Simple utility apps like this are definitely going to be under threat by AI-driven app creation. Unsatisfied with the free options out there, I've been using Claude to build my own workout tracker app with nearly the exact same Live Activity functionality in addition to the other features most apps lock up behind IAP subscriptions. Within a week I had the iOS and macOS apps up and running with CloudKit sync, analytics, custom routines, etc. I'd never made an app before, didn't know Swift/SwiftUI, and barely had to use Xcode.
Workout trackers are especially at risk. Every single one I’ve tried is terrible. They are either really poorly thought out, bad UX, or charge 40/mo and still suck.<p>I built a simple workout tracker/planner in an afternoon using an AI tool that is exactly what I want and free.
I think this app is a great example of AI-driven app creation!
I kinda want less things on my home screen. It used to be that the only thing you could do on the home screen was slide to unlock, and that made accidental input a non-issue. These days, I sometimes find my phone in some weird state due to accidental input on the home screen (flash light on, camera activated, locked out due to incorrect password attempts, ...).
I'm a bit confused, how does it know when you've finished an exercise? There don't seem to be any inputs on the live activity when in the middle of a set, and the post just describes "glancing" at the lock screen.
i am using a very similar app <a href="https://steady.rocks" rel="nofollow">https://steady.rocks</a> - it's great. when scrolling this page i almost thought to give it a try, but then at the end was disappointed by community thing. i don't really need this in a utility app
Anyone know a good timer where I, for example, set it for 1 minute and start it and then every 1 minute it plays a short sound. And that's it. No interaction required with the phone until I want the timer to stop.<p>This is for rotating through a bunch of different stretches/exercises routine 1 minute per stretch<p>Every app I've tried is too complicated.
What you want to search for is “interval timer”.<p>I’ve used this one in the past, but there are a lot out there.<p><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/interval-timer/id1327053127">https://apps.apple.com/us/app/interval-timer/id1327053127</a>
This is kind of dumb but for any common interval length there is probably a YouTube video that's long enough for your workout. For example, 30 seconds and 1 minute: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Bb4PfLvJE" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Bb4PfLvJE</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-AYC3_DbpY" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-AYC3_DbpY</a>. Save the ones you need to a playlist and they should be pretty quick to access.
I created an Apple shortcut based on what I found here:<p><a href="https://www.lifdb.com/posts/2024/12/17/how-to-create-an-interval-timer-using-apple-shortcuts" rel="nofollow">https://www.lifdb.com/posts/2024/12/17/how-to-create-an-inte...</a><p>It does “x minutes with y seconds recovery”, and for your use case you can set y=0.
I've used Seconds Pro[0] for this before - comes with a bunch of presets which were handy at the time but also has wide flexibility to create your own (a continuous 1 minute repeat with beep is easy.)<p>[0] <a href="https://www.intervaltimer.com/app" rel="nofollow">https://www.intervaltimer.com/app</a>
I like this one: <a href="https://apps.apple.com/dk/app/fortime-workout-wod-timer/id6670213305">https://apps.apple.com/dk/app/fortime-workout-wod-timer/id66...</a>
Really simple and no ads
It would take about 2 minutes to code that up with an LLM, and not much longer to code it by hand. Building apps to scratch personal itches that would otherwise be infeasible is one of the best new capabilities that nearly everyone in the world has been recently granted.
Intervals Pro
Search for boxing timer.
This UI looks shockingly similar to Macrofactor Workouts which I use and can highly recommend.
i've moved over to <a href="https://www.liftosaur.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.liftosaur.com/</a> and its MCP server. It has been so nice to use. Its unfortunately a PWA/Ionic app (dev has a native one coming) but i am more than happy to overlook that with the other features available in it. Dude even wrote his own little DSL for writing programs you can use.
Interesting; I was looking for a replacement for Strong for iOS just yesterday. Strong was a great app but the dev hasn't been keeping up-to-date with iOS features like live activities and such.<p>I found that there are loads of apps like this out there, with varying degrees of polish / paywalls. Don't get me wrong, this one doesn't look bad! But what I really want is a demonstrated long-term commitment to the app.<p>If I can give one piece of feedback, the LLM copy on this website doesn't inspire confidence. Like it mentions "Identical layout: kg always on the left, reps on the right." Is that really a feature? Or "Confetti, only when earned. Never as filler." -- idunno, that doesn't seem like it deserves a spot on the landing page to me.
You might enjoy GymBook. I bought their lifetime pro version and have used it for at least 4 years now.<p>No ads, data can be exported, tons of exercises to choose from, live activity on the lock screen, stats, timers, measurements and much more.<p>Was really worth it and they seem to still be updating the app.<p>Edit: lifetime subscription is only ~24€
Hevy existed before gen AI took the world by storm and it's still being actively maintained, highly recommend checking it out. It even lets you import your workouts from Strong.
This is something I really have wanted from a lifting app.<p>One thing I don't think is here, but would really love: be able to describe a workout I did today with my trainer so I can replicate it perfectly in 3 days at the gym by myself:<p>"bench press, drop sets, with a 30 second hold before each set, starting at 100lb and decreasing 10lb each set, reps starting at 20 and dropping to 16, 14, 12, and 10 for a total of 5 sets" either thru voice (preferably) or text and have the app build the workout.<p>Manually building these things really sucks in most apps, even if there's a good UI. My trainer has about 8 variations and combinations of these we might do on any particular day and they're always evolving and changing and I don't really have time to capture it in the moment.
please don't highjack the back swipe
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