KovaApp comparison
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Hevy is the better choice if you want a free, fast workout log with a social feed, watch apps, and a web app. Its free version shows your last weights and reps, and its Pro plan adds Hevy Trainer, which builds a program and adjusts your working weights. Kova: Lift & Strength Tracker is built around that second job. It plans your week, sets each next target from the sets you log, can recommend a deload when you stall, and shows why each target changed. If you mainly want to record workouts, start with Hevy. If you want the app to make the next-weight decision and explain it, Kova fits better. Kova is our app, so this page sticks to facts you can check.
| Feature | Kova | Hevy |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | A weekly plan plus next-session targets, with the reason for each change shown. | A free, fast workout log with a social feed, plus optional coaching in Pro. |
| Plan builder | Builds a weekly plan from your goals, experience, equipment, schedule, and session length. Full-body, upper/lower, and push/pull/legs-style splits. | Free: ready-made programs and your own routines. Pro: Hevy Trainer builds a program from your experience, goal, equipment, schedule, session length, and focus muscle. |
| How the next weight is set | Sets each target from the sets you log. Reach the top of the rep range and the weight can go up next session. Stall repeatedly and it can recommend a deload. Each target shows why it changed. | Free: shows last session's weights and reps, and you choose. Pro: Hevy Trainer adjusts working weights from your performance and reminds you to push when progress stalls. |
| Free version | Subscription required. Check available offers and eligibility in the app. | Yes, with no ads. Unlimited logging, up to 4 saved routines, up to 7 custom exercises, and 3 months of performance data. |
| Social features | Achievements and milestones. | Follow friends, a workout feed with likes and comments, and lift comparisons. |
| Exercise library | 100+ exercises with demonstration videos and step-by-step instructions. | 450+ exercises with demos and how-to instructions. |
| Logging | Batch logging for repeat sets, rest timer, warmups, effort ratings, notes, swaps, and skips. | RPE, supersets, drop sets, warm-up and failure sets, and automatic rest timers. Works offline. |
| Progress tracking | Strength Index across five movement patterns, training heatmap, volume, strength, and PR trends, with automatic PR detection. | Graphs and PRs for every exercise, sets per muscle group, body measurements, and progress photos. |
| Platforms | iPhone and Android. No watch app listed. | iPhone, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS, and a web app. |
| Integrations and export | CSV export of workout history. Separate equipment profiles for each gym. | Strava, Apple Health, and Health Connect. CSV export and import from Strong. |
In the free version of Hevy, you see last session's weights and reps next to each set and decide what to do. That is all a lifter on a set program needs.
Hevy Pro adds Hevy Trainer. It builds a program from your experience, goal, equipment, schedule, and session length. It adjusts your working weights from your performance and reminds you to push harder when progress stalls.
Kova does this job for every user. It sets each target from the sets you logged, raises the weight when you reach the top of the rep range, can recommend a deload when you stall repeatedly, and shows why each target changed.
Hevy has a real free version with no ads. It includes unlimited logging, up to 4 saved routines, up to 7 custom exercises, 3 months of performance data, and a library of ready-made programs. Kova requires a subscription. Check available offers and eligibility in the app.
Hevy has been on the App Store since 2019 and has more than 100,000 US ratings. Kova was released in May 2026 and has few App Store ratings so far. Hevy has the much larger community.
Want your next weight set for you, with the reason shown? Kova builds a plan around your goals, equipment, and schedule, then adjusts each target from the sets you log.
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