Hevy
Ranked 2 of 3 workout trackers by recommenders
People recommend Hevy as a polished, feature-complete workout logger that is still actively maintained and fairly priced. Critics say it has subscription-heavy feature bloat.
People recommend Hevy as a polished, feature-complete workout logger that is still actively maintained and fairly priced. Critics say it has subscription-heavy feature bloat.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Polished, feature-complete app
“For something polished and feature complete, you can't go wrong with it.”
Comment from 24 Dec 2025 in “Stronk.app – open-source gym lifts journal” “was a great price for a such a polished app.”
Comment from 24 Dec 2025 in “Stronk.app – open-source gym lifts journal”
Other workout trackers people recommend
The two most recommended other workout trackers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stronk.app | 10 | 1 | 91% | 1 | — | — |
| HevyThis page | 6 | 2 | 75% | 5 | — | — |
| 5/3/1 Weightlifting App | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“take a look at the animations in Hevy”
“This is really useful for swapping out exercises I struggle with, for example, or to keep a well-balanced program over time.”
“Hevy just seems to give me the same set over and over in trainer mode.”
“Hevy existed before gen AI took the world by storm and it's still being actively maintained, highly recommend checking it out.”
“subscription-laden feature bloat and enshittification, more like”
“The Strava of weight training”
“For something polished and feature complete, you can't go wrong with it.”
“was a great price for a such a polished app.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.