Gravl Free Trial: 3 Workouts, Then a Subscription
Gravl gives 3 free workouts (5 in South America), then asks you to subscribe: $14.99 a month or $59.99 to $89.99 a year (US), as of October 2026. In 10 reviews and Reddit posts over 12 months, lifters said the free part ended too soon to judge the app. Lifter Log starts with a 30-day free trial, no card needed.
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Is there a Gravl free trial? You get 3 free workouts
Gravl's free part is counted in sessions, not days. Its help center says you can log 3 workouts for free before subscribing, or 5 if you're in South America. You don't enter payment details for those.
After the free workouts, the app asks you to subscribe through the App Store, Google Play or Gravl's web checkout. That's the step where you confirm payment. Train three times in one week and the free part lasts one week.
Three things come up when you search for more free time:
- Maybe a store trial when you subscribe. Gravl's Lifetime-plan article mentions free trials, so a store trial may be offered when you subscribe. If one is, check the payment screen for its length and first charge date before you confirm.
- Reddit reports of a free month. In an August 2026 r/Gravl thread, one lifter reports a free month during what may have been a promotion. Another says support gave them one after a request in the in-app chat. The help center doesn't mention this, so treat it as a maybe.
- A "free month" code that isn't for workouts. The code in Gravl's help center is for Gravl Macros, its food-tracking app, not for workouts. It goes to people who already subscribe to Gravl Workouts.
What Gravl costs: $14.99 a month, $59.99 to $89.99 a year
Gravl sells its subscriptions through the App Store, Google Play and its website. Its App Store listing calls it free to start and puts full training plans, the Apple Watch app and analytics on Gravl Premium. US prices, checked on October 22, 2026:
| Plan | US price |
|---|---|
| Monthly membership | $14.99 |
| 3-month membership | $34.99 |
| Yearly membership | $59.99, $79.99 or $89.99 (three prices listed) |
| Workouts + Macros bundle | $89.99 a year, website only |
| Lifetime plan, paid once | Shown after you sign in, website only |
The memberships come from the App Store listing; the bundle and Lifetime plan from the help center. Other countries and stores can differ. The listing doesn't say which yearly price you'll be offered. Per month, the yearly plans work out to about $5 ($59.99 ÷ 12) to $7.50 ($89.99 ÷ 12), against $14.99 on the monthly plan.
To cancel, open Profile, then Account & membership, then Manage subscription in the app, or use your phone's App Store or Google Play subscriptions. Refunds go through Apple, Google Play or, for web purchases, Paddle. Gravl's refund article gives 48 hours after subscribing for a Google Play request and 14 days for a web one.
How to judge a workout app in 3 sessions
Three sessions can answer the basic questions if you plan them before the first one, and the same plan works for any short app trial. Train the way you normally do, with your real weights, and give each session one job:
| Session | What to do | A pass looks like |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do a normal workout for you and log every working set. | Your exercises, sets and reps are all there, and logging a set takes less time than one rest period. |
| 2 | Repeat at least one lift from session 1. | The app shows last time's weight and reps per set, so you know the number to beat. |
| 3 | Look back over all three sessions. | You can find any set you did, by date or by exercise. |
Session 2 is the one that matters. A log earns its keep the second time you do a lift, because that's when it hands you a target. The progressive overload guide explains why the comparison with last time drives progress, and how to log workouts covers what each set's entry needs.
Common mistake: testing on an easy week or a plan you won't follow. The 3 sessions should look like your real ones.
Before the last free session, open Profile, then Account & membership, then Manage subscription. Without a subscription, Gravl's help center says that row opens the subscribe screen, so you can read the price and renewal terms before you decide.
On push/pull/legs, 3 workouts never repeat a session
How many times you do each session inside a free period depends on your split. That matters, because progress only shows the second time you do a lift. Here's how many times you do each session in common weekly splits, using 4 full weeks for a 30-day period:
| Split | Days a week | In 3 workouts | In 4 weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full body, one session repeated | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| Upper/lower | 4 | 1 or 2 | 8 |
| Push/pull/legs | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Push/pull/legs | 6 | 1 | 8 |
Take a 3-day push/pull/legs week. Your 3 free workouts are push, pull and legs, once each. You never reach the second bench day, which is where a log shows you a number to beat. On a full-body plan, the same 3 workouts give you three bench sessions.
Over 4 weeks, the push/pull/legs lifter gets 4 bench sessions instead of 1. With double progression, that's enough to see whether your reps are climbing at a weight, say from 60 kg (132 lb) for 8, 8, 7 to 8, 8, 8.
Gravl vs Lifter Log: what you can try before paying
Both apps need you to pay to keep going. The difference is how much you can try first. As of October 2026:
| Gravl, as of Oct 2026 | Lifter Log | |
|---|---|---|
| Free before subscribing | 3 logged workouts, 5 in South America (help center); a store trial may follow when you subscribe (help center) | A 30-day free trial |
| Card or payment details to start | Not for the free workouts; asked when you subscribe (help center) | No card needed |
| After the free part | Monthly, 3-month or yearly subscription, or a one-time Lifetime plan on the web (App Store, help center) | A monthly or yearly subscription |
Lifter Log isn't free either. What the 30 days buy you is time: four weeks of your own program, enough repeats to see a trend. If you follow a program already, Lifter Log's AI import reads it from a spreadsheet, PDF, CSV or photos.
What lifters report
In the 12 months to October 21, 2026, we hand-counted 10 complaints that Gravl's free part ends too soon or can't be tried without paying. They came from 2 Reddit threads, 3 Google Play reviews and 5 App Store reviews. Typical wording:
- "I don't feel like 3 free workouts is enough to truly know" (Reddit, Aug 2026)
- "after a few workouts it says you have to pay to continue" (1-star Google Play review, Aug 2026)
- "I guess you only get a couple free." (2-star App Store review, Jan 2026)
Replies in the same Reddit thread suggest another way in: buy a single month before committing to a year.
What Gravl does well
Gravl has real strengths, all described on its App Store listing:
- It explains its progression. The listing describes an estimated 1RM from your history, reps that climb set by set before the weight steps up, and weights snapped to the plates you own.
- Watch logging and sync. A standalone Apple Watch app, part of Premium, lets you finish a session without your phone. Gravl also syncs with Apple Health, Garmin and Strava.
- It shows you the moves. More than 300 trainer-led exercise videos, which you can download for offline use.
- Lifters rate it highly. About 4.9 stars from about 6,000 ratings on the US App Store (October 2026).
If a watch app or guided videos matter most to you, weigh those first.
How we checked
On October 22, 2026, we read five Gravl help center articles: subscriptions, the Lifetime plan, the bundle, the free Macros month and refunds. We also read its US App Store listing and r/Gravl threads. Complaints in App Store, Google Play and Reddit reviews were counted by hand on October 21 and rechecked on October 22.
Prices and offers change; the figures here are from October 22, 2026.
Source: Gravl help center + App Store, Google Play and Reddit reviews, Oct 2026.
Gravl is a trademark of its owner; Lifter Log is not affiliated with it.