Lifting vs Lift Point
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lifting
This tool helps calculate your one-rep max and determine the weight needed for your lifts. It also breaks down plate combinations and includes a notes section for tracking maxes and workouts.
- One rep max calculation
- Weight to put on bar calculation
- Plate breakdown for each side
- Notes section for maxes and workouts
- Supports iPhone, iPad, and iPod
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With this calculator you can calculate your one rep max or calculate how much weight to put on the bar using your one rep max. When calculating a percent of your max, Lifting Calculator not only tells you what that percent is, but also breaks it down into how many of each plate you put on one side of the bar. It also comes with a note section for writing down your maxs or writing your workout for the day.
Lift Point
This app simplifies barbell weight calculations. It quickly determines the correct number of plates needed for each side of the bar, eliminating mental math during workouts.
- Quick plate calculation
- Eliminates mental math
- Barbell weight determination
- Easy to use interface
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Lift Point is the easy plate math calculator! Quickly determine how many plates you need to put on each side of the barbell without having to do "plate math" in your head.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Lift Point at every 2 days against Lifting's every 10 days. Lifting's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Lifting against 5.0 for Lift Point. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Lifting ships an update every 10 days, Lift Point every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lifting | Lift Point |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Isaiah Brandt-Sims | Jared Lipton |
Customer experience
Lifting
Lift Point
In-app purchases
Lifting
No in-app purchases
Lift Point
No in-app purchases
