How Jotlift works

What each part does, and what to expect from it. Sections marked Pro need a subscription.

Logging a workout

Pick an exercise and log your sets as you go. The weight and reps start where you left them last time on that exercise, so a repeat workout is mostly tapping through. Change anything you like. Jotlift always defers to what you actually logged.

Exercises that use no weight, like pull-ups, record reps on their own. If you add weight to them, you can log that per set.

Do three workouts at the same weight, mostly hitting the same reps, and Jotlift tells you it is time to go up. That is the whole rule. There is nothing to set up and nothing to choose.

The message is one line on the exercise card, above your sets. It shows the count it is working from, so you can check it against your own history. Once a weight has been earned three times it becomes your floor, and the floor only ever rises.

It does not tell you what to lift. It tells you it is time to increase and shows the run it counted. Your next set comes up greyed and ready to change, and it never asks you to go down.

A lighter workout does not count towards the three, and does not reset them either. So a bad day costs you nothing.

On an exercise you do not load, like pull-ups, it points at added weight instead. Where there is weight on the bar but no step to take, it asks for a rep. Turn it down and it goes quiet, then asks again after another three.

Build a routine once and start it whenever. The exercises come up in the order you set. You can build and reorder routines on a keyboard in the web dashboard.

Sign in at jotlift.app/dashboard and read your whole log in a browser. Add and edit exercises, build routines, and export everything to a spreadsheet. It reads the data your phone already has, so sign in on the phone first.

Every device you sign in on stays current.

Backing up, and moving to a new phone

Without an account, your log lives only on your phone. Open Settings, go to Your data, and use Export your data to keep your own copy, or Move to a new device to hand it to a new phone directly.

With an account, your log is backed up as you use the app. Sign in on the new phone and it comes back. Restoring is free, and stays free whether or not you subscribe.

What is free, and what is Pro

Free covers the logger itself: unlimited workouts, unlimited history, personal bests including estimated 1RM and relative strength, export, and, with an account, backup and restore.

Jotlift Pro adds auto progression, routines, the web dashboard, and sync across your devices. If you cancel, your data stays, and you can restore or export it at any time.