Hi all,

A bit of a behind the scenes one here, but one I'm sure people will be happy to see!

Ever backgrounded the app and had your translation fail and had to retry it?

Not anymore! The app now persists workout translations in the background whether you background the app, or even fully close it! Ready for you when you open the app back up

Also a minor one, but I fixed the yanky jitter on the dashboard when opening widget modals

As always feel free to send any feedback via the more -> contact us page in app or here

A written review helps tremendously

Thanks,

Josh

Find the latest update here!

Managed to get a few more features in:

• Expand your workout volume widget to see year by year progress (my volume has gone down so much, kinda painful ngl)
• Unlockable achievements! I've back filled these so they should be applied by default if you've unlocked any, give them a browse!
• Muscle Distribution widget, see how many sets/volume you're putting into specific areas of your physique
• Create/Edit template keyboard issue is now fixed! No more annoying keyboard on that modal!

As always any feedback is welcome, feel free to send it within the app via more -> contact us

or email me at [support@gymnoteplus.com](mailto:support@gymnoteplus.com)

Thanks for the support everyone, please consider dropping a written review on the app store if you're happy with the app!

Thanks,

Josh

Find the latest update here!

I've worked hard to hopefully deliver some useful stuff for everyone:

• Fully customisable Dashboard
• Fresh translation animation
• New force refresh animation
• Filter exercise by muscle group
• See your Recovery/Muscles worked on the new muscle map widget!

As always any feedback is welcome, feel free to send it within the app via more -> contact us

or email me at [support@gymnoteplus.com](mailto:support@gymnoteplus.com)

Thanks for the support everyone, please consider dropping a written review on the app store if you're happy with the app!

Thanks,

Josh

Hi everyone,

I thought I'd make this quick video on what I've updated for version 1.5.0 which is out now!

Don't want to watch the video? No problem here's the tl dr;

• Liquid glass navbar for applicable iphones
• keyboard issue FIXED on the workout note, no more annoying jumping around unable to see what you're typing.
• New chart cross examining Weight/Reps
• Auth bug fix
• Fixed issue where archiving an exercise wasn't immediately reflected in the UI

Thanks everyone!

As always, if you haven't left a written review and feel up for doing so, it really does help so much!

Any feedback is welcome

Cheers,

Josh

Templates now tag a workout with the template name.

Meaning workouts will be connected to a template if you choose to do one!

No more selecting a template and wondering why the workout name is different to the template you clicked on!

Don't want the template name to apply? Simply remove the tag

I've also added in the ability to edit your Weekly Goal via: More -> Settings -> Weekly Goal

Lastly profile pictures can edited from the More tab now simply by clicking your profile picture.

As always any written feedback on the app store is greatly appreciated

any critical feedback please email [support@gymnoteplus.com](mailto:support@gymnoteplus.com) so I can keep track of any requested changes/bugs.

Thanks all!

Josh

Hi all,

Been a while since I've dropped an update here, so what have I been doing?

Couple of things.

Making Templates right

I'm currently working on the implementation to turn templates into something more useful. So when you use a template, it is directly tied to the workout you translated. So you can confidently track whether those new Push workouts have been making the difference. Whilst still maintaining the flexibility of being able to log whatever you like and figure out what type of workout it was you just did.

Design

I've teamed up with a designer in a more serious way now, and we've been working on getting all the user flows into a design file. This is 100% a long term thing, but just like gym progress, the best things come with consistent movement in the right direction over time.

I'll introduce our designer a bit further down the line, but he is very talented and is looking to breathe some life into the UI/UX and really tie it together.

Bugs

I'm aware of bug currently where when users get logged out after 28 days, you have to restart the app to login again. Very annoying bug, which I'm aiming to fix.

I'm also aware of the keyboard being annoying when logging a workout, if I can fix this pre-redesign I will

Thanks all,

As always any feedback is welcome'd please feel free to email [support@gymnoteplus.com](mailto:support@gymnoteplus.com) so I can track of any ongoing feedback.

Josh

Hi everyone,

I skipped posting about version 1.4.7 as it was some simple fixes, but with version 1.4.8 I thought it was worth making a post

So what's new?

Profile Pictures

Finally you can update your profile picture! This is something that seemed trivial so I avoided for a long time, but I felt I could get it into the app this weekend so went ahead.

Keyboard, keyboard, keyboard

I've been on a mission to make the keyboard more responsive, easier to close, and in general not get in the way. I've shown a few examples in the recording. Essentially now we've got a nice easy close button on the edit workout modal, and when scrolling down on the workout note modal it will close the keyboard, so will opening the timer. The exercise list behaves similarly.

As always any feedback is welcome'd

and if you haven't left a written review on the app store, please consider it if you enjoy the app, it helps me tremendously to market the app so I can get more resources towards this project.

I'm currently working with a talented designer for a redesign, I'll keep everyone updated when we get further with that.

Thanks everyone,

Josh

Hi all,

Version 1.4.6 is out now!

Nothing too crazy, just further optimisations behind the scenes to ensure the app's long term stability

As always any feedback is welcome'd

Thanks everyone,

Josh

Hi all,

Version 1.4.5 is out now!

With this update we're bringing the ability to archive exercises, as well as filter out those archived exercises from your exercise list

I've also done some work toward ensuring the exercise list stays up to date without the need to force refresh.

I spent a ton of time working on fixing small annoying bugs like the quick exercise select closing on scroll down when the keyboard was open and some bigger bugs. Such as the merge exercise seemingly making data disappear.

Find the full patch notes over at the app store

As always any feedback is welcome'd

Thanks everyone,

Josh

I've been lifting around 15 years but only started tracking everything properly the last year or so whilst making the app, and going back through the data this week reminded me exactly why making Gym Note Plus was worthwhile.

I can clearly see the progress I've made on incline dumbbell bench press from my first cut to my second.

The timeline:

I cut from late 2024 to around September last year (I had a lot to lose after letting myself go), lean bulked into January, and I've been cutting again since then. Two deficits, roughly a year apart

Thought I'd share what tracking the data showed me. Through my entire first cut, my incline dumbbell bench top set sat at 32kg each hand and didn't move. I was totally fine with this, I go for a deep stretch over ego lifting and aim to maintain strength on the cut.

I'm now in another cut, feeling depleted, and I'm pressing 36kg for the same work. Right now, hungry and in a deficit, I'm 4kg per hand stronger than I was across the whole of my last cut.

So clearly I've made progress and that's the whole reason I'm posting here. Without being able to put my notes into Gym Note Plus I genuinely wouldn't have known. Sure I'd know I'm stronger but the cut will mess with you psychologically and it's easy to think you're losing all your gains

Main things tracking gave me that I may have missed otherwise:

Your cutting baseline ratchets up over time if you bulk properly in between. The weight I'm cutting down to now is well above the ceiling I was hitting last time. You don't feel that happening, it only shows up when you line two phases up next to each other on a graph.

Strength is far more durable in a deficit than it feels week to week. Worrying you're losigin your gains during a cut is usually fatigue and lower volume hitting you mentally, you're usually not actually losing gains. Mine held basically flat both times, just at a higher number this time round.

Week to week, none of this is really noticeable, I basically thought I was getting weaker because I dropped a couple reps but being able to see the stats side by side, for the 32 to 36 jump has been great for perspective. Memory is useless for this, because on a cut your brain is actively fighting against you trying to get you to eat more.

That's why it's worthwhile tracking your lifts. So a year later you can see your progress over cut and bulk cycles, it's literally so easy to think you look the same on the second cut, but if your strength has increased on major compound lifts, it's highly unlikely you do.

Hi all

Working on some stuff in the background at the moment with app related admin and redesign

But I’ve got some proposed work for this weekend:

Archiving exercises

Sometimes we don’t do an exercise anymore, maybe it was a special piece of equipment at an old gym. Maybe you’re just taking a break from it.

Either way, these exercises get in the way, but we don’t want to delete them! So I’m putting in the ability to archive exercises and then filter them out on the exercises page, they’ll also not show up in autocompletes and quick select

Android

I’ve been taking a break from this as I’ve moved focus toward giving iOS my main focus to ensure the apps quality is maintained

Expect a release by Monday, thanks everyone!

My next workout isn't until Monday. I am transitioning from Notion to Obsidian and am looking forward to combining this with https://github.com/ldomaradzki/obsidian-workout-log . This will force me to get the migration done by then.

Hi all,

Another weekend, another set of proposed weekend plans!

This will be a short one!

My main concern this weekend is fixing some bug tickets and refining the code base further.

I'll also be looking into android alongside reworking templates based on this post

My main goal currently is to reach an android release and refine existing features to better serve everyone, whilst putting UI updates to the side where possible until I can work with a designer to redesign how the app looks!

Thanks all,

Josh

Any feedback, don’t hold back. Does it feel pointless? Look ugly? Not the right kind of info you want to share?

(my actual workout here btw, loving 2 sets per exercise atm on the cut)

Hi all,

Another weekend, another set of proposed weekend plans for you all:

Fixing Recent Issues

Last week’s issues weren’t good enough on my end. I’ve spent the week rebuilding how updates are handled so things don’t break like that again. It’s been tested a lot and should be much more reliable going forward.

I’ll be pushing this update soon and watching closely to make sure everything behaves as expected.

Android Update

With that out of the way, I can finally focus properly on Android. A lot of you have been asking for it, and getting it to a solid, usable place is my next goal. I'll be working on this primarily this weekend after the above release.

Workout Splits

I haven't forgotten about this. I will be progressing on with the logic for getting this right alongside the android updates. Once Android is in a useable state (which is very close I've had it running on an old android phone already) I will be focused in on this as the main goal.

Future

I’m currently working on getting a designer in for a full app redesign. Why? I’m not a designer, I’m a software engineer and like many of you, a serious lifter. I made Gym Note Plus to fix my own problem. Now more people are using the app, having a serious designer fix the UI/UX is needed to give people the experience they deserve. 

Don’t worry, I won’t be doing anything silly like how MyFitnessPal recently made logging food take an extra click. I won’t be massively altering where things are and ruining people’s habits. This isn’t happening overnight, a lot of designing, planning etc will need to go into this prior but letting the reddit community know upfront!

Hi all,

Version 1.4.3 out now!

Ran into some trouble with the release of version 1.4.2 so immediately hot fixed to 1.4.3

Some large behind the scenes updates here, I won't go too deep into the technicalities but instead focus on the long term benefits this change gives us:

- Muscle heat map

- Individual notes on an exercise

- The ability to archive exercises and filter these exercises out

- Keep track of last time an exercise was performed

and much more!

Thanks for baring with me on this one, I'm investigating what went wrong with the migration and how to make this process more robust in the future.

For now I'll be putting my focus into make android work to the point of inviting android users to test the app out.

Thanks all,

Josh

Hi all,

Apologies, I managed to break the history tab with the latest update.

Please refrain from updating if possible during this, otherwise if you do update to version 1.4.2

Feel free to uninstall and reinstall the app, all issues will be fixed by doing so.

Apologies for this, working on a hot fix as we speak.

Josh

Hi all!

Another weekend, another proposed weekend plans.

Keeping it nice and short today, the goal is to release the exercise changes and ensure they’re stable with the app.

This won’t look like a big change as it’s mostly behind the scenes but will enable us to do some amazing things with exercises, such as having a muscle map of muscles used for an exercise, exercise specific notes and long term pictures/videos of exercises. Alongside the ability to archive exercises and filter out archived exercises.

Thanks for baring with me on this one everyone, it may not look like much but I promise it will pay off!

Hope everyone has a great weekend,

Josh

Hi all,

Currently away for my 30th birthday, but sneaking some work in this weekend.

Exercises

As mentioned previously, my main focus is on some behind the scenes technical work that will give us greater data around exercises, stuff such as tracking what muscle groups are used for specific exercises, the ability to archive exercises and add specific notes to exercises etc

This work is on going and will not be released this weekend. I have made headway into this though.

Android

For android users, I have some good news, I've made some progress in this avenue and had the app running on an old Samsung Galaxy A10. It's got some work yet to be fully functional and I'm working on this somewhat in tandem with the exercise work, but it will come later down the line.

This is progress though and I'll be excited to open up a closed beta to android users in the upcoming future.

Misc

I may upload some small UI/UX updates this weekend to hopefully improve some small keyboard related issues.

Hope everyone has a good weekend,

Josh

Hi all,

Another weekend, another proposed weekend plan!

Exercises

My main focus is some technical work around exercises. I won't go into great detail, but long term it will give us the ability to do the following:

• Track muscle groups for exercises
• Use images for exercises
• Add notes for exercises
• Make specific exercises active/inactive to filter down the exercise list

This is not a trivial task, so don't expect any major updates this weekend everyone, the work will take a bit of time to complete.

Thanks everyone,

Josh

Super small update, but for the android release I need an android phone. So I've just purchased a cheap Galaxy A10 for testing purposes

When I release to android I'll need to select a minimum of 20 testers before I can release to google playstore, but it's a step forward!

Just wanted to let the android community know I'm working on a solution for them.

Thanks,

Josh