Comparison

Plato vs Beast

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

Head to head
About

Plato

Features
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Plato is a fast, no-clutter workout tracker built for people who actually lift. Open it, log your sets, get back to training. No account needed to start. LOG WORKOUTS FAST • Enter weight and reps with a keypad built for the gym — jump to the next field with one tap • Copy your previous set with a single tap • Timed exercises like planks, dead hangs, and cardio get a built-in start/stop timer • Rest timer between sets START WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT • Use the whole app as a guest — no sign-up, no email, nothing to fill in • Everything stays on your phone until you decide otherwise • Create an account later and everything you already logged comes with you LIVE ACTIVITY • Your active workout lives on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island with a running timer and set count — no need to unlock your phone to check PLAN YOUR TRAINING • Build reusable workout templates • Set a weekly split — assign templates to each day of the week • Plan workouts ahead on the calendar TRACK YOUR PROGRESS • Full workout history • Progress charts for every exercise • Muscle recap shows which muscle groups you've hit and which you've neglected BODY WEIGHT • Log weigh-ins and watch your weight trend over time • Pull ups, dips and other bodyweight moves are counted at what you actually weighed that day — so your volume is honest, and a weigh-in tomorrow never re-writes what you lifted today • Pounds or kilos, your call MAKE IT YOURS • Light or dark, or follow your phone • Seven accent colours — and your home screen icon changes to match YOUR DATA, EVERYWHERE • Sign in with Apple, Google, or email — your workouts sync automatically • Delete your account and data anytime, right from the app No ads. No pop-ups. No clutter. Just training.

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

Plato4 screens
Beast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Plato at none against Beast's shown. Plato also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). Beast's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Plato against 5.0 for Beast. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plato ships an update every 2 months, Beast weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Plato versus Beast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlatoBeast
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFull Stach LLCRishi Masand

In-app purchases

None

Plato

No in-app purchases

None

Beast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Plato free?
Plato is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beast free?
Beast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Plato or Beast?
Plato and Beast are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Plato or Beast have ads?
Beast shows ads; Plato does not.
Which is updated more often, Plato or Beast?
Plato ships an update every 2 months, and Beast weekly. Most recently, Plato was updated on October 24, 2026 and Beast on October 11, 2026.

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