Comparison

Basic Gym vs Training Tracker

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Customizable muscle groups
  • Exercise assignment
  • Effortless stat entry (weight, reps, sets)
  • Customizable interval timer
  • Workout progress insights
  • Past session stats
Features
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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.

About

Training Tracker

Log weight training workouts and track performance and body composition progress. Easily create custom exercises and workouts, calculate 1RM, and visualize progress with graphs. Includes body weight and body fat tracking.

Highlights
  • User-defined exercises and workouts
  • Simple weight and rep entry
  • 1RM calculation
  • Total weight volume calculation
  • Body composition tracking
  • Progress graphs
  • Backup and restore feature
Features
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Training Tracker is a simple, powerful, easy to use fitness app for logging weight training workouts and tracking results of performance and body composition. The design of Training Tracker’s interface makes it simple to navigate. A few exercises and simple workouts come preloaded in the app for use. You can use them as they are or edit them to fit your needs. This apps interface allows you to easily enter your own exercises. You can give them any name you like and use them to build your own custom workouts based on your typical gym routine, or any new routine you would like to log and track. Training Tracker is also designed to allow users to enter and track body composition. Whether you are trying to lose weight, gain muscle or just track body fat levels. Body fat calipers can be purchased from Training Tracker. Features: Easy to use interface Entry of user defined exercises and workouts. User defined muscle group entry for exercise sorting. Simple weight and rep entry to record sets performed. Rest time notification based on user defined rest time preference. 1RM calculation per set highlighting the highest 1RM per session and tracking record 1RM per exercise. Calculates total weight volume lifted per exercise and workout. Displays previous exercise set data in main workout entry screen with the option to review last 5 sessions for reference. History calendar displays highlighted dates of recorded workouts allowing selection and review of any specific day’s workout and recorded workout volumes. History graphs provide simple progress display of recorded total volumes lifted for workouts or specific exercises. User weight entry for body weight tracking with user weight progress table. Body fat measurement entry for easily recording body fat percentage and tracking with progress table. Backup and restore feature allows users to back up performance data at any time if needed for restoration on new device.

Screenshots

Basic Gym4 screens
Training Tracker3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Basic Gym at 95% against Training Tracker's 0%. Basic Gym also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (103 vs 3). Training Tracker's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases 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

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

Basic Gym holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Basic Gym has 103 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Basic Gym's written reviews are positive against 0% of Training Tracker's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Basic Gym versus Training Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBasic GymTraining Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (103 ratings) — better4.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews95.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings103 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB24 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperStefan ColletteScottie Kennedy

Customer experience

Basic Gym

All ratings99 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%

Training Tracker

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Basic Gym

No in-app purchases

None

Training Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Basic Gym free?
Basic Gym is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Training Tracker free?
Training Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Basic Gym or Training Tracker?
Basic Gym is rated higher. Basic Gym averages 4.7 out of 5 from 103 ratings, while Training Tracker averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Basic Gym or Training Tracker have ads?
Basic Gym shows ads; Training Tracker does not.

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