Mekimeki vs Hevy
Hevy is the most widely used social workout tracker on iOS. It is built around logging a session and posting it to a feed of people you follow, its exercise library ships with video demonstrations, and there is a full iPad version. At 4.92 across more than 86,000 ratings it is also one of the best-reviewed apps in the category.
Mekimeki and Hevy, side by side
| App | Free tier, as stated by the developer | Paid tier | Minimum iOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mekimeki | Uncapped logging and routines | None. There is no paid version. | iOS 17.0+ |
| Hevy | Capped | Subscription | iOS 15.1+ |
What Hevy says about its own free tier
This is Hevy’s own wording on its App Store page, quoted rather than summarised, so you can weigh it yourself:
HEVY PRO • Create unlimited routines • Get unlimited access to graph history • Create unlimited custom exercises
Source: the Hevy App Store listing, retrieved 2026-09-09.
Why people look for a Hevy alternative
Hevy Pro is sold on the limits, not the additions
Read the Pro pitch on Hevy’s own App Store listing and it is three bullets: unlimited routines, unlimited access to graph history, unlimited custom exercises. Those are not extra features, they are the removal of caps. That framing tells you where the free version stops.
Graph history is the one that stings later
The reason to log for a year is to look back over the year. A cap on how far back the graphs reach is invisible in week one and is precisely what you want in month fourteen, which is also the point at which moving your training data somewhere else feels most expensive.
The feed is the product
Hevy is built around a community and a cloud profile. That is a real feature for people who train socially. If what you wanted was a private notebook, you are carrying a social network you do not open.
What Hevy has that Mekimeki does not
The exercise video library
Hevy ships high-quality demonstration videos for hundreds of exercises. If you are still learning movements, that is worth more than anything on this comparison page, and Mekimeki does not have an equivalent.
The community, if training is social for you
Following friends and seeing their sessions land in a feed keeps a lot of people consistent. Adherence is the only training variable that always matters, and if a feed is what produces yours, that is a legitimate reason to pay for Pro.
Which one should you pick
If demonstration videos and a social feed are why you open a tracker, Hevy has both and Mekimeki has neither. If you want a private log with nothing capped, note what Hevy sells Pro on: unlimited routines, unlimited graph history, unlimited custom exercises. That is the list of what the free version limits, and Mekimeki has no such list.
Questions people ask
What does Hevy charge for?
Hevy is free to download and charges for Subscription. Here is how the developer puts it on the App Store listing: HEVY PRO • Create unlimited routines • Get unlimited access to graph history • Create unlimited custom exercises
What plan does Mekimeki offer?
Mekimeki has one free plan. It has no Pro version, subscription, one-time unlock or advertising.
Can I move my history from Hevy?
There is no direct importer for Hevy data, and past sessions do not come across. What is worth carrying over is the last working weight for each exercise: a few minutes while you build your templates, after which the new history accumulates from there. Templates in Mekimeki are unlimited, so rebuilding a six-day split costs nothing but the typing.
Where these numbers come from
Every free-tier limit and price on this page is quoted word for word from that developer’s own App Store listing, and a dated copy of the listing is kept so the quote can be re-checked. How these comparisons are sourced and archived →
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