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Log App vs Strong

Strong is built for one thing, tracking gym sessions, and does it thoroughly. Log App is a logbook for anything, where a workout is one entry with a round per exercise, sitting next to your sleep, your runs or your mood. This page lays out where each one is stronger so you can pick without installing both.

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Facts about Strong come from its public feature list as of September 2026 (strong.app) and are kept general on purpose. If something has changed, tell us and we fix the page.

Side by side

Feature by feature

Feature	Strong	Log App
Exercise library	Built-in library with instructions and a way to add your own exercises.	No library. You type the exercise name once and the app remembers it for next time.
Sets and reps	Set-by-set entry with weight, reps, warm-up sets and supersets in the routine.	Each set is a round inside the entry (exercise, reps, weight). No superset concept.
Rest timer	Rest timer with notifications between sets.	A session timer only. No per-set rest countdown.
Routines and templates	Reusable routines; the free tier caps how many you can keep, Pro removes the cap (as of September 2026).	Routines saved from a logged session, with no cap. Starting one fills in the exercises and suggests last session's weight and reps in grey, saved as shown unless you type over them.
Charts and records	Per-exercise charts, estimated one-rep max, personal-record badges.	Per-exercise max weight, average reps and totals. No estimated 1RM yet.
Apple Watch and Health	Apple Watch app and Apple Health sync listed on the public feature page.	Neither. Phone only, as of September 2026.
Everything that is not a workout	Body measurements are included; other habits or logs need another app.	Sleep, runs, mood, food, diving or anything else as separate logs with their own stats.
AI analysis	Not listed as a feature.	A plain-language read of your recent entries with a suggested goal, from your own data only.
Goals and streaks	Progress via records and charts.	A rolling goal such as three sessions a week, a streak, a calendar heatmap and a learned reminder time.
Platforms	iOS and Android.	iOS beta via TestFlight, as of September 2026.
Price	Free with limits, Strong Pro as a subscription or one-off (as of September 2026).	Free for logging; premium lifts the monthly AI-analysis and attachment limits and adds place search.

Who each one suits

Better for

Strong is better if

You follow structured programmes with supersets and want a rest timer between sets.
You want an exercise library, plate calculator or estimated one-rep max.
You lift with an Apple Watch on and want the session on your wrist.

Log App is better if

You keep a short gym log and several other logs, and want them in one place.
Your training does not fit a library, such as kettlebells, calisthenics or rehab exercises with your own names.
You care more about consistency (sessions per week, streak, heatmap) than about set-level detail.
You want notes, a photo of the whiteboard and the gym pinned on a map on the same entry.

Switching

Moving from Strong to Log App

Log App imports a CSV into any log: it reads the file on your device, works out the delimiter, the encoding and the date format, suggests what each column becomes, and shows you the entries before it writes any of them. So how much comes across depends on the export you can get out of Strong — the steps below say what to do either way.

Install Log App and pick "Strength Training" during setup, or open it from the workout log page. The log comes with an Exercise round, Reps and Weight (kg or lb, following your locale).
Keep Strong installed for now and log your next few sessions in both. Two weeks is enough to know which one you open first.
Type your exercise names the way you say them. Log App does not need them to match a library entry.
If you want the old numbers alongside the new ones, take Strong's data export and import the CSV into the log from its settings. Otherwise leave the history in Strong — nothing forces you to move it.

Questions

Frequently asked

Does Log App have routines like Strong?

Yes, in a simpler form. You save the rounds of a session as a routine, such as "Pull day", and start the next entry from it. The weights and reps come from the last time you did each exercise and are saved as shown unless you change them. There are no supersets or warm-up sets in a routine.

Does Log App have a rest timer like Strong?

No. Log App has a session timer that runs from when you start the entry. For rest intervals you would use the clock or the watch for now.

Can I import my Strong workouts into Log App?

Yes, if you export them from Strong as CSV — pick the file in the log's settings, match the columns and import. There is no direct connection between the two apps, so the export is the whole path.

Is Log App free?

Logging is free with no entry limit. Premium raises the monthly AI-analysis count and the attachment cap, and adds place search. Strong has its own free tier and Pro; check its site for current pricing.

Which one shows my bench press progress?

Both. Strong draws a chart per exercise with an estimated one-rep max. Log App shows max weight, average reps and totals per exercise, and the AI summary points out what moved recently.

The short version

If you want a gym app, Strong is a good one and this page is not trying to talk you out of it. Log App wins when the gym is one of several things you log, and when you would rather type “Bulgarian split squat, 10, 20 kg” than pick it from a list. Try the strength log for two weeks alongside Strong and keep whichever you open first.

The log itself