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I have a gym logging app that’s currently making about $20k/month on Android. I think fitness is a bit of a unique market because, in my experience, people are

I have a gym logging app that’s currently making about $20k/month on Android. I think fitness is a bit of a unique market because, in my experience, people are more willing to spend money on it compared to other types of software. Last I checked we’re in the top 5 apps on the play store for our niche. https://www.hevyapp.com https://www.hevyapp.com

Melatonic 4y ago
How do you make money? Ads Im guessing? Will check this out
- desmondmcnamee 4y ago
  Zero ads. Subscriptions $3/month or $24/year
chourobin 4y ago
curious, is this made with react native?
- desmondmcnamee 4y ago
  Yes it is!
xwowsersx 4y ago
App looks great, congrats. I've logged years and years in FitNotes. Any way to import my data from FitNotes into Hevy? I would guess not, but figured I'd ask!
Torwald 4y ago
> I think fitness is a bit of a unique market because, in my experience, people are more willing to spend money on it compared to other types of software. It is one of 3 markets that are like that: health, dating/relationships, finances. "Fitness" as a concept pertains to the "dating/relationships" market and is therefore linked to the strongest motivator ie. gettig laid. It is also linked to health and for some it helps with their professional performance. So yeah, "fitness" hits a sweet spot there. But really, have a seriously useful app in either one these three and you can build a business around that.
- gigaflop 4y ago
  > "Fitness" as a concept pertains to the "dating/relationships" market and is therefore linked to the strongest motivator ie. gettig laid. Looking like an almost-Adonis certainly helps in the looks department, but if I cared only for vanity, then I'd be working to get myself a 6-pack. I use a fitness app to help program and track my workouts, so that I can more steadily progress to lifting bigger weights, because it feels fantastic to get a new personal record in the gym. It was free, but a ~$5ish one-time fee unlocked a lot more 'nice things'. I didn't need to pay for my use case, but chose to because the app showed that it was worth it. Now, I have a page of graphs that helps me estimate when I can expect to be setting a new 1rm. some fun trivia: I've performed 693 deadlifts, and moved a total of 120,870 lbs of weight since tracking things in the app.
unixhero 4y ago
Well done
toyg 4y ago
There is a lot of churn in that space, though, with apps disappearing as fast as they appear. You must be doing a very good job.
nakedgremlin 4y ago
Would you be willing to share how that compares to your iOS side? I see you have Apple Watch support which I assume is easier to monetize for your space.
- desmondmcnamee 4y ago
  Good question! Per user we make about 1/2 as much on Android compared to iOS, but we're currently getting 2x traffic on Android so it's pretty much a 50/50 split ~$20k each.
  - bluehatbrit 4y ago
    Super interesting, do you think the traffic difference is anything to do with your app and marketing, or do you think it's to do with the size of the android market compared to iOS?
    - desmondmcnamee 4y ago
      95% of our traffic is organic so it's not anything to do with marketing. I think it's just that we're ranked much higher in the Play Store than we are in the App Store atm. The iOS App Store is much more competitive (in our niche) and we haven't yet cracked the ranking algorithm :D.
      - Melatonic 4y ago
        Support for maybe common fitness trackers or common outdoorsy type watches could be cool?
nimbleplum40 4y ago
This looks great! Does it support RPE or other similar metrics? I currently use Strong, but the Apple Watch app uses 1/2lb increments and there is no way to change it. Super irritating to scroll through hundreds of ticks to log a deadlift...
- desmondmcnamee 4y ago
  Yep it supports RPE. Just have to enable it in Settings.
  - nimbleplum40 4y ago
    I just downloaded it and everything looks great except that the Apple Watch app also uses 1/2lb increments and I can't find a way to change that. Is there an option anywhere? I'd love to subscribe but scrolling 600 times for a deadlift instead of 60 is a big pain.
Snoozle 4y ago
Small world! I started using hevy in 2020 to track weights and haven't used anything else since. By the way somehow the timer noise always makes me jump.
- desmondmcnamee 4y ago
  Cool! Glad you're enjoying the app. I'll get that timer looked at ;)

Melatonic 4y ago

How do you make money? Ads Im guessing? Will check this out

desmondmcnamee 4y ago
Zero ads. Subscriptions $3/month or $24/year

chourobin 4y ago

curious, is this made with react native?

desmondmcnamee 4y ago
Yes it is!

xwowsersx 4y ago

App looks great, congrats. I've logged years and years in FitNotes. Any way to import my data from FitNotes into Hevy? I would guess not, but figured I'd ask!

Torwald 4y ago

> I think fitness is a bit of a unique market because, in my experience, people are more willing to spend money on it compared to other types of software. It is one of 3 markets that are like that: health, dating/relationships, finances. "Fitness" as a concept pertains to the "dating/relationships" market and is therefore linked to the strongest motivator ie. gettig laid. It is also linked to health and for some it helps with their professional performance. So yeah, "fitness" hits a sweet spot there. But really, have a seriously useful app in either one these three and you can build a business around that.

gigaflop 4y ago
> "Fitness" as a concept pertains to the "dating/relationships" market and is therefore linked to the strongest motivator ie. gettig laid. Looking like an almost-Adonis certainly helps in the looks department, but if I cared only for vanity, then I'd be working to get myself a 6-pack. I use a fitness app to help program and track my workouts, so that I can more steadily progress to lifting bigger weights, because it feels fantastic to get a new personal record in the gym. It was free, but a ~$5ish one-time fee unlocked a lot more 'nice things'. I didn't need to pay for my use case, but chose to because the app showed that it was worth it. Now, I have a page of graphs that helps me estimate when I can expect to be setting a new 1rm. some fun trivia: I've performed 693 deadlifts, and moved a total of 120,870 lbs of weight since tracking things in the app.

unixhero 4y ago

Well done

toyg 4y ago

There is a lot of churn in that space, though, with apps disappearing as fast as they appear. You must be doing a very good job.

nakedgremlin 4y ago

Would you be willing to share how that compares to your iOS side? I see you have Apple Watch support which I assume is easier to monetize for your space.

desmondmcnamee 4y ago
Good question! Per user we make about 1/2 as much on Android compared to iOS, but we're currently getting 2x traffic on Android so it's pretty much a 50/50 split ~$20k each.
- bluehatbrit 4y ago
  Super interesting, do you think the traffic difference is anything to do with your app and marketing, or do you think it's to do with the size of the android market compared to iOS?
  - desmondmcnamee 4y ago
    95% of our traffic is organic so it's not anything to do with marketing. I think it's just that we're ranked much higher in the Play Store than we are in the App Store atm. The iOS App Store is much more competitive (in our niche) and we haven't yet cracked the ranking algorithm :D.
    - Melatonic 4y ago
      Support for maybe common fitness trackers or common outdoorsy type watches could be cool?

nimbleplum40 4y ago

This looks great! Does it support RPE or other similar metrics? I currently use Strong, but the Apple Watch app uses 1/2lb increments and there is no way to change it. Super irritating to scroll through hundreds of ticks to log a deadlift...

desmondmcnamee 4y ago
Yep it supports RPE. Just have to enable it in Settings.
- nimbleplum40 4y ago
  I just downloaded it and everything looks great except that the Apple Watch app also uses 1/2lb increments and I can't find a way to change that. Is there an option anywhere? I'd love to subscribe but scrolling 600 times for a deadlift instead of 60 is a big pain.

Snoozle 4y ago

Small world! I started using hevy in 2020 to track weights and haven't used anything else since. By the way somehow the timer noise always makes me jump.

desmondmcnamee 4y ago
Cool! Glad you're enjoying the app. I'll get that timer looked at ;)