WorkoutTracker vs The Gym App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
The Gym App
This workout tracker offers a comprehensive fitness diary without subscriptions or signups. It includes features like charts, personal records, a rest timer, and a plate calculator, all for free.
- Workout tracking
- Personal records
- Rest timer with notifications
- Plate calculator
- Calendar view
- Custom exercises
- Personalizable colors
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*** No subscriptions. No signups. Just a powerful workout tracker. *** Tired of gym logs with expensive subscriptions and signup requirements? We were too. That's why we made The Gym App, a no-nonsense fitness diary that gives you all the features you want FOR FREE: - Charts - Personal records - Rest timer with notifications - Plate calculator - Calendar view - Ability to add custom exercises - Personalizable app color - And more! The app is currently translated into English, Spanish and French, with more languages on the way! Developed by Canadians, supported by Canadians.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: WorkoutTracker at none against The Gym App's shown. WorkoutTracker also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 WorkoutTracker against 5.0 for The Gym App. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
WorkoutTracker ships an update every 5 weeks, The Gym App every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WorkoutTracker | The Gym App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blue Vine Solutions, LLC | Impulse Apps Inc. |
Customer experience
WorkoutTracker
The Gym App
In-app purchases
WorkoutTracker
No in-app purchases
The Gym App
No in-app purchases
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