Hevy vs Strong: Which Free Workout Tracker Wins

Both apps log unlimited workouts for free with no ads. Hevy's help centre puts its free routine cap at four; Strong's is three. That difference is trivial unless you rotate programs, in which case you will hit either cap quickly and be choosing between paid tiers instead.

The real gap in the free tiers is reach. Hevy runs on iOS, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS and in a browser at hevy.com. Strong runs on iOS and Android with an Apple Watch app, and there is no web version. If you plan your training on a laptop, or you are on Android and want to log from a watch, Hevy is the only one of the two that can do it.

Hevy Pro is $2.99 a month, $23.99 a year or $74.99 for life. Strong PRO is $4.99 a month, $29.99 a year or $99.99 once. Hevy is cheaper on every line, and its lifetime option is $25 less.

What each paid tier adds is similar: the routine cap goes away, the full graph history opens up, and you get unlimited custom exercises on Hevy or extra charts and body measurements on Strong. Neither adds programming logic or nutrition, because neither app does those at any price.

Strong's active workout screen is the fastest in this group. Previous set values sit next to each input, the rest timer starts itself, and the plate and warm-up calculators are one tap away. It has been refined for years and it feels it.

Hevy is close behind and adds a few things Strong does not: RPE fields, a cleaner routine builder with folders, and proper exercise videos in the library. It also has a social feed, which is either a feature or noise depending on whether your friends are on it.

The thing Strong has that Hevy does not advertise is export. Strong writes every workout out to CSV from the settings screen. If you want your training history in a spreadsheet, or you want to be able to leave with your data, that is a real advantage and it is the strongest single argument for Strong.

Neither app tracks food. Neither plans your training or tells you what to lift next. Both show you last time and stop there, which is fine if you already know how to program and a gap if you do not.

That is the space Ultra+ sits in, at $12.99 a month or $74.99 a year: nutrition with barcode scanning in the same app, your all-time best set shown on every set, and a coach that reads your workouts and your food before it answers. It has no free tier, no web app and no watch app, so it is a different trade rather than a strictly better one.