Help & Guide

Getting Started

When you first open Pull-Up Tracker, a short onboarding walks you through the basics. You can set a daily goal right away or skip it and configure one later in Settings.

The app has four tabs:

• Home — Today's stats, a 7-day chart, and your most recent entries
• Stats — Detailed statistics by week, month, year, or all time
• Records — Your personal bests and streaks
• History — Every entry you've logged, grouped by date, plus a Recently Deleted section

Tap the + button on the Home tab to log your first set.

Logging Pull-Ups

Tap the + button at the top right to open the entry sheet. You can:

• Set reps — Use the stepper or tap the number to type an exact count (up to 500)
• Choose a grip — Pull-up (palms facing away), Chin-up (palms facing you), or Neutral (palms facing each other)
• Choose a workout type — Normal, Weighted, Assisted, or Other
• Add weight — Appears for Weighted and Assisted types, in kg or lbs (set in Settings)
• Add notes — Optional free-text for extra context
• Change the date — Log a past workout by adjusting the date picker

Your default reps, workout type, and weight are saved so logging is fast. Change the defaults in Settings. A new set starts on the grip of your latest entry, so if you mostly do chin-ups you don't have to pick it every time.

Entries show their grip in the list (for example “Chin-up” or “Neutral grip”). Totals, goals, streaks, widgets, and reports count every grip.

Editing & Deleting

Tap any entry in the recent list on the Home tab to edit it. To delete an entry, open it and tap Delete. A confirmation dialog appears before anything is removed.

In a History month you can also swipe left on an entry to delete it without opening the editor. Touching and holding any entry on Home or in a History month shows Edit and Delete.

Deleted entries are kept for 30 days before permanent removal. You can find and restore them from the Recently Deleted section at the bottom of the History tab — swipe left on an entry and tap Restore, or touch and hold it (right-click on a Mac) and choose Restore.

Goals

Set daily and weekly pull-up goals in Settings. When a goal is active:

• A progress ring shows your daily goal completion on the Home tab
• A progress bar tracks your weekly goal below the chart
• Widgets display your goal progress too

Tap Daily Goal or Weekly Goal and type the exact number you want: up to 500 a day or 3,500 a week. Set a goal to 0, or tap No goal, to disable it. On iOS, goals sync across your devices via iCloud.

Statistics

The Stats tab shows detailed breakdowns for any time period:

• Week — Daily totals for the selected week
• Month — Daily totals for the selected month
• Year — Monthly totals for the selected year
• All Time — Your complete history (monthly or yearly chart depending on data range)

Use the arrow buttons to navigate between periods. Each view includes comparisons to the previous period so you can see your progress.

Tap a bar on any chart to see the exact count for that day, month, or year.

Personal Records

The Records tab automatically tracks your best performances:

• Most reps in one set — A separate record for each grip and workout type (for example “Pull-ups”, “Chin-ups”, or “Neutral grip · Weighted”), so a chin-up or an assisted set never hides your normal pull-up best. Weighted records also show the added weight.
• Best day — Your highest daily total across all workout types
• Current and longest streaks — Streaks allow 1 rest day without breaking
• Heaviest weight — The most weight you've added to a weighted set, for each grip

History

The History tab shows every entry you've ever logged, organized by year, month, and day. Tap a day to see individual entries. This is also where you can find and edit older entries.

Activity Heatmap

The History tab also includes a contribution-style heatmap showing your training at a glance — each square is a day, and darker squares mean more reps. Tap or drag across the squares to see the exact total for any day; tap the selected day again to dismiss it.

Recently Deleted

At the bottom of the History tab you'll find a Recently Deleted section. Tap the header to expand it and see entries you've deleted in the last 30 days, along with a countdown showing how many days remain before each entry is permanently removed. Swipe left on any entry and tap Restore to bring it back, or touch and hold it (right-click on a Mac) and choose Restore.

Widgets iOS only

Pull-Up Tracker offers several widget styles:

• Small widget — Today's total with goal progress ring
• Medium widget — Today's total with additional detail
• Lock screen widgets — Circular (with goal gauge), rectangular, and inline styles

Adding a Widget

1. Long-press on your Home Screen or Lock Screen
2. Tap the + button in the top corner
3. Search for "Pull-Up Tracker"
4. Choose a widget size and tap Add Widget

Widgets update automatically when you log entries or change goals. Tap any widget to open the app.

iCloud Sync iOS only

Your entries sync automatically across all your devices using iCloud. Settings like goals, default reps, and appearance also sync.

Sync requires:

• iCloud enabled on your device (Settings → your name → iCloud)
• The same Apple Account signed in on all devices

Notification preferences are device-specific and do not sync, so you can have different notification settings on your iPhone and iPad.

To stop syncing, disable iCloud for Pull-Up Tracker in your device's iCloud settings. Your local data will remain on the device.

Notifications

Enable notifications in Settings to receive progress summaries:

• Weekly notification — Arrives on the first day of your locale's week (e.g., Sunday in the US, Monday in Europe) at 10 AM with your weekly stats
• Monthly notification — Arrives on the 1st of each month at 9 AM with your previous month's summary
• Yearly report — Arrives every January 1 at 10 AM with the year's totals, a chart of all twelve months, your best month, best day and longest streak, and your best set for each workout type and grip. Tapping it opens the year it announced, however late you tap
• Streak reminder — An optional evening reminder (7 PM) that fires only when your streak is about to break, so you can save it with one quick set

Tapping a notification opens the corresponding screen in the app. A single toggle controls the weekly, monthly and yearly summaries; the streak reminder has its own separate toggle in Settings.

Siri Shortcuts iOS only

Log pull-ups hands-free with Siri. Each phrase ends with the app's name, either Pull-Ups (its Home Screen name) or Pull-Up Tracker:

• "Log pull-ups in Pull-Ups" — Siri will ask how many reps, then save the entry. "Record pull-ups" and "Add pull-ups" work too.
• "Log chin-ups in Pull-Ups" or "Log neutral-grip pull-ups in Pull-Ups" — Logs the set with that grip, and Siri's reply names it (“Logged 10 chin-ups”). “Hammer-grip” and “parallel-grip pull-ups” work too.
• "Show my stats in Pull-Ups" — Opens the Stats tab
• "Show my history in Pull-Ups" — Opens the History tab
• "Show my records in Pull-Ups" — Opens the Records tab

You can also use these in the Shortcuts app to build custom automations. The Log Pull-Ups action has a Grip option, which defaults to pull-ups. Siri phrases are in English. Every phrase above works with “in Pull-Up Tracker” in place of “in Pull-Ups”.

Export & Import

Exporting Data

Go to Settings and tap Export Data:

• JSON — A full backup of all your entries that can be imported back into the app
• CSV — A spreadsheet-friendly format for analysis in Excel, Google Sheets, or Numbers (requires Pro)

Importing Data

Tap Import Data in Settings and select a previously exported JSON file. You'll see a preview of what will be imported, including how many entries are new vs. duplicates, before confirming.

Import is useful for restoring a backup or transferring data between devices without iCloud.

Pro Upgrade

Pull-Up Tracker is free with all core features. An optional one-time Pro upgrade unlocks:

• CSV export — Export your data in spreadsheet format

Pro is a one-time purchase — no subscription. It carries over to any device signed in to the same Apple Account (iOS) or Google account (Android). If you've already purchased Pro, tap Restore Purchases in Settings.

Frequently Asked Questions