Comparison

Heavier vs Liftbear

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Liftbear

Log your strength training sessions, track weights, reps, and exercises. Visualize your progress with charts and gain insights into your performance. Stay organized and motivated on your fitness journey.

Highlights
  • Organize workouts and exercises
  • Track weights, reps, and sets
  • Visualize progress with charts
  • Gain insights into performance
  • Adjustable rest timer
  • Over 50 predefined exercises
Features
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Build your workouts, track your sessions and gain insights. Liftbear is your new companion on your fitness journey and helps you keep track of weights, repetitions, exercises and workouts. STAY ORGANIZED Keep up with your routines by organizing your workouts and exercises in beautiful lists. Be in control of your data and manage it how you like. See the details of your workouts and explore relevant session data. GAIN INSIGHTS Extract valuable insights out of your data. See your progress in specific exercises or muscle groups and decide when it is time to up the numbers. Liftbear will show your data in beautiful visualizations and charts. START TRACKING Track every workout, exercise, set, repetition, weight and time while you are working out. Liftbear tells you when your rest time is over, and it’s time to continue with the next set. Filter your data by week, month or year. See your full training history and have your data right at your hand. FEATURES Stay Organized - Create and organize your exercises by type and muscle groups - Build your workouts and manage them in beautiful lists - Add exercises and sets to workouts - Adjust sets based on weights, repetitions and time - Reorder exercises and sets Gain Insights - Filter training data by week, month and year - Beautiful data visualizations of your exercise progress - Muscle group distribution charts - Consistency graph Start Tracking - Log workouts, exercises, sets, repetitions and weight while working out - Explore full training history - Adjustable rest timer - Choose from over 50 predefined exercises Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.liftbear.app/privacy/

Screenshots

Heavier4 screens
Liftbear4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Liftbear at 4.8 against Heavier's 4.2. Liftbear also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 83%) and device support (3 vs 1). Heavier's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). On price, ratings volume and ads 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. Liftbear sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Heavier asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Liftbear holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Heavier's written reviews are positive against 96% of Liftbear's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Heavier ships an update every 4 days, Liftbear every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Heavier versus Liftbear: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeavierLiftbear
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (13 ratings)4.8 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews95.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStrategic Information ServicesSebastian Roehl

Customer experience

Heavier

All ratings13 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Liftbear

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive95.7%
Neutral4.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Heavier

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Liftbear

Subscriptions2
  • Liftbear Pro (1 Month)7 Days trial$2.491 Month
  • Liftbear Pro (1 Year)7 Days trial$21.991 Year

Questions

Is Heavier free?
Heavier is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Liftbear free?
Liftbear is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Heavier or Liftbear?
Liftbear is rated higher. Heavier averages 4.2 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Liftbear averages 4.8 from 9 ratings.
Do Heavier or Liftbear have ads?
Neither Heavier nor Liftbear shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Heavier or Liftbear?
Heavier ships an update every 4 days, and Liftbear every 9 days. Most recently, Heavier was updated on November 3, 2026 and Liftbear on November 3, 2026.

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