly. Most recently, Stark was updated on October 18, 2026 and Beast on October 11, 2026.

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