Gym Log‪+‬ 4+

Exactly the weight lifting log I was looking for

This app was exactly what I was looking for. The navigation is well thought out and it has everything I need and nothing I don’t. I especially like the timer that starts after every entry instead of having to start the timer manually like in other apps. And the summary at the end that shows your stats for that workout. Plus no crazy monthly fee.

Thanks for a great app.

One bit of feedback for the developers. When you open the notes for an exercise and click the description, the keyboard pops up and you can not exit the keyboard. Then there is no way to exit the exercise info. As the button is blocked by the keyboard. You have to restart the whole app. A bummer if you are in the middle of a workout like I was.

Developer Response ,

Hi,

Thanks for the review! I'll take a look at the issue with the keyboard covering the exercise instructions and hopefully have a fix for this in the next app update.

Regards,
Wade

Really disappointed I paid for the premium

I went ahead and purchased the upgrade before using the app because I was trying to build a routine and wanted access to more exercises.
Entering anything into the app is cumbersome , though and not something you want to stop and do in the middle of an exercise, especially if you’re tracking more than one person. I’ve tried using the watch app and after getting home I learned that nothing was recorded to the app. Also there is a start and end button for your workout which sounds simple but can get confusing. Once I end a workout for a given day I shouldn’t be able to restart it again without some sort of “Hey, you’ve already done this” kind of message. It sounds trivial but I’ve noticed I’ve inadvertently hit the Resume after ending a session only to find the timers are running in the background until I check it again. It throws off all of the timing for your workout if you go to review them and is just unfortunate design.
Either way, there’s a decent list of exercises and the $10 is sunk cost so I guess I can reference it if I don’t know how to do something and need static sketch to show me how. Still searching for the right App.

Developer Response ,

Hi,

Thanks for the review! Sorry to hear you are disappointed with the app. I think you can receive a refund if you contact Apple. For switching between users doing the same workout on the same iPhone, I recommend turning on Settings > Users > Switch Users Shortcut to make this quicker. Regarding the Apple Watch logging, I'll take a look--the Apple Watch app should sync logged sets with the iPhone app once it's within range of the iPhone (I workout myself with the Apple Watch, though I typically also have my iPhone on me, too, so the sync occurs immediately).

For the Resume workout functionality, I'll look into adding some sort of notification about the workout being done already. My rationale for having it work this way is I was frustrated myself when many other workout apps wouldn't allow you to go back into a workout easily whether it was finished or not to log additional workout sets. Please note that even if you go back to the workout, the actual workout duration won't be changed unless you log an additional set even though the workout timer resumes running. You can also view logged sets via the History tab.

Feel free to send me suggestions or comments in the app via Settings > Suggest a Feature.

Regards,
Wade

Nice App

There are a lot of Apps out there that offer all kinds of bells and whistles, this one does too. But what I have found that separates the this App from the others is that I was easily able to set up my own routine based on my level and what my gym has to offer.
I am returning to the gym after years of “not going” so I wanted to take it out easy and use the timed circuit routine set up. I was able to customize routine, put in the appropriate names of the exercises, put in the weight and reps and add a note letting me know next time if I need to go up, down, or if the weight is just right. As I put in today’s numbers for an exercise I can see the results of the last time I was there.
I will be using this App for awhile, that is for sure.