FITNESSGRID VS HEVY
FitnessGrid vs Hevy
Hevy is one of the best workout logbooks made — fast, clean, social. FitnessGrid keeps the logbook and adds the part Hevy leaves to you: planning the week and adapting it.
Hevy does logging well. Per-set entry, a big exercise library, supersets, a social feed, and a free tier that is genuinely usable. If all you want is a fast, beautiful place to record what you lifted, Hevy is a strong choice.
FitnessGrid keeps everything you expect from a logbook — per-set logging, RPE, PRs — and adds an AI coach on top. The coach builds your training week, reads what you actually did, and adapts the next week. It also tracks nutrition in the same app, so food and training are planned as one system. Hevy records your training; FitnessGrid plans it.
WHY PEOPLE SWITCH
What you get by moving over
The plan is made for you
Hevy expects you to build routines. The coach plans your week from your goal and history — the hard part is done before you start.
It adapts to real sessions
A working set at RPE 9 that should have been a 7 changes next week. The coach reads your log; a static routine does not.
Nutrition in the same app
Log meals in plain language alongside your sets. The coach plans food and training together, because results depend on both.
Less to maintain
No routine-building, no spreadsheet, no deciding what to train on a tired Tuesday. You run the week; the coach designs it.
Where Hevy still wins
No tool is the right call for everyone. The honest version:
- The social feed. Hevy's community — following friends, sharing workouts, the feed — is genuinely good, and FitnessGrid does not try to compete there.
- Maturity and polish. Hevy has years of refinement, a huge exercise library, and a large user base. A newer app cannot match that surface area yet.
- If you already know exactly what you want to train and just need a clean place to log it, Hevy's focus is a feature, not a gap.
QUESTIONS
Common questions
If you want a workout tracker that also plans and adapts your training — rather than asking you to build routines yourself — FitnessGrid is a strong alternative. It keeps per-set logging, RPE, and PRs, and adds an AI coach plus nutrition tracking. If you mainly want a clean logbook and a social feed, Hevy is excellent at that.
Keep the logbook.
Add a coach that plans.
Per-set logging plus an AI coach that builds and adapts the week. Free plan to start.
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