Comparison

VirPulse vs Lift Logger

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

Head to head
About

VirPulse

Understand your long-term health changes with this companion app. It analyzes data from Apple Health, providing clear charts and insights into sleep, heart rate, activity, and workouts. Discover trends and fluctuations to better manage your wellness.

Highlights
  • Daily health overview
  • Sleep and recovery trends
  • Workout and activity records
  • Long-term health tracking
  • On-device processing
  • Privacy-focused data access
Features
Read full description

VirPulse is a personal health trend companion built around data from Apple Health. It helps you better understand long-term changes in sleep, heart rate, heart rate variability (HRV), respiratory rate, activity, workouts, and more. With VirPulse, you can review a daily overview of your health, follow changes in key metrics, and spot recent fluctuations through clear, easy-to-read charts. Whether you are looking at sleep quality, recovery, or how your body responds after exercise, VirPulse brings your Apple Health data together into a clearer and more useful view. KEY FEATURES DAILY HEALTH OVERVIEW See key information across sleep, heart rate, stress insights, activity, and workouts at a glance. SLEEP AND RECOVERY TRENDS Review changes in sleep duration, sleep stages, heart rate, and HRV to better understand long-term patterns in sleep quality and recovery. WORKOUT AND ACTIVITY RECORDS Review today’s activity, workout history, training trends, and shareable workout cards in one place. LONG-TERM HEALTH TRACKING Search a wide range of health metrics and explore historical trends to discover how your body changes over time. MORE WITH VIRPULSE PRO VirPulse Pro unlocks additional analysis, historical insights, and advanced trend views. PRIVACY FIRST VirPulse requests your explicit permission before accessing Apple Health data and prioritizes on-device processing. You can manage data access permissions at any time in Apple Health. IMPORTANT VirPulse does not provide medical diagnoses and is not a substitute for advice from a doctor or other qualified healthcare professional. Information and insights provided by the app are intended only for general wellness and personal health trend reference. VirPulse is designed for anyone who wants to better understand their health, sleep quality, workout performance, and recovery trends over time. Privacy Policy: https://docs.kaisir.cn/books/virpulse/page/49182 Terms of Service: https://docs.kaisir.cn/books/virpulse/page/fccb6 Apple Standard End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Lift Logger

Log your strength training workouts privately and efficiently. Track weight, reps, time, and distance with a built-in timer and plate calculator. View progress charts and export your data.

Highlights
  • Private workout logging
  • Track weight, reps, time, distance
  • Built-in rest timer
  • Plate calculator
  • Progress charts
  • Data export to CSV
  • Manual and iCloud backups
Read full description

A strength log for iPhone built for one thing: getting your sets down fast and keeping them yours. No account. No feed. No subscription required. Your training data lives on your phone and answers to nobody but you. NOTHING BETWEEN YOU AND THE BAR Built for lifters who program their own training and just want it written down. · No account to create. No feed to scroll. No ads, ever — not even in Free. · No database of exercises you'll ignore. No preset programs you won't run. · No analytics, no trackers, no third-party SDKs. The app makes zero network requests to us — there's no "us" to phone home to. FREE FOREVER The core app is free forever. No trial clock, no feature that quits on you after two weeks. · Start logging in minutes — no setup, no tutorial. · Track any combination of weight, reps, time, and distance per exercise. · Run single exercises, several at once, or whole routines with one tap. · Rest between sets with the built-in timer — choose your default duration and alert. · Separate warmups from working sets, and rest between them at will. · Load your barbell with the built-in plate calculator. · Add per-exercise and per-session notes to reference later. · Scroll back through every session on the calendar. · Watch your heaviest weight and estimated 1RM climb on progress charts. · Back up manually and export everything to CSV. · Every set saves as you type, so a workout is never lost — and anything that deletes data always asks first. LIFT LOGGER PRO — one-time purchase Pro buys the tools that do the thinking between sets. Quality-of-life upgrades; nothing here holds your training hostage. · Set goals on any exercise, with a trophy for the session that clears it. · Pick your 1RM formula: hybrid (default), Brzycki, Epley, Lander, or an average of all three. · Advanced progress charts: estimated 3, 5, 8, and 10 rep maxes, volume per set, and volume per session. · Customize the plates on your rack, and the plate calculator updates with new combinations. · Warmup calculator: pick a percent, get the exact bar load from your own plates. · Write completed sessions straight to Apple Health — synced on your device, never through us. · Back up automatically to your own iCloud Drive, encrypted under your Apple ID. We never receive a copy and couldn't read one if we did. · Migrate your CSV history from another tracker instead of starting from zero. LIFT LOGGER SUPPORTER — monthly The only subscription, and it unlocks nothing functional. Every real feature lives in Free or Pro — this one just says thanks. · 15 accent colors. · Alternative app icons. · Funds ongoing development. YOUR DATA, ACTUALLY YOURS Every exercise, set, note, and personal best lives in a local database on your iPhone. No crash reporting, no advertising identifier, no "anonymized" usage analytics. The one exception: Apple processes purchases through StoreKit — we never see payment details or your identity. Delete the app and your data goes with it; your backups stay yours until you delete them. BUILT FOR EVERY LIFTER Accessibility is designed in, not patched on. · Full VoiceOver support — controls are labeled, and abbreviations like "Wt" and "3RM" are spoken in full. · Log sets hands-free with Voice Control — useful when your hands are full of barbell. · Full Dynamic Type support; layouts reflow instead of truncating. · A true dark appearance, WCAG AA contrast, and nothing conveyed by color alone. · Reduced Motion respected, and the rest timer works without sound — countdown on screen, haptic tap when it ends. Download it, add a bar, log a set. That's the whole onboarding. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

VirPulse4 screens
Lift Logger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Lift Logger at 5.0 against VirPulse's 4.3. VirPulse's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. VirPulse sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Lift Logger sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lift Logger holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VirPulse has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
VirPulse versus Lift Logger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVirPulseLift Logger
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size157 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer凯 李Samantha Geer

Customer experience

VirPulse

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral1.5%
Negative4.4%

Lift Logger

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

VirPulse

Subscriptions2
  • VirPulse Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • VirPulse Pro Yearly$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • VirPulse Pro Lifetime$19.99
2 purchases

Lift Logger

Subscriptions1
  • Lift Logger Supporter$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lift Logger Pro$24.99

Questions

Is VirPulse free?
VirPulse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lift Logger free?
Lift Logger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, VirPulse or Lift Logger?
Lift Logger is rated higher. VirPulse averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Lift Logger averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do VirPulse or Lift Logger have ads?
Neither VirPulse nor Lift Logger shows ads.

Other comparisons