Strong App Alternatives (2026): 5 Gym Trackers Compared

By Alex Lawrence, qualified nutritionist · Fact-checked against sources on 30 October 2026 · Updated 30 October 2026

The main reason people look for a Strong alternative is the free plan: Strong’s help centre says you can create up to 3 workout templates for free, and unlimited templates need Strong PRO. If that limit, the price or a missing feature is pushing you away, there are good options. Below we compare five of them on what you get for free, what you pay, and how to bring your Strong history with you.

We make Get Gains, one of the apps on this list, so weigh our view accordingly. We compared these apps using each company’s own website and app store listing on 30 October 2026. We did not test them hands-on.

Why do people look for Strong alternatives?

Most people look because of the free template limit, the price of PRO, or because they want something Strong doesn’t focus on, such as a social feed or built-in food tracking.

Strong itself is a well-regarded logger. It is worth being clear about what it does well before you switch:

Free forever accounts. Strong’s site says “Strong Accounts are Free Forever”, and its help centre says you will always be able to track workouts on the free version.
Mature and polished. Its UK App Store listing shows a 4.9 out of 5 rating from about 24,000 ratings.
Wide device support. Strong runs on iPhone, Android and Apple Watch.
Useful extras. Supersets, RPE, a warm-up calculator, Apple Health, Siri Shortcuts and CSV export are all on its feature list.

So why leave? These are the common sticking points, each checked on Strong’s own pages:

3 templates on free. Strong’s help centre caps free users at 3 workout templates. If you run a push pull legs split with separate A and B days, that’s 6 templates.
Some tools sit behind PRO. Strong PRO adds unlimited templates, body part measurements, all charts, the plate calculator and the warm-up calculator.
No built-in food diary. Strong can show nutrition you log elsewhere: macros come in from an Apple Health compatible nutrition app, and you can enter total calories by hand. You still need a separate app to log meals.
Price. Strong’s own site doesn’t list a price and its help centre says “Prices may vary between regions”. The UK App Store lists several PRO prices, including £4.99 for a month and £99.99 for “Strong PRO Forever”. What you are offered in the app may differ.

Strong alternatives compared on free features

Hevy has the most generous free plan of the logging-first apps here, and Boostcamp gives away the most structured programmes. The table sums up what each app’s own site says you get without paying.

App	Free plan (from the app’s own site)	Paid plan	Platforms
Strong	3 workout templates; workout logging	PRO; UK App Store from £4.99/month	iPhone, Android, Apple Watch
Hevy	4 routines, 7 custom exercises, graphs for last 3 months	Pro $2.99/month, $23.99/year, $74.99 lifetime	iOS, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS, web
Fitbod	7-day free trial	$15.99/month or $95.99/year (USD)	iOS, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS
JEFIT	2 plans, 7 custom exercises, 10 instant workouts, 3 watch sessions	Elite $12.99/month or $69.99/year	iOS, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS, web
Boostcamp	Programme library and tracker, no cap on programmes	Pro $14.99/month or $59.99/year	iOS, Android
Get Gains	3 routines, 5 custom exercises, food and supplement logging	Pro £10.99/month; Titan £17.99/month	Android (iOS coming soon)

Prices with a $ sign are as shown on each company’s US-dollar website. The price you pay in the UK is set by Google Play or the App Store and may differ.

Hevy: the closest like-for-like swap

Hevy is the most direct replacement for Strong: a logging-first app with a bigger free plan and a social feed. Its own comparison page says free users get up to 4 routines and up to 7 custom exercises, with exercise graphs limited to the last 3 months.

Price: Hevy lists Pro at $2.99 a month, $23.99 a year or $74.99 lifetime. The UK App Store shows £2.99 a month, £23.49 a year and £74.99 lifetime.
Platforms: iOS, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS and the web.
Social: you can follow other lifters, like and comment on workouts, and the feed can be turned off.
Moving from Strong: Hevy has a built-in Strong CSV import.

Pick Hevy if you want Strong-style logging with a few more free routines and like the idea of training alongside friends.

Fitbod: if you want the app to plan your sessions

Fitbod suits people who would rather be told what to do than build their own templates. Its site says a “proprietary algorithm” uses your logged workouts to personalise each session.

Price: Fitbod’s FAQ lists $15.99 a month or $95.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial. The website shows prices in US dollars.
Platforms: iOS and Android, with Apple Watch and Wear OS companion apps.
Integrations: Apple Health, Fitbit, Health Connect and Strava.
Trade-off: there’s no long-term free plan listed, only the trial, and Fitbod’s FAQ says it doesn’t track calories directly.

Pick Fitbod if you want generated workouts and are happy to pay after the trial.

JEFIT: a big exercise library with a web log-in

JEFIT is a long-running tracker with a large exercise database and a web version. Its FAQ is unusually clear about free limits: 2 plans, up to 7 custom exercises, 10 Instant Workout generations and 3 watch sessions.

Price: Elite is $12.99 a month or $69.99 a year.
Platforms: iOS and Android, with an Apple Watch app, a Wear OS app and web access.
Your data: the FAQ says training data is yours to download at any time, in every account.
Trade-off: 2 saved plans on free is fewer than Strong’s 3 templates.

Pick JEFIT if you want watch apps on both iPhone and Android plus a web log-in, and don’t need many saved plans.

Boostcamp: free programmes from known coaches

Boostcamp is the pick if you want to run a ready-made programme rather than design your own. Its site says the programme library and workout tracker are free, with no cap on how many programmes you run or build.

Price: Pro is $14.99 a month or $59.99 a year, with a 7-day trial on the yearly plan.
Pro adds: personalised programmes, auto progression, analytics and 20+ Pro-only coach programmes.
Platforms: iOS and Android. Boostcamp says it doesn’t currently have an Apple Watch or Wear OS app.
Moving from Strong: Boostcamp says it doesn’t offer a one-click Strong import.

Pick Boostcamp if you want a structured programme for free and don’t need a watch app.

Get Gains: workouts, food and supplements in one app

Get Gains is our app. Its difference is that the free plan logs workouts, meals and supplements in one place, so you don’t need a second app for food. It is Android only today; iOS is coming soon.

Free: workout, nutrition and body-weight logging, a food database with barcode scan, progress charts, PBs and 1RM, supplement tracking with reminders, and up to 3 routines and 5 custom exercises, with no ads.
Pro (£10.99 a month or £109.99 a year): adds AI tools, including Snap Meal photo logging and AI-generated workouts.
Titan (£17.99 a month or £144.99 a year, 7-day free trial): adds Gains Coach, an AI coach with memory, plus adaptive TDEE and wearable sync through Health Connect.

Where it falls short of Strong: it’s newer, has no iPhone or Apple Watch app yet, and its free plan allows fewer custom exercises than Hevy or JEFIT. It also can’t import a Strong export, so you’d start a fresh log.

How do you move your data from Strong?

You can export your full Strong history as a CSV file from the app’s settings. Strong’s help centre says to open Settings and tap “Export Strong Data” on iOS or “Export Data” on Android. The file is spreadsheet-friendly, but exported files can’t be imported back into Strong.

What happens next depends on the app you’re moving to:

Hevy: go to Profile, then Settings, then Export & Import Data, and import the Strong CSV.
Boostcamp: no one-click import, so keep the CSV as your record.
Other apps: keep the CSV safe and check the new app’s help pages before you delete Strong.

Before you switch, note your current best lifts. If you only want to carry over your working weights, you can estimate a one-rep max from any recent set with our 1RM calculator and start your new log from there.

Get Gains vs Strong at a glance

Strong is the more established, cross-platform workout logger; Get Gains trades that maturity for nutrition and supplement tracking in the same app. Here’s the honest side-by-side.

	Strong	Get Gains
Free routines/templates	3	3
Free custom exercises	Not stated on Strong’s site	5
iPhone and Apple Watch	Yes	No (iOS coming soon)
Android	Yes	Yes
Built-in food diary	No (shows data from other apps)	Yes, with barcode scan
Supplement tracking	Not listed	Yes, with reminders
AI features	None listed	Pro and Titan
Data export	CSV export	Full copy on request (JSON)
Import from Strong	Not applicable	No
UK App Store ratings	4.9 from about 24,000	Not on iOS yet

Strong is better if you use an iPhone or Apple Watch, want a proven app with a long track record, or only care about lifting. Get Gains is better if you’re on Android and want your training, calories and supplements in one place.

Which Strong alternative should you pick?

Choose based on what made you leave Strong in the first place:

Hit the template limit and want more for free: Hevy (4 routines) or Boostcamp (no cap on programmes).
Want the app to plan your workouts: Fitbod, or Boostcamp for coach-written programmes.
Want a web log-in: Hevy or JEFIT.
Want food and supplements in the same app, on Android: Get Gains.

If you’re building your own plan, our free upper lower split and push pull legs templates work in any of these apps. For a straight three-way fight, read Hevy vs Strong vs Get Gains, or see the wider list in best workout tracker apps in the UK.

How we wrote this: drafted with AI assistance, then fact-checked against the sources below and edited by Alex Lawrence. Prices and features were checked on each company’s own website and app store listing on 30 October 2026 and can change. We make Get Gains, so weigh our view accordingly. Read our editorial policy.