Comparison

Send It Climbing vs Lift Heavy

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

Head to head
About

Send It Climbing

Discover and preview climbing routes at various gyms. Connect with other climbers, share your own beta, and bookmark favorite locations. This app is designed for both climbing enthusiasts and gym owners.

Highlights
  • Explore new climbing gyms
  • Preview routes by grade, color, or style
  • Upload and preview climbing beta
  • Connect with the climbing community
  • Bookmark favorite gyms and routes
Features
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Send It Climbing, is an app for climbing enthusiasts and gym owners Some of the features of the app are: - Explore new gyms - Preview routes at your gym - Filter routes by grade, color or climbing style - Preview and upload your own beta - Community feed to connect with the online climbing community - Bookmark your favorite gyms and routes

About

Lift Heavy

This app helps you track your gym workouts with detailed analytics and progress charts. It offers hands-free logging via Siri and an AI scanner to import workouts from images. Advanced features are available via subscription.

Highlights
  • Workout logging
  • Strength analytics
  • Progress charts
  • Siri hands-free logging
  • AI workout scanner
  • Workout plans
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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Lift Heavy is the logbook for people who take lifting seriously — fast, clean, no fluff. Load the bar, track every set, and watch your numbers climb. BUILT FOR LIFTERS • Lightning-fast logging — punch in weight, reps, and RPE on the built-in number pad, no keyboard in the way. • 80+ built-in exercises plus your own — barbell, dumbbell, machine, cable, and any custom movement or gym machine you train on. • Automatic PR detection — see every new best the moment you hit it. • Built-in 5/3/1 calculator — enter your maxes and get every working set and warm-up, rounded to real plates. • Smart warm-up sets and plate math — see exactly what to load, with men's, women's, or a custom bar. PLAN YOUR TRAINING • Build full programs in the visual builder — week by week, with progress tracking. • Discover ready-made programs and download them straight into your plans. • Meaningful analytics, free for everyone: volume, training density, Strength Score, body heatmap, and Swift Charts trends. HYBRID & CONDITIONING • Nine block types for real training — straight sets, supersets, circuits, AMRAP, EMOM, For Time, rest-pause, drop sets, and clusters. • Guided EMOM, Tabata, AMRAP, and For Time players that pace every round — on iPhone and Apple Watch. • Seven input types cover barbell work, bodyweight, and the ergs — weight/reps, reps-only, calories/time, distance/time, time-only, distance-only, and calories-only. CAPTURE A WORKOUT, YOUR WAY • Say it out loud or snap a photo of a whiteboard or notebook — Lift Heavy turns it into a structured, editable workout, ready to log. • Review and fix anything before you save — nothing is logged until you say so. • Your voice is transcribed on your device. (Workout structuring uses AI and is provided in English.) SEAMLESS ACROSS DEVICES • Apple Watch — log right from your wrist and hand off an active workout between iPhone and Watch. Structured blocks (EMOM, AMRAP, For Time, supersets, circuits) show and log on your wrist. • Siri & Shortcuts — start and log workouts by voice. • Import your history from Hevy, Strong, or FitNotes; export as CSV or JSON. Available in English, Spanish, and German. Download the app, log your first set, and start lifting heavy. Lift Heavy Pro is available as an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or yearly) or a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://lfthvy.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://lfthvy.app/terms

Screenshots

Send It Climbing4 screens
Lift Heavy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Send It Climbing at none against Lift Heavy's 2. Send It Climbing also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.6). Lift Heavy's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Lift Heavy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Send It Climbing asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Send It Climbing against 5.0 for Lift Heavy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Send It Climbing ships an update every 2 months, Lift Heavy every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Send It Climbing versus Lift Heavy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSend It ClimbingLift Heavy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings36 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.4 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrei VillasanaLift Heavy LLC

Customer experience

Send It Climbing

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Lift Heavy

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Send It Climbing

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Lift Heavy

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Upgrade$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Send It Climbing free?
Send It Climbing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lift Heavy free?
Lift Heavy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Send It Climbing or Lift Heavy?
Send It Climbing and Lift Heavy are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do Send It Climbing or Lift Heavy have ads?
Lift Heavy shows ads; Send It Climbing does not.
Which is updated more often, Send It Climbing or Lift Heavy?
Send It Climbing ships an update every 2 months, and Lift Heavy every 2 weeks. Most recently, Send It Climbing was updated on October 30, 2026 and Lift Heavy on November 5, 2026.

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