# Stronk.app

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/stronk-app/

9 people recommended Stronk.app in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 12 months, in 1 thread. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

9 of the 9 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Stronk.app – open-source gym lifts journal”.

**Verdict:** A free, open-source app for logging gym lifts, liked for being simple and straightforward and for offering a spreadsheet alternative.

Summary written by Claude from 9 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Likes the project and its name (3 comments in the sample): "EDIT: and btw I love the name Stronk!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46372257)) "I really like the initiative." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46383338)) "That's pretty incredible." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46371449))
- Open source and free to use (2 comments in the sample): "I think this is great, especially because it's OSS." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46371564)) "we have 100% free web apps instead" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46371288))

## What people recommend instead

- [Hevy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hevy/): 5 recommend, 0 mixed, 2 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Stronk.app", https://hackerapproved.com/p/stronk-app/ (9 recommend, 1 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.