Prept vs Gymdex: Which Workout Saver Should You Use in 2026?
An honest comparison of Prept and Gymdex for saving workouts from Instagram and TikTok: platform support, extraction quality, set logging, and price.
Gymdex and Prept both turn workout videos from Instagram and TikTok into a list of exercises, sets and reps. Choose Gymdex if you are on iPhone or Mac, want to dictate or paste workouts in, or want the app to generate a session for you. Choose Prept if you are on Android, save from YouTube, Pinterest, Reddit or X as well, or want to log weight and reps set by set while following the video.
Prept vs Gymdex at a glance
| Prept | Gymdex | |
|---|---|---|
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Android | iPhone, Mac (Apple silicon), Apple Vision Pro |
| Saves from | TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Pinterest, Reddit, X, Threads, screenshots, PDFs | Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Apple Notes, camera roll, voice |
| What it extracts | Exercises, sets, reps or time, muscles worked, equipment and an alternative | Exercises, sets, reps and instructions |
| During the workout | Step-by-step mode: log weight and reps per set, last session pre-filled, video jumps to each exercise | Follow the saved routine; tracks completed workouts and muscles worked |
| Planning | Weekly planner, named multi-week plans, rest days | Generates workouts by type, time and equipment |
| Sharing | Public share links for workouts and plans | Share via Messages, WhatsApp, email, AirDrop and more |
| Price | Free plan (14 imports a month from TikTok and YouTube); Pro for unlimited imports and every platform | Free to download; Gymdex Pro subscription (App Store lists options from $6.99) |
Getting workouts in
Both apps solve the same first problem: a workout you saved on Instagram is a video, not a routine, and copying it out by hand is tedious. Share the post to either app and it reads the video and caption and writes out the exercises with their sets and reps.
Gymdex’s strength is the number of non-video ways in. You can paste a routine from Apple Notes, pick a photo from your camera roll or simply describe a workout out loud. If your coach texts you sessions, or you keep a notes file of old programmes, that is genuinely convenient.
Prept’s strength is the number of platforms. As well as Instagram and TikTok, it imports from YouTube (long videos and Shorts), Facebook, Pinterest, Reddit, X and Threads, plus screenshots and PDFs. It also shows you the extracted workout before saving, so if a creator mumbles an exercise name you fix it once rather than discovering it at the gym. We walk through each platform in our guides to saving workouts from YouTube and Pinterest.
What happens at the gym
This is where the two apps head in different directions. Gymdex treats your saved workouts as a library to browse, share and remix — including an AI workout generator that builds a session from your recent training, the time you have and the equipment available.
Prept treats a saved workout as something you are about to do. Tap Start workout and it walks you through one exercise and one set at a time. You log the weight and reps (or the time, for holds and intervals), and each set opens with what you logged last time, so the number to beat is right there. If you forget how the creator set up a movement, the original video jumps to that exercise in one tap. Finished sessions land on a calendar with the muscles you trained and an estimated calorie burn. If the progression side matters to you, our progressive overload guide explains why logging every set is worth the effort.
Planning your week
Prept has a weekly planner: drop saved workouts onto days, mark rest days, and check which muscles each day covers on a body map before you train it. You can also build named multi-week plans. Gymdex’s planning is built around generation — tell it what kind of session you want and it suggests one — rather than laying out a fixed week. Neither approach is better in the abstract: one suits people who already have more saved workouts than they can use, the other suits people who want to be told what to do today.
The verdict
If you are on Android, the decision is made: Gymdex isn’t available, and Prept is. On iPhone, ask yourself what you want after the save. If the answer is “share it, remix it, or get a fresh workout suggested”, try Gymdex. If it is “put it on my week and track every set”, try Prept — the free plan is enough to test the whole loop with a few TikTok or YouTube workouts. For the wider field, see our roundup of the best workout organizer apps and our list of Gymdex alternatives.
Frequently asked questions
Is Gymdex available on Android?
Not at the time of writing. Gymdex is listed on the App Store for iPhone, Mac and Apple Vision Pro only. Prept is available on iPhone, iPad and Android.
Can Prept import from Instagram for free?
No. Prept’s free plan includes up to 14 imports a month from TikTok and YouTube. Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Reddit, X and Threads imports are part of Prept Pro.
Can I move my saved workouts from Gymdex to Prept?
There is no direct export between the two, but each workout can be brought across: share the original Instagram or TikTok link to Prept, or take a screenshot of the routine and import the screenshot.
Does Prept generate workouts like Gymdex?
No. Prept organises, schedules and tracks workouts you have saved; it does not create new ones. If you want a starting template, our free split generator builds a weekly split in your browser.
