The best Hevy alternatives, ranked

Hevy alternatives, ranked

Ranked for a lifter leaving Hevy who trains from a plan and wants it to progress: free to use, weights handled, and Hevy history brought along.

1. 1. RIRLift

   Best for: Weights set from your last set, free

   Price

   Free; Pro $9.99/month or $79.99/year in the US

   Platforms

   iPhone, Apple Watch

   Where it wins

   • A suggested weight for every set, worked out from load, reps and reps in reserve, free
   • Next weight and rest timer on the Watch, free
   • Imports Hevy, Strong and FitNotes CSVs
   • No account, no ads

   Where it falls short

   • iPhone and Apple Watch only; Android is a waitlist
   • 4 active routines on free, the same as Hevy
   • Friends and challenges, but no public feed; logs RIR, not RPE

2. 2. Lyfta

   Best for: A Hevy-style log without the routine cap

   Price

   Free; Premium priced in the app

   Platforms

   iPhone, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS, web

   Where it wins

   • Unlimited routines on free, no ads
   • 5,000+ exercises with video
   • Imports Hevy and Strong CSVs
   • Follows, challenges and Strava

   Where it falls short

   • Plate calculator, warm-up tools and all-time charts are Premium
   • Needs an account
   • You pick the weights

3. 3. StrengthLog

   Best for: A generous free log with programs

   Price

   Free; Premium $16.90/month or $109.00/year in the US

   Platforms

   iPhone, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS

   Where it wins

   • Unlimited workouts and custom exercises free
   • Free routines and programs with linear progression
   • Friends, challenges and Strength Levels

   Where it falls short

   • RPE and RIR logging, double progression and the full program library are Premium
   • Premium costs over four times Hevy Pro's year

4. 4. Strong

   Best for: A quiet log with no feed

   Price

   Free; PRO $4.99/month, $29.99/year or $99.99 once in the US

   Platforms

   iPhone, Android, Apple Watch

   Where it wins

   • Clean, fast logging with no social layer
   • Apple Watch app that logs with or without the iPhone
   • Unlimited custom exercises free

   Where it falls short

   • 3 free routines, one fewer than Hevy
   • PRO unlocks all charts and the plate and warm-up calculators
   • You pick the weights

5. 5. Boostcamp

   Best for: Following a written coach program

   Price

   Free; Pro $14.99/month or $59.99/year in the US

   Platforms

   iPhone, iPad, Android

   Where it wins

   • Free program library, 130+ coach-designed plans
   • Logs RPE, RIR and e1RM
   • No ads

   Where it falls short

   • No Apple Watch or Wear OS app
   • Auto progression of weights is Pro

6. 6. Fitbod

   Best for: Having each workout generated for you

   Price

   7-day trial, then $15.99/month or $95.99/year in the US

   Platforms

   iPhone, Apple Watch, Android, Wear OS

   Where it wins

   • Builds each session around your goals, equipment and past performance
   • 1,000+ exercises with multi-angle video

   Where it falls short

   • A subscription after the 7-day trial
   • It picks the exercises, so your own routine takes edits

7. 7. FitNotes

   Best for: A plain, free log on Android

   Price

   Free, no ads

   Platforms

   Android

   Where it wins

   • Unlimited routines, free
   • CSV export and Dropbox or Google Drive backup
   • Collects no data

   Where it falls short

   • Android only, no watch app
   • No programs, no feed, you pick the weights

Why lifters leave Hevy, and what to look for instead

• You want the weight decided

  On Hevy free you look at last week and pick. Hevy Trainer suggests weights, but it's Pro. RIRLift sets every weight from your last set, free. How it decides.

  

• You hit the free caps

  Hevy free stops at 4 routines, 7 custom exercises and 3 months of stats. Lyfta lets you make unlimited routines free; StrengthLog keeps unlimited custom exercises free.

• Your history has to come with you

  RIRLift and Lyfta both import Hevy CSV files, so you don't start from empty.

• You want a written program

  Boostcamp's program library is free, with 130+ coach-designed plans. StrengthLog's full library is Premium.

• You're on Android

  Lyfta, Strong, StrengthLog, Boostcamp and Fitbod all run on Android; Lyfta, StrengthLog and Fitbod also have Wear OS apps. RIRLift doesn't yet.

Which alternative fits, in two real situations

You want weights suggested, not another subscription

Three years on Hevy free, running a push/pull/legs split. Your bench has sat at 185 for two months, and Hevy Trainer would suggest the weights, but it's in Pro.

App	What it does here	For this lifter
Hevy Pro	$23.99 a year or $74.99 once unlocks Trainer: a program built for you and suggested weights and reps.	Cheap, and you keep the feed.
Boostcamp	Free coach programs as written; auto progression of weights is Pro. No watch app.	Good if you want to follow a named program.
RIRLift	Free: every set's weight from your last one, on iPhone and Watch. Imports your Hevy history, so the bench starts from 185.	The free answer to this exact problem. iPhone only.

Hevy Pro and RIRLift both solve it. One costs $23.99 a year; the other is free and has no public feed.

Android, home gym, out of custom exercises

A Pixel owner with a Wear OS watch and a garage gym, at Hevy's 7 custom exercises and 4 routines.

App	What it does here	For this lifter
Lyfta	Unlimited routines free, a 5,000-exercise library, Hevy import, Wear OS.	The best fit: same shape as Hevy, fewer free limits.
StrengthLog	Unlimited custom exercises free, programs with linear progression, Android.	Good, though RIR and RPE logging are Premium.
FitNotes	Free, no ads, unlimited routines, CSV export.	Fits if you only want a plain log. No watch app.
RIRLift	iPhone and Apple Watch only.	Not for this lifter yet; Android is a waitlist.

On Android, Lyfta is the swap. RIRLift is the pick once you're on iPhone.

Plans to start on after Hevy

• The best workout routine for the days you can train

  6 days a week: push/pull/legs

  The push/pull/legs split from the example, six days a week.

  6× a week · 102 sets a week · ~45 min

  Add to RIRLift

  Add to RIRLift

  Scan with your iPhone camera to add this plan.

  See the plan

• The best workout plan for muscle gain, for where you are now

  Past a year of lifting, gains have stalled

  For the lifter whose numbers stopped moving on a log.

  4× a week · 76 sets a week · ~50 min

  Add to RIRLift

  Add to RIRLift

  Scan with your iPhone camera to add this plan.

  See the plan

Make it fit you

• Export from Hevy first

  Export your workout data from Hevy as CSV, then import it in RIRLift before your first session. Weights worked out from it show as From history.

• RPE 8 is 2 left

  Hevy logs RPE; RIRLift logs reps in reserve. RPE 9 is 1 left, RPE 10 is none.

• Ask first, while you compare

  With Ask first, next session's weights wait on the recap until you confirm them.

When a different app fits better

• The feed is why you open the app. Stay on Hevy, or pick Lyfta or StrengthLog, which both run on Android too.
• You're on Android. Lyfta. RIRLift is iPhone and Apple Watch only.
• You want a named program written by a coach. Boostcamp.

Questions

Read next

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• Lyfta vs Hevy

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• StrengthLog vs Hevy

  Generous free tier against cheap Pro.

• Hevy vs Strong: which workout log to pick

  The classic comparison.

• Free workout tracker apps

  More free options.

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• Hevy app review: free vs Pro, and who should pay

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• Lyfta vs Hevy

  Lyfta drops Hevy's routine cap; Hevy has the bigger feed and a lifetime Pro. Row by row.

• The best Strong app alternatives, ranked

  Six apps ranked for lifters leaving Strong: more free routines, weights set for you, Strong history kept.

• Hevy on Apple Watch, and what RIRLift does differently

  Hevy's Watch app logs sets and rest. RIRLift adds reps in reserve and sets the next weight on the wrist.

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