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Best Workout Tracker With Custom Exercise Videos (2026): 4 Options Compared

Compare workout trackers that let you keep custom exercise videos, clips and form references alongside the sets you log.

If your training includes a movement that is not neatly covered by a standard exercise library, PeakBFF is the best workout tracker with custom exercise videos for most lifters. You can create your own exercise, add its muscle group and equipment, attach a photo or a short video, and keep it with the workout where you log sets and reps. That is handy for a coach's variation, a machine with an unusual setup, or a movement you want to remember consistently.

Short answer: choose PeakBFF when you want a personal exercise reference inside the same app as your gym log, workout history, food, protein and macros. VideoFit is the better specialist if filming and reviewing your own form is the whole job. TrainFlow is worth a look when your reference material starts as a specific moment in a YouTube tutorial. Fitbod is a strong choice for a large, professionally filmed exercise library, but it is not built around preserving your own custom clips.

The 4 options, compared

PeakBFFVideoFitTrainFlowFitbod
Add your own exerciseYesTag recordings by exerciseBuild actions from video clipsUses its exercise library
Attach a photo or short video to a custom movementYesRecords your training clipsSaves moments from YouTube videosNot the main workflow
Log sets and reps in the same workflowYesVideo-first trackingYesYes
Food, protein and macros alongside trainingYesNoNoNo
Best atA personal gym log with custom movement mediaFilming and reviewing your own formTurning tutorial moments into repeatable sessionsGuided programming with a large exercise library

1. PeakBFF

PeakBFF makes the reference part of the exercise itself. When you add a custom movement, you give it a name, primary muscle group, equipment and optional instructions. You can attach a photo or a short video, so the next time that movement appears in a program you have a visual reminder of the setup you actually use. A custom video can play in the exercise instructions view, next to the steps you saved.

This is not a claim to diagnose or correct your form. A saved clip is simply a personal reference. It can help you keep an unusual cable attachment, tempo or range-of-motion cue consistent when the normal exercise name does not tell the whole story.

PeakBFF active workout set logging
Log the movement
PeakBFF muscle volume tracker
Keep the training context
PeakBFF finished workout summary
Review the session
A custom movement is more useful when its reference, sets and wider training record live together.

The broader advantage is that the custom movement does not create another single-purpose library to maintain. PeakBFF also gives you workout logging, auto progression for supported weight-and-rep exercises, muscle-volume context, and food logging with calories, protein and macros. If you use a video only as a reminder while you train, that all-in-one record is usually more useful than separating the clip from the session.

Best for: lifters who want to document their own movement variation and then run it inside a normal gym, nutrition and progress routine.

2. VideoFit

VideoFit is the specialist pick when the important thing is filming yourself, then studying the recording. Its official site says the app records training videos, lets you review them immediately, use markers and slow-motion loops, and organise recordings with custom tags for an exercise, discipline or goal. It also says the recordings stay in the phone's gallery rather than being uploaded.

That is a strong setup for a lifter, calisthenics athlete or coach who wants to review a set frame by frame. The trade-off is that it is a video tracker first. If you also need the movement in a set-by-set gym log with meals, protein and macros, PeakBFF keeps those pieces in one daily record.

Best for: people who need a dedicated camera, playback and video-review workflow for their own training.

3. TrainFlow

TrainFlow solves a different video problem: taking an exact moment from a YouTube tutorial and turning it into something you can repeat. Its official site says you can save a tutorial's timestamp as a reusable action, build a routine from those actions, and log a session from a phone browser. That is useful when the clip belongs to a coach or creator rather than to you.

It is less suitable when you want to film your own cable setup or save a custom exercise directly in a native gym log. TrainFlow is browser-based and its workflow begins with a YouTube link. PeakBFF is the better fit for a personal exercise entry with your own photo or short video attached to it.

Best for: people who learn from online tutorials and want their favourite moments organised into repeatable training sessions.

4. Fitbod

Fitbod is a credible choice if you want polished demonstrations from a large, prebuilt catalogue. Fitbod says its exercise pages include professionally created videos and written instructions, and its Help Center describes video demonstrations, instructions, exercise notes and recommendations within an exercise details screen. Its programming and library can be a better fit than a custom catalogue if you mostly want the app to choose familiar movements for you.

The limitation for this particular job is ownership. A professionally filmed library cannot capture the exact variation, equipment setup or cue that you want to preserve. Choose Fitbod for guided library content; choose PeakBFF when your own exercise media needs to stay attached to your own gym record.

Best for: lifters who prefer a broad library of professionally demonstrated exercises and app-led workout suggestions.

What to look for before you save exercise media

  • A clear job for the clip. A cue, setup or movement variation is more useful than a long recording you never revisit.
  • The right place in the workflow. The reference should be available when you select and log the movement, not buried in a camera roll.
  • Straightforward privacy. Before filming yourself or a training partner, check where the media is stored and who can access it.
  • Editable exercise details. Equipment, muscle group and instructions matter when you return to the movement weeks later.
  • Training context. Sets, reps, history and progression help turn a saved reference into a repeatable habit.

If your reference already lives in a creator video, see our guide to the best apps for importing workouts from TikTok. For the wider decision about your lifting log, compare the best gym tracker apps.

The bottom line

VideoFit is excellent for focused self-filming and form review. TrainFlow is a smart option for organising exact tutorial moments, and Fitbod has a much larger professionally filmed library. But PeakBFF is the best workout tracker with custom exercise videos for lifters who want their own photo or short clip to live with the movement they actually log, alongside training and nutrition.

Download PeakBFF on the App Store or Google Play and give your next custom movement a reference you will actually see at the gym.

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