Reps vs Hevy
A Hevy alternative that knows when to push — and when to recover.
Hevy is excellent at recording the work: sets, reps, weight, routines, progress, and the people you train alongside. Reps starts one step earlier. It turns sleep, resting heart rate, and recent strain into a morning Readiness Score, then keeps that decision beside your workout, meals, caffeine, running, and coach.
Free to try · Built for iPhone + Apple Watch
The honest version
Hevy is the more mature social lifting log. Reps is for the athlete who wants each workout to sit inside a whole-day recovery decision.
Hevy does its core job very well. Its official guides document fast set-by-set logging, routines, rest timers, supersets, RPE, a plate calculator, personal records, progress charts, and workout logging from an Apple Watch. Its social feed adds friends, comments, shared routines, comparison stats, media, and Strava sharing. If your first priority is a focused gym log with an active lifting community, Hevy is a strong choice.
Reps is built around a wider decision. Before the session starts, it turns sleep, resting heart rate, and recent strain into one Readiness Score and a plain-English call on how hard to train. The workout then stays connected to muscle recovery, food, caffeine, running, and Rex — useful when the question is not only what you lifted, but what your body is ready to do next.
| Decision point | Hevy | Reps |
|---|---|---|
| Live strength logging | Sets, reps, weight, RPE, set types, supersets, timers, and routines | Voice logging, supersets, a full exercise library, and live best-set racing |
| Workout progress and personal records | Personal records, estimated 1RM, volume, consistency, and muscle-group charts | Workout history, best-set progress, training load, and muscle recovery |
| Social training community | A core product pillar — feeds, profiles, follows, comments, shared routines, and comparison stats | Not the core product — Reps focuses on your own training and recovery context |
| Apple Watch workout companion | Workout logging from Apple Watch, with heart rate and calorie tracking during watch workouts | On-wrist workout logging with recovery context close by |
| Morning readiness decision | Workout history and muscle-group training charts | One Readiness Score from sleep, resting heart rate, and recent strain |
| Nutrition and caffeine | Focused on workout logging and progress | Photo meal logging, macros, allergy alerts, and caffeine coaching |
| Questions about your full training context | Workout tools, community, and coach-assigned sessions | Rex — free-form coaching across recovery, training, and nutrition |
Comparison reflects the products' documented core workflows as of August 2026; features on both sides evolve. Hevy is a trademark of its owner and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Reps.
What Hevy does genuinely well
Give it its due
Hevy treats workout logging as the main event. Previous values, set types, rest timing, RPE, routines, progress charts, and records all serve the lifter who wants a clear training notebook. Its social layer is unusually complete for this category: people can follow friends, comment on sessions, compare stats, reuse shared routines, and keep the workout conversation attached to the workout itself.
That focus is why Hevy works for many lifters. Reps is a better fit when logging is only one part of the job — you also want a morning readiness call, muscle recovery, meals, caffeine, and a coach that can connect those signals before the next set.
The log tells you what happened. Recovery helps decide what happens next.
A clean record of sets, reps, and progress is essential, but it does not answer every training question. Reps puts last night's sleep, resting heart rate, and recent strain beside the lifting history, then turns them into a visible readiness decision before training begins.
Ask Rex whether to keep a planned leg day after a poor night or an unusually hard week and it can connect the recovery picture to logged training and nutrition. Hevy is built to make recording and sharing a workout excellent. Reps is built to make that workout part of a broader daily plan.
- One Readiness Score every morning from sleep, resting heart rate, and recent strain, with a plain-English verdict.
- Strength logging that keeps moving with voice input, supersets, NFC weight recall, and a live race against your best set.
- A muscle recovery map and weekly training load that keep the next session tied to what you have already done.
- Photo meal logging and caffeine coaching beside the same recovery and training history.
- A coach over the whole picture — ask about recovery, training, and nutrition in one conversation.
Common questions
How is Reps different from Hevy?
Hevy centers workout logging, progress tracking, and social lifting. Reps also logs strength work, but starts with a daily Readiness Score from sleep, resting heart rate, and recent strain. It then connects training to muscle recovery, nutrition, caffeine, running, and Rex, a coach that can answer questions across that context.
Does Hevy work with Apple Watch?
Yes. Hevy's official documentation says workouts can be logged from Apple Watch, with heart rate and calorie tracking supported during watch workouts. Reps also includes an Apple Watch workout companion, while keeping that training beside its daily readiness and recovery views.
Does Hevy have social workout features?
Yes. Hevy documents a social feed, profiles, follows, comments, shared routines, workout media, comparison stats, and Strava sharing. That social lifting experience is one of Hevy's clearest strengths. Reps focuses more heavily on the individual athlete's recovery, training, and nutrition context.
What does Reps cost and require?
Reps is free to download and try, then available by subscription at the price shown in the App Store for your region. It requires an iPhone and Apple Watch Series 6 or later for the full recovery experience.
Reps vs Hevy
Keep the workout log. Add the reason behind today's plan.
Free to try on iPhone and Apple Watch. Start with readiness, then keep lifting, food, recovery, and Rex in one place.
Free to download • Built for iPhone + Apple Watch