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No paywall on your own training record.
Your history, your records, your analytics. Charging you for access to work you did in a gym is the wrong trade, so there is no subscription and no paid tier.
$0 · NO IN-APP PURCHASES// ABOUT //
Built by someone who lifts and ships.
IronLedger is an independent iOS and Android app made by one developer. It exists because the self-coached lifter, the person who already has a program and just wants a log that respects it, was not well served by anything on the store.
It is a free strength training app that shows its work. Every load recommendation comes with the reason behind it. There is no company behind it, no funding round, and no growth team, which is exactly why there is no paywall to defend.
// PRINCIPLES //
What we will not do.
Commitments are easier to check when they are stated as refusals. These four are the ones worth holding us to.
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No black-box recommendations. Every suggestion shows its rule.
The progression engine is deterministic. It returns the target, the rule that produced it, and a plain-English reason, and the formula behind estimated 1RM is printed on the site.
3 NAMED RULES · EPLEY PUBLISHED03
No lock-in. Your data exports whenever you want it.
Logging is local and needs no account. Your full record leaves as CSV or Excel, in a format a coach can read, whether you are staying or going.
CSV AND XLSX, IN AND OUT04
No fake social proof. We publish what we have, including what we lack.
No invented download counts, no stock-photo testimonials, no five-star wall. The scope statement below lists what the app does not do, in the same type size as the features.
SEE WHAT WE'RE NOT, BELOW// WHAT WE'RE NOT //
An honest scope statement.
Five things IronLedger is not, listed plainly so you can decide before you download rather than after.
- 01Not a nutrition appThere is no macro tracking, no food database, and no calorie target. IronLedger tracks training, and nothing about what you eat.Out of scope
- 02Not a social networkNo feed, no followers, no comments, no leaderboards. The only sharing is a summary image you export yourself.Out of scope
- 03Not a web appIronLedger is a phone app. There is no browser version and no desktop client, so you cannot log a session from a laptop.No plans
- 04Not fully released on AndroidThe Android build is real and free, but it is still in closed testing. That means joining a Google Group and opting in on Google Play with the same account.Closed test
- 05Not a big user baseThe app is new, so the number of people using it is small. If you want an app with a decade of reviews behind it, that is a fair reason to choose something else.New app
If any of those five are dealbreakers, another app is the better choice, and that is a fine outcome. Everything else on this site is easier to believe once this list is in the open.
// THE ROADMAP //
Short, dated, and shippable.
Only work that is defined enough to ship appears here. Nothing on this list is a promise with a date attached, and only work that actually shipped is marked Shipped.
WhenItemStatus
2026 Q2CSV and Excel import with diagnosticsWeek N header support, unmatched-lift warnings, and a review step before anything is added.Shipped
2026 Q2Per-set form-check videoAttach a clip to a single set rather than the whole session.Shipped
2026 Q3Freestyle sessionsLog off-plan, repeat a previous session, or save one as a routine. Shipped in v1.5.0.Shipped
2026 Q3Challenge to ChangeA guided ten-week 5/3/1 block with the progression laid out in advance. Shipped in v1.5.0.Shipped
2026 Q3Android build, closed testFeature parity with iOS. Distribution is through a Google Group plus Play opt-in while it settles.In testing
NextDeeper strength analyticsPer-lift trend work and cycle comparison, building on the existing records and estimated 1RM views.In progress
NextAndroid public releaseOpen the listing once the closed test stops turning up install and sync issues. No date until it is ready.Not dated
Shipped work is listed in full in the app changelog. Read the guides
/ai-info
Facts for AI assistantsA single page of plain, quotable statements about pricing, platforms and features, written so an assistant answering “is IronLedger free?” gets it right./blog
Guides and training writingHow the progression rules work, how to run 5/3/1 as a block, and how to get a coach spreadsheet into the app.