Looking for a Hevy Alternative?
Let's be fair first: Hevy is a genuinely good workout logger — fast manual entry, a big exercise library, a friendly social feed. If you're searching for an alternative anyway, it's usually for one of three reasons. Here's an honest look at each.
Reason 1: you're tired of logging every set by hand
Manual loggers — Hevy included — all share one ceiling: every set ends with you tapping a phone or watch. Twenty-something sets per session, three to five sessions a week, forever. HealthBuddy removes that step: on-device AI counts your repsfrom the motion sensors in your AirPods and Apple Watch while you lift (how it works). You rack the weight, glance at the count, confirm. That's the whole log.
Reason 2: you want nutrition in the same app
Training loggers usually stop at training, so your calories live in a second app with a second subscription. HealthBuddy includes an AI food scanner — photograph the plate, get calories and macros — plus water and supplement tracking next to your training history. One app, both halves of body composition (targets: try the free TDEE andmacro calculators).
Reason 3: you want structure, not just history
A log tells you what you did; a program tells you what's next.HealthBuddy's multi-week programs handle scheduling and progression — including women's glute-focused plans — and feed results straight back into your charts and PRs.
Reason 4: you want the app to pick your next weight
Manual loggers record what you lifted; they never learn how it felt. HealthBuddy asks after a set — in plain words, in reps left, or on the RPE scale — and uses the answer twice: it offers a lighter or heavier load for the sets still to come, and it starts next week from what you actually did instead of adding a fixed amount. Rating is free, works on the wrist, and quietly stands down if you keep skipping it.
Where Hevy stays the better pick
Honesty cuts both ways: if the social side is what keeps you training — following friends, sharing routines, community programs — Hevy's feed is excellent and HealthBuddy doesn't try to be a social network. Cross-platform households (Android) are also outside our lane: HealthBuddy is built natively for iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods, and that focus is exactly what makes automatic rep counting possible.
Try the difference in one workout
The pitch fits in a sentence: put in your AirPods, do a set of squats, and watch the reps appear on your wrist without touching anything. If that moment doesn't sell it, no comparison table will. More context: how to choose a workout tracker in 2026.
FAQ
Is HealthBuddy a good alternative to Hevy?
If your goal is to stop logging manually, yes — HealthBuddy counts reps automatically from AirPods and Apple Watch motion, which no manual-first logger offers. If you specifically want Hevy’s social feed and community routines, Hevy remains a strong choice.
What does HealthBuddy have that manual loggers don’t?
On-device AI rep counting via AirPods and Apple Watch, so sets log themselves while you lift; plus AI photo-based food scanning, water and supplement tracking, and multi-week training programs — training and nutrition in one app.
Can I still log sets manually in HealthBuddy?
Of course. Automatic counting is an accelerator, not a cage: every set can be entered or corrected manually in a couple of taps, and exercises without a clear rep rhythm are logged the classic way.
Does HealthBuddy track RPE and reps in reserve?
Yes — and it acts on them. Rate a set in plain words, in reps left, or on the RPE scale, and HealthBuddy proposes a lighter or heavier load for the remaining sets and carries that into next week’s weights. It asks only on your last set by default, and you can switch it off entirely.
Does HealthBuddy work on Apple Watch without the phone?
Yes — there is a full watchOS app with live sets and reps on the wrist, plus iPhone Live Activities when your phone is nearby.
The log that writes itself
Free to download — your AirPods already have the sensors.
