What Hevy and Boostcamp each focus on
Hevy is a workout tracker with a social network attached. The core feature is the workout-logging interface, and the next layer up is an athlete profile, a social feed, leaderboards, and the ability to follow other lifters, save their routines, and like and comment on their workouts. Hevy's positioning is closer to Strava than to a traditional program-based fitness app: the workout is the post, and the community is the wrapper.
Boostcamp covers three things in the same app. The tracker is the foundation: RPE and RIR logging, supersets, drop sets, warmup templates, plate calculator, rest timers, personal records, and estimated 1RMs, all on the free tier. The programs library sits on top: 11,000+ programs with 130+ coach-designed entries (Jim Wendler's 5/3/1, nSuns 5/3/1 LP, Reddit PPL, Greg Nuckols's beginner program, GZCLP, Cody Lefever's Jacked and Tan 2.0) plus thousands of community-published variants. And the custom program builder lets you design and run your own multi-week mesocycles.
Both apps have polished logging. The difference is what the app does for you between sessions: Boostcamp tells you what to do tomorrow based on the program you are running, with auto-progression handled, or gives you a builder to design your own. Hevy gives you tools to build and share your own routines and surfaces what other lifters in the community are doing.
Programs library vs social routines
Boostcamp ships with structured, multi-week programs. When you pick a Boostcamp program, the app knows the full periodization, the percentages, the AMRAP targets, and the deload schedule. Auto-progression handles weight increases between cycles. Coach-designed programs include entries by named methodology authors (Jim Wendler for 5/3/1, Cody Lefever for GZCL, Greg Nuckols for the beginner program), and community programs are organized in the methodology hubs (5/3/1, nSuns, PPL, Upper/Lower, 5x5, Sheiko, GZCL) so you can find the variant you want.
Hevy's approach is community-driven. You either build your own routine using Hevy's routine planner, save another athlete's routine from their profile, or use HevyGPT to generate a routine from a prompt. Hevy's routines are single training sessions or short cycles rather than multi-block periodized programs; progression across blocks is the lifter's responsibility, copied forward manually as you build new versions of the routine.
If you want to follow a named methodology with the math handled, Boostcamp is built for that. If you want to design your own training and use the community as inspiration and accountability, Hevy is built for that.
Pricing and what is actually free
Hevy's free tier covers the workout logger, the social feed, athlete profiles, automatic rest timers, set tagging (warmup, drop, failure), and the routine planner with a cap on saved routines and custom exercises. Hevy Pro lifts those caps and adds advanced analytics, with App Store pricing at $2.99/month, $23.99/year, or $74.99 lifetime. The lifetime tier is one of the cheaper lifetime options in the category.
Boostcamp's free tier covers the entire 11,000+ programs library, the full workout logger, RPE and RIR logging, plate calculator and rest timers, personal records and estimated 1RMs, weekly Sunday reports, and the year-end Wrapped recap. Boostcamp Pro is $59.99/year ($4.99/month billed annually) with a 7-day free trial, or $14.99/month with no trial. Pro adds 20+ exclusive coach programs, the Strength Score, the per-muscle volume heatmap, personalized programs, advanced exercise analytics, and unlimited custom program creation.
The pricing models map to the products. Hevy Pro is small money to remove caps on the tracker and social tool you are already using. Boostcamp Pro is a higher-priced subscription that adds an analytics layer on top of a free tier that already includes the entire programs library.
Platforms and Apple Watch support
Hevy has the broader platform footprint. The app supports iPhone, iPad, Apple Vision, Apple Watch, Android, Wear OS, and desktop web access at hevy.com. The Apple Watch app is first-class, with set logging and rest timers driven from the wrist, and the desktop web view lets you build routines on a larger screen.
Boostcamp's iOS app supports iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision; the Android app is also fully featured. There is no native Apple Watch app and no desktop web client at the moment. For lifters whose primary logging surface is the watch, Hevy's coverage is more complete.
For lifters whose primary surface is the phone with a programs library, Boostcamp's stack covers what they need. The platform-coverage tradeoff is real and worth being honest about: if you log from your watch every session, Hevy fits better; if you read the program from your phone before each lift, the watch app matters less.
