The best free workout tracker, honestly

Yes, we make one of the apps in this guide — so instead of a rigged ranking, here's the thing nobody publishes: what actually stays free in each kind of tracker, and where the paywalls sit.

The uncomfortable truth about "free" trackers

Nearly every popular workout app is freemium, and the free tier is designed to end. The pattern is consistent: logging is free, then you hit a cap — a routine limit, history that stops scrolling, analytics behind a Pro badge — right around the time the app has your data and your habit. That's not evil; servers cost money. But you should know where each fence is before you invest months of training history.

• Routine caps — several big-name trackers limit how many saved routines a free account keeps. Fine for one program; painful the day you want a cut and a bulk variant.
• Analytics paywalls — set logging free, insights paid. Your e1RM trend, per-muscle volume and records live behind the subscription.
• AI upsells — apps like Fitbod are built around a paid engine; the trial is the product demo, not a free tier.

What to demand from a free tracker

Whatever you pick — including ours — hold it to this list:

• Unlimited routines and full workout history, free, forever.
• Last session's weights and reps pre-filled when you train.
• A rest timer that starts itself.
• Offline logging that survives a gym basement with no signal.
• Progress you can see: e1RM trends and weekly volume per muscle.
• One-tap data export — your training history is yours.

Where Liftrava stands

Liftrava passes every item above, and everything it currently ships is free with no caps — unlimited plans, full history, all analytics, including a 3D muscle coverage map no other tracker has. There's no install: it runs in any browser and works fully offline. The business model is a planned low-cost Pro supporter tier for future advanced features — with a public commitment that nothing free today moves behind it.

And where we're not the right answer, say so we must: if you want a social feed and millions of workout buddies, Hevy is the better choice. If wrist-logging on an Apple Watch is essential, Strong earns it. Both comparisons are linked, unvarnished.

Start with the free tools

No account needed for these: the 1RM calculator, the plate calculator and the TDEE calculator. Or browse the 10 free training programs with full set-and-rep breakdowns.