Hevy Review 2026: Pricing ($2.99/mo, $74.99 Lifetime), Free vs Pro Limits, and Verdict

Hevy Pro costs $2.99/month, $23.99/year, or $74.99 once for lifetime access in the US in 2026, and its free tier includes unlimited workout logging without a trial deadline.¹² That is a strong value proposition, and this review scores it 8.0/10.

But notice the word we used. Logger.

Hevy tracks what you lift, and its paid Trainer feature adjusts working weights from logged performance with an algorithm. Trainer does not document sleep, HRV, or readiness as programming inputs. Hevy also ships a ChatGPT integration that can read your training history and save routines back to the app, so the old claim that “you cannot ask Hevy a question” is no longer accurate.³ The important distinction is where the conversation happens and what data drives the native Trainer.

Hevy 2026 at a Glance

Hevy review summary: Hevy is a workout logger from Barcelona-based Hevy Studios, rated 4.9/5 across 92,000 US App Store ratings.¹ The free tier is permanent; Pro costs $23.99/year and unlocks unlimited routines, full graph history, and the Hevy Trainer program generator.¹⁴ We score it 8.0/10.

Field	Hevy 2026
Price (2026)	$2.99/month, $23.99/year, or $74.99 lifetime¹
Second monthly SKU	$3.99/month also appears on the US App Store listing¹
Free tier	Yes — unlimited logging; capped at 4 routines, 7 custom exercises, 3-month graph history²⁵
Free trial	None needed — the free tier has no countdown²⁵
Platform	iOS, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS, and web²⁶
Best for	Self-programmed lifters who want capable free logging and inexpensive long-term access
Core tech	Manual logging + algorithm-based Hevy Trainer (Pro) + a Hevy app for ChatGPT⁴³
Wearable support	Logs sets and heart rate on supported watches; Trainer does not document HRV, sleep, or readiness inputs⁴
US App Store rating	4.9/5 from 92,000 ratings, checked 15 Sep 2026¹
Claimed scale	16+ million athletes; 594,000+ combined App Store and Google Play ratings — Hevy’s own figure²
Developer	Hevy Studios S.L., Barcelona — founded 2019¹²
Biggest weakness	Trainer does not document recovery inputs
Verdict score	8.0/10

Those are the facts. Now the money, because with Hevy the money is genuinely the headline.

How Much Does Hevy Cost in 2026?

How much does Hevy cost? Hevy Pro costs $2.99/month, $23.99/year, or a one-time $74.99 for lifetime access on the US App Store in 2026.¹²⁴ The app is free to download, and the free tier costs nothing indefinitely. Annual works out to $2.00/month. Lifetime breaks even against annual at roughly 3.1 years.

Every Hevy SKU currently on the US listing, checked 15 September 2026:

Hevy Pro SKU	Price	Effective monthly	Notes
Monthly	$2.99	$2.99	Standard monthly rate¹
Monthly (second SKU)	$3.99	$3.99	A second monthly SKU on the same listing¹
Annual	$23.99	$2.00	Cheapest recurring option¹
Lifetime	$74.99	—	One-time; breakeven ~3.1 years vs annual¹

The annual plan is the obvious pick. At $23.99/year you’re paying an effective $2.00/month — versus $35.88/year if you stayed monthly. Paying month-to-month for Hevy only makes sense if you’re testing Pro for thirty days before committing.

One wrinkle worth knowing before you compare screenshots with a training partner: Hevy runs that second monthly SKU at $3.99 alongside the $2.99 one, and both appear on the US App Store listing.¹ Regional and promotional pricing is normal in this category, so treat every figure here as the standard US rate and check the in-app checkout screen before you commit.

The lifetime math takes one division: $74.99 ÷ $23.99 ≈ 3.1 years to break even versus annual. Over five years, annual costs $119.95 while lifetime stays at $74.99. Our rule: buy lifetime only once you have about a year of Hevy history logged and no itch to switch apps — a breakeven three years out assumes you’ll still be there.

Hevy vs Strong vs Fitbod vs Jefit vs SensAI: Price and Ratings Compared

Which workout app is cheapest? Hevy is the cheapest of the five at $23.99/year, followed by Strong at $29.99, then Jefit Elite and SensAI at $69.99, and Fitbod at $95.99. Hevy, Strong, and Jefit run permanent free tiers; Fitbod and SensAI are pay-to-use with trials. All prices are standard US rates checked 15 September 2026.

App	Monthly	Annual	Lifetime	Permanent free tier	Trial	US App Store rating
Hevy Pro	$2.99¹	$23.99¹	$74.99¹	Yes — 4 routines, 7 custom exercises, 3-month history²⁵	Not needed	4.9/5, 92,000¹
Strong Pro	$4.99⁷	$29.99⁷	$99.99⁷	Yes — unlimited log, 3 routines, charts Pro-gated⁷	None published⁷	4.9/5, 109,000⁷
Jefit Elite	$12.99⁸	$69.99⁸	—	Yes — ad-supported, watch app Elite-gated⁸	7 days on Adaptive Plans⁸	4.8/5, 47,000⁸
Fitbod	$15.99⁹	$95.99⁹	—	No⁹	7 days⁹	4.8/5, 284,000⁹
SensAI	$6.99¹⁰	$69.99¹⁰	—	No¹⁰	7 days, no card¹⁰	4.8/5, 29¹⁰

Three honest notes on that table. First, several of these listings carry discounted SKUs alongside the list price — Strong shows $23.99 annual and $79.99 lifetime variants, Fitbod shows $12.99 monthly and $79.99 annual, and Jefit discounts a first annual year.⁷⁹⁸ Second, SensAI’s 29 ratings is a tiny sample next to Hevy’s 92,000 and Fitbod’s 284,000; a 4.8 on 29 ratings tells you far less than a 4.9 on 92,000, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. Third, price is not the product — these five sit in three different categories, which the alternatives section below separates.

The current cross-app numbers live in our fitness app pricing breakdown, and if you’re specifically torn between the two big loggers, our Hevy vs Strong head-to-head compares them by lifting style.

Is Hevy Free? What the Free Version Actually Includes

Is Hevy free? Yes. Hevy’s free tier includes unlimited workout logging with no trial deadline, capped at 4 routines, 7 custom exercises, and 3 months of graph history.²⁵ It is not ad-supported: Hevy’s Pro comparison does not list ad removal among the things the subscription buys, and Hevy states it does not build advertising profiles.²⁵

Strictly speaking Hevy has no “free trial,” because it doesn’t need one. Fitbod and SensAI give you 7 days and then stop working; Hevy’s free tier is a permanent product you can stay on forever.²⁵⁹¹⁰

Here’s the free-vs-Pro line, cell by cell:

Feature	Hevy Free	Hevy Pro
Workout logging	Unlimited	Unlimited
Routines	4	Unlimited
Custom exercises	7	Unlimited
Graph & data history	3 months	Unlimited
Advanced measurements	—	Yes
Hevy Trainer	—	Yes
Social feed & PRs	Yes	Yes
Hevy app for ChatGPT	Yes³	Yes³
Ads	None	None

Read that table honestly and a quiet truth falls out: a lifter running a fixed 3- or 4-day split, checking last session’s numbers before each lift, may genuinely never need to pay. Four routines covers the split. Seven custom exercises covers the odd cable attachment your gym invented. That lifter is not a freeloader — they’re the free tier’s intended resident.

The cap that bites first is history. After three months, your old workouts still exist, but the charts stop looking back — and progress you can’t see is progress that’s easy to stop believing in.

The habit may still matter, but the evidence needs the right scope. A systematic review found an association between more consistent self-monitoring and better weight-loss outcomes.¹¹ That literature does not prove that logging strength workouts in Hevy causes adherence or muscle gain. The practical benefit is simpler: a low-friction record makes it easier to see what you did and plan what comes next.

What Hevy Actually Does (and What Hevy Trainer Is)

What is Hevy Trainer? Hevy Trainer is a Pro-only program generator. It builds a routine from six inputs — experience, goal, equipment, frequency, duration, and muscle focus — then raises a weight only once you hit the top of the rep range on every prescribed set.⁴ Hevy calls it an algorithm, not AI.⁴

Hevy Trainer	Detail
Tier	Pro only⁴
Vendor’s own label	“Adaptive strength programming system based on a sophisticated algorithm”⁴
Programming inputs	Experience level, fitness goal, equipment, workout frequency, session duration, muscle-group focus⁴
Progression rule	Hit the upper end of the rep range on all prescribed sets, then the weight increases⁴
Recovery inputs	None documented — no sleep, HRV, resting heart rate, or readiness score⁴
Conversational?	No — the native Trainer flow is not a chat interface⁴

The core loop is fast and unfussy. You build routines, log set by set with weight and reps filled from the previous session, run supersets and drop sets natively, let the rest timer fire on its own, and collect PRs as you go. A feed of people you follow sits alongside it — optional, and easy to ignore. Hevy supports iOS, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS, and the web, although a platform list does not guarantee that every feature arrives everywhere at the same time.²⁶

The progression logic is plausible, but the cited research does not validate Hevy Trainer itself. Dr. Brad Schoenfeld, PhD, CSCS, and colleagues reviewed evidence that hypertrophy can occur across a wide loading range when effort is sufficiently high, while heavier loads are generally more effective for maximal strength.¹² Hevy’s double-progression rule is compatible with common practice; the review did not test Hevy’s algorithm.

One taxonomy line keeps the category straight: Hevy’s native app logs and algorithmically adjusts, while its ChatGPT integration adds a conversational workflow outside the app. SensAI’s core product is an LLM coach that combines user context with connected health and workout summaries. They overlap more than a simple “logger versus chat” label suggests, and our four-way comparison of Hevy, Strong, Fitbod, and Jefit maps the logging side of the field.

Does Hevy Work With ChatGPT?

Yes. Hevy ships an official Hevy app for ChatGPT: tag @hevy in any ChatGPT conversation to analyze your connected training history, generate a program, and save routines back to Hevy.³ It is free on free Hevy accounts and works with free ChatGPT accounts.³ It replaced the older HevyGPT custom GPT, which Hevy has sunset.³

This section previously described the older product, and two things about it have changed as of September 2026.

The first is the sunset itself. Hevy states plainly: “we’re sunsetting the old HevyGPT now that the new Hevy app for ChatGPT is available.”³ If you saved a workflow around the old custom GPT, it is going away.

The second correction matters more, because it removes a real limitation we previously reported. The old HevyGPT did not run inside the Android version of ChatGPT, which forced Android users onto the web. Hevy names that as the reason it rebuilt the integration — the old version “wasn’t available on the Android version of ChatGPT, which meant a big percentage of our users couldn’t get the best experience and had to develop more complex workflows.”³ The replacement is designed to work across platforms, Android included. Android users are no longer excluded.

Hevy also added a native export path in version 3.1.13, released September 2026: a button on the finish-workout screen that sends a completed workout straight to ChatGPT or Claude.¹

That is meaningful conversational functionality, and it is worth being precise about what it is. The chat runs in ChatGPT, on data Hevy hands over. It is not an explanation layer embedded in each Trainer decision, and it does not change what Trainer itself uses as inputs. Which brings us to the gap that survived this update.

Where Hevy Excels

What is Hevy good at? Four things: price-to-value (a free tier with no deadline and a $23.99/year Pro plan), logging built for real training (supersets, drop sets, auto-filled previous numbers, automatic rest timer), the broadest platform coverage in the category, and a social layer that is genuinely optional rather than forced on you.

Strength	Evidence
Price-to-value	$23.99/year Pro, $74.99 lifetime, permanent free tier¹²
Logging depth	Native supersets and drop sets, previous-session autofill, automatic rest timer²
Platform coverage	iOS, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS, web — five surfaces²⁶
Data portability	Workout and measurement export; Strong CSV import¹³
Optional social	Feed, follows, and PR sharing all foldable away²
Popularity signal	4.9/5 from 92,000 US ratings; 16M+ athletes claimed¹²

Strong price-to-value

Hevy’s free tier is generous, the annual plan is inexpensive, and the $74.99 lifetime option means the subscription meter can stop.¹² As of 15 September 2026, the US App Store showed a 4.9/5 rating across 92,000 ratings, while Hevy claimed 16+ million athletes and 594,000+ combined App Store and Google Play ratings.¹² Those are popularity signals, not proof that it is the best fit for every lifter — and Hevy’s own combined-ratings figure aggregates regional storefronts, so it will not reconcile against the US number.

Logging built for real training

An umbrella review in people with chronic conditions and older adults identified factors such as enjoyment, social support, access, and integration into daily life as relevant to exercise adherence.¹⁴ That population and evidence base do not prove that Hevy’s interface improves adherence. They do explain why friction matters. Supersets and drop sets log natively, previous-session numbers fill each set, and the rest timer runs automatically.

Broad platform support and data export

Hevy supports iOS, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS, and the web.²⁶ Its help center also documents workout and measurement export from the app, plus import of direct English-language Strong CSV files.¹³ Export reduces lock-in, though the documentation does not promise permanent format compatibility or identical features on every platform.

The feed, follows, and PR sharing are there if being seen keeps you consistent. If it doesn’t, the entire social layer folds away and Hevy behaves like a private notebook. Plenty of apps force the community; Hevy offers it.

Where Hevy Falls Short in 2026

What are Hevy’s limitations? Three, none of them bugs. Hevy Trainer documents no sleep, HRV, resting heart rate, or readiness inputs.⁴ The native Trainer flow is not conversational — the chat lives in ChatGPT, not the workout screen.⁴³ And progression is a fixed double-progression trigger, not a coach reasoning about why a lift stalled.

Gap	What Hevy does	What it does not do
Recovery context	Records workout heart rate; syncs to Apple Health / Health Connect²	Trainer documents no sleep, HRV, RHR, or readiness input⁴
Conversation	Ships a ChatGPT integration outside the app³	No explanation layer inside each Trainer decision⁴
Progression logic	Raises weight when you hit the top of the rep range on all sets⁴	Does not diagnose why a plateau happened

Trainer does not document recovery inputs

Hevy Trainer documents adaptation from logged lifting performance. Hevy’s public Trainer materials list six onboarding inputs — experience, goal, equipment, frequency, duration, and muscle focus — and none of sleep, HRV, resting heart rate, or a readiness score.⁴ The watch apps can record workout heart rate, and Hevy can sync workout data with Apple Health or Health Connect, but that is not evidence that Trainer uses overnight recovery metrics.

Recovery-guided training is promising, but the evidence is about endurance training, not hypertrophy programming:

Source	Year	Finding	Caveat
Düking et al., Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport meta-analysis¹⁵	2021	Some advantage for HRV-guided endurance training over predefined plans on submaximal physiological outcomes	Endurance only — says nothing about lifting
Vesterinen et al., Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise¹⁶	2016	Favorable endurance results from HRV-guided prescription	Endurance only, small trial
Pew Research Center survey¹⁷	2020	About one in five US adults used a smartwatch or fitness tracker	Ownership is not a validated readiness signal

Neither training study proves that adding HRV to a lifting app improves strength or muscle gain, and a readiness score is not a medical diagnosis. The narrower product point is that Hevy Trainer does not advertise those metrics as inputs.

SensAI uses aggregated HRV, resting-heart-rate, sleep, and workout summaries as context when regenerating weekly programs. Apple Watch connects directly; compatible Garmin, Oura, and WHOOP data can flow through HealthKit. Those signals inform coaching but do not automatically rewrite the current day or provide medical clearance.

The native Trainer is not conversational

Inside the native Trainer flow, you follow generated workouts, modify exercises and settings, and receive progression guidance; it is not a chat interface.⁴ The Hevy app for ChatGPT does let you ask questions and use your history, and it now works on Android — but it is a separate surface rather than an explanation layer embedded in each Trainer decision.³

A meta-analysis of self-determination-theory-informed health interventions found benefits from autonomy-supportive approaches across several outcomes.¹⁸ It did not compare Hevy, its ChatGPT integration, or fitness-app chat interfaces, so it cannot quantify a “cost” for this product design. The practical question is whether you want guidance inside the workout screen or are comfortable moving to ChatGPT.

Rule-based progression has a mechanical ceiling

Hit the top of the rep range on every prescribed set, then add weight.⁴ That is clear and usable, but narrower than full coaching. In one resistance-training study, Dr. Eric Helms, PhD, CSCS — a senior research fellow at the Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand, Auckland University of Technology — and colleagues tested RPE-based stop rules for autoregulating session volume within a periodized program.¹⁹ That supports RPE as one way to respond to daily performance; it does not establish that Hevy Trainer is ineffective. A coach can also investigate whether a plateau reflects technique, programming, recovery, or another constraint.

Should You Upgrade to Hevy Pro?

Is Hevy Pro worth it? Upgrade if you rotate more than 4 routines, want progression charts that look back further than 3 months, log more than 7 custom exercises, or want Hevy Trainer’s auto-progression.²⁴ At $23.99/year, any one of those pays for itself. Stay free if you run a fixed 3–4 day split and only check last session’s numbers.

Your situation	Verdict	Why
Fixed 3–4 day split, checks last session’s numbers	Stay free	Four routines covers the split; nothing is paywalled that you use²
Rotates 5+ routines, or a block-periodized program	Annual, $23.99	The 4-routine cap is the first wall you hit²
Wants charts older than 3 months	Annual, $23.99	Graph history is the free tier’s tightest cap⁵
Wants a program generated for you	Annual, $23.99	Trainer is Pro-only⁴
1+ year of Hevy history, no intention of switching	Lifetime, $74.99	Breakeven ~3.1 years vs annual¹
Wants recovery data used in programming	Neither	Trainer documents no recovery inputs⁴

Go lifetime only after about a year of logged history in the app. The breakeven versus annual is 3.1 years, and three-year loyalty to any app is a bet you should only place with evidence.¹

One honest reframe before you tap purchase: Pro buys algorithm-generated programming and progression, not a native LLM coach. The Hevy app for ChatGPT adds a conversational workflow even on a free account, while Hevy Coach is a separate product used by human coaches and their clients.³ Decide which layer you actually need before treating Pro as either “just charts” or full coaching.

Hevy Alternatives in 2026

What is the best Hevy alternative? It depends which category you actually want. Strong is the closest like-for-like logger, Jefit is the most generous free library, Fitbod generates workouts instead of logging them, and SensAI is an LLM coach that uses recovery data. All US prices checked 15 September 2026.

Alternative	Annual price	Category	Best for	Free tier
Strong	$29.99⁷	Logger	iOS-first minimalists on a fixed program	Yes — unlimited log, 3 routines, charts Pro-gated⁷
Jefit	$69.99 Elite⁸	Logger + library	The largest free exercise library	Yes — ad-supported, watch app Elite-gated⁸
Fitbod	$95.99⁹	Generator	Wanting workouts built for you, not a blank logbook	No⁹
SensAI	$69.99¹⁰	LLM coach	Wanting recovery context inside weekly programming	No — 7-day trial, no card¹⁰

Strong — best for iOS-first minimalists with an Apple Watch and a fixed program. Its free tier never locks your log, but charts are Pro-gated. Our Hevy vs Strong head-to-head calls the matchup by lifting style.
Fitbod — best if you want workouts generated for you rather than a blank logbook; our Fitbod review covers what its $15.99/month buys.
Jefit — best free routine library, ad-supported; Elite runs $12.99/month or $69.99/year.⁸
SensAI — for people who want an LLM coach as the core product: it remembers user-stated injuries and constraints, combines them with aggregated workout and recovery context, and regenerates weekly programming from completed work. Apple Watch connects directly; compatible Garmin, Oura, and WHOOP data can flow through HealthKit. Our SensAI review shows what that looks like day to day.

For the wider field, our roundup of the best AI fitness apps of 2026 covers everything beyond the loggers.

Is Hevy Worth It in 2026?

Is Hevy worth it? Yes, for self-programmed lifters who want a capable logger at the lowest price in the category — 4.9/5 from 92,000 US ratings, $23.99/year, and a free tier many lifters never outgrow.¹² No, if you wear a recovery wearable and expect that signal to shape your programming: Hevy Trainer documents no recovery inputs.⁴

Yes, get Hevy if you:

Self-program your training and want a capable logger at a low price
Train on Android and are tired of second-class apps
Want a free tier you might genuinely never outgrow
Like the option of social accountability without the obligation

Skip Hevy if you:

Want recovery context built into weekly program generation
Wear a recovery wearable and want that signal actually used
Want something that reasons about deloads and plateaus instead of mechanically retrying

The free tier is available indefinitely, so you can test the core logging workflow before paying. If you upgrade at the reviewed US prices: $2.99/month, $23.99/year, or $74.99 lifetime.¹

Hevy Pricing and Free vs Pro FAQ

Short answers to what people actually ask about Hevy’s price and free tier. Hevy Pro is $2.99/month, $23.99/year, or $74.99 lifetime; the free tier is permanent and capped at 4 routines, 7 custom exercises, and 3 months of graph history.¹²⁵

How much does the Hevy app cost?

Hevy Pro costs $2.99/month, $23.99/year, or $74.99 once for lifetime access on the US App Store in 2026; a second monthly SKU at $3.99 also appears on the listing.¹ The app itself is free to download and the free tier costs nothing indefinitely.

Does Hevy cost money?

Not necessarily. Hevy’s free tier is a permanent product with unlimited workout logging, capped at 4 routines, 7 custom exercises, and 3 months of graph history.²⁵ You only pay if you outgrow one of those caps or want Hevy Trainer.

Is Hevy free, and does it have a free trial?

Hevy is free with caps, and it has no trial countdown — the free tier doesn’t expire.²⁵ That’s the opposite of Fitbod, which gives you 7 days and then stops working entirely.⁹

What is the difference between Hevy Pro and Hevy free?

Pro removes four caps: unlimited routines instead of 4, unlimited custom exercises instead of 7, full graph history instead of 3 months, and advanced body measurements. Pro also unlocks Hevy Trainer, the algorithmic program generator.²⁵⁴ Workout logging, the social feed, PR tracking, and the ChatGPT integration are identical on both tiers.³

Is Hevy Pro worth it?

Yes if you rotate more than 4 routines, want progression charts that look back more than 3 months, log more than 7 custom exercises, or want Hevy Trainer’s auto-progression.²⁴ No if you run a fixed 3- or 4-day split and only check last session’s numbers — at $23.99/year the upgrade is cheap, but cheap isn’t the same as needed.

How much is Hevy lifetime, and is it worth it?

$74.99 once.¹ It breaks even against the $23.99 annual plan at roughly 3.1 years, so it only pays off if you already have about a year of logged history and no intention of switching apps. Health and fitness apps retain only a fraction of users past the first month, which makes a three-year bet on any single app a minority outcome.²⁰

Does Hevy work with ChatGPT?

Yes. Hevy ships an official Hevy app for ChatGPT — tag @hevy in a conversation to analyze your training history, generate a program, and save routines back to Hevy.³ It is free on free Hevy accounts, it works with free ChatGPT accounts, and unlike the older HevyGPT custom GPT it now works in the Android ChatGPT app.³ Hevy has sunset the old HevyGPT.³ Version 3.1.13 also added a button that sends a finished workout straight to ChatGPT or Claude.¹

Does Hevy Trainer use HRV, sleep, or recovery data?

No. Hevy Trainer’s documented programming inputs are experience level, fitness goal, equipment, workout frequency, session duration, and muscle-group focus.⁴ Hevy’s public Trainer materials do not list sleep, HRV, resting heart rate, or a readiness score as inputs. If you wear a recovery device and want that signal used, that capability sits outside Pro — it’s the gap SensAI is built around, pulling sleep and heart rate from Apple Watch, Garmin, Oura, or WHOOP via HealthKit, plus HRV from Apple Watch.

What does Hevy Pro not include?

Recovery-aware programming. Hevy Trainer adapts from logged lifting performance, and Hevy’s public Trainer materials do not list sleep, HRV, resting heart rate, or a readiness score as programming inputs.⁴ Pro also does not turn the native Trainer into a chat interface — that lives in the ChatGPT integration.³

How does Hevy’s price compare to Strong, Fitbod, Jefit, and SensAI?

Hevy Pro is the cheapest of the five. Strong Pro runs $4.99/month or $29.99/year, Jefit Elite $12.99/month or $69.99/year, Fitbod $15.99/month or $95.99/year with no free tier at all, and SensAI $6.99/month or $69.99/year after a 7-day trial that takes no credit card.⁷⁹¹⁰⁸ The full side-by-side is in our fitness app pricing breakdown.

Hevy vs Strong: which is better?

Hevy, for most lifters. Both log well and cost little, but Hevy is cheaper ($23.99/year against Strong’s $29.99), runs on more surfaces — Android and Wear OS included — and its free tier graphs three months of progress.¹⁷ Strong free never locks your log but gates charts behind Pro, which makes it the better pick mainly for iOS lifters running three or fewer routines.⁷ The full matchup is in our Hevy vs Strong head-to-head.

Hevy vs Fitbod: which should I pick?

They solve different problems. Hevy logs the workout you already planned; Fitbod generates the workout for you. Hevy is $23.99/year with a permanent free tier; Fitbod is $95.99/year with no free tier and a 7-day trial.¹⁹ Pick Hevy if you self-program, Fitbod if you want the app to decide. Our Fitbod review covers the generator side.

What is the best free workout app?

Hevy, Strong, or Jefit, depending on which cap you hit first. Hevy free is the cleanest — no ads, 4 routines, 3 months of graph history.²⁵ Strong free never locks your log but gates charts behind Pro.⁷ Jefit free has the largest exercise library but is ad-supported and paywalls its watch app.⁸ Fitbod and SensAI have no free tier at all.⁹¹⁰

Which workout apps have a permanent free tier?

Hevy, Strong, and Jefit do; Fitbod and SensAI do not.²⁷⁹¹⁰⁸ Hevy free allows 4 routines and 3 months of graph history with no ads. Strong free never locks your log but gates charts behind Pro. Jefit free is the largest exercise library of the three and is ad-supported.

The Bottom Line

Hevy earns its 8.0/10 in this review through a strong free tier, low US Pro pricing, broad platform support, detailed logging, and a 4.9/5 rating across 92,000 US App Store ratings.¹ The score is our editorial judgment, not an objective category ranking.

The remaining limitation is the gap between Hevy’s surfaces. The native app is excellent at logging and algorithmic progression; conversational analysis lives in the ChatGPT integration, and Trainer documents no sleep or HRV inputs.⁴³ Know which experience you are shopping for, and compare the wider field in our map of AI fitness apps.

As a logger, Hevy is easy to recommend. Whether it is the right coach depends on how much you want the native app, ChatGPT integration, and recovery context to work as one system.

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