Comparison

Workout Recorder vs Strike

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

Head to head
About

Workout Recorder

This app helps you track your gym sessions by logging the weight and reps for each exercise. It offers a straightforward way to save custom workouts without unnecessary features or recommendations.

Highlights
  • Log weight and reps
  • Save custom workouts
  • Simple and basic interface
  • No professional recommendations
  • Track gym sessions
Features
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Are you always forgetting how much weight you lifted the last time at the gym? That will never happen again with Workout Recorder. There are a ton of apps out there that are jam-packed with features to help you work out better, but sometimes they just do too much. Workout Recorder is the most basic and simple to use exercise app out there. All you have to do is create a workout, log how much weight and how many reps you did, and it saves your custom workouts for you. No "Professional" recommendations or health tips, just a simple "this is what I did, and now I'm done". Tab bar Icons by Icons8.com

About

Strike

This app helps independent lifters build muscle by tracking workouts without a rigid plan. It uses a unique pin system to visualize progress across muscle groups and provides insights into training balance. Features include free logging, built-in timers, and detailed workout recaps.

Highlights
  • Freeform workout logging
  • Muscle group progress visualization (pins)
  • Built-in rest and workout timers
  • Instant workout recaps
  • Personal record tracking
  • Training spread analysis
  • Weekly review and guidance
Features
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Strike helps self-directed lifters build muscle without following a rigid workout plan. Most lifting apps make you pick a program and march through it. Strike flips that: log whatever you want to lift today, and the app keeps an honest scoreboard of what you've trained, what you're skipping, and what's worth lifting next. THE WEEKLY RACK Every week is a fresh rack of ten pins, one per muscle group. Log enough hard, varied work and the pin goes down. A strike. Knock them all down before the week resets. Tap any pin for a quick read on where that group stands. LOG FREELY No fixed plan, no prescribed order. Search the catalog, multi-select your gear, and line up lifts for today. Your recent sets stay in view, so you never have to remember what weight you used last time. BUILT-IN TIMERS Rest timer follows you across every screen as a floating pill that stays clear of your sets. A workout timer tracks the whole session from your first set to your last. INSTANT RECAPS Every workout ends with what changed: volume, sets, pins moved, PRs, and first-time lifts. HISTORY AND PRS A month calendar shows every day you trained. PRs stay in one place, so your best lifts are easy to spot. YOUR SPREAD The part most trackers miss. Strike watches how your work splits inside each muscle group, and calls out the slices you keep skipping before they become blind spots. See this week at a glance, or a four-week trend to catch the drift. WEEKLY REVIEW A coach-style briefing when the week closes: wins, streaks, momentum, and where to point the next one. BUILT FOR MUSCLE Targets and credit math are tuned for hypertrophy. If you run a strict strength program, Strike will still log everything, but the pins are about muscle growth. TRY IT FIRST Not ready to make an account? Tap "Try the live demo" on the sign-in screen and explore Strike, seeded with realistic training data. Nothing is saved. FREE TO LOG, PRO FOR THE BRAIN Logging is free. Strike Pro unlocks the intelligence: readiness, pin minimums, recaps, your spread, weekly review, and next-lift guidance.

Screenshots

Workout Recorder4 screens
Strike4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Strike at 5.0 against Workout Recorder's 4.3. Strike also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Workout Recorder's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, ads, 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. Workout Recorder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Strike sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Strike holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Workout Recorder has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Workout Recorder's written reviews are positive against 100% of Strike's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Workout Recorder ships an update every 4 months, Strike every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Workout Recorder versus Strike: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkout RecorderStrike
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCody MaceJoshua Stewart

Customer experience

Workout Recorder

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Strike

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Workout Recorder

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
1 purchases

Strike

Subscriptions1
  • Strike Pro Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month

Questions

Is Workout Recorder free?
Workout Recorder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Strike free?
Strike is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Workout Recorder or Strike?
Strike is rated higher. Workout Recorder averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Strike averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Workout Recorder or Strike have ads?
Neither Workout Recorder nor Strike shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Workout Recorder or Strike?
Workout Recorder ships an update every 4 months, and Strike every 6 days. Most recently, Workout Recorder was updated on October 14, 2026 and Strike on October 5, 2026.

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