Lido vs Durata
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lido
This app provides a hands-free workout timer with spoken cues and alerts, even when the screen is locked. It also features a unique visual log where a toy floats in a pool after each completed workout, with rare gilded toys appearing occasionally.
- Hands-free spoken exercise cues
- Halfway and 5-second alerts
- Workout log with collectible toys
- Untimed checklists with rest clock
- Control Center/Lock Screen integration
- Screen lock and background operation
Read full descriptionHide full description
Lido is a workout timer with a pool. Build your workout, press play, and put the phone down. Lido speaks — it announces each exercise, calls halfway so you know when to switch sides, and counts down the last five seconds, even with the screen locked. Finish a workout and a toy floats in your pool: a rubber duck, a beach ball, an orca, a flamingo. One toy per workout, a fresh pool every month. It's a workout log you'll actually want to look at — and every so often, a gilded toy turns up. THE TIMER • Timed circuits with spoken cues — hands-free from first exercise to last • Untimed checklists for gym days: sets, reps, and a rest clock • Halfway and five-second alerts, per exercise • Keeps talking with the screen locked or the app in the background SETS • A standalone rest clock for the bench — tap when you rack the bar, lift when it says go • Start it from Control Center or the Lock Screen without opening the app THE POOL • One toy per finished workout, in your workout's color • Monthly pools you can swim back through • Rare gilded toys, if you're lucky SHARE • Send a workout to a friend as a link — it opens in their Lido, ready to add • No account needed on either end EVERYWHERE • Home Screen widgets for your week and your pool • Lock Screen accessories • Night Swim — a dark mode that lights the pool after sundown PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no tracking, no subscription • Everything stays on your phone • Shared workouts travel inside the link itself — no server ever sees them Free. Made by one person and a rubber duck.
Durata
Read full descriptionHide full description
More lifting. Less thinking. Durata is a free gym workout tracker and weightlifting log that works out your next weight. Pick one of 50 proven programs or build your own, log every set in seconds, and progressive overload is done for you. No ads, no trial countdown, nothing that stops working. THE NEXT WEIGHT, ALREADY WORKED OUT • Hit your reps and the weight goes up. Miss, and it follows your program's own rule. Tap any lift to see why, in plain words. • Training maxes, AMRAP bumps, stalls and deload weeks are handled for you. • Free on all 50 programs. On plans you build yourself, progression comes with Pro. 50 PROVEN PROGRAMS, RUN AS WRITTEN • Strength training, powerlifting and bodybuilding classics: 5×5, 5/3/1 (Boring But Big, Triumvirate, For Beginners), GZCLP, nSuns LP, PHUL, PHAT, Texas Method, Madcow 5×5, Candito 6 Week Strength, German Volume Training, Arnold Split, Strong Curves and more. • Discover sorts them by goal: Strength, Hypertrophy, Powerbuilding, Fat Loss and more. • Every program has its own page: your week with your own weights, the whole block, and what it builds. • A weekly workout planner: drag a session to another day when life gets in the way. • Or build your own: four sessions of your own free, as many as you like with Pro. A GYM LOG BUILT FOR SPEED, ONLINE OR OFF • 451 exercises, every one with form tips, 407 with how-to videos. • Ten set types, from Warmup and Top Set to Backoff, Dropset and AMRAP. Minisets log Rest Pause, Myo Reps and Cluster sets row by row. • Supersets, tempo per lift, RPE and notes on every exercise. • Rest timer, plus warmup, plate and rep max calculators built in. • HIIT blocks run for you, round by round. Cardio keeps records of its own: furthest, longest and fastest. • Log workouts offline in the gym. Your history syncs across your devices and exports to CSV any time. EVERY RECORD, CAUGHT ON THE SPOT • Heaviest weight, best estimated 1RM and best volume, marked the moment you rack the bar, with 13 record animations to pick from. • 18 finish celebrations, like a receipt with every record marked, ready to share. • The PR Board shows the old best beside every new one, and each record opens its chart. WATCH YOUR STRENGTH ACTUALLY MOVE • Every lift's strength story since day one. Turn on Fuel to see it against what you ate. • Sets by muscle, the muscle map, Near PRs, Volume Landmarks, habits, and reviews for every week, month and year. • Goals for strength, body weight and volume, each with a forecast date. A year heatmap, and every chart full screen. • A Home screen you arrange yourself. Tap any tile and it opens exactly what it shows. MORE THAN LIFTING • Body weight, body fat, sleep, steps, heart rate and nutrition beside your training, read from Apple Health. Read-only: Durata never writes to your health data. • Progress photos side by side. Photos stay on your device. SWITCHING FROM STRONG OR HEVY? Import your whole history free: workouts, sets, reps, weights and PRs. Bring the export file or connect your Hevy API key. Importing again never makes duplicates. FREE, AND WHAT PRO ADDS Everything above is free unless it says Pro. Pro adds: • Progression on the plans you build or import yourself. • Unlimited sessions of your own. • The full app in any browser at getdurata.app. • Setup Next: the plates, bench angle, hook height and kit for your next set. • Multi-Gym: switch gyms and your plates, setups and exercises switch with you. • Import one session from a photo, a PDF page or a pasted message, 10 a month. • The verdicts on your numbers: Load & Recovery, Strength Standards, the Imbalance Detector, Exercise Trends, Compare Exercises and Sleep & Performance. • Photo time-lapse. Pro is $3.99 a month, $22.99 a year or $59.99 once, shown in your own currency at checkout. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Sign in with your email and a 6-digit code. Durata never stores a password. Built for the long haul.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lido at none against Durata's 3. Durata's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Durata sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Lido asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Lido | Durata |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brandon Lukas | Jamie Blakeney |
In-app purchases
Lido
No in-app purchases
Durata
- Durata Pro$3.991 Month
- Durata Pro Annual$22.991 Year
- Durata Pro Lifetime$59.99






