The Best Workout Tracking Apps in 2026 (An Honest Roundup)

The best workout tracking app is the one you will actually open on your next set, so the honest answer depends on how you train. If you want a big social feed, one app fits; if you want a fast, offline, strength-first log with no clutter, another does. Below is a fair look at the main strength-tracking apps - Hevy, Strong, Boostcamp and Setkord - including where Setkord (my app) fits and where it does not.

I build Setkord, so treat this as a review written by someone with a horse in the race. I have tried to be fair to everyone here, because a roundup you cannot trust is worthless.

What actually matters in a workout tracker

Before the list, here is what separates a tracker you stick with from one you delete:

• /Logging speed. You are logging between sets, sometimes with cold hands. Taps matter.
• /Does it work offline? Gyms have terrible signal and basements have none. If the app stalls on a spinner, you stop trusting it.
• /Strength focus vs everything. Some apps do lifting, cardio, steps, sleep and social. Others do lifting and nothing else. Neither is wrong - it is a preference.
• /Your history is yours. Can you import your old data in, and export it out again?
• /Cost and clutter. What is free, and does the free tier feel like a demo or a real tool?

Keep those five in mind and the right pick tends to choose itself.

The apps, fairly

Hevy

Hevy is one of the most popular lifting trackers, and it earns that. It has a clean, well-built interface, a large and active social community, and a big following of lifters who share routines and progress. If part of your motivation is a feed - seeing what friends lifted, following people, getting a like on a PR - Hevy leans into that better than most.

Best for: lifters who want a mature, polished app with a social side and a big user base.

Strong

Strong is one of the original serious lifting apps and it has aged well. It is focused, reliable and familiar, with a straightforward logging flow that a lot of experienced lifters have used for years. It does the core job - log sets, track lifts, see history - without trying to be a lifestyle app.

Best for: lifters who want a proven, no-nonsense log and do not need a social feed.

Boostcamp

Boostcamp's angle is structured programs. It offers a large library of well-known training programs you can follow step by step, which is genuinely useful if you would rather run a proven plan than build your own. It leans more towards "pick a program and follow it" than towards being the fastest possible in-workout logger.

Best for: lifters who want to follow an established program with the plan laid out for them.

Setkord

Setkord is the one I build, so here is the honest pitch and the honest limits. It is strength-first and deliberately uncluttered - built for lifters, not for tracking your steps or your sleep. Its real differentiator is that it is local-first: every set logs instantly with no signal, no spinners and nothing lost, then syncs when you are back online. It does fast logging with your last numbers pre-filled, automatic PRs and an estimated 1RM, routines and a curated program library, a plate and warm-up calculator, body measurements, and deeper Pro Insights. You can bring your history in with a free CSV import from Strong and Hevy, and export it back out any time. It is also built for accessibility from day one - full Dynamic Type and VoiceOver - which most fitness apps treat as an afterthought. The core is free forever.

Where it does not fit: if you want a big social feed or an all-in-one lifestyle tracker, Setkord is not that, on purpose. It is younger than the apps above, so it has a smaller community.

Best for: strength-first lifters who train offline, want a fast log with no clutter, and care about owning and importing their data.

Quick comparison

The table keeps competitor rows general on purpose - features and pricing change, and I would rather be safe than confidently wrong about someone else's app.

If a specific competitor detail matters to you, check it in their own App Store listing - it will always be more current than any roundup.

How to choose

• /Want a social feed and a big community? Hevy is the natural home.
• /Want a proven, focused log you already trust? Strong is hard to fault.
• /Want to follow a structured program? Boostcamp is built around that.
• /Train offline, want strength-first with no clutter, and want to own your data? That is exactly where Setkord fits.

There is no single "best" - there is best for how you train. If you want to go deeper, I wrote a plain guide on how to track workouts and a look at the best free workout tracker options.

Try Setkord

If the offline, strength-first, no-clutter description sounds like you, Setkord is free on iPhone and the core stays free forever. You can import your Strong or Hevy history in a couple of minutes, so you start with your real numbers instead of a blank slate. If it is not for you, your data exports cleanly to CSV - no lock-in.

FAQ

What is the best workout tracking app? There is no single best - it depends on how you train. Hevy suits lifters who want a social community, Strong suits those who want a proven focused log, Boostcamp suits program-followers, and Setkord suits offline, strength-first lifters who want no clutter.

Which workout tracker works best offline? Setkord is built local-first, so every set logs instantly with no signal and syncs later. Other apps vary in how well they handle no connection, so check each one's current behaviour if offline use is critical for you.

Can I move my data between these apps? Often yes, via CSV. Setkord imports history from Strong and Hevy for free and lets you export your full history back out to CSV any time, so your data stays yours.

Are these apps free? Each has a free tier and paid upgrades. Setkord's core is free forever, with a Pro tier that removes limits and adds deeper Insights, PDF and routine sharing. Always check current pricing in each app's own store listing.