Comparison

WorkoutTracker vs Shrug

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

Head to head
About

WorkoutTracker

Log your gym or home workouts with custom exercises, set goals for weights and reps, and track your progress. Automatically advance through exercise sequences and email your workout logs in various formats. No subscriptions or ads are required.

Highlights
  • Custom exercise creation and management
  • Log workouts by muscle group
  • Set goal weights and repetitions
  • Automatic exercise sequence progression
  • Email workout logs (text/CSV)
  • Apple Watch integration for set tracking
Features
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Any language/region. Add custom exercises and access them by muscle group. Perform your workout by selecting from a list of exercises, to walk through the sequence automatically, logging your start and stop times for each set.  Program goal weights and repetitions for each set on your iPhone, and modify them as you go. The Log tab displays your workout log. Email log as text/CSV. Share your daily exercise summary as desired. This version does not integrate with Apple Health or share workout data. * Now works with foreign language character sets. FEATURES: + Fast and clutter free exercise logging. + Easily add your exercises by muscle group for easy access (Core, Upper, or Lower body). + Optionally enter goal weight and repetitions. + Optionally add notes for each exercise and view them while going through sets. + Create new exercises, edit, or delete them. + Reorder or sort your exercise list. + Select a group of exercises from the list and just tap “Begin Selected Sequence". + Automatically advance to the next exercise in the sequence by tapping "Start", "Stop", and "Next" in your chosen order. + "Start" button on the Apple Watch displays the current set number. + Exercises and logs are saved directly to your iPhone for speed and convenience. (includes reps, weights, sets, dates, duration) + Email your workout log history from your iPhone. + Email log in text or CSV format. + Share your daily workout summary as desired. + No subscriptions or logins required. + No ads or In-App Purchases. You get all the features now. + Useful for gym or at home exercises. + Flexible UI that can accommodate Physical Therapy exercises Please visit www.bluevinesolutions.com for questions or tech support. Email support@bluevinesolutions.com

About

Shrug

Easily track your gym lifts to achieve progressive overload and see better results. This simple, free application offers all its features without any subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Track gym lifts
  • Progressive overload tracking
  • Simple interface
  • All features free
  • No subscription required
Features
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Shrug helps you see better results from your time spent in the gym by making it easy to track your lifts so that you're performing progressive overload - the gradual increases in weight, reps, or other measures of intensity that force your body to adapt. Shrug is simple, free, and doesn't hide any of its features behind a subscription.

Screenshots

WorkoutTracker4 screens
Shrug3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: WorkoutTracker at 5.0 against Shrug's 4.6. WorkoutTracker also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WorkoutTracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of WorkoutTracker's written reviews are positive against 80% of Shrug's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WorkoutTracker ships an update every 5 weeks, Shrug every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
WorkoutTracker versus Shrug: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkoutTrackerShrug
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better4.6 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings79 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlue Vine Solutions, LLCSuper Symmetry LLC

Customer experience

WorkoutTracker

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Shrug

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

WorkoutTracker

No in-app purchases

None

Shrug

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WorkoutTracker free?
WorkoutTracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shrug free?
Shrug is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WorkoutTracker or Shrug?
WorkoutTracker is rated higher. WorkoutTracker averages 5.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Shrug averages 4.6 from 9 ratings.
Do WorkoutTracker or Shrug have ads?
Neither WorkoutTracker nor Shrug shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WorkoutTracker or Shrug?
WorkoutTracker ships an update every 5 weeks, and Shrug every 2 months. Most recently, WorkoutTracker was updated on October 1, 2026 and Shrug on October 1, 2026.

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