Gym Logbook vs FreeCals

Gym Logbook is a fast, offline-first training log built for the gym floor — large controls, few taps, and sets that never get locked behind “done.” Log by tap, by voice with Siri, or from Apple Watch. TRAIN BY VOICE • “Log a set in Gym Logbook” — with your iPhone locked in your pocket, or through AirPods • Start a template, repeat a set, undo, rest and finish, all by voice • Every phrase is listed in Account → Siri AI TRAINING • Pick the muscles — as specific as upper chest, lats or glutes — and get a workout built for your level • Sets, reps and a starting weight from your own history, with the reason for each exercise • Shuffle what you don't like, then start or save it as a template. Runs on your iPhone GOALS THAT LEVEL UP • Pick up to 3 muscles and give each a weekly set target • Hit it 3 weeks out of 4 and you're offered the next level — never moved without asking • Your training level, from Elementary to Advanced, on the same card START FAST • Empty workout, templates, AI Training, or a Balanced session from your under-trained muscles • Wheel pickers for weight, reps, duration, distance, height, band level and cardio • Each set suggested from the matching set last time — Apply in one tap, Dup the last set in one tap • Name your cable machines: each keeps its own history, suggestions and seat / pin setup APPLE WATCH • Every exercise on your wrist — weight and reps wheels, Dup, Add Set and Rest in one tap • Supersets walk A → B → C; the rest timer counts down on the watch, the Lock Screen and the Dynamic Island TRAIN FOR YOUR SPORT • 21 sports and six training styles: Gym, Calisthenics, Agility, Yoga, CrossFit, Stability • One Filter row narrows the whole library — search, favorites, supersets and templates follow your sport TRAIN SMARTER • 700+ exercises with muscle groups and form guides — barbell, dumbbell, machines, cables, calisthenics and skill moves • Supersets (library presets + your own) with a rest timer • Personal records at a glance, with estimated 1RM shown as a reference • Optional execution rank on skill moves SEE WHAT A SESSION COST • Optional energy estimate, off by default — an estimate, never a target; no food logging, no calorie goal • Optional heart rate from Apple Watch, off by default: live while you lift, and every exercise and set marked under the line afterwards. • Apple Health export for finished sessions SEE YOUR HISTORY • Calendar history; log a workout you forgot to any past day • Finished too soon? Undo a finish for 30 minutes and keep logging • Recycle Bin with 30-day restore; full backup Export / Import from Insights or Account • Insights: what to train next, lagging muscles and where every muscle stands each week • Share cards for a workout, a new PR, your month, your year or your streak KEEP THE STREAK • A weekly training goal, Game Center streak leaderboards and optional reminders, off by default YOUR ACCOUNT, YOUR LANGUAGE • Optional Sign in with Apple or Google (guest works offline) • Cloud sync for finished workouts when signed in • English, Russian, Armenian, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Danish, Polish, French and Arabic Exercise illustrations are AI-generated and are there to help you recognise a movement — read the written instructions and safety notes, and ask a coach if something looks wrong. Built for gym speed. Local-first so you never lose an in-progress workout.

FreeCals is a calorie tracker. There is no account to create, and your diary is stored on your phone. LOGGING A MEAL Scan a barcode and the packaged product comes back from Open Food Facts. Search by name and two databases answer: Open Food Facts for packaged products, USDA FoodData Central for generic foods like chicken breast or rolled oats. When neither has what you ate, describe it. Type or dictate "a bowl of porridge with 200 ml milk, a banana and a flat white" and FreeCals reads it into separate items with portions. Photograph the plate instead if that is quicker, or photograph a printed nutrition label and the numbers are read off it on your device. Paste a recipe URL or photograph a recipe and it becomes an ingredient list you can log a portion of, with a shopping list if you want one. WEIGHT AND TARGETS Log your weight and FreeCals follows the trend rather than the daily noise. From what you logged and how your weight actually moved it works out what you burn, and adjusts your target to match. Body measurements too. THE DAY AND THE WEEK 23 nutrients, not only the three macros. Water. A fasting timer. Supplements. Meals planned a day ahead. A score for the day and for the week, built from your own figures alone and able to show you exactly what it is made of. Ask a question about your own numbers in plain language and get an answer with your last four weeks in front of it. WATCH, WIDGETS, LIVE ACTIVITIES An Apple Watch app for calories left, water, quick add, weight and fasting, with complications. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. A Live Activity for a running fast and for the calories you have left today. APPLE HEALTH Two-way, each direction with its own switch, off until you turn it on. YOUR DATA The diary lives on the device. Export all of it as JSON and the diary as CSV whenever you want, and import it back. Deleting the app deletes the data. Barcode lookups, searches, descriptions, photos and questions go to the FreeCals backend and on to Open Food Facts, USDA FoodData Central or OpenAI to be answered. They carry no account, no device identifier and no cookies. What comes back is the answer. AI answers are estimates, and the app labels them as estimates. FreeCals is a tracking tool, not a medical device, and gives no medical advice. Product data from Open Food Facts, licensed under the Open Database License. Generic foods from USDA FoodData Central, published by the US Department of Agriculture and in the public domain. English and German.