Disclosure: Brolic is ours, and it is listed first. It gets the same four fields as every other app, including its drawbacks.
Short answer
Our pick is Brolic — a lift logged in seconds, unlimited routines and a rank on every lift, free. For the biggest free community with Apple Watch logging, Hevy.
JEFIT has one of the largest exercise libraries and a big community. Its newer features — an adaptive AI plan, an AI coach and premium analytics — sit in its subscription.
If you already know how to train, you may want a faster log, not a coach. That is who this list is for.
Switch to Brolic if
- You want fewer taps per set
- You don’t need an AI coach
- You want to see where you rank
Stay with JEFIT if
- You like its adaptive AI plans
- You use its huge exercise library daily
- You want deep analytics
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 |
| JEFIT | Lifters who want a huge library and AI-guided progression | Free tier plus subscriptions |
| Hevy | Lifters who want a free polished log with friends | Free tier plus Hevy Pro |
| Strong | Lifters who want the simplest log | Free with a 3-routine limit; Strong PRO |
| Liftoff | Lifters motivated by ranks and streaks | Free with in-app purchases |
| Boostcamp | Lifters who want proven programs | Free to start; Pro for extra stats |
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.
JEFIT
- Best for
- Lifters who want a huge library and AI-guided progression
- Highlights
- Adaptive AI plan with progressive overload
- Live Apple Watch sync
- Premium analytics dashboard
- Pricing
- Free tier plus subscriptions
- Watch out
- The AI features and analytics are paid, and the app is busy.
Hevy
- Best for
- Lifters who want a free polished log with friends
- Highlights
- Free and ad-free, per the listing
- Form videos
- Apple Watch logging
- Pricing
- Free tier plus Hevy Pro
- Watch out
- Some stats are Pro.
Strong
- Best for
- Lifters who want the simplest log
- Highlights
- Fast set logging
- Full Apple Watch app
- Unlimited history
- Pricing
- Free with a 3-routine limit; Strong PRO
- Watch out
- Three custom routines free.
Liftoff
- Best for
- Lifters motivated by ranks and streaks
- Highlights
- Ranks on 600+ exercises
- Friends and streaks
- Progress charts
- Pricing
- Free with in-app purchases
- Watch out
- Heavily gamified.
Boostcamp
- Best for
- Lifters who want proven programs
- Highlights
- 11,000+ programs
- Free library
- AI coach option
- Pricing
- Free to start; Pro for extra stats
- Watch out
- Program-first.
Coach or log?
JEFIT, Fitbod and Boostcamp are coaches: they tell you what to do. Strong, Hevy and Brolic are logs: you decide, they remember.
Brolic adds one thing the other logs don’t: a leaderboard for every lift, worldwide, by country or by weight class, with community votes against fake lifts.
Common questions
Is JEFIT free?
JEFIT has a free tier; the AI coach and advanced analytics are subscriptions.
What is the best free alternative to JEFIT?
Hevy for a free log with Apple Watch; Brolic for unlimited routines plus leaderboards.
Which app shows where my lifts rank?
Brolic ranks every lift worldwide, by country and by weight class.
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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