5 Hevy Alternatives for Different Training Needs

Five alternatives, five reasons to switch

Start with three checks: does it work on the devices you train with, does it help you follow or build the kind of program you want, and does its free tier cover your actual routine? Then compare the cost of the features you would use. A longer feature list is only useful if it solves something in your training.

How we selected them: this guide is written by the Setlane team. We chose alternatives for distinct strength-training workflows and checked official documentation and published USD prices on September 11, 2026. The order is not a scored ranking.

Hevy itself remains worth keeping if its watch apps, friends or routine sharing are why you train consistently. It also offers HevyGPT and Trainer. Switching merely to get “AI” is not a useful criterion; decide which workflow you want.

1. Setlane — for an Android log you can discuss with AI

Setlane is an Android workout tracker for strength training. Build your routines, record each set with its weight and reps, and let the automatic rest timer run between sets, including with the screen locked. Completed workouts feed your history, personal records and progress statistics, so the next session starts with a record of what you actually lifted.

Once initial access is set up, you can create routines, log sets and review the history and records available on your plan offline. You do not have to prepare every routine while connected. When you are back online, sync your workouts and use the optional ChatGPT or Claude connection to work with that history.

For example, ask the assistant to compare your last four Back workouts and show which exercises improved. Follow up with a request to put compound movements first in the Back routine. With editing access, it can save supported changes after your request. This suits someone who wants a dedicated gym log and a conversation about the data, with control over whether the assistant can make changes.

Free: three routines, five custom exercises, three months of history and basic progress, plus 60 AI tool calls per month. Calls are not chat messages. Pro: $4.99 monthly, or $19.99 for the first year followed by $29.99 yearly. The annual offer includes a 14-day trial for eligible users. Lifetime is $49.99 through September 30, 2026, then $69.99. See Setlane pricing.

Setlane is Android-only, and its three free routine slots are fewer than Hevy’s four. AI-created routines save their names and exercise order; the prescribed sets, reps and weights from the conversation are not saved with them.

Setlane vs Hevy comparison

AI connection

2. Strong — for following your own program

Strong is built around keeping your own training organized. Create a template with exercises and sets, start a workout from it and save a completed session as a template when you want to repeat it. Its tools include supersets, RPE, custom rest timers and CSV export. Android, iPhone and Apple Watch support give it a different device fit from an Android-only log.

For a three-day rotation, you could keep one template for each day and reuse it each week. Strong Free allows three templates; Pro removes that limit and unlocks all charts, body-part measurements and training calculators. Workout data remains accessible without Pro. Compared with Hevy, the reason to try Strong is whether this template-and-log workflow suits you better, not a larger free template allowance.

Price: free, with Pro listed at $4.99 monthly or $29.99 yearly in the US App Store description. Prices shown are from the US iOS listing.

Strong

Strong Pro

3. Alpha Progression — for programming and progression

Alpha Progression combines a workout log with optional guidance for building and progressing a program. Its generator uses your goals, equipment, training frequency and session length. You can edit the resulting exercises, sets and reps. Pro recommendations use previous performance to suggest weight and repetitions for individual sets, while videos explain exercise setup and execution.

This is useful if you want to open the app and see a proposed next step within a continuing program. Free covers manual plans, unlimited workout logging, exercise videos and body measurements. Pro adds recommendations, charts, gym profiles, periodization and deload tools. Hevy Trainer also builds programs and adjusts working weights, so compare the planning controls you would actually use before paying more.

Price: Pro is $12.99 monthly or $79.99 yearly on the official subscription page. Eligible new annual subscribers receive a 14-day trial.

Alpha Progression

4. FitNotes — for a free Android workout log

FitNotes is a free, ad-free Android workout log. You can follow a saved routine or add exercises as you go. The training screen combines set entry with access to exercise history, progress graphs, personal records and a rest timer. Previous results can prefill the next workout, and set comments let you keep details such as technique changes alongside the numbers.

Its clearest reason to replace Hevy is the cost of keeping a straightforward log: the main app costs $0. You still choose the exercises and decide how to progress. Try recording one of your usual workouts, then use the exercise history to prepare the next one. This comparison refers to the Android app from fitnotesapp.com; it is not an iPhone or Apple Watch replacement.

FitNotes

5. Boostcamp — for ready-made training programs

Boostcamp starts with the program you want to follow. Browse coach and community plans, check their training days and equipment, then record the prescribed sessions in the app. Its free tools include weight and rep logging, rest timers, RPE/RIR, supersets, a plate calculator and basic record tracking. You can also build your own programs manually without a program-count limit.

For example, if you have three training days and access to a barbell, compare programs that fit those constraints before starting week one. This is a useful alternative when choosing and following a program matters more than recreating Hevy's social experience. Pro adds exclusive programs, personalized plan generation and advanced analytics. If you already like your program, try the free logging tools first.

Boostcamp Pro adds exclusive programs and advanced analysis. Its pricing page lists $14.99 monthly or $59.99 billed yearly, with a seven-day trial on the annual plan. The advertised $4.99 monthly equivalent is an annual billing comparison, not a $4.99 monthly subscription.

Boostcamp

Devices, planning and free limits

Compare the dollar prices

All prices below are in USD, checked September 11, 2026. Free means a free tier or main app; it does not mean every feature is unlocked. Check the linked offer before subscribing.

Strong’s figures come from its US App Store description; the other paid figures come from the linked official product pricing. Setlane and Hevy also list one-time lifetime options, detailed in our direct comparison.

Choose around the reason you are leaving

Write down the one thing your current setup prevents you from doing. If it is reviewing training with Claude, start with Setlane. If it is keeping an Android log without paying, look at FitNotes. If it is choosing a program, compare Alpha Progression and Boostcamp. If it is the everyday routine workflow, try Strong alongside your existing log.

Before switching, save an export of your Hevy history and recreate one familiar routine in the new app. Exporting a CSV and importing it elsewhere are different capabilities: check the destination app’s supported format before relying on a transfer. Keep the original log until you are happy with the new workflow.

Use a few normal workouts to judge the switch. Track the same exercises and units so your progressive-overload comparisons remain meaningful. An app change should help you record and understand the work, not force you to abandon useful history.