Progressive Overload Workout vs Heavier
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Progressive Overload Workout
Log your gym reps and weights to track progress and know when to increase intensity for muscle growth. Integrates with the Health app to log workout sessions. Requires an Apple Watch to complete exercises.
- Track reps and weight
- Progressive overload guidance
- Apple Watch integration
- Health app logging
- Supports linear fitness programs
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Keep track of your gym progress by entering the reps and weight used at every exercise. This will tell you when to increase the weights to progressively overload your muscles. Works well with linear fitness programs like PHUL and PHAT. You will need an Apple Watch to complete exercises. This app integrates with the Health app by logging your workout sessions.
Heavier
This AI-powered strength training app analyzes your workout data to provide insights on progress and areas for improvement. It offers a daily AI coach with workout plans and allows for hands-free logging via voice commands.
- AI-assisted strength training
- Progressive overload tracking
- Workout volume, frequency, and balance analysis
- Daily AI coach and workout plans
- Voice-activated lift logging
- Hands-free operation
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HEAVIER - AI-Assisted Strength Training Progressive overload for lifters who mean business. Log Your Lifts. Zero Friction. AI analyzes your volume, frequency, and balance. You get the truth: what's working, what's lagging, where you stand. AI coach delivers a daily run-down of your workout, and a daily plan for how to get stronger. Leave your phone in the locker. Tell Siri "Record a lift in Heavier," then dictate your work: "Romanian Deadlift, 3 sets of 10 at 135 pounds." Done. Back to training. Built for lifters chasing strength, not likes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Heavier at 83% against Progressive Overload Workout's 0%. Heavier also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 34 months). Progressive Overload Workout's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Heavier holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Heavier has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Progressive Overload Workout's written reviews are positive against 83% of Heavier's.
Progressive Overload Workout ships an update every 34 months, Heavier every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Progressive Overload Workout | Heavier |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 4.2 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 34 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anthood AB | Strategic Information Services |
Customer experience
Progressive Overload Workout
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In-app purchases
Progressive Overload Workout
No in-app purchases
Heavier
No in-app purchases
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