Comparison

LIBRO vs Hevy

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

Head to head
About

LIBRO

This AI-powered health assistant helps you track diet, exercise, and lifestyle goals with features like voice logging and a barcode scanner. It offers personalized suggestions and meal planning tools. Access is currently by invitation only from an accredited nutrition professional.

Highlights
  • AI-powered health tracking
  • Voice logging
  • Barcode scanner
  • Personalized suggestions
  • Diet and activity logging
  • Meal planning
Features
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LIBRO is an AI health assistant designed to track your diet, exercise and lifestyle goals. ** LIBRO is currently available by invitation only ** You must have been invited by an accredited nutrition professional to use this app. Logging has never been this easy! A personalised voice assistant and barcode scanner help you to log foods and a unique memory system automatically suggests what you have previously eaten based on the meal occasion. LIBRO was created by Nutritics, the world's leading provider of professional nutrition software.With key features such as diet and activity logging, recipe and cost analysis, meal planning and a label maker, Nutritics is constantly defining new ways to empower the world to make better food choices. We love feedback! Just drop us a line at support@nutritics.com and let us know how you get on.

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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** Featured by Apple ** Join +10 million users! Hevy is the most intuitive workout tracker & planner in the world. No ads and free. Plan your weight lifting routines, log your workouts and track your exercise progress. Join a growing community and get started today - for free! WHAT USERS ARE SAYING • "Seriously the best workout tracker I've ever used. Simple. Free. Tons of graphs. Amazing quality videos" - Sam Ilelaboye • "Seeing what my friends and other athletes are working out at the gym has totally changed my experience. Now I can copy my friend's workouts and compare myself. It's super motivating" - Jaume • "Tracking my workouts with Hevy has taken my training to the next level, I'm getting stronger every week. Being able to plan my routines really helps me being efficient at the gym." - Carlos D. FEATURES • Track your lifts with an intuitive, simple to use interface. • Use the calendar to stay on top of your training schedule • Hundreds of exercises with free high-quality videos for you to focus on your form • Follow your friend's progress by following their lifts and copying their routines • Create your own custom exercises for your workouts • Set up your profile as a private profile or a public one • Mark sets as Warmup, Normal, Drop sets, Failure and Supersets • Customize automatic rest timers for each exercise • Analyze your workout sessions in detail with muscle group graphs • Calculation of One Rep Max for all strength exercises • Create an unlimited amount of routines • Analyze the progression of your lifts with beautiful full-screen graphs of volume, best weight & total reps • Copy your friends' workouts • Dark Mode • Hevy uses HealthKit and CareKit to export your Hevy workouts into the Health app, this feature can be turned on in the settings. APPLE WATCH • Live sync your Apple Watch workout with your phone • Use your Hevy routines on your Apple Watch • Easily track your weight lifting sets • Use Hevy Apple Watch Complications on your Watch Face • Keep track of your heart rate during your workout • Helpful timers for duration exercises • Mark sets as Warmup, Normal, Drop sets, or Failure • Watch workouts automatically save when reconnecting to iPhone iOS FEATURES • Use the latest iOS technology • Live activity on your lock screen • Dynamic island to never lose track of your workout • Widgets for quick access • Fully featured iPad app • iMessage stickers to lift Hevy DETAILS • https://www.hevyapp.com • https://www.instagram.com/hevyapp • https://www.facebook.com/hevyapp • https://www.twitter.com/hevyapp • hello@hevyapp.com HEVY PRO • Create unlimited routines • Get unlimited access to graph history • Create unlimited custom exercises • Track advanced measurements The Hevy Pro subscription automatically renews if you do not cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for the next subscription period up to 24 hours prior to the current subscription’s expiration. You can manage your subscription and disable automatic renewal at any time by adjusting your Apple account settings. You have the right to withdraw from your initial subscription within 14 days of starting it. By purchasing, you accept our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Terms & Conditions https://www.hevyapp.com/app-terms-conditions/ Download Hevy and take your training to the next level!

Screenshots

LIBRO4 screens
Hevy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hevy at 98% against LIBRO's 4%. Hevy also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.5) and update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months). LIBRO's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Hevy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. LIBRO asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hevy holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hevy has 94K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 4% of LIBRO's written reviews are positive against 98% of Hevy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LIBRO ships an update every 7 months, Hevy weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
LIBRO versus Hevy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLIBROHevy
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (2 ratings)4.9 (94K ratings) — better
Positive reviews4.0% of reviews98.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings294K — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Best chart rank—#34 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB275 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNutritics LimitedHevy Studios S.L.

Customer experience

LIBRO

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive4.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative96.0%

Hevy

All ratings93,597 ratings
Positive99.1%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.3%
Written reviews13,640 reviews
Positive98.3%
Neutral0.8%
Negative1.0%

Bugs and requests

LIBRO

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

None

LIBRO

No in-app purchases

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 LIBRO free?
LIBRO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hevy free?
Hevy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LIBRO or Hevy?
Hevy is rated higher. LIBRO averages 2.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Hevy averages 4.9 from 94K ratings.
Do LIBRO or Hevy have ads?
Neither LIBRO nor Hevy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LIBRO or Hevy?
LIBRO ships an update every 7 months, and Hevy weekly. Most recently, LIBRO was updated on September 19, 2026 and Hevy on September 24, 2026.

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