Switching from Strong
Switch from Strong without leaving your history behind
Export once, import once, and every set you logged in Strong is charted in Gript — with the years of history intact.
The reason most people stay in a workout tracker they have outgrown is the history. Years of sets are the one thing you cannot recreate, and starting a new app from an empty log feels like throwing them away. That is a solvable problem: Strong exports your full history as a CSV, and Gript reads that file directly.
Nothing here touches your Strong account. You export a copy, import it, and decide later whether to delete anything. If Gript does not earn its place, your data exports again in one tap — in Gript, Strong, or Hevy format.
Why people move off Strong
Strong is one of the originals and its log screen is still one of the fastest around, so the people who leave rarely leave because logging is bad. The pattern in feedback is narrower than that: once you have a couple of years of training in an app, you start asking harder questions of it — is this lift actually moving, am I under-training a muscle group, is my weekly volume drifting — and the answers are the part that turns out to be thin.
Gript is built the other way round. The charts came first and logging exists to feed them, so estimated 1RM, volume, best sets, muscle balance, and weekly frequency are the default view of your training rather than a summary you go hunting for. The other common reasons are Apple-side: a real Apple Watch app, a Live Activity rest timer on the Lock Screen, and Apple Health sync.
Worth being straight about the trade: Gript is iPhone-only today, with an Android version in development. If you are on Android, the export is still worth doing as a backup — but the import will have to wait.
Step 1: export your Strong data as CSV
In Strong, open the Profile tab, tap the gear icon to open Settings, and find Export Workouts under Data Management. Turn Include Notes on before you export, then save the CSV from the share sheet — choose Save to Files so you can reach it again from Gript.
This is Strong’s own built-in export: no third-party service, no API key, nothing to authorize. Running it changes nothing in your account, so you can export as many times as you like. The full walkthrough with screenshots is in how to export your Strong workout data, including what every column means.
Step 2: import the file into Gript
In Gript, go to Profile → Import Workouts and choose CSV File (Hevy, Strong, Gript), then pick the file you just saved. Gript recognises the Strong format from the header row, so there is nothing to configure and no template to fill in.
Import the original file straight from Strong rather than one you opened and re-saved in a spreadsheet — spreadsheet apps rewrite timestamps into their own display format, which is the usual cause of dates landing in the wrong order. Logs that never made it into Strong at all can still come in: AI import reads pasted notes, text files, PDFs, and photos of a paper logbook.
Step 3: review the exercise matching
This is the only step that needs your attention, and it is the reason the import is worth doing properly once. Gript matches every Strong exercise name against its library: exact matches go straight through, close matches are offered as suggestions you accept or remap, and anything unrecognised becomes a custom exercise unless you point it at an existing one.
How long this takes depends entirely on you. A history built from stock exercises matches almost entirely on its own; years of personally-named variations need a pass by hand. Either way nothing is saved until you confirm the summary, and duplicate workouts are skipped — so importing twice never doubles your data. Full details in how to import workouts from Strong.
What transfers, and what does not
Everything in Strong’s workout CSV comes across: per-set weights and reps, durations for timed sets, set types (warm-up, failure, drop set, cool down), workout names, dates and session lengths, RPE where you logged it, and exercise and workout notes when you exported with Include Notes on. Your charts and personal records are computed from the whole imported history immediately, so day one in Gript looks like year three.
What does not transfer is what Strong leaves out of that file: saved routines and templates, and profile details. Routines take minutes to rebuild and it is a decent moment to drop the ones you stopped running. Body measurements are a separate Strong export file and import separately.
One thing to check afterwards, and it matters more coming from Strong than from anywhere else: the CSV stores the weight number but not the unit — the column is simply Weight. Open a heavy lift you remember well and confirm the numbers read right. If everything is out by roughly 2.2x, that is a kilograms-and-pounds mismatch rather than lost data.
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Common questions
Can I move my Strong workouts to Gript?
Yes. Export your history from Strong as a CSV (Profile → gear icon → Data Management → Export Workouts, with Include Notes on), then in Gript open Profile → Import Workouts, choose CSV File (Hevy, Strong, Gript), pick the file, review the exercise matches, and confirm. The whole thing usually takes about ten minutes.
What transfers when I switch from Strong to Gript?
Per-set weights, reps, and durations for timed sets; set types including warm-up, failure, drop set, and cool down; workout names, dates, and session durations; RPE values; and exercise and workout notes if you exported with Include Notes turned on. Saved routines and templates are not in Strong’s workout CSV, so they do not transfer. Body measurements come across through a separate Strong export file.
Is Gript a good Strong alternative?
It depends on what you want more of. Gript keeps logging fast but is built around readable progress — per-exercise estimated 1RM, volume, best sets, muscle balance, and weekly frequency are the default view rather than something you dig for — plus an Apple Watch app, a Lock Screen Live Activity rest timer, and Apple Health sync. Gript is iPhone-only today, with Android in development, so that is the honest catch.
Do I have to delete Strong?
No. Importing into Gript never touches your Strong account, so keep both installed as long as you like. Because Gript skips duplicates by workout completion time and name, you can re-import a fresh Strong export weeks later and it only adds the sessions you logged in the meantime.
Is Gript free?
Yes. Logging, the exercise library, routines, charts, and import and export are free with no workout limit. Gript PRO is an optional subscription that unlocks unlimited routines and custom exercises, progression suggestions, advanced charts, longer chart history, and the plate and warm-up calculators.
Why do my weights look wrong after importing from Strong?
Strong’s CSV holds the weight number without a unit — the column is just Weight, and its meaning comes from your Strong app setting. If every lift reads about 2.2x too high or too low, that is the kilograms and pounds mismatch rather than lost data. Set your unit in Gript to match what you were training in and the numbers read correctly.
Can I get my data back out of Gript later?
Yes, at any time and on the free plan. Profile → Export Workouts writes your full history to CSV in Gript, Strong, or Hevy format. Switching in should never mean locking yourself in.
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