Comparison

Plato vs DayMatched

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

Head to head
About

Plato

This app helps you quickly log your weightlifting sets and plan your weekly training. It offers a clean interface with no account required to start, and displays your active workout on your Lock Screen. Track your progress with detailed history and charts.

Highlights
  • Fast workout logging with custom keypad
  • Built-in timers for exercises and rest
  • Workout planning and weekly scheduling
  • Progress tracking with charts and history
  • Live Activity for Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
  • No account required to start
  • Customizable themes and accent colors
Features
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Free. No ads. No pop-ups. No paywalls. No BS. Plato is a workout tracker for lifting and cardio, and that's all it is. Open it, log your sets, see your progress, get back to training. Nothing will ever pop up asking you to rate the app, upgrade, start a trial or turn on notifications. Not on your first workout, not on your five hundredth. WHAT YOU WON'T FIND • Ads • Rate-us prompts, upgrade screens or "come back" nags • Notifications. Plato doesn't send any • Subscriptions or in-app purchases. Every feature is free • Tracking. Your workouts are never sold or used for ads • A sign-up wall. The whole app works without an account LOG LIFTS FAST • 600 built-in exercises — barbell staples, machines, cables, bands, calisthenics, sports and neck work — each with a guide to doing it right, and one tap to find a video demo • A keypad built for the gym: enter weight and reps, then jump to the next field in one tap • Copy your previous set in one tap • Built-in timers for planks, dead hangs and other timed sets • An optional rest timer between sets, from 30 seconds to 5 minutes • Works with no signal: log a whole session in a dead zone and it syncs when you're back online TRAIN SMARTER • Every lift shows your best set, your estimated one-rep max and a chart of where it's heading • A muscle map of what you've hit this week, and what you've skipped • Streaks, total volume, sets and time on the Stats tab • Your fastest mile, 5K and 10K, and your distance week by week • Full workout history, a tap away CARDIO • Runs, walks, hikes, rides, swims, rows, ellipticals and stair sessions • On Apple Watch: live heart rate and calories, plus distance and pace on runs, walks, hikes, rides and swims, and mile or kilometer splits on runs, walks, hikes and rides • No watch? Runs, walks and hikes get their distance, pace and splits from your iPhone's step counter • Sessions your watch tracks save to Apple Health, so they count toward your rings APPLE WATCH • Log the workout in progress from your wrist: the next set's weight and reps are ready, the Digital Crown adjusts them, and one tap logs it • The rest countdown, right on your wrist • Start a template from the watch • Put Plato on your watch face LIVE ACTIVITY • Your workout lives on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with a running clock, your set count and the rest countdown START WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT • 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've logged comes with you PLAN YOUR TRAINING • Reusable workout templates, started in one tap • A weekly split: a template for each day, already picked when you tap Start workout • Plan workouts ahead on the calendar BODY WEIGHT • Log weigh-ins and watch the trend • Pull-ups, dips and other bodyweight moves count at what you weighed that day, so a new weigh-in never rewrites what you've already lifted • Pounds or kilos, your call MAKE IT YOURS • Light or dark, or follow your phone • Seven accent colors, and your home screen icon changes to match YOUR DATA • Sign in with Apple, Google or email to sync across devices • Delete your account and all your data anytime, right from the app Plato is for training. Everything else got cut.

About

DayMatched

This app creates personalized workout plans based on your available time, energy levels, equipment, and desired focus. It adapts to your day, offering flexibility to swap or skip exercises and providing guidance for proper form.

Highlights
  • Adaptive workout plans
  • Customizable by time, energy, equipment
  • Exercise demonstrations and form guidance
  • Flexibility to swap or skip movements
  • Weekly planning around real life
  • Workout history and progress tracking
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Your schedule changed. Your energy changed. Maybe your whole day did. Your workout doesn’t have to fall apart because of it. DayMatched builds a workout around the day you’re actually having. Tell DayMatched how much time you have, where you’re working out, what equipment is available, your energy and soreness, how you want to feel, and what you want to focus on. It turns those answers into a clear workout plan you can actually start. No digging through workout libraries. No trying to squeeze a 45-minute plan into 20. No streak guilt because Tuesday got weird. YOUR DAYMATCH, BUILT AROUND YOU • Warmup, main work, an optional finisher when it fits, and cooldown • Body Focus for the areas you want to work • Workouts that adapt around your time, energy, soreness, location, and equipment • Exercise demonstrations and form guidance when you need them • The flexibility to swap or skip movements as you go • Weekly planning that works around real life • Workout history and progress without streak pressure DayMatched isn’t about having the perfect fitness routine. It’s about making movement easier to follow through on when real life keeps changing. Plan ahead when you can. Match the day when you can’t. Less deciding. More moving. Monthly and annual membership options are available for full access.

Screenshots

Plato4 screens
DayMatched4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Plato at none against DayMatched's 2. DayMatched's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. DayMatched sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Plato asks for nothing beyond the download.

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 DayMatched. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plato ships an update every 2 months, DayMatched every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Plato versus DayMatched: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlatoDayMatched
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFull Stach LLCLyah Seale

In-app purchases

None

Plato

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

DayMatched

Subscriptions2
  • DayMatched Monthly$9.991 Month
  • DayMatched Annual$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Plato free?
Plato is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DayMatched free?
DayMatched is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Plato or DayMatched?
Plato and DayMatched are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Plato or DayMatched have ads?
Neither Plato nor DayMatched shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plato or DayMatched?
Plato ships an update every 2 months, and DayMatched every 4 days. Most recently, Plato was updated on October 31, 2026 and DayMatched on October 31, 2026.

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