[desmondmcnamee]

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

[Torwald]

> 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]

> "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.

[Snoozle]

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]

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

[nakedgremlin]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Support for maybe common fitness trackers or common outdoorsy type watches could be cool?

[toyg]

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.

[nimbleplum40]

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]

Yep it supports RPE. Just have to enable it in Settings.

[nimbleplum40]

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.

[xwowsersx]

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!

[Melatonic]

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

[desmondmcnamee]

Zero ads. Subscriptions $3/month or $24/year

[chourobin]

curious, is this made with react native?

[desmondmcnamee]

Yes it is!

[unixhero]

Well done