Be Solid vs Heft
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Be Solid
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Solid ā Gym Workout Tracker The workout tracker that gets out of your way. Solid is built for people who are serious about training and don't want the noise. No accounts, no social feeds, no subscriptions. Just your plan, your sessions, and your progress ā all on your device. Plan your week Set up your training split in seconds. Add exercises with a name, sets, reps, or duration ā Solid understands natural language so you can type exactly how you think. Train with focus Every exercise gets its own card. Swipe to complete sets, watch your rest timer count down, and stay locked in. A live activity keeps your workout visible on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island while you lift. Track what matters Your training heatmap shows every day you've shown up. No streaks to maintain, no gamification ā just an honest record of your consistency over time. Built different ⢠Dark interface designed for the gym ⢠Works entirely offline, no account needed ⢠All data stays on your device ⢠Supports Live Activities and Dynamic Island Train hard. Stay solid.
Heft
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Everything lives on your phone. Your training history is yours - it isn't uploaded anywhere, and it works exactly the same in the basement of a gym with no signal. LOG A SESSION ⢠Weight and reps, or duration for timed work ⢠Buttons to nudge weight and reps without opening the keyboard ⢠Personal records marked automatically as you hit them ⢠Rest timer with a default you set once, plus per-exercise overrides ⢠Running volume total for each exercise as you go ⢠Swipe between days to backfill a session you forgot SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING ⢠Chart estimated 1RM, total volume, or max weight for any exercise ⢠One month through to all time ⢠Drag across the chart to read any single point ⢠Full history per exercise, with an estimated 1RM for every set MOVE FASTER ⢠Save a session as a template and load it again next week ⢠Search a built-in exercise library by muscle group ⢠Add your own custom exercises ⢠Pounds or kilos YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS ⢠Export everything to CSV whenever you want ⢠Import it back, or open it in a spreadsheet ⢠Nothing leaves the device unless you send it somewhere NO CATCH There are no ads, no subscriptions, no locked features and no account to create. There's a tip jar in Settings if you'd like to buy me a coffee ā it unlocks nothing, because there's nothing to unlock. Built by one person who wanted a lifting log that didn't steal my data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Be Solid at none against Heft's 1. Heft's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Heft sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Be Solid asks for nothing beyond the download.
Be Solid ships an update weekly, Heft every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Be Solid | Heft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No ā better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eduardo Pinillos | Luke Kavenagh |
In-app purchases
Be Solid
No in-app purchases
Heft
- Coffee Tip$4.99






