RepCount vs Strong: which workout tracker fits?

At a glance

This comparison combines a documentation review with a limited hands-on Large Text check. It is not a speed test or a full accessibility audit. I make RepCount, so I have a stake in the result. The dated sources and test details let you check the facts separately from my recommendation.

Strong has been one of the best-known focused workout loggers for years. It positions the core experience as a training notebook that stays out of your way. Both apps are good options; the better choice depends on the details you need during a workout.

What logging a session feels like

Both apps are designed around a direct exercise, set, reps and weight workflow. Strong describes itself as a workout notebook reinvented and puts simplicity at the center of its product. RepCount follows the same focused philosophy: open a workout, check what you did last time and record the next set.

The clearest free-plan difference is how many workouts you can prepare in advance. RepCount does not cap saved routines or custom exercises. Strong allows unlimited logged workouts but limits its free version to three workout templates. Three can be enough for a stable weekly split; it is less flexible if you keep alternative sessions, several training blocks or travel versions of your workouts ready at the same time.

Strong supports custom exercises on iPhone and Android, but the official page checked here does not publish a free numerical limit. I would not treat an undocumented limit as proof that the feature is unlimited.

Notes when the details matter

Strong has a thoughtful notes system. You can add context to a whole workout, attach a note to an exercise for that session, or pin an exercise note so a reminder appears whenever you perform that movement. A pinned note is useful for durable cues such as bench angle, machine setup or stance.

RepCount supports workout and exercise notes too, and also lets you attach a note to an individual set. The note appears with that set in exercise history. That finer level can be useful when only one set was different—for example, a changed grip, tempo, assistance, equipment setting, interruption or discomfort.

This is not a claim that one notes system is universally better. Strong's pinned reminders are useful before future sessions; RepCount's set notes preserve why a particular historical result differed.

Larger Text accessibility

I tested Strong on iOS 27 with Larger Accessibility Sizes enabled and the text-size slider set to its maximum. In the workout view and exercise picker, there was no visible increase in text size compared with the standard presentation. The labels, exercise names, set values and controls remained fixed at the smaller size.

RepCount responds to the iOS text-size setting in the corresponding workflows. In the screens tested, workout text became larger and exercise names wrapped onto taller rows instead of staying fixed at the standard size. It was not perfect—the navigation title was shortened—but the main workout and exercise-selection content adapted to the larger type.

This was a two-screen check on 23 September 2026, not a complete accessibility audit. Other Strong screens, devices or future versions may behave differently. The specific finding is that Strong's workout and exercise-picker screens did not visibly respond to the maximum Larger Text setting in this test.

Apple Watch and phone choice

Strong is the clear choice between these two if you want to log from an Apple Watch. Its official documentation covers installing the watch app, syncing templates from the iPhone and using the watch with or without the phone during a workout.

RepCount does not currently have an Apple Watch or Wear OS app. Its iOS and Android apps are designed for phone logging. If wrist-based logging is a requirement, that limitation matters more than differences in routine limits or notes.

Reviewing progress

Both apps preserve workout history. RepCount shows previous-session values in the workout for free; detailed charts and rep records require Premium. Strong says workout data remains available without PRO, while access to all charts is part of PRO.

That means neither free plan should be chosen on the assumption that every progress chart is included. The comparisons below concern the paid analysis tools in each app.

Overall and category statistics

Strong's Add Widget screen is the chart picker for its iPhone dashboard. The only training-wide chart in that picker was Workouts Per Week. The remaining choices covered nutrition, one selected exercise or a body measurement. There was no category option. Strong's dashboard documentation describes the same set of widget types.

RepCount provides overall charts for workout duration, volume, total sets, total reps, reps per set, number of workouts and bodyweight. You can then narrow analysis to an exercise or an exercise category. Charts can group results by day, week, month or year, which is useful when the same data needs to answer both short- and long-term questions.

Exercise charts

For Bench Press (Barbell), Strong offered five chart choices in the tested iPhone screen: best set by estimated 1RM, best set by maximum weight, total volume, PR progression as estimated 1RM and maximum consecutive reps. Strong notes that available charts vary by exercise type.

RepCount offered ten choices for the same kind of strength exercise: estimated 1RM, estimated 1RM relative to bodyweight, volume, maximum weight, average weight, total reps, total sets, reps per set, maximum reps and number of workouts. More choices do not automatically make a chart useful, but they give you more ways to investigate whether progress came from load, repetitions, volume, consistency or bodyweight-relative strength.

Personal records over time

Strong does provide useful rep-specific records. Its official documentation describes your actual best performance and a predicted best for each rep count up to 12. RepCount adds a time-series view: opening a specific record, such as a 3-rep max, shows how that exact rep record evolved over time.

RepCount can also calculate records across all history or within an individual calendar year, making it possible to compare current-season bests with all-time records. The Strong documentation and iPhone screens checked here did not expose a corresponding per-rep history chart or year-specific record filter.

Exercise history density

The two iPhone history views make different trade-offs. Strong gives each session a roomy card with every set, estimated 1RM values beside the sets and badges marking records. That makes record-setting sets easy to spot.

RepCount compresses each session into the performed set sequence, followed by totals for reps and completed sets plus estimated 1RM and volume. Set notes remain visible beside the relevant entries. In the supplied captures, RepCount showed more sessions on one screen and more summary data for each session; Strong gave more space to each set and its record badges.

These hands-on analytics and history checks used Bench Press screens on iOS 27 on 23 September 2026. They describe the screens and app versions tested, not every exercise type, platform or future version.

Free and paid plans

RepCount's free plan includes unlimited workouts, routines and custom exercises without ads. Strong's free plan includes unlimited logged workouts but caps saved workout templates at three. Strong PRO removes that cap and adds all charts, a plate calculator and a warm-up calculator.

I have not compared subscription prices here. Storefront, currency, eligibility and billing period can change independently, and both apps can show more than one in-app purchase. Check the purchase screen on your own device if the paid features are part of your choice.

Limitations and reasons to choose either app

Choose RepCount if you want to keep many routines or custom movements on the free plan, investigate progress through more metrics and time groupings, keep notes tied to individual sets, or rely on larger text. Its trade-offs are that detailed charts, rep records, supersets and drop sets require Premium, and there is no watch app.

Choose Strong if you want a focused logger with Apple Watch support, or if pinned reminders and prominent per-set record badges suit the way you train. Its three-template free limit leaves less room for multiple programs, its analysis offers fewer dimensions in the screens tested, all charts require PRO, and the two Large Text screens tested did not respond visibly to the maximum setting.

Switching and keeping your data

Strong documents a CSV export and says the exported file cannot be imported back into Strong. Its website also advertises Strong Cloud across iPhone and Android. The export page checked here does not state that PRO is required.

RepCount provides a data export on request, while self-service CSV export is a Premium feature. An export is not automatically an import: before switching either way, confirm that the destination accepts the exercises, notes and fields you care about, then keep an untouched copy of the original file.

Questions people ask

Is Strong better than RepCount?

It depends on the constraint you care about. Strong has the Apple Watch advantage, useful pinned exercise notes and prominent record badges in exercise history. RepCount gives free users unlimited routines, offers deeper progress analysis and lets you record context on individual sets. Try one real workout in each before committing your history.

Is Strong free for unlimited workouts?

Strong's App Store listing says the free version can save unlimited completed workouts, but it is limited to three custom workout templates. A template is a reusable starting point, not a completed session.

Does Strong have per-set notes?

Strong's current official documentation covers workout notes, exercise notes and pinned exercise notes. It does not document notes attached to an individual set. RepCount supports notes on individual sets and shows them again in exercise history.

Does Strong support Larger Text?

In the iOS 27 test described above, Strong's workout view and exercise picker showed no visible text-size change with Larger Accessibility Sizes set to maximum. That finding covers those two screens and is not a claim about every screen in the app.

Which app provides more detailed progress statistics?

RepCount exposed more overall and exercise-level metrics in the iPhone screens tested, including category statistics and day, week, month and year grouping. It also charts the history of a specific rep record. Strong's tested chart picker has no category option, but its simpler analysis may be enough if workouts per week, five core exercise charts and a current rep-record table cover what you want to review.