Basic Gym vs Workout Log
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Basic Gym
This app simplifies workout tracking for strength training. Easily log exercises, sets, reps, and weight. It features a customizable interval timer and provides detailed insights into your progress over time. Designed for a hassle-free gym experience.
- Customizable muscle groups
- Exercise assignment
- Effortless stat entry (weight, reps, sets)
- Customizable interval timer
- Workout progress insights
- Past session stats
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Introducing Basic Gym: Your ultimate workout tracker with interval timer. Take your fitness to the next level with Basic Gym, the simplest and most effective workout companion app. Easily track your progress, organize your exercises, and achieve your goals. Workout tracking made easy - Create customized muscle groups that fit your unique routine - Assign exercises to your selected muscle groups for a tailored approach - Get started in seconds - no hassle! Effortless Stat Entry: Track Your Progress with Ease 1. Choose Your Target: select the muscle group you're focusing on 2. Pick Your Exercise: choose the specific exercise within that muscle group 3. Record Your Achievements: input the weight, reps and sets effortlessly Interval Timer: Set custom intervals between exercise sets, allowing you to stay focused and maintain momentum throughout your entire workout Unlock Comprehensive Workout Insights - Get a clear overview of your current workout and past sessions at a glance - Dive deeper into your progress with detailed stats from previous workouts - Make data-driven decisions to optimize your fitness journey What Sets Basic Gym Apart: - A hassle-free gym experience, tailored for strength training enthusiasts - Focus on tracking what matters most: your progress! Building muscles and getting bigger and stronger.
Workout Log
Easily build and track custom workout routines, logging sets, weight, and reps. Monitor body weight and progress photos for motivation. Visualize your exercise history and progress over time. Integrates with Apple HealthKit for heart rate data.
- Customizable workout routines
- Log sets, weight, and reps
- Track body weight and progress photos
- Visualize exercise history
- Apple HealthKit integration
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Build easily customizable workout routines so you can quickly log sets, weight, and reps for your exercises in order to push yourself each time you hit the gym. Store your body weight and progress photos in one place to keep yourself motivated. Switch easily between different workout routines and days depending on your needs or fitness goals. With Workout Log Pro you can reflect on your history for the exercise to see how you should push yourself today and visualize how you have progressed over time. Workout Log now uses Apple HealthKit to read user heart rate data when available. More heart rate features coming soon! PRICE AND TERMS: Workout Log offers the following subscriptions options: * 1 month: $2.99 (USD) * 1 year $24.99 (USD) * 1 week free trial for new subscribers These prices apply to United States residents. Prices may vary in other countries respecting your local currency exchange rate. Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account. At the end of the term, unless auto-renewables subscriptions are disabled, your subscription will automatically renew in your iTunes account. You will be charged for the regular price of your subscription within 24 hours prior to the end of the current term. You can turn off automatic renewal in your iTunes account settings at any time, but you must do so at least 24 hours before the end of the current term. Refunds will not be provided for the unused portion of any term. Privacy policy, terms, and conditions: https://workoutlog.fitness
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Basic Gym at none against Workout Log's 3. Basic Gym also leads on review sentiment (95% vs 69%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). Workout Log's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and device support 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. Workout Log sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Basic Gym asks for nothing beyond the download.
Basic Gym holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 103 and 192 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Basic Gym's written reviews are positive against 69% of Workout Log's.
Basic Gym ships an update weekly, Workout Log every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Basic Gym | Workout Log |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (103 ratings) — better | 4.4 (192 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.5% of reviews — better | 68.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 103 | 192 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stefan Collette | Colton Lemmon |
Customer experience
Basic Gym
Workout Log
Bugs and requests
Basic Gym
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Workout Log
Reported bugs
14 issues- Pro version not recognized
- App crashes frequently
- Deleting workouts deletes all progress for that workout
- Cannot edit exercise names without deleting and re-typing
- In-app timer has no notification when reaching zero
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- Workout history saving is cumulative and incorrect
- Unable to log workouts with no history or submit button
- Cannot reorganize exercises within a routine
- Cannot edit typos in exercise names easily
- Cannot delete a single set, only all
- Cannot delete exercises from a routine, must create new
- Crashes when saving workout reps/sets/weight
- Crashes when running the timer
- Inability to edit workout by moving lifts
Requested features
12 requests- Add exercises to current workout
- Show weights and reps for prior workout
- Connect with Apple Health
- Add cardio tracking (time)
- Ability to reorder exercises
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- Rep and set range option
- Edit workout after input (add/remove sets)
- Edit names of days/number of sets
- Track history of gains/progress charts
- Copy/paste routines for progress review
- In-app notification for timer completion
- Share workouts with others
In-app purchases
Basic Gym
No in-app purchases
Workout Log
- Workout Log Pro Subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Workout Log Pro Year7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Workout Log Pro$2.99








