Frequently asked questions

Kreidebuch is a training log for functional fitness, lifting and strength training. WOD at the box, heavy lifts at the gym or a session in your home gym: you log your workouts, see your personal bests for every lift and rep count, compare yourself on 145 benchmark workouts against standards and time your WOD with the built-in timer. Like a notebook, except it does the math and nothing gets lost.

The core features are free: timer, logging, history, benchmarks, personal bests per lift, exercises with how-tos and exporting your data. Premium costs €5.99 a month or €53.99 a year and adds insights, planning, programs, import and more. All the details are on the pricing page.

No. Kreidebuch is a web app. You open it in your browser and add it to your iPhone or Android home screen with "Add to Home Screen". From then on it launches like a regular app, full screen with its own icon. Updates arrive automatically, no store needed. How to install Kreidebuch.

Yes. The timer, logging and your history work even in a basement box with no signal. Whatever you log offline is saved and synced automatically as soon as you're back online.

On a server run by Hetzner Online GmbH in their Helsinki data center, so inside the EU. All connections are encrypted. There are no ads, no tracking and no connections to Google Fonts or analytics services. We don't sell your training data. More in our privacy policy.

Yes, any time and for free. Under Profile → "Data" you get all your entries as a JSON file or as spreadsheets (CSV) for workouts, lift sets and body stats, for example to open in Excel.

Yes, with Premium. Kreidebuch reads the export from Beyond the Whiteboard (BTWB) and from Wodify and matches benchmarks, lifts and results. You see a preview before anything is imported.

145 of them: the Girls like Fran, Grace and Helen, lots of Hero WODs like Murph and DT, well-known classics and workouts from the Open. Each one has Rx weights for women and men and standards for your level. See all benchmarks.

Benchmarks have time or round cutoffs across five levels from "Novice" to "Elite"; lifts use a multiple of your body weight. They're deliberately rough reference points, not scientific percentiles. They help you see roughly where you stand and where you're headed.

Yes. Set kg or lb in your profile. Rx weights, personal bests and insights are then shown in your unit.

For Time with a time cap, AMRAP, EMOM with any interval you like, Tabata and intervals with work, rest and station changes, plus multi-part workouts. When you stop the clock, the result goes straight into the log form.

Yes, with Premium. Text recognition runs right on your device. Kreidebuch picks out movements, reps and weights and turns them into a workout you can check and save. The photo never leaves your device.

The fastest way is in the app under Profile → Subscription → "Cancel contracts here". Without logging in, you can use Cancel contracts here on this website. The monthly plan ends at the end of the current month, the annual plan at the end of its term. Your entries stay where they are.

Yes, within 14 days of signing up, no reason needed: in the app under Profile → Subscription → "Withdraw from contract". You get a full refund.

16 or older for the free version, 18 or older for Premium.

Kreidebuch starts invite-only. You get a link from your box, your coach or from people who already use it. Anyone with an account can invite friends.

Yes. You can share a training plan as a program, for example as a coach for your box. Others add it to their own plan with a single tap. Workouts can also be shared as a template for everyone.

No. Photos, body weight, body measurements and your entries are visible only to you. Sharing is always a deliberate step on your part, for example as an image for Instagram or WhatsApp. On those images, body weight only shows the change, never your actual weight.

If someone signs up for a paid Premium subscription through your invite link, you get one month of Premium free once their 14-day withdrawal period has passed. If you already have a subscription, the monthly amount is credited to your next invoice. Up to 12 months per year.

Yes. Kreidebuch has its own Bodyweight category with 61 exercises, from push-up variations and pistols to skills like the handstand, front lever and planche, each rated from beginner to expert. The Bodyweight filter also shows every other exercise and benchmark you can do without weights, and "Build me one" puts together a pure bodyweight workout for you.

Yes, with Premium. Save the workout as a template and choose "Hero WOD", "Girl WOD" or "Classic" as the category. It then shows up in that group under Benchmarks and you can search for it by name in "Find a workout". Your templates are at the very bottom of your Plan.

Yes. The first time you open Kreidebuch, it asks how you train: functional fitness, lifting, running and cardio, or bodyweight. Your Home screen then shows your lifts, your runs or your max reps instead of benchmark WODs. Under "Customize Home" you hide cards you don't need. With Premium you also choose the order, the numbers at the top and your favorites.

Yes. Kreidebuch is available in English and German, with every feature, exercise guide and benchmark. Pick your language when you sign in or later in your profile under “App”. It applies to all your devices, including reminders.

Kreidebuch combines WODs, a timer and benchmarks with strength training in one log, without box software and as a web app instead of a store app. What other apps do and cost is laid out, with sources, under App comparisons.