Comparison

Leirod | AI Coach & Tracker vs Basalt Lab

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

Head to head
About

Leirod | AI Coach & Tracker

Features
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Leirod is your AI nutrition and fitness coach designed to help you reach your physical goals: weight loss, muscle gain, maintenance, or performance. Built on the expertise of a professional coach who has guided over 500 clients since 2015, the app helps you track your data, understand your progress, and take action every single day. PERSONALIZED GOALS Answer a few questions about your profile, activity, and goals. Leirod calculates your basal metabolic rate, total daily energy expenditure, and targets for calories, protein, carbs, fats, and fiber. SMART NUTRITION β€’ Snap a photo of your meal: the AI identifies the food, estimates portions, and calculates your macros β€’ Scan barcodes to instantly find products via Open Food Facts β€’ Search for or add your food items manually β€’ Log your meals using voice dictation β€’ Generate meals tailored to your goals and dietary preferences β€’ Track your macros by meal: breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner COMPLETE TRAINING β€’ Describe or take a photo of your workout: the AI structures it with exercises, sets, reps, duration, and calories burned β€’ Generate custom workout programs based on your goal, available time, and equipment β€’ Log your sessions with weight, sets, reps, duration, and intensity β€’ Access your history to keep track of your consistency DASHBOARD & STATISTICS β€’ Daily summary of calories consumed vs. calories burned β€’ Detailed charts for calories, macros, workouts, weight, and hydration β€’ Body composition and trend tracking β€’ Customizable reminders for meals, hydration, steps, weight, and workouts β€’ Home screen widget to view your progress at a glance WEEKLY INSIGHTS Every week, Leirod analyzes your data to give you a progress score, highlights your strengths, pinpoints areas for improvement, and provides actionable advice for the upcoming week. LEIROD ASSISTANT An AI chat available 24/7 to log your meals, analyze your workouts, help you adjust your goals, and personalize its responses based on your saved preferences. HEALTH SYNCHRONIZATION Connect HealthKit to sync your steps, calories, sleep, heart rate, workouts, weight, hydration, nutrition, and body composition. COACH SPACE If you work with a coach, link your account to theirs so they can monitor your progress. Coaches get a dedicated dashboard to view their clients' nutrition, workouts, statistics, and daily habits. PREMIUM The Premium subscription unlocks all AI features: Assistant, photo analysis for meals and workouts, meal and program generation, weekly insights, and voice transcription. Terms of Use (Apple EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Health Disclaimer: Leirod is a fitness and wellness tracking application. Leirod is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or injury. For any medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, please consult a qualified healthcare professional. Leirod: your body, your data, your coach.

About

Basalt Lab

This app meticulously logs every gym set, transforming your training data into visible progress. It offers manual logging or advanced 'Lab' mode for seamless tracking, with Apple Watch integration and Live Activities for an unobtrusive experience.

Highlights
  • Manual and 'Lab' workout logging modes
  • Apple Watch integration for reps and weight
  • Live Activities and Dynamic Island for session visibility
  • Over 500 exercises and 113 ready-made workouts
  • 47 detailed performance statistics
  • Plateau detection and 1RM projection
  • Consistency tracking with heatmaps and trophies
Features
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Every set you grind out deserves to be counted. Basalt Lab is the data discipline of a spreadsheet, built into native iOS: you train, the app keeps score, and your progress becomes visible, session after session. Two modes, depending on how you train: β€’ Manual: log a set in a few taps and get back under the bar. β€’ Lab (Pro): validate with a swipe and the rest rolls into the next set. Your phone fades into the background. YOUR SESSION, WITHOUT FRICTION β€’ Your previous session replayed set by set (Pro): you know exactly what to beat today, and today's load wins when it's heavier. β€’ Apple Watch: dial in reps and weight with the Digital Crown and log the set from your wrist, phone stays in the bag. β€’ Live Activities + Dynamic Island: your session stays in sight on the Lock Screen; in Lab mode, your rest and your next set too. β€’ 500 exercises, supersets (Pro), swap an exercise mid-session. β€’ 113 ready-made workouts, sorted by goal and ready to start (41 free): you pick, the app runs it. PROOF YOU'RE MOVING β€’ 47 statistics (14 included, +33 with Pro) built around the only question that matters: are you actually progressing? β€’ Plateau detection (Pro): know it's stalling before you lose weeks to it. β€’ Your 1RM projected at 3 and 6 months (Pro): see where you're headed, not just where you've been. β€’ Push/Pull ratios, strength radar, an overtraining alert when your volume runs past your average (Pro). β€’ Regularity heatmap, streaks and trophies: your consistency finally shows. β€’ Your session heart rate (Apple Watch): the curve, your average and your max on your recap, plus your recovery with Pro. β€’ Add past sessions to your calendar (Pro): your history stays complete, even when life gets in the way. β€’ A session recap you can share as an image, when you have something to show. WHO IT'S FOR For serious lifters who want to progress without noise. No imposed coach, no childish badges, no social feed: nobody to impress, just you and your numbers. FREE VS PRO Free: unlimited workout journal, 14 statistics over the last 4 weeks, 3 custom sessions and 5 custom exercises (4 exercises per session), Manual mode, Watch, Live Activities, widget, trophies. Pro (monthly or annual, both with a free trial): Lab mode, set-by-set prefill, the other 72 ready-made workouts, supersets and session comparison, past sessions, unlimited customization, unlimited stats history, +33 advanced statistics and the strength radar. THE METHOD, DOCUMENTED The average lifter who tracks their progress does better than 66% of those who don't (Harkin et al., 2016). Same program, app-guided: the sessions get done. Alone, one in two gets skipped (Gavanda et al., 2025). Studies on the methods: not on the app itself. YOUR DATA, YOURS Your workouts, loads and health data are never shared. Once you're signed in, the app works offline: your history lives on your device and belongs to you. Backups hosted in the EU (Paris). You rack the phone, you grab the bar. We keep count. Basalt Lab Pro: auto-renewable subscription. β€’ Monthly: $7.99/month. β€’ Annual: $49.99/year, i.e. $4.17/month. Both plans start with a free trial; one trial per Apple Account, whichever plan you choose. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew in your Apple Account settings. Prices shown for the U.S. store; they may vary by country. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://basaltlab.app/privacy

Screenshots

Leirod | AI Coach & Tracker4 screens
Basalt Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

Leirod | AI Coach & Tracker and Basalt Lab are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Leirod | AI Coach & Tracker sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month and Basalt Lab sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Leirod | AI Coach & Tracker versus Basalt Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLeirod | AI Coach & TrackerBasalt Lab
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsβ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetizationβ€”Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch β€” better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size20 MB143 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperDoriel CHICHEOtia LTD

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Leirod | AI Coach & Tracker

Subscriptions1
  • Leirod Premium7 Days trial$7.991 Month
4 purchases

Basalt Lab

Subscriptions4
  • Basalt Lab Pro$5.991 Month
  • Basalt Lab Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Basalt Lab Pro3 Days trial$34.991 Year
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  • Basalt Lab Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Leirod | AI Coach & Tracker free?
Leirod | AI Coach & Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Basalt Lab free?
Basalt Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Leirod | AI Coach & Tracker or Basalt Lab have ads?
Neither Leirod | AI Coach & Tracker nor Basalt Lab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Leirod | AI Coach & Tracker or Basalt Lab?
Leirod | AI Coach & Tracker ships an update every 3 days, and Basalt Lab every 3 days. Most recently, Leirod | AI Coach & Tracker was updated on November 5, 2026 and Basalt Lab on November 7, 2026.

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