Disclosure: Brolic is ours, and it is listed first. It gets the same four fields as every other app, including its drawbacks.
Short answer
If you want to know where you rank, our pick is Brolic — a leaderboard for every lift (world, country, city or weight class), free with unlimited routines. If you want someone to write your program, Boostcamp.
Hevy is one of the best free workout trackers there is: no ads, form videos, a social feed and Apple Watch logging. People look for alternatives for one of three reasons — they want competition, they want a program handed to them, or they want less social noise.
Each app below is picked for one of those reasons.
Switch to Brolic if
- You want rankings, not just a feed
- You want a program written for you
- You want a plainer log
Stay with Hevy if
- Your friends are all on Hevy
- You log from your Apple Watch
- You rely on its form videos
At a glance
| App | Best for | Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| Brolic (ours) | Lifters who want unlimited routines, a lift logged in seconds, and a rank on every lift | Free — no ads, no subscription and no cap on routines |
| Hevy | Lifters who want a free, polished logger with friends and Apple Watch | Free tier plus a Hevy Pro subscription |
| Liftoff | Lifters who want ranks, streaks and competition | Free with in-app purchases |
| Boostcamp | Lifters who want proven programs and an AI coach | Free to start; Pro for Strength Score and volume heatmap |
| Strong | Lifters who want the simplest log with a full Watch app | Free with a 3-routine limit; Strong PRO subscription |
| Liftin’ | Lifters who want a minimal tracker across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Watch | Subscription after a free first month |
The apps in detail
Brolic
Ours
- Best for
- Lifters who want unlimited routines, a lift logged in seconds, and a rank on every lift
- Highlights
- Log a lift in seconds — tap it, type weight and reps, tick the set
- A board for every lift: world, country, city or weight class, with the gap to the lifter above you
- Unlimited routines, with six built in, and a growth bar on every lift
- Community votes: more downvotes than upvotes takes a lift off the board
- Pricing
- Free — no ads, no subscription and no cap on routines
- Watch out
- There is no Apple Watch app, so you log on your phone between sets, and you need an account because the leaderboard has to know whose lift is whose. The leaderboard shows your first name, and it is young, so its boards are thinner than Hevy’s or Liftoff’s communities.
Hevy
- Best for
- Lifters who want a free, polished logger with friends and Apple Watch
- Highlights
- Free and ad-free, per the listing
- Form videos for hundreds of exercises
- Apple Watch routines and live sync
- Pricing
- Free tier plus a Hevy Pro subscription
- Watch out
- Rankings are social rather than competitive, and some stats are Pro.
Liftoff
- Best for
- Lifters who want ranks, streaks and competition
- Highlights
- Ranks you on 600+ exercises
- Compete with friends
- Charts and body graphs
- Pricing
- Free with in-app purchases
- Watch out
- Heavily gamified.
Boostcamp
- Best for
- Lifters who want proven programs and an AI coach
- Highlights
- 11,000+ programs including nSuns, GZCLP and 5/3/1
- Free program library
- AI coach for a custom plan
- Pricing
- Free to start; Pro for Strength Score and volume heatmap
- Watch out
- Better at following programs than logging your own.
Strong
- Best for
- Lifters who want the simplest log with a full Watch app
- Highlights
- Clean, fast logging
- Full Apple Watch app
- Unlimited history
- Pricing
- Free with a 3-routine limit; Strong PRO subscription
- Watch out
- Only three custom routines free.
Liftin’
- Best for
- Lifters who want a minimal tracker across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Watch
- Highlights
- Simple tracking on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch
- Rules that adjust weights from your results
- Apple Health integration
- Pricing
- Subscription after a free first month
- Watch out
- Not free after the introductory month.
Feed or leaderboard?
Hevy’s social side is a feed: you see friends’ sessions. Brolic’s is a board: every lift ranked worldwide, by country, by city or by weight class, with exactly what it takes to pass the lifter above you. Community votes knock fake lifts off.
If your friends are the motivation, stay on Hevy. If beating strangers is, try a board.
Common questions
Is Hevy free?
Yes — Hevy’s listing describes it as free with no ads, with a Hevy Pro subscription for extras.
What is an alternative to Hevy with leaderboards?
Brolic ranks every lift worldwide, by country or weight class; Liftoff ranks overall gym performance.
Is there a Hevy alternative with programs?
Boostcamp has a free library of 11,000+ programs.
App Store listings checked on 27 September 2026. Prices change — each entry describes how an app is paid for rather than a number that goes stale.
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