Trackist vs Jefit is a choice between browsing and being handed a plan. Jefit is one of the oldest names in gym tracking, with an exercise library and a routine catalogue few apps match. Trackist writes one plan for you from 14 questions, suggests today’s weight, and changes the plan when you say it is wrong. Here is what each does, and who each one suits.
Which one should you pick?
Jefit suits a lifter who likes to browse: thousands of routines, more than 1,400 exercises and the tools to build your own.
Trackist suits a lifter who would rather skip the browsing and be handed the week.
What Jefit does well
Jefit's library has more than 1,400 exercises with demonstrations, and its catalogue of ready-made routines is deep. Jefit's free tier is usable, with logging, history and your own routines, paid for by ads. Jefit Elite costs $12.99 a month or $69.99 a year. It adds plans written by professionals, deeper charts, a watch app, video demonstrations and no ads. Jefit runs on iPhone and Android.
Jefit also offers an Adaptive Plan, which it says builds your next week from your strength and fatigue.
If reading routines and picking one is part of the fun for you, Jefit is built for that.
Where Trackist is different
Trackist never shows you a catalogue. You answer 14 questions about your goal, experience, equipment, joints, schedule, session length and age. Trackist writes a plan for the next 4 to 12 weeks around your answers. In a plan of 6 weeks or more, the last week is a deload, a lighter week to recover. You follow one plan at a time, on purpose: a plan that follows from your last one beats a routine you picked from a list.
From there:
- It reads your log. Above each exercise, one line suggests today's weight, from your last sets and their RPE, a rating of how hard each set felt from 1 to 10.
- It takes feedback. Report a week as too hard, and if it happens again in a later week, Trackist rebuilds the rest of the plan. A joint that hurts gets a swap that trains the same muscle, and Trackist remembers the limitation.
- It closes each plan with a recap, then writes the next plan from what this one produced.
It also tells you where you stand, not only what you did. The Strength Score reads your last 90 days of squat, hinge, push and pull sets and compares them with standards for your sex and age. You get a score out of 100 and a Strength Age.
Compare them side by side
| Jefit | Trackist | |
|---|---|---|
| Exercise library | 1,400+ with demonstrations | 201, with form cues and a muscle map, no video |
| Ready-made routines | a large catalogue to browse | none, one plan written for you |
| Ads | yes, on Jefit's free tier | no ads |
| Adaptation | suggestions from your logged sets, and an Adaptive Plan for the next week | a suggested weight, plus rewrites from repeated reports |
| When something hurts | you swap it yourself | a swap that trains the same muscle, kept on your profile |
| Platforms | iPhone, Android, watch app on Elite | iPhone. Android is being built |
We checked prices and limits on the US App Store and on each app’s own site in September 2026. Both change, so the App Store has the final word.
What Trackist does not have
- No Android app yet, and no watch or iPad app.
- No community routines and no catalogue to browse.
- A much smaller exercise library. 201 exercises cover the main movements, not every variation a big library has, and none has a video.
- No offline logging. Logging needs an internet connection.
Which one fits you
Jefit, if you enjoy the research: comparing routines, building your own and finding every machine in your gym in the database.
Trackist, if the research is what has been costing you weeks. Browse the plans to see what a written plan looks like, or read how the coach adjusts it.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Is Jefit free?
Jefit has a free tier with logging, history, your own routines and the exercise library, paid for by ads. Jefit Elite removes the ads and adds designed plans, deeper charts and the watch app for $12.99 a month or $69.99 a year, as listed in September 2026.
Does Trackist have as many exercises as Jefit?
No. Trackist has 201 exercises, chosen so the coach can cover every main movement and swap like for like. Jefit has more than 1,400. If you want every machine variation in the database, Jefit wins that one.
Can I follow a famous program in Trackist?
Not by name. Trackist writes your plan rather than copying someone else’s. The [workout plans library](/workout-plans) explains the common splits and how to run them, and the editor lets you shape a plan to match one.
Does Trackist show ads?
No. Trackist has no ads.
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Try the app that writes the plan
Answer 14 questions and get a plan around your gym, your week and any joint that hurts. On the App Store now. Android is coming.
