Comparison

Hevy vs Working Sets

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

Head to head
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/

About

Working Sets

Features
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~ A simpler way to track your Working Sets ~ Working Sets is a minimal and simple workout tracker designed for people looking to build muscle and make progressive size gains without the noise. Custom Templates and Progress Feedback • Working Sets deliberately doesn't contain presets or existing models, it's designed to work how you do without ads, privacy invasive activities or clutter. • You can sync with Health to read health data and save workouts without the need for a wearable. • Working Sets learns about your activity securely, on-device, and shows you how much stronger you are week-to-week. Suggested Sets, Simple Summaries and Calendar Progress • During your workout, any exercise that contains three sets of at least 8 reps at a certain weight will generate a suggested increment of weight for that rep range. If your reps aren't quite at 8 but you've hit the same weight at a few different rep ranges, Working Sets will recommend based on an average. • Post-workout you'll get a summary which showcases any PRs for that session and your max weight and max rep range per-exercise. • From the main home view you can see your workouts for the month at a glance. Simple! Home Screen Widgets, Live Activities and Customisation • Customise basic settings such as which days you work out, what day you consider the start of the week, your average rest time, the app's accent colour and which app icon you prefer. • Also launch Working Sets from your home screen with useful widgets that show either your schedule for the day/week, or your last working session. Apple Watch • If you use Apple Watch, you’ll now be able to install the companion app to see your current working set, update the weight/reps and complete it all without looking at your phone. Premium Features • Set weekly workout commitments and track your progress toward your goals with visual feedback • Celebrate reaching your weekly workout targets with visual rewards and progress tracking • Get detailed workout analysis that compares your current performance to previous sessions • Assign muscle groups to exercises and track which areas you're targeting most • Premium subscriptions available monthly or yearly with significant savings on annual plans Full terms of service available at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hevy4 screens
Working Sets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Hevy at #30 against Working Sets's unranked. Hevy also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 27.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Hevy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Working Sets sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hevy ships an update weekly, Working Sets every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Hevy versus Working Sets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHevyWorking Sets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (100K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews98.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings100K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
Best chart rank#30 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size290 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHevy Studios S.L.Karl Koch

Bugs and 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

Working Sets

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
5 purchases

Working Sets

Subscriptions2
  • Working Sets Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
  • Working Sets Yearly Premium$22.991 Year
One-time3
  • Tip 1$0.99
  • Tip 2$2.99
  • Tip 3$5.99

Questions

Is Hevy free?
Hevy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Working Sets free?
Working Sets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hevy or Working Sets have ads?
Neither Hevy nor Working Sets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hevy or Working Sets?
Hevy ships an update weekly, and Working Sets every 8 days. Most recently, Hevy was updated on October 24, 2026 and Working Sets on October 17, 2026.

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