Hevy Alternative: 5 Apps, Strong Included

The plan

Hevy and Strong are both workout logs: you pick the exercises, the app records them. People look for an alternative for one of two reasons. They want a different log, or they want the app to plan the workouts. Here are five options, with features taken only from each app's own site or store page, checked November 9, 2026.

App	Type	What its own page lists	Best for
Strong	Log	Custom routines, rest timer, warm-up and plate calculators, 1RM graphs, Apple Watch, CSV export	Leaving Hevy for a simple log
Hevy	Log plus social	Log every set, rest timers, graphs, exercise videos, follow friends, Hevy Trainer	Leaving Strong for friends and a feed
Fitbod	Built plan	Plan that updates with recovery and progress, built around your equipment, suggests weights, reps and sets	Letting the app choose
JEFIT	Log plus programs	Adaptive Plan by goal, level and equipment, built-in bodybuilding programs, videos	Ready-made programs
Ladder	Coach-led plan	Teams led by a coach, a plan new each week, video demonstrations	A coach's plan
Nuvela (new)	Built plan plus social	Weekly plan from a few questions, weights set and adjusted, strength, cardio and yoga, a Feed, weekly challenges and crews	A plan and friends in one app

Hevy vs Strong

On their App Store pages, both list rest timers, progress graphs, exercise videos and Apple Watch logging. Only Hevy's listing mentions a follow feed and Hevy Trainer (part of Hevy Pro), which builds a program with progressive overload. Only Strong's listing mentions a warm-up calculator, a plate calculator and CSV export, and it notes that the basic version limits you to 3 custom routines. Checked November 9, 2026.

Fitbod

Fitbod's help center describes workouts that adapt to your recovery and progress, use only the equipment you have, and set the sets, reps and weight for each exercise. Checked November 9, 2026.

JEFIT

JEFIT's App Store page lists an Adaptive Plan built around your goal, level and equipment, built-in bodybuilding programs, your own custom workouts, video instructions and Apple Watch live sync. Checked November 9, 2026.

Ladder

Ladder's homepage describes teams, each led by a coach, with a workout plan that's new each week, video demonstrations, and training at home, at the gym or outside. Checked November 9, 2026.

Nuvela

Nuvela is a new app, so it has a shorter track record than the others here. It builds your week from a few questions: goal, experience, where you train, days and minutes. It sets every weight and adjusts it as you log, and you can swap any move in one tap. Strength, cardio and yoga sit in one weekly plan, and you choose the mix.

If Hevy's feed is what you like, Nuvela keeps that side and adds competition. Your workouts go into a Feed your friends see, and you can train a friend's workout in one tap. Weekly step and run challenges rank you in a division, City vs City adds up training by city, and crews take on challenges together.

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Plan your workout

Decision chart matching reasons for leaving Hevy or Strong, like wanting a built plan or a coach, to an alternative app — Pick by why you're switching.

How to pick the weightlifting app that fits you

Answer three questions:

Do you want to keep planning your own workouts? Then switch log to log: Hevy to Strong, or Strong to Hevy. Your habits carry over.
Are you tired of deciding what to lift? Pick a plan-first app: Fitbod, JEFIT's Adaptive Plan, Ladder's coach-led plans, or Nuvela.
Is lifting only part of your week? If you also run, ride or do yoga, one plan for all of it saves a second app. In Nuvela, yoga sessions run from 15 to 60 minutes inside the same weekly plan.

Then run a two-week test. Enter your current working weights on day one. Check how fast you can log a set, whether the suggested weights match what you lift, and whether you still open it on a busy Thursday.

Lifting with a partner? Hevy lets you follow friends and copy their workouts. Nuvela's Train together puts two people on the same workout with their own weights and one shared streak. For more social options, see our social workout app comparison.

Side-by-side cards listing features only Hevy's or only Strong's App Store page names, with features both list in the middle — Hevy and Strong, from their own store pages.

Swaps: if you want this, pick that

If you want	Pick	Why
A log with plate and warm-up calculators	Strong	Both are on its store page
A log with a feed and friends	Hevy	Follow friends, see their workouts
The app to choose your exercises and weights	Fitbod	Suggests weights, reps and sets
Built-in bodybuilding programs	JEFIT	Programs plus an Adaptive Plan
A coach-written plan, new each week	Ladder	Coach-led teams
Strength, cardio and yoga in one plan	Nuvela	One weekly plan, you choose the mix
The same workout as your partner, own weights	Nuvela	Train together with one shared streak
A feed plus weekly challenges and crews	Nuvela	Divisions, City vs City and crews

Where Nuvela fits

If you've been logging in Hevy or Strong and building your own split, Nuvela is the opposite approach: it builds the week and sets the weights, then adjusts them as you log. Snap your gear and the plan reads photos of your equipment, which helps in a home gym. There's a video for every move in your plan, and you can train a friend's workout in one tap. To see a week from your own answers, build your week. Comparing plan-first apps? Our Fitbod alternative guide covers them.

Common questions

What is a good alternative to Hevy?

Strong, if you want another log. Fitbod, JEFIT, Ladder or Nuvela if you want the app or a coach to plan your workouts. Pick by whether you want to keep planning yourself.

Is Strong or Hevy better?

They overlap a lot. Both store pages list rest timers, graphs, exercise videos and Apple Watch logging. Only Hevy's mentions a follow feed and Hevy Trainer. Only Strong's mentions warm-up and plate calculators and CSV export. Choose by which extras you'd use.

What is a good alternative to the Strong app?

Hevy, if you like logging but want friends in the app. A plan-first app like Fitbod, JEFIT, Ladder or Nuvela if you want someone else to decide the workouts.

Can I keep my workout history when I switch?

Strong's store page lists CSV export. For anything else, check each app's own help pages, and write down your working weights for your main lifts before you switch.

Sources

Hevy: Workout Tracker Gym Log, App Store listing. Checked November 9, 2026: log every set, automatic rest timers, graphs for every exercise, exercise videos, Apple Watch logging, follow friends in a feed, Hevy Trainer program with progressive overload.
Strong Workout Tracker Gym Log, App Store listing. Checked November 9, 2026: custom routines, rest timer, warm-up and plate calculators, 1RM and volume graphs, animated exercise videos, Apple Watch app, CSV export, lb or kg.
Fitbod Help Center, How Fitbod Creates Your Workout. Checked November 9, 2026: sets, reps and weight chosen for each exercise, muscle recovery score, adapts to your progress, only exercises that match your equipment.
JEFIT Workout Planner, App Store listing. Checked November 9, 2026: Adaptive Plan built around goal, level and equipment, built-in bodybuilding programs, video instructions, Apple Watch live sync.
Ladder, homepage. Checked November 9, 2026: teams each led by a coach, a workout plan new each week, video demonstrations, train at home, at the gym or outside.

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