Many fitness apps offer a free phone app, but place useful Wear OS workout tracking behind a recurring subscription.

I wanted to take a different approach with GymRiff, so the Wear OS workout tracker is free.

You can leave your phone in the locker and manage sets, weight, reps, rest times and exercise changes directly from your watch. GymRiff is designed to minimise battery usage, and the large buttons make it easier to use with sweaty or shaky hands during training.

Download GymRiff on Google Play

Honest feedback is welcome.

Many fitness apps offer a free phone app, but place useful Wear OS workout tracking behind a recurring subscription.

I wanted to take a different approach with GymRiff. The Wear OS workout tracker is included in the free version, with no subscription required.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.gymriff

Honest feedback is welcome.

Many fitness apps offer a free phone app, but place useful Wear OS workout tracking behind a recurring subscription.

I wanted to take a different approach with GymRiff. The Wear OS workout tracker is included in the free version, with no subscription required.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.gymriff

Honest feedback is welcome.

I’m genuinely shocked by the current market.

I could not find a free and genuinely usable Wear OS workout tracker. Many fitness apps require a recurring subscription before their watch app becomes genuinely useful.

I understand charging for cloud services, advanced coaching or other extra features. But I do not think basic workout planning and logging sets from your wrist should require a monthly payment.

So I built GymRiff.

The free version lets you:

• Create unlimited workout plans manually or use the Smart Plan Builder if you are not sure where to start.

• Send a plan to your Wear OS watch and run the complete workout directly from your wrist.

• Correctly track weighted, bodyweight, partially bodyweight and assisted exercises.

• Use the core workout tracker without an account, ads or an internet connection.

There is an optional one-time Premium upgrade for additional features, but the complete core workout workflow is free and fully usable without it.

I am a solo developer, so honest feedback is more valuable to me than download numbers.

Would you use a workout tracker like this?

GymRiff on Google Play:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.gymriff

I’m considering porting the same workflow to Garmin, but before investing the development effort, I’d like to understand whether Garmin users are actually looking for this.

The basic workout flow:

• Create a workout plan on the phone

• Sync the plan to the watch

• Run and log the complete workout from the watch

• Adjust sets, reps, weight and exercises during the workout

• Use the rest timer and record effort after each set

• Finish the workout and sync the results back to the phone

Would you use something like this on Garmin?

What is currently missing from strength workout tracking on Garmin?

Hi, I’m the solo developer of GymRiff, an Android and Wear OS strength workout tracker.

I built GymRiff because I wanted to plan and manage workouts on my phone, but also complete the actual workout directly from my watch without carrying my phone around the gym.

I’m looking for people who would be willing to test both the Android phone app and, if they own a compatible watch, the Wear OS experience during real strength workouts.

I’d particularly appreciate feedback on the phone app:

• creating workout plans manually or with the Smart Plan Builder;
• managing exercises, workout days and training settings;
• reviewing workout history, progress and statistics;
• using the Coach and recovery-related features;
• tracking weighted and assisted bodyweight exercises;
• anything that feels confusing, slow or unnecessarily complicated.

For Wear OS users, I’d also appreciate feedback on:

• syncing workout plans between the phone and watch;
• selecting and starting a workout day from the watch;
• logging weight, reps and effort;
• using rest timers, warm-up sets and supersets;
• swapping exercises or adding extra sets during a workout;
• completing a full workout without carrying the phone.

You do not need a Wear OS watch to help. Feedback about the Android phone app on its own is also welcome.

GymRiff works fully offline and does not require an account. There are no ads or analytics tracking. Workout plans and history remain stored locally on the user’s devices.

The free version supports unlimited workout plans and complete workout tracking. Premium is available as an optional one-time unlock.

Google Play:

Download GymRiff for Android and Wear OS

If you’re genuinely interested in testing GymRiff, leave a comment or send me a message. I can provide a limited number of Premium promo codes.

The promo codes are not conditional on leaving a rating or review. I’m mainly looking for honest feedback about what works, what feels confusing and what is still missing.

App Name: GymRiff: Workout Tracker

What it does:

GymRiff is an offline strength workout tracker for Android and Wear OS. It lets you build workout plans on your phone and complete entire workouts directly from your watch without carrying your phone around the gym.

Key Features:

• Complete Wear OS workout tracking with weight, reps, sets, rest time, effort, exercise swapping and additional sets or rounds
• Manual and smart workout plan building, workout history, strength progress, recovery insights and a rule-based Coach
• Proper tracking of bodyweight, added-weight and assisted-weight exercises

The complete Wear OS workout experience is included in the free version, with unlimited workout plan sync and workout logging.

Everything works offline. No account is required, there are no ads or analytics, and workout data stays on the device.

Premium is optional and available as a one-time purchase. It is not required for completing workouts on the watch.

Goal:
I’m looking for feedback about the phone-to-watch workflow, anything missing from the Wear OS workout experience, bodyweight exercise tracking, and UI or usability issues on different phones and watches.

Link:
Download GymRiff from Google Play

I’m the solo developer of GymRiff. Honest criticism is welcome, especially specific things that feel confusing, incomplete or inconvenient during a real workout.

I built GymRiff because I wanted to complete strength workouts directly from my Wear OS watch without carrying my phone around the gym.

After syncing a workout plan, the watch can guide the complete session and log weight, reps, rest times and completed sets. The full Wear OS workout experience is free, including unlimited workout plan sync and workout logging.

GymRiff also handles bodyweight exercises correctly by accounting for body weight and any added or assisted weight, instead of treating every exercise like a conventional weighted movement.

The Android app includes manual and smart workout plan building, workout history, statistics and a rule-based Coach.

Everything works offline. No account is required, there are no ads or analytics, and workout data stays on the device. An optional Premium upgrade is available as a one-time purchase, but it is not required for completing workouts on the watch.

Google Play:
Download GymRiff from Google Play

I’m the solo developer of GymRiff, and I’d appreciate suggestions about what you still miss from Wear OS workout tracker apps.

What do you miss in Wear OS workout tracker apps?

• select and start a workout day;
• log weight and reps;
• track warm-up and working sets;
• follow supersets;
• run and adjust rest timers;
• view live heart rate during rest periods;
• record effort;
• add another set or round;
• replace an exercise if the required equipment is unavailable;
• complete and save the workout.

Premium is an optional one-time €19.99 unlock. There is no recurring subscription, and it is only for Adaptive Coach guidance.

I didn't want to monetize inconvenience. I wanted the free version to be an app that I would honestly use myself.

Developer disclosure: I am the solo developer of GymRiff.

I work as a sysadmin and built GymRiff because I wanted a strength workout tracker without another required account, advertising platform, social feed or recurring subscription.

Most of the design decisions came from practical problems I had during training:

• mobile reception is often weak in basement gyms;
• I do not want ads interrupting the workout;
• I do not like carrying my phone from machine to machine;
• I want my workout history to remain usable without depending on a cloud account;
• workout plans should take the available equipment into account.

GymRiff is therefore a local-first workout tracker for Android and Wear OS. It does not require a GymRiff account or email address, contains no ads and has no recurring subscription. Workout plans, history, body data and training metrics are stored locally on the phone, while the core workout-tracking functions work offline.

The phone and watch have different roles

The phone is the main place for:

• creating and editing workout plans;
• reviewing workout history;
• viewing statistics and training insights;
• building an editable plan from the selected goal, experience and available equipment.

After a plan has been synced, the Wear OS app can handle the actual workout:

• select and start a workout day;
• log weight and reps;
• track warm-up and working sets;
• follow supersets;
• run and adjust rest timers;
• view live heart rate during rest periods;
• record effort;
• add another set or round;
• replace an unavailable exercise;
• complete the workout and synchronise it back to the phone.

The phone is for planning and analysis. The watch is for training.

The free version is intended to be a complete tracker

I did not want the free version to be a restricted demo whose purpose is to frustrate users into paying.

The free version includes:

• unlimited workout plans;
• unlimited workout history;
• manual plan creation and editing;
• the equipment-aware Smart Plan Builder;
• phone-based workout tracking;
• active Wear OS workout logging;
• custom exercises and muscle groups;
• bodyweight-aware workout tracking;
• the main workout, time and muscle-distribution statistics.

Someone who only wants to create a plan, train, log workouts from a phone or watch and review workout history can continue doing that for free.

Premium is an optional one-time €19.99 unlock for features that go beyond basic workout tracking:

• advanced progression and strength analysis;
• estimated 1RM and performance trends;
• deeper volume, effort and recovery insights;
• rule-based Coach guidance;
• deload and return-week suggestions;
• advanced body reports;
• full local backup and restore.

There is no recurring subscription.

Feedback I would value

I currently use GymRiff on a Samsung Galaxy A54 5G and Galaxy Watch4. As a solo developer, I cannot test every Android phone, Wear OS watch and screen size.

I would especially appreciate feedback about:

1. compatibility with different Wear OS watches;
2. whether the workout controls are easy to use between sets;
3. phone-to-watch and watch-to-phone synchronisation;
4. whether the local-first and no-account model is clear;
5. whether the Free versus one-time Premium boundary feels understandable.

View GymRiff on Google Play

I am looking for honest compatibility, usability and fitness-tracking feedback, not reviews or upvotes.