GymGoal Pro App Reviews

I tried about 5 different apps before finding this one. This is by far the best and most versatile workout scheduling app Ive found. I am able to create my own exercises including detailed instructions and reminders. I have different routines set up with or without super sets. You can also include YouTube videos and photos youve captured from the internet. Theyre customer service is awesome. I reported a problem and it was fixed in an update within two weeks. I highly recommend this app for anyone who is weight lifting, cross training or even cardio circuit training. A great record keeping and workout planning tool.

Ver 8.9.5: Started weightlifting again and using this app again, I see the developer has added a lot of new features in the last few months. When working the larger muscles your heart rate can go up bit. It is good to get it back down before starting the next set. The new integrated heart rate monitor and settings are very useful and unique to this app. It is compatible with both my Polar and Scosche RHYTHM plus HRM monitors. If you click on the version history of this app you will see for a long time this developer has been frequently adding new features. The app and “Pro Features” are a great investment! Original review ———— Overall I feel GymGoal is the best app available to plan and track your fitness sessions. Its main focus is weightlifting planning and tracking but is great for tracking cardio and body measurement-related items too. This app does have a small learning curve compared to some of the other similar apps but that is only because it is packed with so many more features compared to the other similar apps. If you get this app and spend 10 minutes getting familiar with it (built in help files and links to how-to videos linked in the app) you will be much happier with this app over some of the others that might look slicker at first glance or boast having 1000s of built-in exercises. Over a two week period I downloaded and tried almost every app out there for weightlifting. Many of those apps had some unique must-have feature or did something better than the others but none of them seem to do almost everything I wanted. That was until I tried GymGoal. Before finding GymGoal I had narrowed my choice down to two others. I sent those developers a list of feature requests. Ironically, once I found GymGoal I realized it had all the features of the other two apps along with everything I had on my feature request lists to them! This app lets you pick existing exercises or you can create new ones and put them into a "routine". The routine mainly consists of the exercises and for each one of them: number of sets, reps, weights, and rest time. You can also attach reminders/notes to the routine and/or to individual exercise sets. The routine is the workout template you follow. Think of it as a printed sheet with all that info, and when in the gym for each exercise if you follow the printout exactly you just check it off and move to the next but if your planned number of reps or weights are different than on the sheet you write that down along with any notes you want to save. Same concept here. None of the other apps have the ability to have all of that in their version of a routine. When you do a routine it will guide you through the workout by showing you the aforementioned information—there is more you can add too, like mark a set as a warmup set, drop set, etc. It is easy to change the reps, weights, or other info mid-routine. Changing the info mid-routine will not modify the routine, it just modifies the exercises logged for that session. As you follow the routine any unmodified sets will get logged with the info from the routine (sets, reps, rest,etc). I like that because during the workout you only have to enter data if it is different than what was planned in the routine! You can use one of the great built-in routines or create you own. The next optional but effective step is to add one or more routines to the configurable recurring schedule. I love that feature because at a glance I can see what workouts I need to do on what days. All of that helps add structure to your workouts creating a true fitness plan that you can follow and measure your progress!!! This app does not have 4000 built in exercises but it has a lot and covers all the common ones. One big strength of this app is that it was the best at creating new exercises. You can fully duplicate existing built-in apps or create your own. You can add a lot of text to a new exercise, multiple pictures, pick what things you want to track (reps, sets, weight, time, Max HR, Avg HR, and more), if it is one weight like a barbell or a dumbbell in each hand—in which case it multiplies the weight times 2 in the metrics. All the apps I looked at let you create custom exercises but every one except this one had some type of annoying limitation/lack of feature—some did not allow you to add a description, others no pictures, etc… Here are some other features I like about this app: 1-rep max calculator and can calculate percent any percent of 1 rep max easy to do during the workout, fitness tracking including custom fields, notes with time stamps (Main page, Routine, Set), color tag sets with can be used as an example to make what tempo (speed) you should be doing that set, mark sets as warmup so that they dont count in the statistics and reporting, very easy to turn two or more exercises into supersets, tracking progress, can back up everything—very important, you can share data (Workouts as html that anyone could see/print or in GymGoal data format that other people with GymGoal can import, great reporting and tracking progress, body map that show how much you are woking/neglecting each muscle area, the developer quickly responded to e-mails I sent him, timer options, HealthKit integration, allows us to have a structured program and not depend on the trainer, great for tracking cardiovascular workouts, goals option w/short,mid, long-term inputs, exercise - 1 or 2 dumbbells per rep configure option, pictures - multiple and can add comments , configurable sounds for timers, some those that need more guidance the app comes with a bunch of built-in routines—some of them can be done at home if you have just a set of dumbbells.

I used to bring a pad and paper to the gym to keep a log of my workouts. This honestly is the best workout app for lifting and keeping record of your progress. It has almost every exercise you could imagine and the calculations always give you a 1RM which is nice. It has tips, videos, and explanations for all exercises. Its what I wanted and more and Im happy I paid the 5 dollars or so for it. Well worth the money!

I previously had full fitness but my friend recommended me this app. Its so much better. Constantly updated and the layout is easier to learn. More variety in work outs also.

Im not one to write reviews, but this one deserves high praises. I would not say that it is necessarily "intuitive". There is a bit of a learning curve that I do believe pays off. I think I have tried possibly every "weight lifting" app out there and I can confidently say this one stands above the rest. Be patient enough to learn the app and I think you will love it.

I have used GymGoal1 for several years. Just upgraded to GymGoal2. I am not a gym rat but I use this faithfully 2-4 times/week and its excellent. Ive added some routines, modified existing ones. It is intuitive and easy to learn. You can keep it very simple or you can get very complex. Ive tried a few others in the past but you couldnt mold their apps to the way you work out - this is what sets this app apart from the others in my opinion. Buy it - you wont be disappointed!

I have used Gym Goal for a long time now. I have found through using all the other popular gym trackers (Fitness Buddy, Jefit, Full Fitness, and Physique) that this is the one that is the best as far as workout logging and is the one that I continue to use all the time. The app is maintained very well. Once you use this app, you will see what the others lack for keeping track and ease of logging.

latest update has a few bugs that need working on but overall a very good app .. get the bugs fixed and its a 5⭐️

This app gives me exactly what I need. I can easily and quickly add my reps and weight as I am working out, I can opt to skip an exercise if I want to or add one on the fly. It is easy to set up a routine and a weekly schedule, but also easy to edit.It gives me a history of my workouts and even shows me a diagram of what muscles I worked.

Love the new heartbeat tracking option.

Ive been using GymGoal2 for a couple of years now and absolutely love it. Its my go to workout app.

Over the years, Ive tried several iOS fitness tracking apps, and for overall tracking of routines and statistics I keep coming back to Gym Goal. It is continually updated, and after adding the ability to have multiple routines listed per day, its nearly perfect for my needs. Back to 5 stars (from 4): issues are resolved very quickly.

Loving this app! Helps me remember how much weight I used on my machines. Keeps me in line. Tks GymGoal2!

Lets me build the routine I want.

This app is a great way to keep track of my weight-lifting workouts. Im pretty frugal when it comes to buying apps and after reading the reviews I chose Gym Goal. The ability to create your own routines and schedules makes this a versatile workout tool. I hated writing everything down on paper but with Gym Goal it keeps track of weight, reps, and sets AND tracks your history and shows you what areas you are slacking off. And thats the tip of the iceberg. Data can easily be backed up. Other than the backing-up process the app does not need the internet to operate--its all self contained. Even the movies that demonstrate the exercises do not require the internet. This is an indispensable tool for beginners as well as those very familiar with working out.

I thought I just wanted an app to let me track my exercises, weights, and reps. Figured this one may be overkill but gave it a try. I’m loving it! I used one of the preset routines, which has opened me up to some new exercises I wouldn’t have normally done. Yes, there’s a little bit of a learning curve, but it isn’t bad at all. And it’s because the developer really thought of everything — lots of little features that really make a difference. It even shows videos of every single exercise, which are mapped to a picture of a body. Brilliant! Love the weight tracking, including a nice chart. I’ve put on 5 lbs in just 16 days of lifting. (After several years of being out of the gym). After using this for a couple of weeks, I’d easily pay $30 for this app.

I will never use another app for mi exercise this is perfect

Can load workout with drop sets, supersets,...etc. can build any workout with this app.

Ive been using the app for a long time and its great, but Ill soon need an app that works with Apple Watch!

strange how this app is not on top searches when you search for "gym" or "fitness". This is by far the best Routine creation and gym tracking app available. easy to use and highly customizable. Used many recommended "top" fitness apps and was continually dissatisfied (jefit, workout trainer, fitness buddy ect). theyre often bloated and use crappy cumbersome interfaces - good for their prebuilt routines. but inadequate for the more serious fitness person who constantly improves their regime. often found myself really liking one feature but it would be lacking in another. then i found this gem. Dont waste your time with the others if you want a fully customizable app. i regret taking too long in purchasing in fear of being disappointed again. cons: rarely, but crashes. iphone 6. BUT no data is lost and quickly opens back to where u left off!!? the other leading fitness apps would crash too btw. some more than others. additional pros: -it can sync bluetooth heart rate monitors. -it syncs w/ iphone health app which is a really cool feature. since i use it to track my nutritional intake.