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Head-to-head

Hevy vs Gymverse

Hevy 4.9★ · Free to download 90
Winner Hevy
Gymverse 4.8★ · Free + IAP 60

Hevy is the better choice for most users due to its robust free features, superior reliability, and strong community aspects, while Gymverse struggles with pricing, bugs, and limited exercise options.

Full reviews: Hevy · Gymverse

Hevy offers a highly praised, user-friendly experience for tracking workouts with strong free features and a supportive community. Gymverse, while offering structured plans, faces significant criticism regarding its high price, frequent bugs, and limited exercise library.

Head to head

Features edge: HevyR2R5R8R14
Hevy Hevy users praise its comprehensive tracking, including weight, reps, and progress graphs, along with a vast exercise library featuring 3D demonstrations and the ability to add custom exercises with videos R2R8R14R16. It also offers PR tracking, built-in timers, and social features like sharing workouts and interacting with friends R5R20R27.
Gymverse Gymverse provides structured workout plans and videos for exercises, with options to customize programs based on equipment and goals . However, users frequently complain about a limited exercise library, especially for cable, kettlebell, and functional movements, and a lack of options for tracking mobility or weighted abs R79. Some users also miss older features like animal comparisons .
Ease of Use edge: HevyR2R3R7R17
Hevy Hevy is consistently praised for its user-friendly, intuitive, and clean interface, making it easy to add exercises, track sets, and navigate the app quickly during workouts R2R3R7R17. Users appreciate its simplicity and focus on core tracking without unnecessary gimmicks R18.
Gymverse Gymverse is described as easy to set up and follow for its exercise plans R74. However, some users find the customization options limited and confusing, particularly when trying to build their own workouts or adjust plans R115. Issues with the timer being bulky and the home screen display are also noted .
Reliability edge: HevyR1R39R45R55
Hevy Hevy is generally reliable, with users reporting it works flawlessly for tracking and connecting to Apple Watch R39R45. The main reliability concern mentioned is battery drain R55, and one user noted recent Apple Watch disconnection issues R1.
Gymverse Gymverse has significant reliability issues, with multiple reports of the app freezing, hardlocking, crashing, and not saving workout changes . Workouts are sometimes cleared randomly, forcing users to re-enter data .
Price/Value edge: HevyR4R5R18R20
Hevy Hevy is highly valued for its robust free version, which allows users to save up to 4 workouts and track progress effectively R4R5R20R27. The premium version is considered affordable at around $20/year or $3/month, offering additional perks like unlimited workouts R18.
Gymverse Gymverse is widely criticized for its high price, with annual subscriptions increasing from $60-70 to $120/year R78R85R96R99. Many users feel it's not worth the cost, especially given the app's limitations and bugs R85. The free version is severely limited, often locking basic workout plans after a week and forcing users to pay for custom routines R67.
Support tieR74R83R91R103
Hevy Reviews for Hevy do not explicitly mention customer support interactions, suggesting that users generally do not encounter issues requiring support, or that support is not a prominent part of the user experience.
Gymverse Gymverse has mixed reviews on support. One user praised their customer service for helping with a membership transfer between devices R74 and another for accommodating a break due to injury R83. However, some users report issues with billing and inability to contact support for refunds or changes R91R103.
Pick Hevy if

You want a reliable, user-friendly, and feature-rich workout tracker with a generous free tier and strong community features R4R5R20. You prioritize ease of use and comprehensive progress tracking without excessive cost R2R14R17.

Pick Gymverse if

You prefer an app that plans your entire workout for you, reducing the need to figure out exercises or body parts . You are willing to pay a premium price for structured programming and potentially good customer service for specific issues R83.

Evidence note: Gymverse's lifetime rating is slightly lower than Hevy's, and recent reviews for Gymverse are heavily skewed negative, primarily due to price increases and persistent bugs. Hevy's reviews are overwhelmingly positive, even for its free tier, indicating a more consistent and satisfying user experience.

Frequently asked

Is Hevy truly free to use?
Yes, Hevy offers a highly functional free version that allows users to save up to 4 custom workouts and track their progress effectively, with many users finding it sufficient for their needs R4R5R20R27.
How much does Gymverse cost?
Gymverse has significantly increased its annual subscription price, with users reporting it went from $60-70/year to $120/year R78R85R96R99.
Does Hevy support Apple Watch?
Yes, Hevy supports Apple Watch for tracking workouts, with many users reporting seamless integration, although one recent review mentioned disconnection issues R1R16R37R39.
Can I create custom workouts in Gymverse?
While Gymverse allows some customization and building of workouts, users report limitations and frustrations, such as the inability to select basic exercises or build complex functional movements, and the app sometimes locks custom routines behind a paywall after a short trial R67R79R115.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R2] Hevy 5/5 · US Easy peasy: I love how you can easily add exercises and sets to track in the log. It’s very user intuitive. The interface can be mastered by a child. This is important on workout day because the last thing I wanna do is spend time on my phone and not get my pump on!
  2. [R5] Hevy 5/5 · US BEST APP EVER!!: I love this app, is the perfect free app to organize your workouts. The option to see the history of how much you’ve lifted in each exercise over time is amazing !!! You can post your workouts add pictures and interact with other users and that’s amazing! I use it with my boyfriend and we are constantly checking what each of use worked out and the pics we posted with it!! The free
  3. [R8] Hevy 5/5 · US Excellent App: Great app. I love having some data to look at so I can evaluate my progress. This does that job extremely well. I love that it compares you to other lifters your age and weight.
  4. [R14] Hevy 5/5 · US Best workout tracker ever: Hevy has been fantastic and everything I need to track progressive overload on my lifts
  5. [R3] Hevy 5/5 · US Great app: Been using it for over a year. Really love it! Easy to build workouts and track them.
  6. [R7] Hevy 5/5 · US Great tool: Extremely helpful for tracking workouts, makes it quick and easy to hold yourself accountable and progress. Would recommend
  7. [R17] Hevy 5/5 · US Best app: This is the best app ive used for workouts and is very easy to use!
  8. [R1] Hevy 2/5 · GB Apple Watch keeps disconnecting: Was great until recently, it can. never stay connected to the watch
  9. [R39] Hevy 5/5 · US Perfect Gym Companion: Works perfect. Customized my own workouts, and have it connected to my Apple Watch as a perfect workout setup. Rest timers, rep counts, weight inputs, all work flawlessly and has improved the efficiency of my workouts. Highly recommend.
  10. [R45] Hevy 5/5 · US Great Tracking App: love this app use it everyday and it sinks with apple health and strava
  11. [R55] Hevy 4/5 · US Great app, kills your battery: This app is great and has the perfect amount of free features. You can have 4 plans, which is perfect for my 4 day split. You can easily add sets and change your weights. It is easy to reorder or switch out an exercise as well. With that being said, it kills my battery. I had a 1 hour workout and my battery was drained 19% from this app, yet it was only on the screen
  12. [R4] Hevy 5/5 · US Sick App: If I can make a comparison, it is the Strava of workout apps. Super easy to use and enables me to track everything I need (weight, reps, exercises) all for free. I’m sure the subscription has great perks but I’m content with the basic free version!
  13. [R18] Hevy 5/5 · US Simple: Most apps try to sell you all those stupid gimmicks… Hevy just does what you need it to do and that’s that. Could use some more recognized exercises but besides that 3 dollars a month is sweet.
  14. [R20] Hevy 5/5 · US Best workout partner: Whether just starting out or a fitness expert, this app is the best workout tool ever. So easy to use and the social aspect is a fun plus but not necessary if you’d rather not partake. Was using free version which is great, but upgraded to add workouts and because it’s that awesome.
  15. [R74] Gymverse 5/5 · US Love this app: My favorite app!!! It’s so easy to set up and swap out different exercises. As a gym girl this is the best app to track and push myself in workouts. Also shout out to their customer service. I purchased a membership when I had my android and then bought an iPhone and they were super nice in helping me.
  16. [R83] Gymverse 5/5 · US Customer service: It’s usually incredibly difficult to get any real human help when you need it. Gymverse was great. I was using it for most of last year and then I broke my foot. I could no longer do strength training. (Do not come at me with chair work outs etc, this is basic background info). I reached out to the company since I would not be able to use the tool for many months and asked if the
  17. [R91] Gymverse 2/5 · US Poor Advertising: Advertised price of 30% percent off but actually billed and charged the full price. No answer from support. Won’t be renewing, there’s a ton of other apps out there.
  18. [R103] Gymverse 1/5 · US Cannot contact: It charged a yearly fee when it should be monthly. Cannot contact anyone to change or refund because it does not pull up a receipt of purchase
  19. [R27] Hevy 5/5 · US Must have for lifting: LOVE this app, it keeps me regular with my workouts, easy to use, shows your PRs, has timers etc and is free, I have been way busier in the gym since I got this
  20. [R78] Gymverse 3/5 · US Too expensive: Loved the app had it for years but now it got too expensive had to uninstall
  21. [R85] Gymverse 1/5 · US $120/year: Come on y’all. This app was $60/year (honestly I paid that with ease). However, you all have become so money hungry that you decided to double the price?! Glad I cancelled. Thankfully ChatGPT exists and you can create your own app much easier now. Count your days Gymverse.
  22. [R96] Gymverse 3/5 · US best gym app, terrible price increase: when this app was $60/yr or $120/life it was reasonable but at now $120/yr it is actually insane. best gym app on the app store but absolutely terrible pricing switch.
  23. [R99] Gymverse 3/5 · US Price jump too high: This app was cool, but the membership went from $69.99/year in 2025 to $119.99/year in 2026. That’s wild.
  24. [R16] Hevy 5/5 · US Amazing workout app: Very clean UI and tracks metrics with your Apple Watch. Best part is the huge library of workouts AND how to do them! Also being able to track your sets and put notes! Likely going to upgrade to premium.
  25. [R37] Hevy 5/5 · US This is it: This is the app I’ve been looking for ever since bodybuilding.com ruined their app. You can create your own routines and add an exercises if they don’t have in their library. You can also add gifs, videos, or photos of how to do that exercise. You can track your progress and snap progress pics with the option of keeping it private or sharing. Easy works with apple fitness tracker and m
  26. [R67] Gymverse 1/5 · US Sucks: If your looking for something you put your own custom routine on don't get this because it will allow you to use your custom routine for about a week an then try and get get you to sign up for the pro version of their app when you try an open your custom routine
  27. [R79] Gymverse 2/5 · US Very limited moves: This app could be so much better if they added more exercises, allowed for editing of exercises I input along with images and how to perform the move. The cues in the out of the box moves are lacking. The tracking and platform is great but there are hundreds if not thousands of moves that could be added to make this app really great.
  28. [R115] Gymverse 2/5 · US Severely Limited Customization & Workout Logic: This app worked well for me at first, but once I started building my own workouts, the limitations became really frustrating. The customization options are extremely limited and sometimes confusing. For example, I couldn’t select something as basic as an assisted underhand pull-up, and creating functional movements is almost impossible. There’s no wa

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store