Yes. Hevy has a free tier that covers basic workout logging. Hevy Pro is the paid upgrade and unlocks features like custom routines and advanced graphs.

Does Hevy have nutrition tracking?

No. Hevy is a workout logger; it does not track food, calories, or macros, and food tracking has long topped its most-requested feature list. You'd pair it with a nutrition app. MuscleBuddy has adaptive macros built into the same app you train in.

Does Hevy do periodization or automated deloads?

Hevy Trainer builds a full program from your goals and equipment with automatic weight progression, but its own announcement does not describe periodized training blocks or scheduled deloads. MuscleBuddy plans mesocycles and drops in deloads automatically, and explains every change.

Does Hevy have anything like the health module?

No. Hevy is a training logger with no bloodwork, no recovery scoring, and no wearable-driven readiness. MuscleBuddy trends your vitals and bloodwork, computes a daily recovery score from HRV and resting heart rate, and uses that recovery to inform training readiness.

Can a coach manage clients on Hevy?

Hevy offers coaching through Hevy Coach, a separate product with its own subscription and app. The main Hevy app is still built for individual lifters. MuscleBuddy includes coach-client management in the same app you train in.

What does MuscleBuddy do that Hevy doesn't?

It runs four modules that talk to each other: periodized training with automated deloads, adaptive nutrition, a health module (recovery, wearables, bloodwork), and upkeep (medications, appointments, fasting windows). It ships as an offline-first PWA with coaching built in. Hevy is an excellent logger, but nutrition, health and upkeep are gaps.

Where does Hevy beat MuscleBuddy?

Two places, plainly. Hevy has mature native Apple Watch and Wear OS apps for on-wrist logging, which a browser-based PWA cannot match today, and it has one of the largest, most active social graphs in lifting. If those two things are your priority, Hevy is the better pick.

Can I import my Hevy data into MuscleBuddy?

Hevy supports CSV export on Pro. MuscleBuddy has a self-serve import wizard at /import: export your Hevy history and bring it straight in.

MuscleBuddy vs Hevy: which is better in 2026?

A polished, social-first iOS/Android workout logger with a free tier and a paid Hevy Pro upgrade.

MuscleBuddy compared with Hevy on features and lowest paid tier.
Feature	MuscleBuddy	Hevy
Smart progression (auto-adjust load/reps)	Yes	Yes
Nutrition tracking with auto-adjusting macros	Yes	No
Health module (recovery, wearables, bloodwork)	Yes	No
Coach/client management	Yes	No
Offline-first PWA	Yes	No
AI-powered check-in analysis	Yes	No
Custom programming templates	Yes	Yes
Medication dose and side-effect log beside the day's food (GLP-1)	Yes	No
Free tier	Yes	Yes
Lowest paid tier	$9.99/mo	$2.99/mo

Hevy Pro is $2.99/mo billed monthly, or $23.99/yr (≈$2.00/mo); a $74.99 one-time lifetime unlock is also offered. A free tier covers basic logging. Coaching is a separate product, Hevy Coach, from ~$25/mo.

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When to choose Hevy

Hevy is the best-executed workout logger on the App Store, and if logging plus community is the whole job, it is hard to beat. The iOS, Android, Apple Watch and Wear OS apps are fast and genuinely native, so on-wrist logging and rest timers work the way you want them to mid-set, which is still a real edge over a browser-based PWA. Hevy also has one of the largest social graphs in lifting, with millions of active users, a busy following feed, and routine sharing as a first-class feature, so if part of why you train is the community around it, that network effect is real and years in the making. Hevy Pro adds custom routines, advanced graphs and exports, and Hevy Trainer now generates a full program from an onboarding questionnaire on your goals, experience, equipment, frequency and time, with automatic weight progression and nudges if you stall, at no extra cost inside Pro. If your need is 'log my lifts, see my PRs, share with friends, glance at my watch between sets,' Hevy has the cleanest execution in that lane today, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise.

When MuscleBuddy is the better fit

MuscleBuddy wins when you want one system instead of a log book plus four other apps. Hevy does not track nutrition at all, and food tracking has been the single most-requested feature in its App Store reviews for years; MuscleBuddy folds adaptive macros that move with your weigh-in trend into the same app you train in. On training, Hevy Trainer now builds a full program from your goals and equipment and moves the weight for you, but its own announcement is silent on periodized blocks and scheduled deloads; MuscleBuddy gives you five automatic progression methods, plans mesocycles and drops in deloads for you, and explains the rule behind every change. Then there is the entire third module Hevy has nothing like: a health module that trends bloodwork and vitals, computes a daily recovery score from real HRV and resting heart rate off Whoop, Oura or Withings, and lets that recovery inform your training readiness. Training, nutrition and health live in one system here, with a Pro recovery trend able to trigger a deload the same way a stalled lift does, and coaching, client check-ins and templates live in the same place, where Hevy splits coaching into a separate Hevy Coach product. Where Hevy is honestly ahead: native Apple Watch and Wear OS, and the size of its social graph.

Frequently asked

Is Hevy free?: Yes. Hevy has a free tier that covers basic workout logging. Hevy Pro is the paid upgrade and unlocks features like custom routines and advanced graphs.
Does Hevy have nutrition tracking?: No. Hevy is a workout logger; it does not track food, calories, or macros, and food tracking has long topped its most-requested feature list. You'd pair it with a nutrition app. MuscleBuddy has adaptive macros built into the same app you train in.
Does Hevy do periodization or automated deloads?: Hevy Trainer builds a full program from your goals and equipment with automatic weight progression, but its own announcement does not describe periodized training blocks or scheduled deloads. MuscleBuddy plans mesocycles and drops in deloads automatically, and explains every change.
Does Hevy have anything like the health module?: No. Hevy is a training logger with no bloodwork, no recovery scoring, and no wearable-driven readiness. MuscleBuddy trends your vitals and bloodwork, computes a daily recovery score from HRV and resting heart rate, and uses that recovery to inform training readiness.
Can a coach manage clients on Hevy?: Hevy offers coaching through Hevy Coach, a separate product with its own subscription and app. The main Hevy app is still built for individual lifters. MuscleBuddy includes coach-client management in the same app you train in.
What does MuscleBuddy do that Hevy doesn't?: It runs four modules that talk to each other: periodized training with automated deloads, adaptive nutrition, a health module (recovery, wearables, bloodwork), and upkeep (medications, appointments, fasting windows). It ships as an offline-first PWA with coaching built in. Hevy is an excellent logger, but nutrition, health and upkeep are gaps.
Where does Hevy beat MuscleBuddy?: Two places, plainly. Hevy has mature native Apple Watch and Wear OS apps for on-wrist logging, which a browser-based PWA cannot match today, and it has one of the largest, most active social graphs in lifting. If those two things are your priority, Hevy is the better pick.
Can I import my Hevy data into MuscleBuddy?: Hevy supports CSV export on Pro. MuscleBuddy has a self-serve import wizard at /import: export your Hevy history and bring it straight in.

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