Comparison
Platepusher vs Hevy
Hevy is the app a lot of lifters move to when they leave Strong, and it is a genuinely good all-rounder: cheaper, cross-platform, with a working Strong importer. Platepusher is for the lifter who wants the insight without the social feed, and who wants the app to actually do something with the history it collects.
Choose Platepusher if
You want your history turned into something useful for today's session, you train heads-down and do not want a social feed, and you log RPE expecting the app to use it rather than just store it.
Choose Hevy if
You want the cheapest mature option, you are on Android or want a real web app, and a follow-and-like social layer is a plus rather than a distraction for you.
| Platepusher | Hevy | |
|---|---|---|
| What it does with history | Surfaces it into today's session | Graphs it; you draw the conclusions |
| RPE | Used, not just logged | Logged but largely unused |
| Social feed | None | Follow, like, comment, copy workouts |
| Bring your history | Imports Strong and Hevy | Imports Strong CSV |
| Data export | CSV, free at every tier | CSV, free |
| Platforms | iOS (new) | iOS, Android, web, Watch, Wear OS |
| Pricing | From $4.99/mo, $99.99 lifetime | From $2.99/mo, $74.99 lifetime |
| Maturity | New, small | Large, fast-growing |
Where Hevy is genuinely strong
Hevy earns its popularity. It is cheaper than Strong on every tier, it has a real browser web app and runs on Android, Apple Watch, and Wear OS, and it imports a Strong CSV so your history comes with you. The graphs are clean and the logging is solid. For a lot of lifters leaving Strong, it is the obvious move, and we will not pretend otherwise.
Platepusher is newer and iOS-only. If price, platform breadth, or a web app is your deciding factor, Hevy is the honest answer.
Where the two split: noise, and what happens to your data
The split is about what the app is for. Hevy leans into a social layer, following other lifters, liking and copying workouts, a feed. For some people that is motivating. For the heads-down lifter who already trains, it is noise the app added that they did not ask for. Platepusher has none of it, on purpose.
The deeper split is the data. Hevy lets you log RPE and then largely leaves it sitting there; the deeper analysis of trends, stalls, and what your history implies for today is left to you. Platepusher is built around closing exactly that gap, turning the log into something that informs the next session instead of an archive with nice graphs.
You can log RPE all year. The question is whether the app ever does anything with it.
Both let you leave, which is the point
Credit where due: both apps let you export your data as a CSV, and both import a Strong CSV, so neither locks you in. That is the right posture and Platepusher matches it, with free CSV export at every tier.
The difference is not whether your data can move. It is whether, once it is in, the app does anything with it.
Where Hevy wins
- Cheaper than Strong on every tier
- iOS, Android, a real web app, Watch and Wear OS
- Imports your Strong CSV
- Clean graphs and solid logging
- A social layer, if you want one
Where Platepusher wins
- Turns your history into insight for today
- Uses RPE instead of just storing it
- No social feed, no fake coach, no streaks
- Imports both Strong and Hevy history
- CSV export free at every tier
The insight, without the feed.
Platepusher imports your Strong and Hevy history and is built around one idea: your training history should actually improve today's session. No leaderboards, no fake coach. Monthly, yearly, or $99.99 once, with CSV export always free.
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