Fortera vs Sportiary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Fortera
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Fortera is a strength-training journal that records what actually happened in your session ā not a rough guess. Most trackers give you one number: total time. This one builds a real timeline: when each set started, how long you were under load, how long you truly rested, what your heart rate did. Every number on your charts comes from that timeline. APPLE WATCH COMPANION Run the session from your wrist: pick the next exercise, log a set, start the rest timer with a haptic countdown, watch live heart rate. The watch counts reps from your wrist movement and asks you to confirm. It keeps working while your phone is in the locker and syncs back when they meet again. Watch-face complications and Smart Stack widgets start a workout in one tap, and your stats and body-weight logging are on the wrist too. SMART PROGRAMMING Ready-made programs, a calendar planner and a generator that builds a session around the muscles you have recovered. Weights follow your history and equipment: barbell, dumbbells, machines or cables. ⢠Periodization in blocks: the app works out your weights and tells you when to deload ⢠Guided workout: one exercise per screen, with a warm-up ladder built from your working weight ⢠An 8-week roadmap, home versions of a workout, a safe mode for beginners and one-tap exercise swaps AI COACH Optional and built in: ⢠Programs built from your goal, equipment and history ⢠A second opinion on your working weight, with the reasoning ⢠Form check: record a set, get feedback on your technique Free within a monthly allowance shown on the AI screen. It runs only when you ask for it; nothing is sent otherwise. CARDIO TOO Treadmill, bike, rower, elliptical, stepper and walking ā inside your workout, from the phone or the watch. Distance, steps and calories come from Apple Health automatically. FOR WOMEN Optional cycle tracking suggests effort and volume for your phase and asks before adjusting a workout. Turn it on in your profile. SEE REAL PROGRESS ⢠Personal records and estimated 1RM for every exercise ⢠Volume, tonnage and time-under-load charts ⢠Body measurements by zone, left and right apart, and progress photos ⢠Recovery map: which muscles are still fatigued ⢠Food diary with calorie and macro targets ⢠Streaks, lifetime totals and badges ⢠Timeline analytics: workout density, real rest against the plan, how rest length changes your next set ⢠History export to CSV, and import from a Strong, Hevy or FitNotes CSV export (third-party apps; Fortera is not affiliated with or endorsed by them) BUILT FOR THE GYM FLOOR ⢠Plate calculator for each side of the bar ⢠Automatic warm-up sets ⢠Rest timer with notifications ⢠Smart reminders: workout day, the evening before, a missed or unfinished workout ⢠160+ exercises with photos, step-by-step instructions and technique videos, plus your own custom exercises. Videos play from YouTube, a third-party service; Fortera is not affiliated with it. ⢠Metric or imperial units TRAIN WITH A COACH Your coach gives you an invite code. Enter it and they can assign you programs and review the exercise clips you choose to send. Coaches get a trainer mode: clients, programs, clip reviews and their own exercises. COMMUNITY Share a workout as a card, follow friends in the feed and cheer them on. Report and block are one tap away. You can also confirm your phone number with a code sent through Telegram, a third-party service; Fortera is not affiliated with it. APPLE HEALTH Fortera reads your steps, active energy, sleep and body weight from Apple Health, and writes every finished workout back with calories and distance; workouts recorded on Apple Watch also carry heart rate. OFFLINE FIRST Everything works offline. An optional account syncs your data across iPhone and Apple Watch. PRIVACY Apple Health data is used only inside the app. No ads, no third-party analytics, nothing sold. AI features send data to the model provider only when you use them ā see our privacy policy.
Sportiary
This app offers a straightforward way to log your workouts, focusing on exercises like push-ups, pull-ups, and weightlifting. It prioritizes speed and simplicity, allowing you to record sets in seconds without complex onboarding or features. Track your progress with a calendar, personal records, and achievements.
- Log sets by reps, time, distance, or weight
- Workout calendar and history
- Personal records for each exercise
- Day streaks and 77 achievements
- Weekly activity charts
- iCloud sync
- Customizable reminders and home screen icons
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Log a set, close the app. That's it. Sportiary is a workout log for the pull-up bar, the dip bars and the floor of your room. Open it, type "20 push-ups", close. Five seconds, no onboarding, no goal picker, no paywall. I built it because I was tired of fitness apps where the "+1 set" button sits behind three screens. I just needed somewhere to type in how many pull-ups I did, or how long I held the plank. No meal plans, no step counter, no database of a thousand exercises. Just the 20 that matter: push-ups, pull-ups, dips, abs, squats, lunges, burpees, supermans, wall sits, handstands, three plank variations, running and cycling. Plus the gym basics: bench press, deadlift, barbell squat, overhead press and barbell row. HOW IT WORKS Open the app ā pick push-ups ā tap a preset number or type your own ā close. No mandatory timers, no plans, no setup screens. WHAT'S INSIDE ⢠Sets by reps, by time (seconds), by distance (meters) or by weight (kg Ć reps) ⢠Workout calendar ā your whole history, day by day ⢠Personal records for every exercise ⢠Day streaks ā one missed day a week is frozen and doesn't break the streak ⢠77 achievements in six categories, 20 of them secret ⢠Weekly activity chart, so you can see where the load dropped ⢠iCloud sync: new phone, same history ⢠Reminders and 12 Home Screen icons to choose from ⢠12 languages, switchable inside the app ⢠Free. No workout limit, no ads, no subscriptions, no sign-up Sportiary won't teach you how to train and won't send you motivational quotes. It just remembers every set, so next week you can do a little more than this week.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Fortera at 4 against Sportiary's 2. Fortera also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Fortera ships an update monthly, Sportiary every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fortera | Sportiary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | ā | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | ā | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch ā better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 ā better | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexandr Degteari | Nikita Kovalyonok |
In-app purchases
Fortera
No in-app purchases
Sportiary
No in-app purchases








