ComparisonJuly 20, 2026Updated August 8, 20267 min read

Prept vs Hevy: Workout Video Saver or Dedicated Gym Logger?

Hevy is a best-in-class set-and-rep logger. Prept starts from the workout videos you save. Here's how they actually compare, and when you might want both.

Two phones on a gym bench, one logging sets and one showing a saved workout video

Choose Hevy if you already know your programme and want the best possible logger for it. Choose Prept if your workouts come from videos you save on TikTok, Instagram or YouTube and you want them turned into a real routine automatically. They solve different halves of the same problem, and using both together is a perfectly reasonable answer.

At a glance

	Prept	Hevy
Starting point	A workout video you saved from social media	A programme you already know, entered manually or from a template
Save from social video	Yes — TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Pinterest, Reddit, X, Threads, screenshots, PDFs	No — Hevy is not built around video import
Exercise library	Built from what you save, plus muscle mapping per exercise	Extensive built-in library with instructional demos
Logging	Guided, video-linked logging with sets, reps, weight and time	Fast, purpose-built set/rep/weight logging with rest timers
Analytics	Muscle heat map, progress calendar, calories	Deep volume, 1RM and strength-progression analytics
Social features	Share individual workouts and plans via a link	Full social feed — follow friends, like and comment on workouts
Platforms	iPhone, iPad, Android	iPhone, Android, Apple Watch

If you already know your programme, Hevy wins

Hevy’s core loop — pick an exercise, log a set, rest-timer counts down, repeat — is about as fast and frictionless as gym logging gets, and its analytics (volume over time, estimated 1RM, personal records) are built by people who clearly log their own lifting. If your training already comes from a coach, a spreadsheet, or your own programming, and what you want is the best possible logger, Hevy is a strong, well-earned recommendation.

If your training comes from saved videos, that’s where Prept starts

The gap Hevy doesn’t fill is the one before logging: turning a TikTok or Instagram workout into something with actual exercises, sets and reps. In Hevy, that’s manual — you watch the video, then type the routine in yourself. In Prept, you share or paste the link and it reads the video for you, including which muscles each exercise trains, then lets you drop it onto your week and follow along with the source clip a tap away while you log. See our workout video saver page for how the extraction step works.

Muscle detail vs. strength detail

The two apps also emphasise different data. Hevy’s strength is session-over-session strength tracking — is your bench actually going up. Prept’s muscle tracker leans the other way: which of 23 muscle groups you’ve trained this week, so you can spot the parts of your body your saved-video habit keeps skipping. If you want both, that’s a reasonable setup: extract and plan in Prept, and if you later want competition- grade strength analytics on a fixed programme, layer Hevy in for that.

Price and platforms

Both are freemium. Hevy offers a capable free tier with Hevy Pro unlocking extended history and analytics. Prept is free to start, with Pro unlocking unlimited saving. Both run on iPhone and Android, so platform isn’t the deciding factor here — what you’re logging from is.

When not to choose Prept

We build Prept, so here are the cases where we genuinely think you should use something else.

You run a fixed strength programme and care most about the numbers: Hevy’s volume tracking, estimated 1RM and personal-record history are more developed than ours, and its logging flow is faster. If you are running 5/3/1 or a coached powerlifting block and want the sharpest record of it, use Hevy. You can still estimate loads with our free 1RM calculator without installing anything.
You want to log from an Apple Watch: Hevy has a watch app and Prept does not. If logging from your wrist mid-set matters to you, that alone settles it.
You want a social feed: Hevy has a full follow-and-comment feed. Prept only does per-workout share links — if training with friends in-app is the point, Hevy is built for it and we are not.
You never save workouts from social media: Prept’s main advantage is irrelevant to you. If your training comes from a coach or a spreadsheet, a dedicated logger is the better fit — or build your own week with our free workout split generator and log it wherever you like.

Verdict

Choose Hevy if you already have a programme and want the sharpest possible logger and strength analytics on top of it.
Choose Prept if your workouts come from social video and you want the save, the plan and the log to be one app instead of a manual transcription step before you even open a logger.
Use both if you collect workouts from social media but run a structured barbell programme alongside them — extract and plan in Prept, log the barbell work in Hevy. Plenty of people do exactly this, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Curious what the extraction actually looks like? See how to save workouts from TikTok or try Prept free on your next saved video.