Strong Workout Tracker Gym Log App Reviews

Love the app, have a few suggestions/requests. I absolutely love using this app and and I use it almost everyday. One thing I would love for the developers to add to the app, especially for people who have paid for the full featured version of the app, is to improve the notes features. I love having notes that you can pin for an exercise or have a note written for one specific exercise during one workout. A fantastic addition to the note feature would be to have a third method of note taking for routines. So essentially you could have a one time note for an exercise bout (i.e. tried doing pause reps for pushups), the pinned notes (i.e. make sure to lock out on bench press), but also having a third one that is a note for a specific exercise that is only visible within a saved routine (i.e. for tricep extensions: set 1; pronate hands, set 2; supinated hands; set 3; hands neutral). With this added feature, you wouldn’t have to pin a note and be confused if doing the same exercise but for a different effect outside of the routine and have to remove the pinned note.

What I’ve been looking for. For years I have been using another app, but the company that makes it no longer support it. But I’ve checked out a number of other apps, but none of them have a wide variety of exercises and let me put them together in a workout. Let alone, do a variation or put a exercise that isn’t in the app. With syncing and the watch app, this app just puts this at the top of its game. The only real negative I can find is, the syncing with the Apple Watch can take some time to do or is most of time unnecessary. Thou, this could be the Apple Watch itself, since I use a different watch to workout with, and I am turning it on at the Gym. The other negative I found with the app is there is no App integration for Strava. This would be wonderful to have, since Strava is one of the leading fitness tracking apps out there. But, outside those two little grips. I’ve used this app for years, and can’t really see myself without it.

Easily the best workout app. I’ve been using this app for years now and I thought it was about time to leave a review. It was super intuitive to use and I learned how to navigate the app after logging just one workout. The tiny number of templates you can save with the free plan is a bit of a dirty trick, but the premium subscription is so cheap and the app is so good I can’t complain too much. Gotta pay the bills somehow. The one recommendation I have for this app is to allow for better tracking of advanced techniques such as going beyond failure or even the amount of rest in between. It would be nice to not have to pin a paragraph to the notes section about negatives done at the end of the set, myo reps, pause reps, cheat reps, partials, etc. Additionally, the exercise database could be expanded a ton, but the app allows for custom exercises to be added so that’s not as big of a complaint. All in all, fantastic app!

My only problem with this app. So I’m not the most experienced lifter however. I have been lifting for about 9-10 months and have really made improvements to my techniques as time goes on but sometimes I struggle to figure out what kind of plans I want to follow weather if it would be super sets or push pull etc. but it would be a nice feature to be able to have templates or programs already in this app. For example. You could make a 3 month lifting program and have a series of exercises to do targeting the group muscles you would like to work out to achieve overall body comp. It kinda takes the guess work out of planning what exercises you wanna do, while keeping tracking of your reps and improving your over all strength. Some of the features are really nice . Just would like the option to do that. Even though some people wouldn’t use it

Best fitness app!. I never review apps, but as I just hit workout #300 tracked on Strong, I thought it was time. I’ve been using the free version for about a year and a half, and for me, it’s perfect. The only downside to using the free version is a limit to the workout templates you can save, but I usually start from scratch each time I track so that doesn’t bother me. I have found when I do make templates, I still change things around based on what’s available at my gym, anyway. My biggest pro for this app is that there are no ads/nonsense/pop ups trying to get you to upgrade to the paid version or promoting anything else. Nothing annoys me more than apps begging for your money. This app is clean, utilitarian, and really well-designed for you to get in, set up your workout, and track your reps/sets as you go. If an exercise you want isn’t in the library, you can add your own. It saves all your progress history, even on the free version, so you can look back and see how you have progressed on different exercises. I recommend this app to all my friends.

Easily the best workout tracker. Update: I just recorded my 1,146th workout in Strong. I can’t remember how much I paid for it anymore, but at this point it might be the hardest working couple of dollars that I ever spent. —— Flexibility meets framework so you can easily track almost any kind of workout without having to overthink things or work through an overly complex user experience. I’ve logged almost 400 (update: 600) workouts with it, and I’ve never had a problem with crashing or data loss. Also, the developers have been incredibly responsive to suggestions and squashing the very occasional bug. I can’t remember what I paid for it anymore, but quality apps like this are worth every penny. The only thing I wish they’d tighten up is supersets. They take up a lot of space and I wish they’d function just a bit differently.

Best workout tracker for advanced lifters.. I’ve been seriously lifting for about 8 years, and have tried all kinds of methods for keeping track of my workouts including special notebooks, different specialized spreadsheets, all kinds of different apps, and none of them compare to Strong. I have tracked about 300 workouts over 2 years and have no complaints at all with the app. I love the ability to customize my own workout templates, and the rush of knowing that I broke through a barrier and hit a PR. The auto-rest timer is another great feature and lets me hop right into my workout every morning without having to think about that kind of stuff. If you try it and like it, I would highly recommend going for strong premium. Realistically if you’re using the app more than a few times per week, the $30/year or whatever is well worth it for the ability to hold unlimited workout templates. I have folders set up specifically for all the different gyms that I work out at, since some equipment is only available at some gyms, and the ability to select a workout that I curated is Uber-convenient.

Game changer!. This is the first app I’ve used for working out, and I am so glad I downloaded it. I love that I’ve been able to learn new workouts and create a routine. Having a checklist that you work through helps in a major way, especially since working out is pretty boring usually. The app makes it easy to see what you did previously, so it’s easy to push the weights higher and higher. The only issue I’ve had so far, is that I’d like to be able to upload photos for new workouts I create. So far strong has done a great job at making videos showing how to perform workouts and which muscles are worked, but not for every thing. You can create a new workout and label it, but I can’t seem to add a photo. Pro features don’t appear to mention this either unfortunately. Still giving this 5 stars and I’m about to upgrade to Pro. But I’d love if they would add that feature.

The absolute standard!. This is only my 2nd or 3rd review, ever. I’ve been using this app for 9 years. It was great then, and it’s incredible now. The author is constantly updating it and adding new features, without making it cluttered. That’s what makes this app so good; it’s simplicity. Over the years I’ve been using the app, I’ve gone through many “phases” of workouts. Everything from Bodybuilding, Powerlifting, CrossFit, and currently Gymnastic body weight stuff (hey, I’m getting old. 🤷‍♂️) Thanks to the ability to build custom routines and exercises, the strong app has been the best tracker I’ve come across for any type of workout genre. I use the pinned notes feature extensively. It has all the features you want and none that you don’t. It just works. -To the creators: Thanks for grandfathering is old-timers in. It’s very much appreciated. I feel like I won the lottery by stumbling upon this gem so early.

Love this app. Almost everyone goes into the gym with not much thought or planning. They guess they'll do arms today but can't remember what weight or sets they did last time. This app keeps you focused. Create your workout BEFORE you go in and adjust the weight/reps as needed, Or time between sets. I have two routines for chest, one for back, and one for legs and HIIT. Tells you last time you performed that workout and your results. You can easily see if your routine is getting a little easier then it's time to increase the weight or reps. Easy to add or delete sets. I also love that the timer tells me in my headphones that the break is over. When you complete a set, click the box and the timer starts. Almost every exercise is included in the search. Showed a guy in the gym who was at least recording his workouts on paper this app and he bought it that day. Works great with Apple watch also. GET IT! It will force you to get better!

Best workout tracker. I have never left a review for an app…. EVER So you know this app is good if I’m going out of my way to write about it. I am a competitive power lifter and no application has compared to this one. It’s incredibly helpful for keeping track of my progress and being able to look back and figure out how much weight to lift depending on how my previous numbers have looked. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an app that lets you record the RPE (rate of perceived exertion) either which allows you to calculate just how much you can lift. I have often added in my own workouts that are not in the database (such as paused reps). I honestly recommend this app to any of my friends and peers that workout whether they are new or seasoned gym goers. The fact that there are no ads and you can still get a whole lot of use out of the app without needing to upgrade to premium is definitely a plus.

Great for causal and serious weight lifters. I’ve been using this app for years, since setting up a home gym in my garage. It was great for casual weight-lifting and trying to figure out what lifts I could do with my set up to hit different target areas and keeping track of how much I lifted last. When the pandemic hit this year and triggered my anxiety, I turned to more intense weight lifting in my nice little isolated gym to help cope. I’ve gone from 0-2 casual workouts per week to 4-5 hour-long intense workouts and I’ve made use of more of the features in the app - designing new routines, calculating warm-up sets for my riskier heavy lifts, and tracking my progress in chart form so I know when to start trying for higher weights. Now I’m up to 275 workouts in this app and I’m seeing results. This app is beautifully designed, very flexible and great for weight lifters at any level. It’s never annoying and it poses no limitations to doing your workout your way at your pace. I’ve tried instructor-led videos and I hate every one of them. There is one thing I would add though - The plate math calculator is maybe the best feature in this app, but it’s limited to known, common bar weights. It works great for my barbell and curl bar, but my smith machine bar weighs 25 pounds and there is no option for that. I have to set it as the 20lb curl bar and remember to subtract 2.5 for each side as I’m loading the plates.

This is the app!. This workout tracker is amazing. I like the way the app looks and the functions of it. I love that you can add supersets (more than one) to a workout routine and separate workouts into folders. It also asks you what you’d like to update after you wrap up a workout (templete, sets, weight, etc). You can log your measurements and allows you to track progress of both your workouts and your measurements. During a workout you can replace and exercise allowing you to accurately track your workout and you can even enter a note if you need to remind yourself why you replaced it. I rated it a 4 only because small things like the plate calculator functionality, the inability to group folders together, and the lack of access to the app on a Mac. If I could access the app on a Mac to log workout routines and group folders together this app would be a 10/10.

Should grow a little more overtime. For the last five years Strong has been my faithful gym companion. I love the fact that it’s a bare-bones app made for people who know what they’re doing. My gripes are few but significant. 1) When editing a custom routine, you can remove exercises from a superset, but you cannot add exercises to a superset. I’m order to do that you have to delete the entire routine and enter the whole thing again from scratch. This is incredibly annoying as you can’t add to your routine “on the fly”. 2) Rest timers are assigned to an exercise, regardless of which routine it’s in. As in some of my routines take a 5 second to 2 minute timer, depending on which routine it is in, this is frustrating. 3) I really wish kettlebell exercises could be entered as such. (I have to designate them as dumbbell exercises). It would be very helpful to us “Kettlebellers” to be able to designate an exercise as a “Kettlebell” exercise and indicate whether single or double Kettlebells are used.

Great for logging gym workouts. I recently purchased an Apple Watch to help track my overall fitness goals. After playing around with several nutrition and workout apps, I settled on this one for logging my gym routine. I already have a detailed workout plan but constantly stopping to write down my sets, reps and weight was becoming burdensome. This app has made it so much easier to log everything and the rest timer helps me to not waste time or take too long breaks. My biggest complaint is that I can only create three routines without upgrading. I wish there were a way to pay a flat fee for a few more services as I don’t have a need or desire for all the extras that come with a subscription. My other complaint is the lack of tracking of calories burned. Other apps I have looked at gave me an estimate on how many calories I was burning based on the weight, sets and reps. This app seems to use my heart rate which is not, in my opinion, accurate at all. It makes it harder to get a clear picture of what I have actually used versus my consumption. Sorry for the long review but those are my biggest grievances. Other than that I love the ease of use and how I can go back and for the between my phone and watch as it syncs together.

Makes tracking progress simple.. Before buying this app, I would have a set of exercises that I would work through but I never really knew what I did last time as far as weights or reps. Now I have created a template for my works and I can clearly see the weights/reps from the previous workout. This not only shows how I’ve progressed over time, it provides me with goals to beat during the current session. This is a game changer! And it wouldn’t be great if they didn’t make logging everything so easy. That’s what makes this app so effective. It’s simple to use and intuitive. The video tutorials with step by step directions also gives you guidance and confidence you are doing the movements properly. I’d recommend this app to anyone who is their own personal trainer looking to record and track their progress overtime.

Best Training App. Honestly I’ve always used a physical journal, and every time I’ve tried to transition to a digital one I always end up switching back. This is the first one that I’ve been able to stick to, and I absolutely love it. However, there are a couple things that I WISH this app had. I wish that I could add friends and share workouts/routines with them. It would make it so much easier to get my friends to use this app with me if we could somewhat “compete” with each other like how the Apple Watch fitness app works. Also, I wish I was able to upload before/after photos. Maybe incorporate everything into a calendar view where each day has colored dots (where say blue is that I worked out that day, red is a new measurement that day, and maybe green is a new progress picture that day). This app is absolutely awesome, but definitely some things could be improved! Some things that just came to mind: to add space for a social page, you can consolidate the Exercises tab to be a button within the Workout tab (I don’t look @ exercises on a regular basis). The same thing can be said about Measurements and the Profile tab. Measurements obviously embody information about me, so the Measurements tab can be included within the Profile tab. Anyways, I didn’t mean to write such a big review, as I actually love this app. Just some things that I would LOVE to see in the future.

iPhone app is great , Apple Watch not there yet.. I have been using this app on iPhone for awhile now and I really like it. I put a template for each workout and can store them in folders based on the program I’m using. It is easy to use and update while working out. I like that I can see what I did last time and what is planned for this workout. I have been considering an Apple Watch for some time now and finally decided to buy one based on the Strong app being available for Apple Watch. I thought it would be great to not have to pull my phone out after each set. However, I find it difficult to track my workout on the watch. I realized I was reverting to using my phone. For me, one thing that would make the watch experience much better would be a keyboard input instead of a scroll bar. Not sure what I’m doing wrong but when I input, for example, number of reps for a set it seems like the app wants to return to an earlier set. I have high hopes for this app on Apple Watch and the ability to keep my phone in my pocket. Maybe in a future release.

Best Thing Since Paper. I have always had trouble using apps because I don’t want to get distracted on my phone and paper logs were always the most customizable. This app comes pretty close to the real deal, in a thoughtfully organized way. I can add rest timers, mark sets for failure Or generate warmups, and put in non-intrusive but available notes. The watch app is really well done in comparison to other apps, with a wealth of info I need laid out well. My (few) constructive criticisms are (1) I wish when setting up an exercise for time, I can set a countdown timer that logs when finished and makes a sound so I know, similar to the rest timer; (2) that some more common exercises like tricep rope pushdown, etc. makes it into the app; (3) that the app watch improves in its smooth function so I can truly leave my phone behind, and (4) that for certain cardio, like rowing, I can change the value from miles to meters, or put in resistance. However, even for missing exercises, you can create them yourself, and their library is pretty extensive, so it’s not too big of an issue.

Great app— highly recommend. Heard a lot of good things about this app. Tried it out and does everything I want a workout tracker to do while being minimal. I do wish it had more exercises and their variations so I don’t have to manually create a new exercise. I also think it could be easier to add/remove/change entire exercises or move progress from one exercise to another if I had been mislabeling an exercise. I don’t think a social feature is necessary, which Hevy has, but would be nice… though don’t want it to be a social media app. The charts could have the years but I do like the charts (for paid version). Overall highly recommend this app as your main workout tracker! I’ve heard a lot that this app doesn’t update itself… it’s true and I do hope it releases updates more regularly. Sounds like apps like Hevy are always updating and adding mew features and addressing user concerns and requests. I don’t plan to switch right now… will see how version 6.0 is.

Apple Watch App Doesn’t Work. I’ll start by saying that I am an early adopter and have logged well over 600 workouts with Strong. I have no complaints with the iPhone app, it is great. My issues are with the Apple Watch app. It basically doesn’t function. It crashes multiple times every workout, almost every set. My workouts will not transfer to my phone. When I try to add exercises, it crashes. I could go on. 5 stars for the iPhone app, 1 star for the Apple Watch app. Hardware isn’t the issue, either - I’m using an XS Max and a Series 4 AW. I reached out to the support team three days ago and have yet to get a response. Happy to upgrade to five stars when they fix this. The Apple Watch app used to work great about six months ago, the last time I had an Apple Watch. It looks like right now it is suffering from the developers trying to do too much with it and not paying enough attention to its core functionality - its the software equivalent of the Galaxy Fold, if you know what I mean.

5 stars on my phone, 1 star on my watch. I’ve been using this app for a few years now, and it’s everything you could ask of it. Creating workout routines and logging is a breeze, though there are some small things I’d love to be able to do (like add another exercise to a superset). The phone app is reliable and never crashes or loses a workout. I will never need another app to track my lifts. The watch app, on the other hand, is garbage. I tried to log a workout from my new AW Series 4 and the app crashed to the main screen (watch face) in between each set. When I ended that workout (which never synced with the app, BTW), I started one in the phone app and the companion watch app opened... but then crashed again. The watch app is essentially unusable. It’s probably harsh to drop the rating to three stars based on the watch app, since the phone app is so fantastic, but the fact that the watch app can’t even function at a basic level is too much to overlook.

Roland. I just purchased this app and I’ve used it for the first time in my workout this morning. The first major flaw that I see is that it will not calculate the calories you burn during the workout session logged. It also does not keep track of the total time you have worked out. It does offer you the opportunity to set rest periods in between sets but does not keep track of your total workout session time. It also does not appear to allow you to enter a custom exercise or movement. I have been using Fitness Buddy for 9 months and dont like it well enough to buy the subscription but what it does do is track your session time and calculate calories burned. The calories burned number then populates the apple health app as well as “My Fitness Pal” where I log my calorie intake and research foods. What I do like so far is the the data entry interface. I find it very intuitive well thought out, easy to log sets, weight and reps. It is color coordinated making things easier to see or identify. I also like that this app syncs with my apple watch really nicely. I also like that this app doesn't force you into a bunch of stuff you dont need or want. So far I wont start the subscription unless they add these features that are important to me. While I dont like Fitness Buddy it does do the minimum most that I need for it to do. Update: I found the workout timer. Cant find how to pause it if needed. Still unable to find a calorie consumption calculator.

Best workout tracker app for serious weightlifters. This is the only app I have ever given 5 stars to, and I feel like it has earned it. It is the best tracking app for strength training and weightlifting there is. Period. I’ve tried several workout apps (I even gave my man Chris Hemsworth’s app a go), but none of them have stood up to Strong in terms of pure utility. I’ve been using Strong for about 4 years now, and it is my favorite app, hands-down. It has a huge wealth of features for building sets, and it contains a massive library of exercises. It also lets you superset, set auto rest timers, and add and categorize your own exercises if you’re feeling creative. It makes routines or lets you start empty sets. It is also automation-compatible! If you have an Apple Watch, it gets even better—the Apple Watch companion app to Strong (which comes with the phone app) is amazing. I can track workouts from my watch without my phone, and if I have both on me, they can sync my workouts in real-time so I can make edits/record sets on both at the same time. This app clearly had a lot of thought put in under the hood, and it becomes very intuitive to use after the first few uses. While it occasionally has glitches, I have found this app entirely worth it. Recent updates have only made it better and more stable! Don’t just take my word for it—give it a try. It’s an impressive app.

Best App I’ve Found. I’ve downloaded more than a dozen workout apps and spent significant time with about a half dozen. This is by far the best that I’ve found for daily weight-training workout. It is flexible enough for a wide range of resistance-training routines. Once you set up your routines on your iPhone app, you can easily start and track your weights and reps from the Apple Watch, which is wonderful. I still usually bring my phone with me for quicker data entry and easier ability to tweak routines. I also can share my workout with my wife and workout partner so that if I go to the gym alone in the morning, they can do the same routine as me (and see my weights). I really appreciate the ability to share workouts. They’ve even made it so you can start workouts with Siri shortcuts, “Hey Siri, start leg day” etc. I’ve been using this app daily for more than a month as has my wife. The free version of the app is totally usable. We both have upgraded to the annual subscription, primarily to support the developer for an incredible app but also we like the additional features. Yet, if you are looking for a fully functional free app, this works too.

Amazing App, Amazing People!. My mom and I have both allowed ourselves to get so busy with life that we allowed ourselves to get off of our diets, and not be able to find time for the gym. I work on ships at sea for months at a time, so it's not always easy to eat healthy or workout. While I've been home on vacation, we have been in the gym every day, and have both been on the strictest diets. I'm down almost 40 pounds in 6 weeks, and she's also doing incredible. I don't tell you this to brag, I tell you this because your app has enabled us to continue this lifestyle when I go back to work. I had to leave last week for training, then I'll go home for a week then head back to sea. Because of your app, I was able to build some workout routines so that my mom can know exactly what exercises she needs to do each day to continue to succeed while I'm not there. You have LITERALLY set us up for success. Part of building a company and offering a product that often gets overlooked is improving people's lives. You guys have done this not only in building this product, but also in who you have chosen to represent your company on the customer service front. You are making all the right decisions. I can't tell you how much I pray for your continued success. Thank you for improving the lives of your fellow people in everything that you do.

FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO TRAIN IN A REAL GYM OR FITNESS CENTER-Easiest and Customizable. I’ve tried them all and wanted to integrate with my Apple Watch....for bodybuilders, Athletes and Fitness Enthusiasts this application does everything you need including drop sets, rest time with alarm, Failure, add sets weight amount and your reps easy! I would like to see them add all types of training techniques such as “Forced Reps”, “Eccentric Reps” etc...for now I use the NOTES feature right under the Title for Type of Exercise. Another recommendation would be to have the ability to add the amount of weight you used and the number of reps for your drop set. Again for now you could use the NOTES feature but it gets confusing especially if you are doing more than 1 drop set or super set for that matter. Anyway these guys are on the right track and nothing interrupts you line ads while training. I do like the app for the most part and with some additions it will be perfect

Great App for Beginners!. As a beginner, this app is so helpful for tracking how often I workout, the weights and reps so I don’t forget, and learning new workouts through their mini-tutorials and walkthroughs! I downloaded the app and used their three month free trial (which is an amazing amount of time to try it to really get a feel for it would work for you or not!), and I had intended to cancel the Pro subscription right before the trial ended (like a lot us do for apps sometimes). And nope! I loved it so much and at $30 a year, it’s price is comparable or cheaper than buying a physical workout tracker or subscribing to other apps, but it’s connivence is so much better! I don’t have any critiques and the one thing on my “wishlist” is for the workouts per week to be iPhone widget compatible so I can add it to my Home Screen to keep me accountable and motivated to complete my workouts every week.

Paid for the Pro version of the app back in 2016. I first downloaded this app in 2016 and decided to splurge the $5 to get the Pro version. I unfortunately fell off the workout wagon until recently. When I downloaded the app again I found quite a few things have changed since then! Most notably the subscription feature. The main reason why I really enjoyed and paid for the Pro version was that, unlike most of the others which had subscriptions, it had a simple, one time payment of $4.99 for all the features. Awesome. I logged back into my account expecting to be grandfathered in like some other people have been, but nope. Is there anyway I could get my account grandfathered in? It looks like the app has had some fantastic features added and I’m disappointed my old account I paid for has the same access as the free version. I’ve got the receipt and everything EDIT: I emailed them about the issue and they stayed true to their word about grandfathering in my account!

Awesome App. I spent half of my winter break trying to build a similar app because I had always tracked my workouts on my Notes app, which became a mess. But then I found this app, which has a clean, easy to use interface and everything you need to track your lift progress in the gym. I love it. The only thing that stops me from giving it a perfect 5 star rating is that I wish they would implement a feature where you can enter the desired rep range when you’re building a workout, and then show your history for that specific rep range during the workout. Currently, if I do 4 x 8-12 on bench press, but the following time I bench 5 x 3, it’ll show me on the active workout that I did however much weight for 8-12 reps last time. Not a huge deal to go into history and find it myself, but it’d be cool for it to pull up the last time I did 5 sets of 3 and show me the weight I lifted that time on the active workout screen after telling it that that’s the number of reps I’m going to do for that workout. Again, otherwise amazing app, but would love it if y’all could add this feature. Thanks!

Good but could be great. This is actually a very good app for logging workouts and tracking progress by exercise. I have been lifting weights regularly since 2004 but have never really tracked my workouts or progress other than in my head. Its hard to describe but by using this I can visually see my progress which adds a new dimension of motivation to every lift to do better than the last time. Functionality of the app is excellent with the ability to add your own custom exercises not in the database being the best. The ability to add notes to all the exercises and edit the workouts during and after is a huge plus. Premium content is worth the $5 a month but could have a little more customization. Maybe choosing what you want to chart instead of just max weight. Would also be very good to be able to set goals on each exercise to see right next to the exercise name. Overall excellent app, highly recommend!!

Great app, outstanding support. I’ve been using this app for 10 months now I tried the free version for a couple weeks and quickly found that I wanted to expand my routines list. I am since very happy with the purchased version. I specifically chose this app for it’s ease of use and integration with the Apple Watch. I like using the watch interface to record my reps and sets within my routine and it helps keep me progressing knowing what my previous set weight and reps were. I also like how it updates various health apps I use with my phone. Just recently I had an issue where my watch app was stuck in a loop of trying to launch & failing each time. I tried powering off my watch and also a hard reset, but couldn’t get the app to shut down. I finally reached out to the strong app support via email and they responded within an hour or so, very impressed. Carlo informed me that there was a hotfix out for the app and to try again after the update. Thankfully that fixed my issue and I am back to my workout routine. I have 2 app enhancements I would like. a timer based exercise. For example if I want do a set of planks for 1 minuet each. It would be nice to have a timer count each “rep” down for me. I would LOVE to be able to swipe left on the app to get to my music playlist. Other then that, I’m very happy with this app and it’s function and integration into my routine.

Simple and concise. I cannot see myself using any other app to track and plan gym routines! I love that there aren’t extra features being pushed (e.g., connect with friends, receive coaching). All I want to do is track the weight used in each set and document how many sets of each exercise I’ve done. So far, the app hasn’t failed to provide trackers for the exercises I typically do for each body area, and I love that variations with barbell, dumbbells, resistance bands, and machines are included for each type of activity. This helps me more accurately track the difficulty of my workouts - something I’ve always found annoying when keeping a pen and paper log is now streamlined and really neat-looking. One thing I cannot speak to is the pre-set templates as I prefer to create my own since I workout in a small gym with limited equipment. On that note though, it’s great that the app allows you to save the templates you’ve created so you can build on them as your strength increases or boredom kicks in!

This app will change the way you work out. I have used this app for about 6 months, and used the PRO for about 4 months. This app is fantastic, if you go to the gym 3+ times/week then the cost is more than worth it. The app just added RPE options for sets, you can use the exercise database or make your own, and it tracks overall weight lifted (which I’ve found is motivational—at the least interesting). The app promotes progressive overload, which is super important and helpful to track. Only issue I’ve ever had with the app is that I frequently forget to end workouts. They will run in the background and the time for my workouts will be 24hrs or until I open the app again the next time I go into the gym, which messes with my statistics. However, this is a user error and in no way an issue with the app. Love this app, if you frequent the gym, I’m sure you will too.

Great App, Even Better Support. Been using the app for quite some time now and absolutely love it. So easy to create your own workouts to use and you can track pretty much everything. Super simple to see your recorded weight, weight from last workout if you want to increase, etc. The part I like most is the interaction via my Apple Watch. Love being able to start my workouts from my watch and record any weight/rep changes as I go and best of all a built in rest timer so I don’t wait too long in between sets. Had a hiccup this last update for iOS 13 release but I contacted support letting them know of the issue I was having with the app crashing on my Apple Watch and the response was quick. They let me know they were aware of the issue and already working on a fix to roll out for it. Was contacted again as soon as they released the fix to make sure it fixed my issue, which it did. Couldn’t ask for better support for an app. Bottom line, just get this app, you won’t regret it.

Best app ever for workouts. I’ve cycled through my fair share of workout apps trying to find the perfect one for me. The biggest problem I’ve run across with most apps is the difficulty/loss of function I have when I use it on my Apple Watch. This one, however, is not the case. It is super easy to create workouts and add exercises mid-workout (on the watch). The countdown timer helps keep me on track and is easy to adjust while I’m between sets. It keeps track on my PRs and I have the option to update my routines at the end of my workout, which I love because I make minor tweaks each workout, including the order. Finally-tech support is AMAZING. I noticed a glitch this morning and emailed the developer. I got a super quick response and by the evening they had an update that fixed the glitch. All the while, they kept me in the loop which is much appreciated.

Love this app, best ever. I love how flexible this app is. The options for data analytics, the encouragement after every workout, the metrics for measuring progress, it’s all phenomenal. I do sometimes wish there were a few more ways of tracking volume increases on all workouts, some only let you measure total reps or average reps/set. But unfortunately, I regularly break the app. Between Apple Watch syncing, duplicating workouts occasionally and all the history I’ve accumulated, it crashes probably once a month at least. Not too bad though. I’m not sure if my phone just can’t process all the data (but I’ve got the iPhone 16 pro max, so unlikely) or if the app just gets a little overloaded. But I’ve got probably 400 or so workouts logged over the course of 3 or so years. And I tried to used all of that data in the Advanced setting for history. The app crashed and now I can’t get it to load up at all. 😂 Whoops. I’m not sure how to fix it now.

Great when workouts actually show up or sync to Apple Watch. I love the Strong app when it works properly to keep track of all my workouts but the problem is the app is very inconsistent with keeping record of workouts even after I click finish (either on my watch or within the app) and the app doesn’t consistently sync to my Apple watch. Today I did an 1 hour and 45 minute workout but Strong doesn’t show I completed this workout so I have no record of what I actually completed today (not great for tracking purposes or time since I took the time to enter all my workouts while at the gym :/) The app was on the entire time and also my Apple activity app shows I completed the workout but didn’t sync any of the stats, not the minutes, heart rate or the calories; so clearly there is a big disconnect since the Strong app isn’t even showing I did the workout yet my Apple activity app is, I would assume at least the Strong app would be accurate. Well, I’m disappointed in the quality of this app since I bought it to sync to my Apple watch and the activity app since my workouts were receding just fine when I just used the activity app with Apple, guess I’m going back and finding a new workout app and just wasted money.

A bit buggy. I often have to force quit and restart the app on my Apple Watch to get exercises or sets I added to an in progress workout to show up. Same goes for changing the reps or weights of a set. I use the app on my phone in tandem with the watch app, and if I finish a set on my watch by hitting the green timer button it sets a timer, but when I click the check mark to finish a set on my phone the timer doesn’t start. It used to work on the phone and it randomly did the other day for 1 workout, and now it’s back to not showing when I complete sets on my phone. I can still manually start a timer on my phone but that’s a pain after every set when it should start automatically. I’ve looked for bug fixes online and I’ve tried deleting and reinstalling the app to no avail. Hopefully someone from strong can comment back here and help because I couldn’t find anything on the help or troubleshooting sections of the website either

Best app I’ve ever used to track workouts. If you’re like me and want to keep a close eye on your lifts and progression, this is the app for you. There is a subscription fee which is the most annoying part of the app, but it keeps the developer in business and with the frequent improvements it’s well worth it. I love the Apple Watch app so I can quickly look at my wrist to see what is next up in my routine and log my workouts. The app keeps track of your rest time so you don’t have to think about it. I used to have to open the Stopwatch in the Clock app and switch back and forth between Excel–where I previously stored my data. The little tap on the wrist when using the Apple Watch app is helpful and makes for a great user experience. The data visualization for each exercise is useful and there are too many features to list that are awesome. I want to highlight my experience going outside the US. When I went abroad, I had to use metric plates since everyone else uses that. With a simple setting change all my previous lifts were converted to metric so I didn’t have to sit around doing conversions to know how to load the bar. Afterwards, you can simply switch back to pounds and all the data you collected overseas is converted back to US units. For anyone who wants to get into working out and keeping a tab on their improvements, this is the app to get.

Decent work out app. This app is exactly what I have been looking for to keep my workouts organized. It gets rid of the old pen and pad nonsense and offers selections of muscle groups to build a workout. The app provides you with your more common exercises that most people would include in their routines and also gives you demonstrations with details on how to conduct the exercise. Records the length of the workout, reps, sets that you can check off as you go to stay on track and lets you know PRs after the workout is finished. You are able to create routines for daily use and share with other users who have the app as well. I use this app particularly to send my girlfriend workouts during the week. I give it a 4 because I would like more workout options to choose from but I’m not sure If it’s only because I am still in the 2 month free trail window and will get access to more by paying but over all it’s a good app that gives you a whole 2 months to try it for free which is a plus for me.

Great Tracker. I use this app on my phone and my watch everyday and get a great deal out of using it. I won’t ding the star score, because it’s the best I’ve used, but if it falls short anywhere, it’s flexibility in viewing historic data as trends, PR’s etc, which is very limited and less helpful than I’d like. Don’t get me wrong, it’s 1000% better than a notebook and pen, but I would think there are better data analyses they could offer. I also wish there was one more choice when finishing a workout. It’s nice that they offer the option to leave the work out the way it is or update the work out, but I really wish you could add new exercises that you’ve added, but not delete ones you haven’t used for that one workout. Sometimes because of availability I have to substitute a workout exercise but I wanna come back to the old one next time and have the option to use the option whenever I need to.

Apple watch app. Am I the ONLY person that the Apple Watch app will NOT sync workouts or send workouts to the app? I’ve reinstalled and updated my apps EVERY TIME they update and it STILL DOES NOT WORK Their customer service is 5 stars but this review is for the Apple watch app. I’ve been using strong since it’s inception, the very beginning, and I bought the Apple Watch SOLELY so i could ditch my phone during my lifting sessions. The problem is, the workouts DONT sync back to the app. I’ve done everything they suggested, uninstalled, reinstalled, repaired, unpaired and NOTHING works. The Apple health app has the workouts logged so I know the information is being sent to the phone and something is wrong with the app. Every other app I have on my watch is able to sync information to their mobile counterparts instantly and reliably. This is The ONLY app that will not. After communicating with customer service they could only come up with that they don’t have the problem so they can’t solve it. As someone who uses this app 26/30 days a month, I wish there was a better solution than that.

This app rocks!. Best app for logging workouts I’ve ever used. Everything just makes sense. Super intuitive UI! Somehow manages to be extremely easy while super flexible at the same time. Very easy to make changes to templates on the fly or change up your workout with zero friction. Really important for me because when I’m in the zone I want to focus on my sets, not fumbling around a logging app. Prior to Strong I was manually taking notes because the apps I’ve used were too rigid or the UI sucked. Manually taking notes is OK, but annoying to have to go and find the previous weight you used or what you did last for an exercise. With Strong, there’s no flipping through notes or scrolling a notes app. All the info is exactly where you want it. I love that I can export my data as a CSV, too. Hats off to the devs cause this app is incredible. It took me one day of use before upgrading to pro and I have zero regrets.

Not completing all exercises in a routine on watch deletes them from the routine. Edit: Fixed!! Thank you, Strong! Got 2 more people using it in the last week. Hey! I love this app! I use it every day and tell people in my classes to use it! The new update has a really bad bug though. It breaks my use case. I use the new watch with data, so I don’t have to bring my phone with me to the gym. I only use the watch and I log everything on the watch. When I perform a routine and do not perform an exercise or two, those exercises that are not performed are deleted from the routine after save!! I have to go and add them back every time. This breaks my use case. For example, my Tuesday routine contains abs, chest and triceps. I normally load the routine and do abs before I teach my spin class, save routine, then load the routine again after class to do my chest and triceps. But when I opened the routine after spin, the chest and triceps exercises are gone! This has happened every time. Even after I go back and fix it, they are removed again. Please fix!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ll change to 5 stars for fixing.

Great app... Apple Watch app needs slight improvement. I’ve used Strong for years and it’s really helped me improve my workouts. The only thing that continues to bother me is all the steps needed to take when finishing a workout on the watch app. Maybe I’m missing something in settings, but PLEASE add a way to streamline when finishing a workout on the watch. You have to hit finish workout, and then done, and then if your routine was any different than what was previously saved, there’s an option to either “keep original workout routines, or update to new routine”. Something to that effect. I’d really appreciate it if we could change that in settings to always keep original workouts. Or just make it less steps in general. I know It’s just a small annoyance, but coupled with a slight loading time after I hit each option it really slows down completing a workout. Otherwise love the app and continued updates!

Good app. I have liked the continues improvements to the app and the most recent changes allowing you to select and view a workout without having to start the workout is nice. I do wish that pinned notes for exercises only applies within the workout that exercise is in so that if you use the same exercise in another workout routine and want different notes for that same exercise but in a different routine you can as opposed to the same notes showing up for that exercise in all routines. Especially since the other notes option only shows notes made during that workout session. I would like an option for notes for a specific exercise within a workout that remain just in that workout where I can make different notes on the same exercise in a different workout that won’t show up on that exercise in another workout. Other than that detail, I really like the app.

Great Workout Tracker. This is a great app for tracker your workout progress. It allows you to create and save workout plans. The free version gives you up to 3 custom workouts you can create but premium allows unlimited. It’s has an auto rest timer that comes in handy if you’re like me and depend on specific time for rest between sets. The only gripe I have is that when you set the rest timer for an exercise you have in one workout, if you use that same exercise in a different workout you creates it sets the rest time to the time you used in the last workout you used the exercise in which is a little bit of a pain if your workout plan has multiple days in it that use the same exercise for more than one day. You have to just keep adjusting the time back and for for the rest timer but other than that it’s the perfect app. I would get the lifetime purchase if the rest timer issue gets worked out.

2 major dislikes but overall it good and fits my needs.. Overall I like the app. I don’t see how the ‘free’ version is of any use too limited on workout program. Not a deal killer but don’t think your have a greatly useful app unless you practice zero forethought and variability in your program. I am most likely signing up (in the free trial window currently) but my eyes and brain are looking for decent alternative that meets my 2 point of issue below. I guess I don’t understand the weight counter. To me you enter the plate you have on the bar and it totals it for you into the actual weight. It seams the inverse. I don’t need it so not a deal breaker. I haven’t tried the timers current program doesn’t require them. Exercise library seem adequate and easy to expand yourself. It isn’t expansive but most common movement are there. Don’t mind/ approve of the lack of a social media elements. The lack of premium/ pro trainer programs for more cost not available does not bother me. I would even applaud more personal privacy and anonymity. The two things I have hard time getting around. #1 a web page interface or desktop app to make program entry easier to view, enter, and adjust. Not everyone finds thumb typing convenient or easy. Not to mention screen size. #2 Can’t at least to my knowledge create workouts on future calendar dates. So I have to maintain a calendar app schedule as well.

Excellent app up on phone watch is glitchy. I’ve used this app for 53 days now and the phone app is perfect. It has pretty much everything I need I could change my set reps exercises custom workouts fantastic but…… ever since updating to the newest iOS and updating my Apple Watch. The Watch app is super glitchy does not sync with the Phone app and whenever I try to cancel or finish workouts on the watch, it goes nowhere. the last week or so I get into the gym in the morning and go to start my next workout and it’s still tracking a workout from the previous day and nothing I can do to end the workout without deleting every single exercise, then trying to hit cancel, and that doesn’t even work anymore I had to finally uninstall the app on my watch and just resort to using the phone which is fine I would like to not have to pull my phone out of my pocket during the workout if possible but I’m grateful to at least have that to track my workout efficiently

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Best workout app available. I’ve been using strong now for about 3 months, it’s honestly the best app I’ve ever used, it makes tracking sets and workouts so easy, and lays it all out for you. The only thing that I would want to see in future updates is the ability for you to add an image to a new workout if it is not yet loaded into the app. Other than that it’s been great.

My go-to strength training tracker - Now on Apple Watch!. Clean, uncluttered, intuitive, and with great timers, charting, and export options. Strong is simply the best workout tracker on the App Store. Now it's on the Apple Watch I couldn't ask for anything more. Strong also passes data back to the Health App, so if you're tracking your meals with something like MyFitnessPal, tracking your workout with the Strong on the Apple Watch app will add your burned kilojoules to your daily allowances. Brilliant when you're cutting for summer.

Fantastic app, hoping for more exercises!. Very happy with this app, including the ability to sign up for PRO with a once of purchase. To many companies are forcing the subscription model these days, not a comfortable option for students and young families! I can see the continued support in the update progress. Am hoping when I upgrade that I will get access to a larger exercise library, but am happy enough to be able to create my own notes. Does the ‘Strong’ team continue to update the exercise list with one or two new ones every month?

Works well, but drains battery like crazy.. Thanks for this app- it's really helping focus my workouts. Three issues I have are: 1. The app really drains the battery. A 2-hour workout uses well over 80% of the battery. I'm pretty sure I could watch a 2-hour movie and use less battery! I have to plug my phone into an external Battery to make it through a workout. 2. The pop-up keyboard often obscures the text fields I need to type in, so it would be great if the current rep line moved to the top of the screen as the cursor entered that field. 3. When I use the "-" (minus) button to reduce the timer during a rest between reps, the chime that sounds when the rest period is over sometimes doesn't sound until the original rest duration has passed (even though I may have reduced the timer by 30 seconds, for example), so the chime doesn't always match the visuals. Thanks again.

Better than expected. I have tried a few fitness apps to record programs and training progress. Most require $$$ memberships or lack flexibility but Strong really surprised me. It syncs to my Apple Watch easily, updates my progress, tracks my workouts and all without paying a cent! I am sure it would do more with the subscription and I wish my trainers would get on board, their app doesn’t work nearly as well! Nice work ladies and gents!

The best training app out there. I've tried them ALL! This is the app I've been waiting for so long I almost wanted to try to make it myself and if I did this is exactly how I'd make it plus they've done a better job. Can't rate this highly enough for those serious trainers that know how to lift and want to track in a simple elegant way. It also offers great analysis which I've not got enough data to explore but that looks awesome. Love the way they let you try it and then buy - perfectly done. Thanks Devs!!

Absolutely phenomenal tracking and support app. This app is absolutely amazing. It lets you track your progression over time of exercises, lets you save workout routines, setup rest timers, the lot. The only nitpicks I have with it are when I’m adding new exercises I want to be able to add images as to how to do the exercise similar to the ones built-in to the app. And secondly, I want to be able to organise into more specific muscle groups than just arms (i.e. into triceps and biceps) because if I’m looking for different exercises to do I don’t often always do arms together, or legs together. But otherwise exactly what I needed as an app!!

Best workout app, hands down. I’ve used plenty of other apps but Strong is the one I’ve consistently used time and time again. Always recommend it to people I’ve helped train and guide along fitness journeys. Simple enough for beginners to pick up and use. But enough features and data collection for the more advanced/power users (I haven’t even gone into the pro version yet). The recent addition of easy access to RPE was a feature I didn’t realise I wanted, but have grown to love. Props to the developers!

Best tracking app. Being new to the gym and now having been there for over 12 months, Strong is the best no frills app I have found among the main apps. Being able to easily create template workouts, find new workouts with a simple guide on how to perform the movement, as well as each exercise clearly showing me the weight and rep range used previously makes it super easy to make sure I am performing my workouts correctly.

Worth every cent. Whilst there are almost always room for improvements/personal modifications you yourself would want, this app is absolutely incredible at what it does. If you’re looking for an app where you can customise your own work outs and have all the added features of guides, timers, etc, this is the app for you. A 4/5 didn’t quite seem fair, a perfect score of 5/5 isn’t quite honest either, so a 4.5 star rating for me.

New user. Thanks for providing new updates. Please keep them coming. As a first time user this app is brilliant, but every now and then there are quirks or things that should be improved. I’ve tried other apps but I prefer the simplicity of this one. I do find I’m on my phone a lot during workouts trying to adjust workouts and adding my reps. Every workout I want to improve from my last, it would be heavenly if once you complete a workout and update the template values it automatically jumps the values ready for the next workout based on parameters you set for each routine. I.e increase all rep values by 1. If 12 reps is reach then increase weight by 5, start rep at a value of 8…

Highly recommend. After a bumpy start where I invested in the app then was told I would have to subscribe and pay more for it each year the developers came good with their word and honored those who paid the initial price for unlimited lifetime upgrades. That was well over 5 years ago and I recommend this app to all my clients now. It is the most comprehensive tracker I have used and easy to set up and navigate even for those who are tech savvy. When people ask me what supplements they should take, I tell them to download this app, they will get better results.

Fantastic. Really good app, I’m still learning how to use it more effectively, but even just as a base product, it’s almost everything you need. It’s probably beneficial that it’s not social, however I would like to connect with a couple of mates in different cities/countries (like Strava). I’d like it if you could connect with contacts, share workout blocks and previous sessions

Where’d my review go?. Weird that I wrote a review earlier but it disappeared. Why is my workout come up like a temporary window? As if I’m changing settings or something. I have some exercises that I accidentally made with weights but they are just body weight exercises. I cannot change that fact unless I create a NEW exercise. This is stupid. I dont want to create a new exercise because of my history of that exercise. Also another thing I noticed, on those exercises with weights, but when I don’t put in weights but I put in the reps and click next, it doesn’t turn green and start my timer without me going back and put 0 as my weight. I prefer the old layout. It was much cleaner. Now I’m using a child’s toy. Might as well take out my crayons and colouring book and colour by number while in the gym. Imagine you just repped a huge 350lbs Squats. Then you take out this child’s toy to input your workout. Really....? I told my friend to get this app, then they said they couldn’t use it because it only has 10 workouts a month. I do that many before breakfast. Then to subscribe is $7 a month. Seriously?! When I bought it, it was a one time purchase. Everyone is using monthly payments, try standing out by doing something different. I’ll give you this advice for free.

Exceptional analytics for data-driven athletes. Functional and easy to use app while at the gym that makes tracking personal records engaging, whilst providing information about correct form and technique for exercises. The app needs a social component to create further user engagement and heighten the experience. A simple Nike Run Club “cheer on” element while a friend is exercising is always very satisfying and I can see something similar applying well here. Almost perfect. Fast-track development on social aspect Strong team!

Unbelievable!!. Literally the best app out there for training, tracking progress and saving your workouts! It even has new suggestion for exercises I have never done before! No more manual little pocket book which I lost and had to be forced to go digital, glad I found “Strong”! Why didn’t I do this like years and years ago was the question I kept asking myself!!

Fantastic but could do with some additions. Had this app for 2+ years and have been getting the yearly subscription. Haven’t looked back since, the perfect way to make your own programs and track progress. It shows charts of lifting history, has custom rest and set timers, and great Apple Watch interface. While not that inconvenient, it’s a shame the exercise database is quite small. There haven’t been many additions (if any) to the app since I started using. A few new features, a redesign, or anything in between is needed to keep it fresh. Best choice to track your training for sure, I’ve tried to go to change things up and go elsewhere but kept coming back.

Let’s remove the gender bias. Love the extensive list of exercises, detailed instructions and ability to put together your own work outs. However, I’m really disappointed in the gender bias in the illustrations. All weight-based exercises are depicted with a male character and all resistance-based with a female. Using a more diverse set of illustrations would be a step towards improving women’s engagement in the sport and help remove some of the limiting expectations that both men and women may have when it comes to gym-time. Would love to see this change in the app Strong Team!

Fantastic App with excellent support!. I haven’t been using this app for too long but it’s probably the best fitness/health app I’ve come across. As someone who doesn’t know fitness too well and struggles to do strength training in the gym, this app keeps me focused and on track with my workout and the reps/sets I need to do. They have a few workouts already in the app otherwise I go online, find a workout that suits my goals, and enter the exercises into my own custom workout on the app. The support are also super friendly and provide clear communication with any problems I had in a timely matter. Will definitely be recommending this app to everyone I know!

Almost perfect. Hi. The metrics and performance tracking is finally exactly what a lifter is looking for! These other apps all tailor it for you which whilst can be good. Slows progress of people already knowing what to do. So thank you. All but given up on utilising apps until I found this. However, very simple request to make the app make more sense. Please split arms into their own categories of biceps, triceps, forearms. And legs into quads, hamstrings, calves. Makes it a bit of a nuisance trying to create a routine when those are all grouped under just arms or legs.

Rest timer fix. This app is amazing! Could you please fix the rest timer where it remembers the same time for the same exercise, even if it’s in a different template. For example, I will do shoulder press rest for 3 mins some days, but need to be able to save it to rest 20 seconds in a different template. Hope that makes sense! Thanks!

Watch app needs some work. The application is, overall, good; however, the value for me is Apple Watch integration, and Strong falls short. I find the Watch app frequently “resets” and requires syncing with the phone, and this has (literally) taken hours. While testing it in Test Flight, it would break regularly so I went back to the production version. I still had to sync it on a daily basis. With the latest version, it no longer works AT ALL. This severely lessens the value as a pro subscriber. This bug needs to get fixed ASAP.

Best workout app. I’ve tried many workout apps for keeping track of my workouts and progressive overload, this app make it so much easier now I don’t need to remember what weight I was pressing or squatting the app does it all for you. Complete with warm up Sets and failed sets even Delia’s set too you can even add your own workouts like reverse hypers or Donkey Calf Raises etc. all in all a top, sleek, streamlined, easy to use app, I will use this forever.... CHEERS!!

Simplicity is it's strength. It just has everything you will ever need. Like: the end of rest alarm is loud so you can hear it above music Dislike: a tough one! If I was going to be split hairs I would say the checkboxes for completing a set could be bigger. I use fingered gloves when doing weights as I have a hand injury from football and when I pull a glove off to hit the checkbox I'm juggling a phone and glove so miss the checkbox sometimes.

Best app of its kind. There’s plenty of similar apps but I’ve been using strong for 3-4 years now and can confidently say it’s leagues ahead and above every competitor. If you are looking for something straight forward and without crappy adds or premium to track your progressive overload I wouldn’t use any other alternative

Very good overall. I like everything about this app except when you make a workout I can’t find an option to change the order of exercises. This may be due to it not being clear how to do it or maybe there is not that function but it is kinda annoying. More charts would be cool too. I bought the Pro version for life regardless.

Brilliant App. This is the first time I’ve ever been compelled to write a review for an app, but Strong is amazing and deserves to be better known. The controls and features are so intuitive, the design is clean and straightforward to use, pretty much everything I was looking for. If you’re new to working out; this is the best solution out there to demystifying a lifting program. Seriously devs, 10/10, can’t thank you enough.

Hands down, best fitness app.. I’ve been training for the better part of 10 years. Used all methods, from pen and paper, to the majority of the fitness apps that are on the AppStore. Strong does it all, and more. Lightweight, Apple Watch compatibility and the ability to track and monitor anything that might interest you. Look no further, the only app required for your time in the gym.

Extremely simple app, very well designed. Very solid app, simple and gets the job done without any clutter. Only suggestion I would have is the ability to add some form of notes if you’re tracking volume using the graphs on the profile tab. Example being if I wanted to label a sudden dip in volume as upping the weight, or if my volume increased for that day because I did an exercise first instead of last.

Reliable and mostly intuitive. This app is brilliant and I have recommended it to my friends. So far I have recorded about 250 workouts and these are the things I’d love improved most: (1) a fuzzy search for exercises because typing exact names is annoying (2) some smarts around exercise variations because I often want to swap between variations of an exercise during a workout (3 - going big air) the ability to create a template from a screenshot of a spreadsheet, website, etc. It doesn’t have to be 100% precise, just a starting point to save my a 15 minutes of template creation every block.

Excellent. I rarely leave reviews, but I’ll make an exception here. Strong is, in my opinion, the best training app on the market. I’ve tried about 6 or 7 others over the last 5 years, but they either don’t let you add your own exercises/workouts, or don’t offer syncing between devices. Strong also allows you to create unlimited folders for workouts, which I love as you can better organise your routine. 10/10

Instructional video doesn’t match the instructions (writing). For example, the front squat exercise shows a different placement of where your hands should go than the written instructions. This is inconvenient because then I have to go to safari and look up how to hold the barbell EVEN THOUGH i am PAYING for the app. Please correct this so that other newbies don’t have to be inconvenienced. Thanks, you guys still get 4 stars.

Great attention to detail - missing a few key metrics. The app is fantastic, opinionated in its execution but flexible enough to allow anyone to structure their own routines. Marking workout sets, RPE, custom exercises, double volume for dumbbells etc. just great. The one set of features that would be a huge addition would be further analytics. Exercises are already labelled as leg, chest, etc but nowhere in the app can you inspect % split across these areas I.e past month has been 50% legs based on volume. Similar metrics such as total volume per workout (regardless of routine) is not presented either. The data is there, it just isn’t presented in these formats...yet :)

Perfect workout tracking app. I use the free version of Strong regularly to track gym workouts, and I love it. It’s intuitive to use, and has a beautiful design and has plenty of useful features — plus, it’s free of ads and general bloat. If you want to log your exercise so you can track your progress over time, I can’t recommend it enough. (I’ve used Strong for about 3 weeks — if my experience changes, I’ll try to update this accordingly)

Great Interface. The app has a clean interface and everything is intuitive right from the start. The free version should have all the basics you need, and helped me feel more confident that I was following the right form when using machines etc. Highly recommend, whether you're new to the gym or not.

Reliable, functional, everything you need for logging workouts. If you’re in search of a no-fuss gym workout logging app, look no further than the Strong app. It seamlessly integrates with your watch and makes it easy to plan your workouts. While some other apps may appear more polished, they simply don't function well as true workout loggers. Most of them focus on preset workout routines that you might not be interested in. If you want something that provides everything you need to track your fitness journey, including nutrition and specific workouts, then Strong might not be the best fit for you. However, if you're experienced in the gym and need a companion to help you log your efforts, nothing beats Strong. I have a few minor changes in mind, but they wouldn't affect my five-star rating. If the developers are interested in knowing what specific features could be added to enhance Strong, I’m open to sharing my thoughts.

Perfect app 🤌. Really awesome app, so easy to use and helpful. Makes tracking my workouts so much easier and somehow more fun! I would really love some sort of social aspect where we could add friends and choose to share all or some workouts via the app to track each others progress. I recommend this app to all my friends, I think this would really entice more people!

Only good for weights and lacking edits. I was hoping this would incorporate stretches as well as I am in recovery. It doesn’t but it allows you to create your own exercises so I do that. I can’t add images to exercises even when the built in exercises have images. The most disappointing feature for me is the time keeping. I don’t use my phone all the way through a workout. I’m training. I input my exercises at the end. That means the time to complete workout is always wrong. And I can’t edit the time. There are better apps but this connects to apple health and that is why I use it.

Good app. Watch version could use a few tweaks. It’s great that I can choose a set type on the watch (work set, warm up, etc) but once I choose it’s almost impossible to tap outside that selector so I can scroll and do other things. The rest timer on the watch is good, but I can’t do anything else while it’s running and am forced to skip it if I want to view the other exercises. I should be able to view the workout overview and exercises while the rest timer is running. You need a way to show it on the workout overview.

Best Workout App. Period.. I recommend this app to everyone at the gym. Strong makes it so easy to track your progress. I love the ability to pin charts to my home page and being able to track different variables of my training, such as increase in volume and when I break my PRs. Strong also has the best customer support team. Quick replies to emails and keen to help. I can’t rate this app enough!

Great but could be best. Naturally Strong has to be one of the best apps on the market and there are so many well thought out features. In order to make it the best app on the market I’d love to see the rest timer support the dynamic island and for workouts/ timers to be synced with the watch app widget when using my phone to work out.

Easy to use, would recommend to any beginner!. As someone who has only just started taking the gym seriously this is an awesome app for anyone to use. Great to keep track of your workout and there is nothing better than finishing your workout and seeing that you have set a new personal best for yourself. Highly recommend.

Great app, needs updates. I have been using this for nearly 12 months, I use it every gym shesh to track my total tonnage and record my workouts. One thing I would suggest that there is to be more updates with exercises as there a lot of types of exercises that I noticed are missing. Also, to have a more friendly search - for example: Bench press (dumbbell) is quite a specific name search; if only I can sech “dumbbell press” and it would come up with the exercise, so sometimes it’s a bit of a struggle to find what I am looking for.

Great App, needs to fix keyboard bug. Amazing app that I have been using for two years with almost no issues. The one thing is that whenever I go to the exercises tab I can’t exit it once I begin typing. The keyboard never seems to go away meaning I can’t switch between tabs at the bottom. The only way to resolve this is to close the app entirely. Other than that, it’s a great app

Best app I have ever downloaded. This is such a fantastic app. It is exactly what you need to track strength progress. It’s extremely simple to use and all of the advanced features are tucked away in easily accessible parts of the app when you’re ready to experiment with them. The design and UX have been so well thought out. You won’t be able to find any other free app like this one. The free part of the app has everything I could ever want which is also amazing and I feel like most free versions of apps can be so limiting, but this one does not disappoint. I have never had issues with bugs or crashes, EVER! This is truely my favourite app on my phone now. Thank you

Love it. Great snazzy workout app! Keeps you on your goals and is quite flexible in mixing your exercises up. I do however would like some easy ways to add exercises while on the Apple Watch without going through all of them alphabetically. Also since Watch OS6 , it has not been able to start the app on my watch. Can we get a fix please!

Great app.. recommended. I have been using the Strong app for a few months now and I must say it's a really good one. I previously used JEFIT premium but decided to give Strong Premium a try for a change. One of the features I really like is the calendar, which conveniently highlights gym days in blue. It helps me keep track of how many times I've been to the gym. Additionally, the app shows the number of workouts completed, which is another feature I appreciate. However, I have encountered a small issue with the Apple Watch integration. When I end a workout on my iPhone, it doesn't automatically end on the Apple Watch, resulting in duplicate workouts. I have tried enabling and disabling the live sync feature, as well as unpairing and pairing the devices again, but I haven't been able to resolve the problem. Despite this issue, I would still recommend the Strong app for its overall functionality and usefulness in tracking workouts. Hopefully, the developers can address the Apple Watch synchronization issue in a future update.

Only one way to use it. This is a good app with an excellent variety of exercises in the library. It would be ideal if exercise could also be logged after-the-fact, rather than only being able to log exercises in real-time. This would especially useful when someone is working with a trainer and not setting their own workout plan/don’t have time to also be on the phone during the work out.

Love but needs improvements. When live syncing your workout to your Apple Watch, it's fine during the workout but when you finish, say you end it on your phone.. it'll keep going on the watch and vice versa. Super annoying and there is literally never going to be a situation when you're doing 2 workouts at once. Update the app so when you finish your workout it finishes counting across all your devices.

Super easy to use. Love using this to track my progress. The notes are very useful, I use them to remind myself not to overdo the weight and instead do more reps to prevent injuring myself again 😮‍💨 What would be cool is the ability to see a diagram of all the muscles your ‘workout’ targeted. That would really help me design a workout to ensure I’m not missing any. Or even suggestions that ‘you aren’t working out this area’ and suggested exercises based on that. Honestly I’d probably pay for pro if it had that.

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Pretty good - is their team ready to make it great?. Good app if you want to stay in their sandbox. No sync with google drive to share with trainer or others so if that’s a must-have for you, give this app a pass. I like the ease of creating workout templates. There is a rest timer, but a time under tension timer would also be a welcome addition.

Hands down the best workout tracker. I bought this app back before it became a subscription, and I just want to thank the developer for honouring my (and everyone else’s) purchases. This app was great when I bought it, and it has only gotten better over the years. The dev listens to the users, and frequently updates! No matter what you’re looking for in a workout tracker, this will deliver. Large library of workouts (and it seems to be getting larger) with examples, so beginners will be well served. If you’re seasoned in the gym, you can mine graphs and data points of best sets, reps etc over time to see how your progress is going. The app also works with home kit, and Apple Watch. Has a built in customizable test timer which automatically starts when you log a set. I honestly can’t even list everything here, but trust me and the other reviews when I tell you, this is the most comprehensive workout app on the App Store. Easiest five star I’ve ever given!

Templates disappearing. My templates keep disappearing!

415. I’ve used Strong for 415 workouts. I love the simplicity and consistency. Absolutely the right app for someone who is comfortable designing their own workouts, but still wants a robust lifting tracker.

Great app. Perfect for lifting

Update the app already…. It’s been 6 months since your last update mentioned a new version and still nothing.

The best app to track gym workouts. The app is amazing and does the job! 100% recommended!!!

Excellent Tracker. This app has definitely made workout teaching so much easier! Great alternative to all the spreadsheets I used earlier. Also, love the timer feature.

Workout missing. The app is good just need to add more workout for each muscle like how I did chest supported but it was not showing in the app

Everything Everyone Needs. Every fitness app restricts some kind of essential feature that should be free. Strong is what you need, for free. Sure, there are features that need to be paid for but they aren't ESSENTIAL to your workout progress. I simply use the app to create exercises and use them, no tracking of my nutrients and all that jazz. And this app does it the best. I've been here since pretty much day 1 and this app is amazing. I would just like to thank and congratulate the developers of this app for such an amazing job and not MAKING people pay for a service that will help people become their best selves. Thank you and fantastic job!

Gets better with every update. The latest beta includes something I’ve been waiting for…. Creating a superset in existing templates. This app keys getting better with every update! Customer service is quick to respond. Great app no matter your fitness levels or goals.

Progressive overload. In my opinion this app is a must for getting for anyone hitting the gym. It is so good for helping you track your progress and seeing how you’ve progressed

$140 for full version, are you kidding me??. If this app was $5-$10 I would have considered buying it but this app has gone the way of subscription which doesn't make any sense for this kind of app. If you want to just but it its $140. These options are just greedy, I’d rather use ios notepad to keep track of my workout!

Rest timers. I love this app, I have some suggestions to make the app even better! I find myself wishing that you were able to change timers based on the template. For example when doing supersets I wish you could lower the rest timers in between exercises from what the auto timer usually is. Another example would be for drop sets. I’d like to be able to remove timers between drop sets but keep them in between regular sets: Working set Drop set Timer Working set Drop set Timer Etc. If there could be a setting for this when making templates that would make working out more seamless! (Basically I’d like timers to be able to change automatically throughout exercises without having to manually set them during the workout) Other than that I love this app and it makes working out much more enjoyable and efficient!

Can’t set 1RM based set targets. How is it possible that we still can’t set rep targets with weights based on 1 rep max?? This is such a basic feature….

Shareable workouts.. This is a great app, it has totally changed the game for me exercise wise. It’s easy to track my progress, add new work outs and whatnot. I’d like for workout templates to be shareable. I want to be able to share my templates with people who also have the strong app. I think this feature will be very useful.

Amazing app, needs 1 feature. I use this app multiple times per week and it’s fantastic. One feature request: please allow setting custom starting weights on the plate calculator for plate loaded machines such as Leg Press, e.g. gym’s LP starts at 103lbs resistance, and it makes it useless when you can only choose predefined bars. It would be great to be able to set a custom starting weight, and use the plate calculator the reverse of how you normally use it: allowing you to tap to add certain plates to both sides and then see and record what the weight would be. Other than that, this app is perfect!

Loved it but. Amazing app. Keeps deleting my templates !!!!! Wont let me re add from old ones. So Frustrating.

Great app!. Only thing missing would be a live activity of the rest timer. It’s annoying to have to open the app to see how much time is left

Good app, exorbitant price. Look, I'm all for monetising your app and picking a sustainable pricing model, But $280 for a full unlock (it used to be $10, remember) is beyond excessive. Sure, you could also pay $40/yr but I can buy a lot of pens and paper for that much, and spreadsheet software is a lot cheaper than this.

Add exercises. Would be great to see more kettlebell exercises in this app. Thanks

Cumbersome. Found it cumbersome and a pain to use. A small notepad and pen are far more effective and easy to use.

10/10. 10/10 great features and amazing app. Great watching the app grow since version 1.0!

Where are the feature updates?!. I like this app, and I’d give it a higher rating if it ever changed. No new workout templates, no new features, nadda. I renewed for one more year, but if there is nothing new by next year I won’t renew.

Apple Watch App Broken. Since the last update for iOS 13 optimization, it seems like the Apple Watch companion app is broken (crashes upon launch of a workout routine). Tried resetting, still no luck. I love this app otherwise, so please fix the companion Apple Watch app!

How is this a subscription service?. This is a great app, but I can’t even begin to understand why the developer thinks it appropriate to require users to pay a monthly subscription for it. All I want is the capability to log my workouts. I would pay for that, as a one-time payment, but forcing users to get a subscription is an insulting money-grab in my view. A pity.

Excellent app. This is the most comprehensive fitness app I’ve used & STRONGly recommend it to anyone who is serious about tracking progress. Clearly it was made by Forbes fanatics - it’s very well designed. My favourite features: 1. Building a workout for tracking takes very little time - you can choose from an extensive library, add your own items, or pick from a plan. 2.Tracking workouts is easy. I inputted my program & use the app to track each day. The previous values are carried through & updates, and PRs are automatically tracked & highlighted at the completion of a workout, along with total volume of weight lifted. The ‘additional note’ feature, rest timer, warm up & drop set labels make it very simple to capture anything you might want. You can also update your workout on the fly, and at the end of your session you are promoted to choose whether you want to update your workout with changes. 3. This app allows you track body fat, body measurements, body fat, calories and more. This makes graphing progress on the data points important to you very easy. Truly a great app - worth every penny of the subscription price!

Fantastic. Simple, intuitive, clean, Thorough. It just makes sense, from top to bottom. Get it.

So much greed for so little app. BE WARNED: this app used to cost around $10 lifetime, but then the devs added a couple features and slapped the ridiculous price tag of $139 on it. AND made it a subscription app for $40/y! WHY does a LOG APP need a subscription!? Shameful display of greed! Forget this, here are some apps with the same basic functionalities for a fraction of the price and NO SUBSCRIPTION: HeavySet, Strongly and GymBook.

Poor functionality. Has good elements but can’t even do basic things like delete a template if you made one by accident. For a subscription it’s strange that you don’t have more control.

The best logbook out there. Amazing app! Have been using for 1.5yrs and always keeps me accountable and have seen huge strength increases during this time. SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENTS: would love to see rewards (new max: weight, volume etc) in real time compared to after the workout to motivate additional progression Also a setting to allow the previous workout info to be switched between last workout and max: weight/volume etc.

HEVY is better. Decent app, but it hasn’t been updated in almost a year. HEVY is similar but with more features and is constantly being updated.

Perfect app for tracking. This app is absolute necessity for every gym goer.

great app. gets the job done well and looks good at the same time.

This app is what I was looking for. It took me a while to find an app that is proper. This is the one for serious body builders and athletes that work hard in the gym and do multiple sets of various exercises. It keeps track for you. Good job developers.

Perfect for tracking your workouts. My only request is they add audio controls to the watch app so I don’t have to keep switching between apps to skip songs

Feature request. I'm loving the app! It's amazing! For the next update, could we please get a feature that allows us to share an entire workout folder with friends, rather than just one template at a time?

Workout log app for 139?. I would like to see the logic behind this ridiculous subscription price tag. The app is good but it’s not worth that much maybe 5 dollars tops for permanent purchase

Mostly good. Really good for tracking lifts but it sucks if you have machines that are in Kg and Lbs because if you switch the weight measurement for one exercise it changes all of your previous workouts to that… for example I did face pulls at 42.5kg my last lift then today I went to do face pulls on a machine with lbs and I changed it to 92.5lbs and then looked at my history to see what my previous weight was in my last workout and it said I did 92.5kg face pulls when I definitely didn’t do that. This needs to be fixed because for those of us serious about tracking our progress this is a huge problem in the app and it makes my review go from a 5 star to a 2 star.

Greedy. Your an app. Never in a million years would I pay you guys monthly or outright for 135$. Your app is very nice but I deleted it because I enjoy another app just as much for 5 dollars. You guys are going to loose out on customers with your greedy costs.

Re broken app. Your app is broken. It freezes. Please fix it

Crashes on Apple Watch. Works well with the iPhone but app opens for a couple seconds and then immediately crashes on the Apple Watch.

No dark mode icon. No dark mode icon that MATCHES Apple’s dark icons

Great app !. The app is really great. I have some idea to improve it : - it would be nice to add a place dedicated to write the tempo of exercise and would be awesome if the Apple Watch would vibrate while doing an exercise to follow that tempo. - it would be awesome if the Apple Watch could count the rep done by the movement of it. - At the end of each exercise, it would be nice if the Apple Watch ask how difficult what the exercise and remind us the next time that we should add weight if we found it easy last time. Thanks for giving us this app, it well done and love it features.

Very good but costly. W dev, very good app and the devs respect their users, they respect the purchase of their user unlike some other companies. You can transfer your data and if you don't have premium anymore your data won't be locked. The only thing is the price, 130$ cad or 40$ cad per years. I hate subscriptions, every product are going with subscription where they stack up and there's too much of them.

The best, most intuitive workout app I’ve ever used.. Period! Clean, simple, intuitive design. Genuinely excellent. Feature request: make it easier to add/remove exercises from a superset Update: v6.0 is excellent, fixes all my complaints, thanks for including me in the beta access.

Love it. Been using this app since it was $10 to buy and would pay $50 today for the same app. Great work guys.

Too exspensive. If anything you should be charging money to give workout plans. I’m just trying to log in my workout and I need to upgrade in order to track my stats? Not the best.

let me pause workouts. allow me to pause my workouts, make it so i dont have to pay to make more than 3 templates

Great Start!. I’ve only used the Strong app for two workouts so far, so still figuring out the features. However, it’s great so far! I’m a 2-3 times a week gym-goer and I wanted something where I could track weight progress and also see my work outs on a calendar. Every exercise I’ve looked to include so far has been there, and I love that I can save my “days” or workouts as templates. NOTE: I am using the free version.

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Good but could be great. This is actually a very good app for logging workouts and tracking progress by exercise. I have been lifting weights regularly since 2004 but have never really tracked my workouts or progress other than in my head. Its hard to describe but by using this I can visually see my progress which adds a new dimension of motivation to every lift to do better than the last time. Functionality of the app is excellent with the ability to add your own custom exercises not in the database being the best. The ability to add notes to all the exercises and edit the workouts during and after is a huge plus. Premium content is worth the $5 a month but could have a little more customization. Maybe choosing what you want to chart instead of just max weight. Would also be very good to be able to set goals on each exercise to see right next to the exercise name. Overall excellent app, highly recommend!!

Nice App that keeps me on track in the gym. The app is easy to use. I have downloaded several other apps for the gym, but this is the one that I have kept. I have no complaints about the app! I do have one preference that I would like to see: The ability to fast record your set from the sleep screen on the iPhone. Meaning sets 1 thru whatever, lead up to a final set that I push myself to see if I can gain 1-2 more reps or higher weight from the previous day I attempted the same exercise. Maybe place a next link to the rest timer pop up on the sleep screen, that would automatically check the current set completed, show your next set weight or show your next exercise and set weight. I think this would help with daily battery life of the phone. Anyways....app rocks! I will continue to use it. Hope to hear some feedback on the suggestion.

Yet another poorly designed app. There are SO many apps out there trying to outsmart and out feature one another that they all disregard basic functionality. All I need is some thing slightly better than excel for logging my custom routines, this app still isn’t that. After spending all my time adding my custom exercises to my custom routine. I realized I missed an exercise I needed to simply add to my first superset of exercises. Nope sorry, despite all of the tech and functionality provided in today’s smart phone world, editing/arranging the order of my exercises in the routine I just made isn’t a feature they offer on this app (not that I can see anyway), is have to remake a whole new custom routine. I also selected the wrong category for an exercise I made and there was no way to change or delete that. Basically as long as you never make an input mistake, get everything right your first go, or just need pre packaged exercise/routines this may work out for you. Otherwise simply using excel provides more

👍🏻. I’ve tried several fitness tracking apps to avoid carrying a pen and pad around the gym. This one is my favorite so far and I’ve been using the free version for 3 months now. The layout and interface is very ouser friendly. Pretty much every exercise I’ve needed is already in the program with graphic displays to show affected muscle groups, and proper form. You can make new exercises if you need to, but I’ve only had to do that for a few machines I’ve used and some variations of exercises already in the program i.e. pull up and close-grip pull up or hammer-grip pull up. The history log is awesome too. I can see a list of every work out I’ve ever done, or a calendar highlighting the days I’ve exercised. Tapping a day on the calendar takes you to the respective exercise on the list. You can enter a past exercise to see the details too obviously. I’m strongly considering upgrading with this one so I can save more than 3 routines. I’m doing 3-4 week phases for muscle confusion and have to update my routines for each new phase. I’m still able to see what I did in the past after changing the routines though which is great. Also, I’ve been training with a friend who doesn’t log his exercises (besides mentally) and my gains have substantially surpassed his. I catch him using the same weights over and over and despite my advice he continues to do so. He used to bench press 10lbs more than me. Now I bench 20lbs more than him. According to his claims, he eats healthier and gets more rest than I do too, so I sincerely credit the logging and increasing weight to stay within the appropriate rang of reps to my passing him up.

Makes tracking progress simple.. Before buying this app, I would have a set of exercises that I would work through but I never really knew what I did last time as far as weights or reps. Now I have created a template for my works and I can clearly see the weights/reps from the previous workout. This not only shows how I’ve progressed over time, it provides me with goals to beat during the current session. This is a game changer! And it wouldn’t be great if they didn’t make logging everything so easy. That’s what makes this app so effective. It’s simple to use and intuitive. The video tutorials with step by step directions also gives you guidance and confidence you are doing the movements properly. I’d recommend this app to anyone who is their own personal trainer looking to record and track their progress overtime.

Initial Impressions. Would give it a 4.5 out 5.0 Strong is the best app I’ve used for encouraging and tracking strength training. Its user friendly, well laid out, and flexible. I love that the app pairs seamlessly with my Apple Watch. Areas for improvement: - Watch version needs to be easier to edit and complete exercises. I find myself walking over to my phone during workouts. - More exercises: I’ve created custom exercises for common ones like clamshells and front squats with bands. - More options when creating exercises: Would be great to add primary and secondary muscles (rather than just “Legs”). This would help track improvement more. - Body maps to show areas that have been worked out most and least. - Data widget for overall progress for body categories (core, legs, etc) Keep up the great work!!

Simple and effective. I’ve been using Strong for Three years and I can’t really complain! I love being able to have different folders for workout sessions. It allows me to set my week split based on whatever my goals are at the time. Upgrading to pro is 100% worth it if you plan on making many templates. There is a large list of exercises preconfigured with tutorials on how to do them, and anything that isn’t listed you can add and say what type of workout it is. I love the graphs so that I can track any stats that I want. The apple watch tracking has gotten better over the years, and now is pretty reliable. People in the gym always ask me what app I use to track, and i’m quick to brag on Strong. I would definitely recommend it to anyone. For beginners, they even have preset workouts.

Great App, Needs Apple Watch Enhancements. Love this app to track my progress during and after workouts. I recently ran a workout program on my Apple Watch and found that I was unable to change weight amounts or even two count during a workout (like you can on the phone app). I had to go back from memory and update everything in my phone. It would be great to not need my phone to do this during a workout. Also, my phone app doesn’t intuitively show my charted progress on the main profile page (I.e. my most recent exercises and historical charted progress). I have to drill into each individual exercise on the “exercises” icon to find this information out. It would be great if the profile tab were more of an actual dashboard for everything progress related instead of just displaying how many workouts I’ve performed a week. Other than that, great app!

Loving This App. I’ve been looking for an app to help track my workouts and this one suited my needs the best. I like to create my own workouts with cardio and weight lifting, and couldn’t find anything that did a decent job without costing a fortune in monthly fees. After a few weeks of using this app I can honestly say it’s great! I love how easy it was to set up and use, and the interface looks like something apple would make. One feature I find useful is the “always on” screen. I don’t have to unlock my phone after each set or exercise, which adds to the smoothness of this app. Also, I’m in the IOS beta program currently running IOS 14.2 and haven’t had any issues. I’m not sure why this app isn’t more popular, but it should be. Great job developers!!! Thanks for a great product. 👍😊

Apple watch app. Am I the ONLY person that the Apple Watch app will NOT sync workouts or send workouts to the app? I’ve reinstalled and updated my apps EVERY TIME they update and it STILL DOES NOT WORK Their customer service is 5 stars but this review is for the Apple watch app. I’ve been using strong since it’s inception, the very beginning, and I bought the Apple Watch SOLELY so i could ditch my phone during my lifting sessions. The problem is, the workouts DONT sync back to the app. I’ve done everything they suggested, uninstalled, reinstalled, repaired, unpaired and NOTHING works. The Apple health app has the workouts logged so I know the information is being sent to the phone and something is wrong with the app. Every other app I have on my watch is able to sync information to their mobile counterparts instantly and reliably. This is The ONLY app that will not. After communicating with customer service they could only come up with that they don’t have the problem so they can’t solve it. As someone who uses this app 26/30 days a month, I wish there was a better solution than that.

Love It. I have been using Strong for about a month and I really like the program. I used BodySpace for a long time and really liked a lot of their features, but for me, Strong is a better program. Pros: It is very easy to use. I love the ability to copy sets and not have to re-enter information from the previous set. The Timer is easy to use and adjust. I like the warmup calculator and the auto one-rep max calculator. Cons: Exercise database isn’t as full as I would like. However, adding new exercises is a breeze so this isn’t a huge problem. For some reason I struggle with the plate calculator. I need to watch some more training videos on how to use it. Sometimes the Superset’s don’t work like they are supposed to so I will assume it is operator error rather than a program error. Also, it counts drop sets as an additional set, rather than a continuation of one set. This isn’t a big deal other than it makes you look like you did more sets than you really did. Once you get used to it, it is easy to make the mental adjustment. Overall this is a great program and I don’t think I will be switching anytime soon. I would give it five stars if the exercise database were bigger and if it calculated the dropsets differently.

4.5 stars. I've been using this app for about six months, and I've logged over 70 workouts. I like that it's simple, and you can use it to track progress with pretty much any lifting program you're doing. I would say the app is like 90% perfect. Here are my complaints: Please give me custom percentages when creating a custom formula for the warm-up calculator. Why not just let me enter a percentage instead of choosing from increments of 5? This would make programs like Madcow more manageable because I wouldn't have to calculate every set myself or use a separate spreadsheet. Please add the ability to pause a workout. When lifting in my home gym, sometimes I need to take a break in between exercises to take care of my kid or something. Sometimes these breaks could be like 30 minutes. I don't want this to count toward my workout time. Another example is I might start my workout in the morning, something comes up, and I have to stop, but then I finish my workout later in the day. It would be nice just to pause and continue the same workout. The plate calculator is useless to me because I can't put in custom bars or customize the plate inventory. This is a must-have when using specialty bars. In addition to marking a set as warm-up, drop set, or failure, I want to mark a set as a "back-off" set (not the same as drop set). Lots of programs have back-off sets. Please add the ability to make a graph of the added weight on a bodyweight exercise (like weighted pull-ups or dips). Sometimes I want to keep the reps the same and increase the weight over time instead of increasing the reps. Right now, I can only make a graph of reps on bodyweight exercises. To work around this, I have to create a custom exercise and mark it as a barbell exercise even though it's not.

Solid simple interface. Does not work consistently with apple watch. I really liked the app, is simple and straightforward. I’ve use it for over a year now and paid a renew subscription a few months ago. The main feature I liked was the integration with the apple watch, it was user friendly and allowed me to workout effectively. The three stars, is because for the last 2months months I have not been able to consistently use strong in my apple watch. At least 8times in the last weeks, I’ve got ready to start working-out and I have to spend 10min trying to get the app to work. Opened several tickets with support, but it doesn’t seem anything can be done (for some reason I do not understand). If you are someone that like me, every-minute count because you have a tight schedule to workout, I would recommend not to download the app if you expect it to work with your apple watch.

Simple and effective. NEW REVIEW: Change for the sake of change is just disappointment. They changed the way the timer works and now I can’t see my timer from a distance, which was important to me, and the screen requires a lot more scrolling because now I have to see the timer tracked between all of my sets…. That’s what everyone wants, more scrolling… it honestly breaks my heart. I’ve got over 1,000 workouts logged in this app and hate that I’m going to have to start looking for another app. OLD REVIEW: I recommend this app to all of my friends who workout and want an easy app to track their workouts. The interface is simple to use and uncluttered and, for the most, part tracks everything you need to keep you moving in the right direction.

Great app for lifting. Been using the app for about a year and a half. After logging my workouts in the app for about three months I upgraded to the premium version and have since enjoyed the benefits. My favorite part is how it keeps track of the weights you’re lifting to ensure you follow a routine for progressive overload if that’s what you’re looking for. I never liked using a notebook to keep track of my workouts, sets, reps, etc. so this filled that void. The auto rest timers are another great benefit to keep your workout moving. I’m writing this review because I’ve enjoyed the app, but recently had an issue with my subscription. Fortunately, the support team was great and timely. They quickly helped me resolve my issue so I thought they deserved the praise. I haven’t tried competing apps, but this one is solid for everything I need it to be.

WHAT HAPPENED??. I don’t know what “improvements” you made to the app 3 weeks ago, but ever since, my watch has not been communicating well with the phone app and it’s frustrating because I’m missing previous workout information and have to try to remember what I did a week ago on some lifts. 3 weeks ago, the watch to app only transferred 4 of 7 workouts. Last week and 2 weeks ago, the watch to app only transferred 6 of 8 workouts, each week (so 12 of 16 total). And now, my 2nd workout today which completed 1/2hr ago is not transferring. I’m assuming these sessions are lost forever whenever the next workout is started from the watch? This is very frustrating and I’ve used your app for 3 years now and have participated in the test flight program for over half that time, but I’m considering finding a new app to track my workouts if this continues. I also noticed that if you correct a previous set from a completed session in the phone app, the watch app WILL NOT capture that change when you do the same routine a week later and look at history. Also, and I’ve sent this feedback before, but the routines built in the phone app (cuz you can’t from the watch), no longer reliably transfer to the watch. Last time I put them in there Friday on the phone and the watch didn’t have them come the following Monday. That’s never happened before. This app used to work SO WELL with the watch and talking back and forth with the phone. I used to not even take my phone to the gym at all but now I do because the watch app is so unreliable. WHAT HAPPENED???

Love this app. Tried a few other similar apps in past. One worked nearly as well with watch support but quit working with new ios updates. Another seemed like a good Idea but was awkward and no way to adjust weight on the watch. Found this app and it seemed to have good watch support allowing you to customize excersizes on the fly, updating my values on routines so I can see what weight, reps and sets I did on previous workout plus graphing my progress on the phone later. I was happy to pay for the pro version especially seeing continued updates coming. There are a few things that would be nice like a website account to manage data on a computer, more charting options and integration possibly with Carb Manager app. I still highly recommend to anyone who wants to get more out of their watch at the gym.

Best Workout App You Can Get. I have been an avid lifter for almost 8 years, and throughout that time, I’ve tried many different workout tracking apps. No matter what I tried they all seemed to miss the mark somehow. Whether it be a bad UI, not enough exercises, poor syncing with Apple Watch, etc. With Strong, I’ve finally found the workout app that just works. The UI is fantastic, it syncs perfectly with Apple Watch, tons of exercises, weight calculator, and plenty of other features that all come together in a clean and easy to use way. In my opinion, the premium plan is well worth the cost, and I haven’t looked back after signing up for it. To anyone who goes to the gym and just wants a great, simple to use, and feature rich workout app, stop looking and just download Strong.

I use this app daily!. I’m a personal trainer, I have used paper logs for years and have had ok success with this system. Now, fast foreword a year and I’m using STRONG. This is by far the most feature packed training log I’ve come across. The issue with so many other is there is no option for supersets or giant sets, or even drop sets. It auto calculates warmup sets (in my line of work this is a big help) and you can add them wherever you want. Separate auto timers for both warmup sets and working sets… they thought of everything. You can track your whole workout from your watch if you prefer. The only thing I can think of that could be added is the ability to keep track of weight you used for a superset/giant set and a strait working set separate.

2 major dislikes but overall it good and fits my needs.. Overall I like the app. I don’t see how the ‘free’ version is of any use too limited on workout program. Not a deal killer but don’t think your have a greatly useful app unless you practice zero forethought and variability in your program. I am most likely signing up (in the free trial window currently) but my eyes and brain are looking for decent alternative that meets my 2 point of issue below. I guess I don’t understand the weight counter. To me you enter the plate you have on the bar and it totals it for you into the actual weight. It seams the inverse. I don’t need it so not a deal breaker. I haven’t tried the timers current program doesn’t require them. Exercise library seem adequate and easy to expand yourself. It isn’t expansive but most common movement are there. Don’t mind/ approve of the lack of a social media elements. The lack of premium/ pro trainer programs for more cost not available does not bother me. I would even applaud more personal privacy and anonymity. The two things I have hard time getting around. #1 a web page interface or desktop app to make program entry easier to view, enter, and adjust. Not everyone finds thumb typing convenient or easy. Not to mention screen size. #2 Can’t at least to my knowledge create workouts on future calendar dates. So I have to maintain a calendar app schedule as well.

Solid app for workout tracking, but can be flaky. I use this app primarily on my Apple Watch throughout my workouts to track weights, reps and also make use of the rest timer. The app seamlessly connects to my watch and overall the in-workout experience is great. The main issue I have with the app is the saved data can be flaky, like how I paid for the premium version so I could save more than 4 workout templates, but every time I open the app some of the templates randomly get deleted or may not appear. I work around this by going in the workout history and duplicating a workout but it is annoying that my templates just disappear. I use some custom exercises and the data for those don’t seem to always properly be tracked, so my charts that I set up don’t always have all of the data. Overall I’ll still use it because I’m used to it but a little disappointed by these flaws.

Constant improvements make this my go to workout app. Have been using Strong for a couple years, and at first the UI was more cumbersome to use than a simple pad and pencil. However after submitting feedback to developers and checking the interface updates, it’s clear they take user feedback seriously. They’ve taken every gripe I had seriously and the new UI flow is effortless whether you’re building workouts on the fly or trying to program templates ahead of time. The workout history at a glance also shows me a tabulated list of workouts at what weights sets and reps to make sure I change it up in the current workout. A lot of great features are built in, but none that I use much of. For me, effortless and intuitive UI flow is everything. For once I can say I no longer need to bring the journal and pencil to the gym 👌🏼

The Best. Details and Polish. What an amazing workout app. They have pretty decent example routines, and the flexibility to create your own routine. The animated examples are a really nice touch (though beginners should supplement them with more in depth videos). But what really makes this app stand apart is the attention to detail. Lifted more weights, or did more reps in a routine? It prompts you to edit the routine based on that progress. Great, almost automatic way to implement progression in your routines. Amazing Watch app, and overall UI design. Plus, the profile page is excellent a, to see charts and record you macro nutrient intake. But if all you want to do is lift, you never have to visit this page. The flexibility and power makes this app standout even over the StrongLifts app, which is this apps closest competitor but far more rigid. Really awesome app.

Easily the best workout tracker. Update: I just recorded my 1,146th workout in Strong. I can’t remember how much I paid for it anymore, but at this point it might be the hardest working couple of dollars that I ever spent. —— Flexibility meets framework so you can easily track almost any kind of workout without having to overthink things or work through an overly complex user experience. I’ve logged almost 400 (update: 600) workouts with it, and I’ve never had a problem with crashing or data loss. Also, the developers have been incredibly responsive to suggestions and squashing the very occasional bug. I can’t remember what I paid for it anymore, but quality apps like this are worth every penny. The only thing I wish they’d tighten up is supersets. They take up a lot of space and I wish they’d function just a bit differently.

Loved it until the recent update. I’ve been using this app for 5 or 6 years and have really enjoyed it. The recent update, however, has removed some of the most useful features. I used to be able to sort my templates alphabetically. I used a numbering system in the template names to make them sort in the order I wanted, placing the newest ones on top. Can’t do that anymore. When adding an exercise to a template, the app will use the same weights & reps as the last time you performed that exercise, which is handy. If I modified a weight or rep count, it used to roll that change down to all the subsequent sets. It no longer does that - I have to update every single set by hand. It’s a pain when coach programs 10x3 with +10 lbs from the last week. Those 2 changes have made the app significantly less useful to me. It’s still nice to have all my history in one app though.

Love this app!. The programmers obviously spend a lot of time at the gym because it couldn't be designed much better for flexibility and ease of use. I couldn't be much happier with it. It's got a nice built-in list of exercises and you can add your own if they don't have it already. When you enter the weight and reps for the first set it automatically fills the remaining sets with those same values that you can update as you perform them. It has a rest timer between sets that you can adjust. You can add exercises and rearrange the order of them in the middle of a workout and then optionally save those changes to the associated template. You can also update a completed workout if you made mistakes or left something out. My only gripe was the learning curve when finishing a workout and it gives you confusing options about how or if to update the template. I've read that they plan on correcting that in the next release. I figured it out and it works great. It's free and doesn't have ads and you can create three templates for free. If you want more at something like four dollars a month or $30 a year with unlimited templates and other extras. I was paying $10 a month for much, much more limited app.

My only problem with this app. So I’m not the most experienced lifter however. I have been lifting for about 9-10 months and have really made improvements to my techniques as time goes on but sometimes I struggle to figure out what kind of plans I want to follow weather if it would be super sets or push pull etc. but it would be a nice feature to be able to have templates or programs already in this app. For example. You could make a 3 month lifting program and have a series of exercises to do targeting the group muscles you would like to work out to achieve overall body comp. It kinda takes the guess work out of planning what exercises you wanna do, while keeping tracking of your reps and improving your over all strength. Some of the features are really nice . Just would like the option to do that. Even though some people wouldn’t use it

Greedy app creators again!. This was a great app until yet again the greedy app makers decided that they want to charge monthly and yearly fees that are ridiculously high. In reality you can log your gym records in a five dollar notepad. The beauty of this app was that it made things convenient and simple. But like many creators these days they think it’s OK to screw their clients with upgrade features that actually should be standard. Shame on them. I just deleted the app that I’ve been using for a couple months and was happy to have given them a five star. There’s other apps that you can use that are far better and for right now are not charging. Who in their right mind would pay $199 for an iPhone app that simply logs their workouts and measurements?! Certainly not me and hope you won’t waste your money on this app made by greedy developers. If enough of us keep calling developers on this and deleting their expensive apps that take little continued develop perhaps the creators will get the idea and stop being so greedy with high ticket prices. Save your money on this one friends!

Functional & Affordable. I’ve tried quite a few workout apps but Strong has stood above the rest. Paying $100 for someone to tell me what to do just wasn’t working. I can use Strong and adapt it to my goals and workouts. It’s simple to use but extremely effective. I want to work my arms? All I have to do is select the arms category and I have different exercise options, my past reps, weights used and a video with directions of how to do it. It’s truly changed my lifting experience! Also, cmon, who also gives you TWO months of a free trial? If you’re looking for an app that tells you what workouts to do and when, this isn’t for you. But if you want to building your workouts, track your lifting progress in an easy and manageable way, this is your app!

The best out there at the price but missing a couple key features. Subtracting a star because it desperately needs the following features: -show rep PRs in the workout summary. The 1rm calculator is waaaay to generous for sets of 10+ which is fine because every formula is flawed. But, this screws your PR indicator in the workout summary. If this is my best set of 8 it should show as a PR. I shouldn’t have to dig into the exercise to find it. - (optionally) calculate body weight exercises by total weight instead of added weight. I could do this myself but it’s a huge hassle since I track my weight in lb but my weights are in kg. The app could pull body weight data in from Apple health and handle the calculation for me. That way if I’m trying to hit a set of 5 pull-ups at rpe 8 I don’t have to do a million calculations and the estimated 1rm for body weight movements would actually be useful.

Love this app, it helps me push myself.. I tried another app with a similar logo but in red that was so confusing that I couldn’t even figure out how to start a workout. I finally just deleted it. This one is simple for me. I work-out in my dedicated fully equipped home gym and so I use my big iPad rather than a phone because at age 47 my eyes don’t clearly see small writing anyone. I’m not sure if that makes a difference for the ease of use. I am already getting compliments from my friends that I look more muscular even though I’ve been lifting weights consistently for over 30 years. I’d recommend that the app allow to add into total amount of weight lifted your ‘own body weight’. For example if you weigh 150 pounds and you do 6 pull-ups, you’ve done a total of 900 lbs (150x6=900). Or 10 push-ups and your weight with hands on a scale in push-up position is 100 lbs, you’ve moved 1,000 lbs (10x100=1,000). Many exercises are done with body weight only, or body weight plus bars and plates. They do show total weight on a barbell, dumbbell, cable, etc by accumulating all the weight you’ve moved. I’d also like to see a place for negative reps, or reducing weight. For example I do my first set of pull-ups with 21 reps. My second set I strap a 35 pound weight around my waist and do about 6 or 7 reps then drop the weight and do about 6 or 7 more reps. If these get handled I will buy a lifetime membership and recommend it to my friends. I have many people who want me to show them how to work out but I train at my home gym from about 10pm to 2 am. I’ll just send them my workout from this app. Thanks guys, keep up the amazing work!

Great app... Apple Watch app needs slight improvement. I’ve used Strong for years and it’s really helped me improve my workouts. The only thing that continues to bother me is all the steps needed to take when finishing a workout on the watch app. Maybe I’m missing something in settings, but PLEASE add a way to streamline when finishing a workout on the watch. You have to hit finish workout, and then done, and then if your routine was any different than what was previously saved, there’s an option to either “keep original workout routines, or update to new routine”. Something to that effect. I’d really appreciate it if we could change that in settings to always keep original workouts. Or just make it less steps in general. I know It’s just a small annoyance, but coupled with a slight loading time after I hit each option it really slows down completing a workout. Otherwise love the app and continued updates!

Shut up and take my money!. Updated..... Customer service got back to me and indicated that an update is forthcoming. In the meantime, to activate the subscription button, to press on the far right side of the button. Worked like a charm! I’m looking forward to using all the features of the paid version of this comprehensive app! .............................................................................The free features of this app are so good! So much so I would like to purchase the subscription. The problem is that the upgrade choice buttons are non functional. I’ve tried logging in and out, uninstalling then reinstalling a few times. Two emails to customer support are yet to be answered. Seems odd that such an effective app with a 4.9 average rating can be so difficult to subscribe to. Are they working out an update?

Great for beginners. Sure there are tons of apps that do the same thing but I remember when I started working out in 2022 and I found this app and it has worked wonders for me. I’ve been able to track every single workout and see my evolution on how strong I’ve gotten from weightlifting. I have never bought the pro/lifetime version but with the basic version you have all that you need. I have logged over two years worth of workouts and I can even make up specific workouts, the only thing the basic version lacks is a lot of space for as many workout templates as you want to make, but you can get all that when you upgrade. All in all, great app that has been my tool for tracking my gym habits for the past few years

Great, efficient app!. I’ve used this app for 3+ years now and don’t know how I used to lift without it. It has the functionality I need without excess fluff or steps. (I hate having to navigate 16 different menus just to annotate a drop set in other apps...) I’m very happy I’m not carrying around busted up old notebooks too! Great interface: Automated rest timer lets me nail my rest periods and see at a glance when I need to set up for my next set. I can easily see where I’m headed next, and start eyeballing that open bench. Super easy to drag exercises out of order in case somebody grabs up my machine before I can. Building my workouts is very easy and intuitive and provides the flexibility I need to enter custom exercises if they aren’t in the library, add notes/hints, and tweak things. Nice roll-ups: It’s easy to review progress on various lifts and track long-term trends and spot lagging body parts, for focus/remedial work. Gaps: It’d be nice to have an integrated tool for mesocycle planning, but that’s easy enough to do manually, and a tempo timer would be nice, but again, not critical. Overall: Very pleased with the app- definitely worth the “pro” purchase. Glad to see the developer keeps this alive and always look forward to the new features with each release.

Love it! But could be improved. EDIT: the latest update keeps asking for my Apple ID password every time I start the app and cannot use my pro setting until I do which I don’t think I need to especially in the app itself if it directed me to the App Store or wanted to verify through Face ID I would understand better. Am I wrong for feeling this way? I love the app still just a little uncomfortable giving my Apple ID password every time I start the app to workout This app is amazing! Pretty easy to navigate and work out, wish it worked with Apple Watch like look at your list or show your current set and check them off when your done but not a big deal though and it would be nice if you could set up the rest timer to automatically start when you finish your set and check it off. A dark theme would be nice maybe an oled black theme to save battery and not be so bright.

This is the app!. This workout tracker is amazing. I like the way the app looks and the functions of it. I love that you can add supersets (more than one) to a workout routine and separate workouts into folders. It also asks you what you’d like to update after you wrap up a workout (templete, sets, weight, etc). You can log your measurements and allows you to track progress of both your workouts and your measurements. During a workout you can replace and exercise allowing you to accurately track your workout and you can even enter a note if you need to remind yourself why you replaced it. I rated it a 4 only because small things like the plate calculator functionality, the inability to group folders together, and the lack of access to the app on a Mac. If I could access the app on a Mac to log workout routines and group folders together this app would be a 10/10.

Best app ever for workouts. I’ve cycled through my fair share of workout apps trying to find the perfect one for me. The biggest problem I’ve run across with most apps is the difficulty/loss of function I have when I use it on my Apple Watch. This one, however, is not the case. It is super easy to create workouts and add exercises mid-workout (on the watch). The countdown timer helps keep me on track and is easy to adjust while I’m between sets. It keeps track on my PRs and I have the option to update my routines at the end of my workout, which I love because I make minor tweaks each workout, including the order. Finally-tech support is AMAZING. I noticed a glitch this morning and emailed the developer. I got a super quick response and by the evening they had an update that fixed the glitch. All the while, they kept me in the loop which is much appreciated.

The best Tracking App Ever 💪. Unbelievably impressed on how easy this app is to navigate and also understand upon first opening. As an active Trainer I find it very difficult to track my workouts plus my clients workouts this allows me an ability to build a work out in less than 10 minutes which allows me to more focus on what I need to do for my clients. I am more than happy to pay the fee to keep this app running and also it is way easier to track numbers this way without having to write them down in a book every time you want to track all you have to do is hit the checkmark and complete the work out that you already put in as a predetermined exercise. I want to extend my gratefulness and thanks to this app creator thank you very much and please continue to expand this in anyway you see fit!!!

this is the best workout app i’ve tried im not exaggerating. I have tried many many many many many many many workout apps and this is the only one that works for me. you start by creating templates and when you show up to the gym you just click on a template and say “start workout” it’s that simple. it will count down your rest timers and stuff and keeps track of your previous weights and times you did. it’s five star quality but there is one thing the dev could do to make it even better. instead of a free and pro version, they should sell extra templates. you only get three and it would be nice if i could buy a fourth one for like $5 instead of a monthly pro subscription, but i made do with three! but all in all- try it. it’s super easy and costs nothing to try. it’s helped me!!

Easy and clean. Would like rep calculator.. Nice and easy to set up workouts and keep track of rest, sets, and reps. I’ve been using this since January now, and it’s the only program I’ve actually stuck with. It does compute a 1 rep max under each exercise, but it would be awesome to have the ability to calculate other RMs like 10RM. Would make moving to different rep schemes and weights much simpler. Update: Still really loving this app. I’ve logged 197 workouts with it now. Simple; clean; easy to set up exercises, sets, reps, and supersets; ability to set up custom exercises, and a steady update of new exercises added to the Strong library. I also really love the built in rest timer. And the ability to reorder or add in sets on the fly. Sometimes the weights or machines just aren’t available and it’s nice to be able to just reorder the exercises or sub in something. I particularly like that there are a couple of exercises I had put in as custom ones and later Strong added them to their library, and I could just migrate all my previous data to the new exercise with literally two button clicks. Very nice. I’ve used this to track 5x5, S&S, some odd one-off workouts (Husband’s Dislocated Finger etc lol), and high volume work. Would still like the RM calculator for more than just 1RM.

This app will change the way you work out. I have used this app for about 6 months, and used the PRO for about 4 months. This app is fantastic, if you go to the gym 3+ times/week then the cost is more than worth it. The app just added RPE options for sets, you can use the exercise database or make your own, and it tracks overall weight lifted (which I’ve found is motivational—at the least interesting). The app promotes progressive overload, which is super important and helpful to track. Only issue I’ve ever had with the app is that I frequently forget to end workouts. They will run in the background and the time for my workouts will be 24hrs or until I open the app again the next time I go into the gym, which messes with my statistics. However, this is a user error and in no way an issue with the app. Love this app, if you frequent the gym, I’m sure you will too.

disastrous update. I’m a longtime, heavy Strong user (~1600 workouts) and generally love the product. I see and appreciate the improvements they’re trying to make with the new 6.X release, but they’ve regressed basic app performance so much that it’s a step backward. 1) Lags and latency are a big problem now, both during startup and during actual use (it interferes with typing). These have worsened in the past week, needling the app nearly unusable. 2) They cluttered the UI with the inline timer; though you can revert to the old top-of-screen timer, it seems you can no longer disable the timer entirely now. Personally I hate the timer, think it just gets in the way, and expect a control that lets me turn it off entirely. 3) Dark mode seems to keep reverting to light mode by default. 4) The touch screen seems to have lost responsiveness - or maybe the are just because of the performance lags. 5) Why am I no longer able to edit the names of exercises I myself added? Are you ever going to fix this?

Best All-Around App for Weightlifting. I have been using this app for a month straight at this point and I am convinced that this is the best overall app for weightlifting available. I have extensively tried around 8 other apps and none of them have come close to this one. First, it’s extremely intuitive - if you think an option is going to be somewhere, it usually is. Adding, replacing, or modifying exercises is easy to do on the fly. While other apps have similar options, none have been this intuitive throughout. I’ve been impressed by how this app just seems to “make sense” in a lot of areas. Secondly, features that are supposed to work, actually work. My Apple Watch syncs effortlessly and immediately as I jump into my WOD. It prompts me to finish workout on the watch, to ensure it syncs properly, but has been fine when finishing the workouts on the phone - so that seems to be more of a safety measure than a requirement. Third, the interface is easy. It’s clutter free and clean. Buttons are big enough to press, and I have yet to experience any bugs or glitches of any kind. This is the best app for inputting, logging, and tracking your workouts and programs that I’ve come across. I highly recommend it.

Good app. I have liked the continues improvements to the app and the most recent changes allowing you to select and view a workout without having to start the workout is nice. I do wish that pinned notes for exercises only applies within the workout that exercise is in so that if you use the same exercise in another workout routine and want different notes for that same exercise but in a different routine you can as opposed to the same notes showing up for that exercise in all routines. Especially since the other notes option only shows notes made during that workout session. I would like an option for notes for a specific exercise within a workout that remain just in that workout where I can make different notes on the same exercise in a different workout that won’t show up on that exercise in another workout. Other than that detail, I really like the app.

Best weight-workout app I’ve used. 7/25 update - the latest update has really slowed the app down. The integration with Apple Watch is annoying and it now takes time for the app to “sync”. If you don’t notice the Watch app connection at the beginning of a workout, the workout timer won’t start. Still no ability to check all reps in a set with one click. It gets really old clicking 11 or 13 reps per set for every exercise when I’m doing 15 exercises with 11+ sets per workout. Original review: I used Fitness Point for a few years before I came across the “Strong” app. The wide ranging versatility of Strong is vastly superior to Fitness Point. The paid version of Strong has multiple worthwhile upgrades over the free base app. For me, the ability to create more than 3 personal workouts was a key factor in going with the paid app. My one “wish” for this app that I think would be an improvement would be to see the total weight moved in a single workout prior to hitting “finish”. It would help me hit more goals. I know I can go back and edit but it’s sort of a pain in the middle of a workout. Otherwise, this is a powerful workout app with wide versatility that should appeal to the majority of plate heads and other gym rats like me.

Better than Jefit. Better than an excel sheet. And certainly better than a notebook.. Honestly the free version of this app is too compelling. I wasn’t going to download at first because I thought I would need to pay to get anything worth using. I would happily pay them money for pro, but the pro features aren’t things I’d use. This is the de facto best way to track your progress in the gym and make sure you’re not plateauing. I’ve been tracking in an excel sheet, and then Notion, and this blows everything else out of the water. I’ve never written a review for anything, but I felt I ought to at the bare minimum due to not paying. Perhaps you’ll release new pro features in the future that call for it. Please give me an option to export my weight and bodyfat percentage data. I’ll sign up for pro for that.

Best workout tracker on the App Store. This is the only workout teacher tracker that truly has everything you’d need to track progress at the gym. Whether you’re just starting out or you’ve been at it a while, this app can help. Tracking sets, reps and weight is easy, there are many options for types of set such as reps only, duration, and many more. There are so many built in exercises with video demonstrations so it is easy to correct your form or see what muscles you’re working on any given exercise. There are areas for notes for any exercise, and areas to build templates for each of the days in your cycle. The best part about this app is that it’s free, and never gives any ads, nor does it demand you sign up for its premium membership but it is very well worth it if you do.

How does anyone lift without this app?. Things I love: 1) Super easy to setup your own workouts (actually the whole program is easy to navigate) 2) Large range of exercises with animations for many on how to perform 3) Easily see your previous performance (weight, reps and sets) so you can easily perform progressive overload by improving on last time 4) You can add your own workouts easily 5) Save and organize entire sets of workouts (I have push/pull/leg workouts for home and the gym to account for different equipment) 6) Set a timer after your set to get you back to work on time. Timer is large screen and has a audible alert for if you’re “walking it off” away from your phone after your set. 7) Easily see the history of your performance on any given exercise 8) You can write notes that can carry over each time for an exercise (ex. Noting seat setting, grip used etc) 9) You can search for exercise by body part or equipment (dumbbell, barbell, machine etc) or both. 10) Syncs with apple health 11) Can set up supersets Things I hope they improve: 1) I wish there was an option for timer to automatically start after inputing your weight/reps. Also I wish there was an option to type in the time (current can only choose 1 minute intervals) 2) I wish there was more information on how to do exercises. Not a big deal if you’re doing exercises you’re familiar with, but would be useful when trying new ones. 3) Would love to see integration with a heart rate monitor (to help gauge recovery between sets) 4) Would like a bit more subtly in filter for exercise search. Cable and standard machines are just lumped in as “machine.” Can’t search by kettlebell or resistance bands. Overall recommend this app 100% and have seen huge gains in a steady progression thanks to this deceivingly simple app.

Best mobile strength training app. I’ve been using a BodySpace for years but finally broke things off with them, since then I’ve tried a few other apps and NONE have the user friendly interface, richness of features and tools as Strong. easily my favorite app of its kind, particularly due to its integration with MyFitnessPal and apple health. my ONLY 2 request/problems is to add a “friends” or “workout buddy” section so I can share my routines and workouts with my partners easier. My other one is to add the ability to view percentages of 1RM within the app. such as, if a deadlift 1rm is set at 450, i could easily view a chart showing the percentages of that 1rm for rep range usage. It’s a small detail and can easily be found using google but it would be super convenient in the app.