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Ægir Iron vs Hevy
Hevy is one of the most popular workout loggers around, and for good reason. If your question is whether it is the right tool for strength-sport training and coaching specifically, here is a fair side by side.
What Hevy does well
Hevy is a clean, fast, and genuinely pleasant workout logger with a large exercise library and well-produced video demonstrations. It has a free tier that covers basic logging, with Hevy Pro (around $2.99 per month at the time of writing) unlocking unlimited routines, full history, and more custom exercises. Hevy Coach is a separate product where coaches pay and their clients are coached for free, scaling up to hundreds of clients. Hevy also offers Hevy Trainer, an algorithmic programming tool that builds a routine from your goals and adjusts your working weights as you progress. If you want a smooth, no-friction way to record your sets across general training, Hevy is a strong choice.
Where Ægir Iron differs
Ægir Iron is built specifically for strength sports rather than general fitness, so it leans into the things competitive lifters and their coaches need. That means structured Cycle, Block, Week, Day periodization, meet planning with attempt and warmup selection for powerlifting, weightlifting, and strongman, and competition scoring with Wilks, DOTS, IPF GL, and Sinclair. It also tracks training load (ACWR with an EWMA smoothed companion), relative intensity as a percentage of 1RM, and per-muscle recovery, logs strongman events by weight, reps, distance, or time, and keeps coaching and the lifter's own training in one account. Programming runs on percentages of a training max with automatic load progression: the training max advances from the AMRAP reps you log and the whole program reprices itself, the app prompts you to advance when a cycle is complete, a new lifter gets a suggested starting weight for any lift that has no one-rep max yet, and a movement you swap or add mid-session can be pushed to the rest of the block in one tap. Individual lifters use the full platform for free, and coaches pay only for roster tools.
| Feature | Ægir Iron | Hevy |
|---|---|---|
| Fast everyday logging | Yes | Yes, a core strength of the app |
| Exercise library with videos | 400+ with form guides | Large library with video demos |
| Cycle / Block / Week / Day periodization | Built in with a guided wizard | Routines rather than full periodization |
| Percentage & training-max programming | Built in, with live plate math | Manual weights and routines |
| Automatic load progression | Training maxes advance from your AMRAP reps, with a prompt when a cycle completes | Available in Hevy Trainer |
| Starting-weight suggestions for new lifters | Yes, for a lift with no 1RM yet | Available in Hevy Trainer |
| Mid-session edits carry to the rest of the block | Swap or add a movement and apply it forward | Varies by product |
| Meet planning & competition scoring | Powerlifting, weightlifting, strongman | Not a focus |
| Strongman event logging | Yes | Not a focus |
| ACWR load & recovery tracking | Yes: uncoupled ACWR with an EWMA smoothed companion, plus a Body Map | Limited |
| Relative intensity zones & make rate | Yes: block distribution as % of 1RM, plus make rate from logged misses | No |
| Coach and athlete platform | Yes, athletes train free | Yes, via Hevy Coach, clients free |
| Cost for individual lifters | Free, full platform | Free tier, Pro for full features |
Pricing and features reflect public information at the time of writing and may change. Check each app for the latest.
Who should pick which
If you mostly want a quick, elegant logger for general lifting, Hevy is excellent and hard to beat on feel. If you are a powerlifter, weightlifter, or strongman competitor, or a coach who programs for them, and you want periodization, meet prep, and competition scoring in the same place your athletes train for free, Ægir Iron is built for exactly that.