Looking for a Hevy alternative
People leave Hevy for a few specific reasons, and the right answer is different for each one. Some of them are not us. Here is the whole list anyway.
What Hevy does well
- If you want the biggest social network in lifting, stay on Hevy.
- If you want a pure logbook with an Apple Watch app, Strong is the better switch.
- If you want a free library of famous programs like GZCLP and 5/3/1 with the maths done, look at Boostcamp.
- If you want to script an unusual progression yourself, Liftosaur does that better than any of us.
Job by job
| Job | Hevy | Reppit |
|---|---|---|
| Logging a set | Fast. Previous numbers prefilled, rest timer on the set. | Also fast, and much the same. This is not a reason to switch. |
| Writing your next session | Hevy Trainer builds a program and moves your working weights for you. Pro. | A fixed rule set builds five weeks and moves it from what you lifted. Coach is Pro. |
| Changing your program | Weights move on their own. | Changes wait on a card until you tap confirm. |
| Asking why | No way to ask where a number came from. | Ask about any weight. You get the rule, and the paper behind it. |
| Friends | Feed, follows, copy a mate's routine. Pushes to Strava too. | Feed, follows, PRs, groups, challenges, leaderboards. All free. |
| Your own AI | A public API and an official ChatGPT plugin. | An MCP server, so any client works. It can suggest, you approve. |
| Free tier | Good. Trainer and the API are Pro. | Log, follow and compete free, with no caps. Coach and analytics are Pro. |
Where Reppit is behind
- No offline mode. If your gym has no signal, your sets do not save. That is the worst thing about us right now.
- No Apple Watch or Wear OS app.
- Far fewer people use Reppit, so there is no pile of routines to copy yet.
Which to pick
Come to Reppit if you want to know why the app picked that weight, and if you would rather approve a change than find it already made. Export your Hevy CSV and import it; you check the exercise mapping before anything is written, so nothing lands in your history that you did not agree to.
Free to try, no card. Bring your history across with a CSV export.
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