Hevy Alternative
Love Hevy's tracker.
Want a coach that reads it.
The Hevy alternative that matches Hevy on logging and adds AI-generated programs that use what you log. Free tracking forever. One-click CSV import if you are switching from Hevy to Pelaris.
Interactive CSV Analyser & 1RM Calculator
Interactive Workout Split & Volume Analyser
50 sets
Schoenfeld Target: 10-20/muscle
1.5 : 1
Target symmetry: 1.0 : 1
1.5 : 1
Posterior chain balance
- • Push-to-Pull ratio is 1.5:1. Add 6 weekly upper-back/row sets to balance shoulder mechanics.
- • Quad-to-Posterior ratio is 1.5:1. Add 3 to 4 hinge/hamstring sets (RDLs or Nordic curls).
- • One cardio session or fewer a week is unlikely to reach the WHO 150 to 300 minutes of moderate activity. If you can, add one or two easy Zone 2 sessions, ideally 6 hours away from lifting.
General fitness and training estimates only. Not medical advice.
The link carries the numbers you entered in the part of the address after the #, which is never sent to a server. Share it only with people you are happy to show those numbers to.
About these numbers: Formula, guard-rails & 3 peer-reviewed citations ▾
Target Hypertrophy Band = 10–20 Hard Sets/Muscle/Week · Optimal Push:Pull ≈ 1.0 : 1.0
All CSV parsing and volume calculations run 100% locally in your browser. Warm-up sets (RPE < 6 or > 4 RIR) should not be counted toward your 10 to 20 weekly working sets.
- • More quality sets generally means more muscle, and this meta-analysis is why your weekly volume grows deliberately rather than all at once. [Source]
- • How your loads, sets and rest periods step up across a training block follows the American College of Sports Medicine's progression model for healthy adults. [Source]
- • The weekly movement target your plan aims at, 150 to 300 minutes of moderate activity plus regular strength work, comes straight from the WHO's global guidelines. [Source]
General fitness and training estimates only, labelled EST. Not medical advice or a clinical diagnosis.
Leave this at 0 RIR and the number is plain Epley on the reps you completed, the same as the Pelaris app shows for the same set. If you stopped short of failure, choose the reps you had left and they are added to the set.
116.7 kg
Epley · 5 effective reps
94.5 kg
Strength-Hypertrophy
87.5 kg
Hypertrophy Working Load
| Reps | % 1RM | 0 RIR Max | Target @ 2 RIR | Training Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1RM | 100% | 116.5 kg | 106 kg | Max Strength |
| 2RM | 94% | 109.5 kg | 103 kg | Max Strength |
| 3RM | 91% | 106 kg | 100 kg | Max Strength |
| 5RM | 86% | 100 kg | 94.5 kg | Strength-Hypertrophy |
| 6RM | 83% | 97 kg | 92 kg | Hypertrophy |
| 8RM | 79% | 92 kg | 87.5 kg | Hypertrophy |
| 10RM | 75% | 87.5 kg | 83.5 kg | Hypertrophy |
| 12RM | 71% | 83.5 kg | 79.5 kg | Hypertrophy |
| 15RM | 67% | 78 kg | 74.5 kg | Muscular Endurance |
General fitness and training estimates only. Not medical advice.
The link carries the numbers you entered in the part of the address after the #, which is never sent to a server. Share it only with people you are happy to show those numbers to.
About these numbers: Formula, guard-rails & 3 peer-reviewed citations ▾
1RM = Weight × (1 + Reps ÷ 30) · optional: add Reps in Reserve to Reps
Reynolds, Gordon and Robergs (2006) concluded that a one-rep max can be estimated well from multiple-repetition sets, and advised staying at or under about ten repetitions. Past that, the result is a rough guide because the set measures endurance and discomfort tolerance as much as maximal strength.
- • Your projected 1RM is read off a hard multi-rep set, and this study is the evidence that a max can be estimated well without you ever having to test one. [Source]
- • Reps in reserve is how we ask you to rate a set, a scale built so your effort on the day sets the load rather than a fixed number on paper. [Source]
- • How your loads, sets and rest periods step up across a training block follows the American College of Sports Medicine's progression model for healthy adults. [Source]
General fitness and training estimates only, labelled EST. Not medical advice or a clinical diagnosis.
The honest read
Where Hevy is great, and where it stops
Hevy is one of the best pure trackers on the market. Fast logging, clean UI, a social feed that keeps people accountable, a generous free tier with a reasonable paywall for power features. If logging is what you want, Hevy is a solid answer.
What Hevy does not do is write you a program. Every routine you follow is something you or someone else built manually, and your RPE, your missed reps, your fatigue markers do not feed back into next week's schedule. You are a data-entry operator for your own training.
Pelaris closes that loop. The tracker is still the tracker, but every set you log feeds the program you follow next week. Miss a rep target on bench, next session is calibrated down. Hit RPE 9 three days running, the following heavy squat day shifts to give you recovery. The tracking becomes useful in a way it was not before.
It also widens what a single plan can hold. If you lift and you run, that is usually two apps and two plans that never speak to each other. Pelaris writes one plan across strength and endurance together, so Tuesday's intervals are already accounted for when Thursday's squat load is set. One plan, one place, both halves of your training pulling the same direction.
And the coach is someone you can actually talk to. Ask why the week looks the way it does, say you slept badly, ask to move Friday to Saturday, and the plan updates with the reasoning shown. Pelaris is on iPhone, on Android, on the web, and inside ChatGPT, so your coach is on call 24/7 wherever you already are. Hevy will keep being a genuinely great logger. Pelaris is the coach that plans, adapts, and logs.
Pelaris vs Hevy
Pricing and tier details reflect each app's published information at time of writing.
| Feature | Pelaris | Hevy |
|---|---|---|
| Workout logging Sets, reps, weight, PR detection, history. | Always free, no cap | Free tier has limits |
| Unlimited history See every session you have ever logged, any time. | No horizon limit | Free tier caps history view |
| Unlimited custom routines | Build as many as you like | Pro unlocks more than 4 |
| AI program generation Build a progressive program from your goals. | ||
| Adapts to RPE + fatigue | ||
| AI coach conversation Ask why the week looks like it does, then change it. | On call 24/7 | |
| Multi-sport support Lifting + running + sport in one program. | ||
| Hybrid strength + endurance in one plan Lifting and running periodised together, not side by side. | One concurrent plan | Strength focused |
| Body analysis + progress Body composition trends alongside your training data. | Scans, trends, 3D blueprint | Measurements logging |
| Social feed | Not our focus | Strong community feature |
| Import from Hevy | CSV import supported | N/A |
| Native apps + everywhere it runs | iOS, Android, web, and inside ChatGPT | iOS, Android, web |
| Pricing | Free tracking. Paid coaching. | Free tier + ~$5-10/mo Pro |
Same kind of log, different kind of app
Fast set entry, PR callouts, last-session context. Every rep feeds the program sitting next to it.
The same log, in your pocket
Fast set entry on iPhone and Android, with the coach reading each set as you finish it. Everything syncs with the web app, so the plan is the same wherever you open it.
Bring your history
Your Hevy history comes with you
Export your workouts from Hevy as a CSV, then bring the file into Pelaris under Profile, Data. Pelaris reads the columns for you and shows you what it found, the sessions and the dates they cover, before anything is saved. Your sets, reps, weights, notes and dates come across, and your PRs are rebuilt from those sets with the dates you actually set them. Importing is free.
You pick the file in the Pelaris app on your iPhone or Android phone, or in the web app in any browser, and your history then appears everywhere straight away.
Train with a watch as well? Your Garmin, COROS, Suunto, Wahoo and Polar sessions come across too, as FIT files, each on its real date. Import FIT files into Pelaris.
Switching from Hevy, answered
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Why would I use Pelaris instead of Hevy + a separate programming app? +
What does "free tracking" actually include? +
Is Pelaris coaching worth paying for? +
Does Pelaris have a mobile app? +
Try Pelaris alongside Hevy
Import your Hevy CSV, keep both apps installed, run them in parallel for a week. Switch if Pelaris earns it.