Help and questions

Yes. The workout logger, plate graphic, rest timer, lock-screen notification and every fixed program (classic 5×5 and friends) are free. Pro adds adaptive programming, readiness adjustments, the recovery map and advanced stats, for $6.99 a month or $39.99 a year, with a 14-day free trial.

No, and there never will be. The subscription is the only way we make money.

Both apps are on the way to Google Play and the App Store and ship with the same features. Until then, the full app runs in your browser and works offline once it has loaded.

Whatever you have. Tell it your gym's equipment and plates, or choose bodyweight only, and every exercise it plans is one you can do there.

Any strap or watch that broadcasts standard Bluetooth heart rate works, including Polar and Wahoo straps, Garmin watches set to broadcast, Fitbit Charge 6 and Pixel Watch.

No. Everything works on your phone without one. Sign in with Google, Apple or your email when you want your workouts synced and backed up.

In two taps, from your Google Play or App Store subscriptions. No tricks and no countdowns.

It starts from your gym's equipment, the time you have and the muscles that have recovered, then picks exercises, sets, reps and weights from your own logged sets and where you are in your training block. Every pick shows a short line saying why.

Reps in reserve: how many more reps you could have done at the end of a set. A block starts with a few in reserve and works closer to your limit week by week, then a lighter deload week lets you recover before the next block.

From what you actually lifted last time and how hard it felt. Hit every rep with reps to spare and the weight goes up; miss reps and it holds or comes down. Barbell weights are rounded to plates you own, and the plate graphic shows what to load on each side.

Each day the app reads your recent training and, if you allow it, sleep, resting heart rate and HRV from Health Connect or Apple Health. It then suggests pushing harder, training as planned or going easy, and says which signals led to it. You can always pick a different call.

Yes, and they're free. Classic 5×5, novice 3×5, 5×5 plus arms, ramping 5×5, tiered progression, training max waves and bodyweight skills all follow their own published rules. You can also build your own routines.

Tell it what hurts under Injuries and sore spots and it skips or lightens the exercises that load that area, swapping in ones that don't. It isn't medical advice, so see a professional for anything more than everyday soreness.

On your phone first, so the app works with no signal in the gym. If you sign in, they're also synced to your account so your other devices and the web dashboard have them.

Sign in on the new phone with the same Google, Apple or email sign-in and everything comes back. Without an account, make a backup file under Settings › Saving and backup and restore it on the new phone. App data isn't included in phone backups, so use one of these two ways.

Only if you allow it. It can read weigh-ins and body fat (from smart scales, for example), sleep, resting heart rate, HRV and VO₂ max, and save your workouts there. You choose each permission, and you can turn them off at any time.

Yes. Settings has a CSV of every working set for spreadsheets, and a full backup file under Saving and backup.

In the app, open Settings › Account and sync and choose Delete my account. It's deleted straight away, along with everything synced to it. The delete account page on this site has the steps and what is kept.

The app is in English, Spanish and French, and follows your phone's language unless you pick one in Settings.

$6.99 a month or $39.99 a year (about $3.33 a month), in US dollars. The store shows the price in your own currency before you pay.

New lifters can try Pro free for 14 days. The store reminds you before it ends, and if you cancel before then you pay nothing. If you don't, the plan you picked starts when the trial ends.

Yes, on the annual plan, through Google Play's or Apple's own family sharing. The monthly plan is for one person.

Pro is bought through Google Play or the App Store, so refunds go through them: Google Play's order history, or Apple's Report a Problem page. If they can't help, write to us and we'll do what we can.

Open Settings › Liftsmith Pro and tap Restore purchases, signed in to the same Google or Apple account you paid with. If it still doesn't show, write to us with the store's order number.

Allow notifications for the app. On Android the timer is an ongoing notification; on iPhone it's a Live Activity, so check that Live Activities are on in iPhone Settings › Liftsmith.

Make sure it's broadcasting (on many watches that's a setting), close other apps that might be connected to it, and keep it close to your phone. The app retries and tells you what went wrong if it can't connect.

In the app, go to Settings › Send feedback or report a bug. You can add a screenshot and the device details that help us find it. Or use the contact page or email hello@getliftsmith.com. A person replies within two working days.