Comparison

GAINSFIRE Workout Tracker vs Hevy

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

GAINSFIRE Workout Tracker

Log your weightlifting progress with this intuitive workout tracker. Easily record sets, weights, and routines, compare performance over time, and analyze your gains. Customize exercises and share plans with others.

Highlights
  • Create custom workout routines
  • Add exercises from catalog or custom
  • Log sets, weights, and reps
  • Compare performance with past workouts
  • Track body measurements
  • Share workout plans
  • Customizable rest timers
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The GAINSFIRE workout tracker is your way to go if you are looking for a simple, fast & easy to use workout logger to record your personal development during weight training at the gym. With GAINSFIRE you can easily track your sets, weights, workouts and your overall progress. Create custom training routines, add your own exercises or exercises from our catalog and start your workout. GAINSFIRE logs your performance just like a pen and paper workout diary. The focus of GAINSFIRE is to quickly and efficiently record your performance and physical fitness. This includes the comparison of the current workout with past workouts in simple to understand statistics. We deliberately refrain from explaining the correct execution of individual exercises. A professional trainer at your gym or a personal trainer does that way better than any app. Highlights of the GAINSFIRE workout diary: • Create your own workout routine (or multiple ones). • Add exercises from our extensive catalog • Define your own exercises and use them in your plans • Get summaries after each training session • Compare your performance with previous workouts • Analyze your increase in weights or repetitions • Add notes and your own comments to each exercise • Define individual rest times for sets and exercises with customizable timers • Archive workout routines for later use • Share workout plans and statistics with your personal trainer or friends • Messaging function for trainers and clients • Direct analysis of each completed exercise • Track body weight, body fat and muscle mass as well as body circumferences • Automatic backup of your training data • Use on multiple devices A free one-time registration with your email address and a password of your choice is required for use. SUBSCRIPTION This app includes a voluntary monthly subscription with no trial period. Payment is made monthly through your iTunes account at the time of purchase. Subscription will automatically renew for one month unless you cancel in the App Store at least 24 hours prior to expiration. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to expiration. This will include the cost of the renewal. Terms and conditions and privacy policy apply. Terms of use: https://www.gainsfire.app/agb-app.html Privacy policy: https://www.gainsfire.app/datenschutz-app.html

About

Hevy

This app helps you plan weight lifting routines, log workouts, and track your progress with detailed graphs and exercise videos. Connect with friends, copy their routines, and analyze your performance to get stronger.

Highlights
  • Intuitive workout tracking interface
  • Weight lifting routine planner
  • Hundreds of exercises with videos
  • Social features to follow friends
  • Detailed progress graphs
  • Customizable rest timers
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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The workout tracker featured by Apple and trusted by 15M+ lifters. Rated 4.9 on the App Store. 112M+ workouts logged in 2025 alone. Log every set, follow any program or split, and track your lifts and volume. Learn how to do any exercise with high-quality videos and step-by-step instructions. Free, with no ads. Train alongside millions of lifters, follow friends and family, compare your stats, and share your progress in their feed. No program? No problem. Whether you're new and overwhelmed or a gym veteran, browse Hevy's large, free library for a full split or individual workouts. And now, Hevy Trainer gives you the coaching you need, available with Hevy Pro. It builds a program tailored to your experience, goal, available equipment, and preferences. Trainer tracks your progress and consistency, and guides you through each workout with tips and progressive overload. (Even if you only have dumbbells and a workout mat.) WHY HEVY? • Log weights, reps, duration, and RPE in seconds without breaking the flow of your sets. • See last session's weights and reps for every exercise, right where you need them. No guessing, no scrolling back through history. • Log supersets, drop sets, warm-ups, and failure sets alongside your regular sets. • Stay on track with automatic rest timers between sets. • Monitor your strength progression and PRs with graphs for every exercise. • Add progress photos, body weight, and measurements to see how your training is paying off. • Follow friends and athletes from around the world, see their workouts in your feed, and compare your lifts. • Stay consistent with monthly, yearly, and multi-year calendars and streak tracking. • Work out offline. Your data syncs across all your devices. • Automatically sync your workouts to Strava for hybrid training. APPLE WATCH • Log sets, start rest timers, and finish your workout without touching your phone. • Monitor your heart rate during your workout. • Add Hevy complications to your watch face. • Workouts save automatically when your watch reconnects to your phone. Hevy uses HealthKit and CareKit to export your workouts to the Health app. You can turn this on in Settings. WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING "Hevy blends workout tracking with social motivation, making it a top pick if you thrive on accountability and community support." Men's Journal "By far my favorite workout tracking app." The Morning Show Podcast "I've experimented with enough strength training apps that I know which ones are out there, and I definitely have a favorite: It's Hevy." Beth Skwarecki, senior health editor, Lifehacker Whether you work out at home or at the gym, want to build muscle or lose fat, train twice a week or every day, Hevy is the last workout tracker you'll ever need. Give it a try. HEVY PRO • Hevy Trainer: a program and ongoing guidance based on your experience, goal, available equipment, and preferences. • Unlimited routines and custom exercises. • Your complete training history. If you choose to purchase Hevy Pro, payment will be charged to your Apple account, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off automatic renewal at any time in your Apple account settings. You have the right to withdraw from your initial subscription within 14 days of starting it. If you don't purchase Hevy Pro, you can keep using Hevy for free. Terms & Conditions: https://www.hevyapp.com/app-terms-conditions/ Privacy Policy: https://www.hevyapp.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

GAINSFIRE Workout Tracker4 screens
Hevy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Hevy at freemium against GAINSFIRE Workout Tracker's subscription. Hevy also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (101K vs 11). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. GAINSFIRE Workout Tracker sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Hevy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hevy holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hevy has 101K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of GAINSFIRE Workout Tracker's written reviews are positive against 98% of Hevy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GAINSFIRE Workout Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, Hevy weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
GAINSFIRE Workout Tracker versus Hevy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGAINSFIRE Workout TrackerHevy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (11 ratings)4.9 (101K ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.6% of reviews98.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11101K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
Best chart rank—#24 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB292 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRaoul SchrieversHevy Studios S.L.

Customer experience

GAINSFIRE Workout Tracker

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive94.6%
Neutral3.6%
Negative1.8%

Hevy

All ratings100,532 ratings
Positive99.1%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.4%
Written reviews14,635 reviews
Positive98.3%
Neutral0.7%
Negative0.9%

Bugs and requests

GAINSFIRE Workout Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Hevy

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Incorrect volume calculations when editing workout dates
  • Syncing issues between mobile app and Apple Watch

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to add notes to individual exercises
  • Option to track drop sets and other advanced set types
  • Improved barbell weight calculation and tracking
  • Weekly/monthly workout summary and muscle group analysis
  • Seamless integration with Apple Health and other fitness apps

In-app purchases

7 purchases

GAINSFIRE Workout Tracker

Subscriptions1
  • Your contribution matters$1.491 Month
One-time6
  • Tip the team$2.99
  • A good push$4.99
  • To infinity...$9.99
Show 3 more
  • Professional S$44.99
  • Professional M$79.99
  • Professional L$129.99
4 purchases

Hevy

Subscriptions3
  • Hevy Pro - Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Hevy Pro - Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Hevy Pro - Yearly$23.991 Year
One-time1
  • Hevy Pro - Lifetime$74.99

Questions

Is GAINSFIRE Workout Tracker free?
GAINSFIRE Workout Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hevy free?
Hevy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GAINSFIRE Workout Tracker or Hevy?
Hevy is rated higher. GAINSFIRE Workout Tracker averages 4.5 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Hevy averages 4.9 from 101K ratings.
Do GAINSFIRE Workout Tracker or Hevy have ads?
Neither GAINSFIRE Workout Tracker nor Hevy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GAINSFIRE Workout Tracker or Hevy?
GAINSFIRE Workout Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and Hevy weekly. Most recently, GAINSFIRE Workout Tracker was updated on October 26, 2026 and Hevy on October 29, 2026.

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