We make Fiz, so read this knowing that. We've tried to be straight about where other apps are better, and where Fiz isn't the right tool. Everything said about other apps here is from their own sites and app listings as of October 2026.
What a hybrid athlete needs from an app
Four jobs come up again and again:
- Logging mixed sessions properly: an AMRAP with a run in it, an EMOM, strength sets at a percentage, all in one workout.
- Recording runs: pace, distance, heart rate, usually from a watch.
- Knowing whether you're getting better, against your own past scores and against other people.
- Following a plan, either one you write or one from a coach.
Most apps do one or two of these very well. The quick answer at the end of this page pairs them up.
Fiz: mixed workouts, leaderboards and events
Fiz is built around the workout as a whole rather than the individual lift or the run. You log an AMRAP, EMOM, For Time chipper, intervals or strength sets as they were written, and every workout has its own leaderboard, so you see your rank and percentile against everyone who has done it. On top of that: multi-week programs from coaches, private groups, head-to-head Throwdowns with friends, and challenges that run for weeks.
Fiz is also where events run. Organisers take entries by division, publish a live leaderboard by workout and division, and give athletes a patch for the event that sits on their profile. Online events work the same way, with scores submitted in the app and verified by the organiser.
What it doesn't do: Fiz doesn't record runs live with GPS. Record the run on your watch or in a running app and log the result. Heart rate and calories come in from Apple Health after you train.
Price: free to log, compete and enter events. Fiz Pro is £7.99 a month or £49.99 a year and adds more AI-built workouts and programs, unlimited shared programs, and percentile standing and heart rate zones. iPhone and Android.
Strava: the run, and now the lift
Strava is the default for running and cycling: GPS recording, segments, monthly challenges and clubs. In May 2026 it added a proper strength log with sets, reps and weight, muscle maps, and imports from apps including Hevy and Fitbod, so it now holds both halves of a hybrid week.
Where it falls short for hybrid athletes is comparison. Its leaderboards are built on GPS segments, and the full segment leaderboards need a subscription. There's no board for a conditioning workout like a 20-minute AMRAP, because Strava doesn't know two people did the same one. Its training plans come through Runna, which is running-focused.
Hevy and Strong: strength logbooks
Hevy is a strength logger with a social feed: fast set logging, rest timer, RPE, supersets and PR alerts. Its leaderboards rank you against the people you follow on the heaviest lift across 38 movements. It can send full workout detail to Strava, which is why "Strava plus Hevy" is a common setup. Running isn't its job: there's no GPS recording on its feature list.
Strong is the minimal option: a clean logbook with supersets, RPE, custom timers, Apple Watch and CSV export, and no social side. The free version allows three custom routines.
Both are excellent at the lifting half. Neither handles a mixed conditioning workout as one scored effort, and neither has leaderboards beyond friends.
Runna: running plans
Runna writes structured running plans from 5K to marathon and adjusts them as you go. It's part of Strava and sold on its own or bundled with a Strava subscription. If running is the part of your hybrid week you most want coached, it's the strongest option here. It doesn't program your lifting or conditioning.
SugarWOD and BTWB: if your gym uses them
SugarWOD and Beyond the Whiteboard (BTWB) are built for functional-fitness gyms that run group classes. Your gym posts the day's workout, you log your score, and you see the whiteboard.
SugarWOD is free for athletes when the gym uses it. Its leaderboards compare you with members of your own gym, and it has a marketplace of programs from outside coaches. BTWB adds a 1 to 100 Fitness Level score, programming tracks you can follow and a web dashboard.
If your gym runs on one of these, use it for class days. Its limits show when you train outside the gym, or want to compare yourself with people beyond it.
TrainHeroic and TrueCoach: if your coach uses them
These are coaching platforms more than athlete apps. TrainHeroic lets strength coaches program teams and individuals and sell programs on its marketplace; the athlete app is free when your coach is on it. TrueCoach is software for personal trainers working 1:1 with clients, with a program builder and exercise videos, and is free for clients.
Both are good at getting a coach's plan onto your phone. Neither is built around competing with other athletes or running events. If you're a coach choosing one, Fiz for coaches covers how selling programs works on Fiz.
The quick answer
If you want to compare yourself with other people on mixed workouts, or you enter events: Fiz, with Strava or your watch for runs.
If you mostly lift and run: Strava plus Hevy or Strong, synced together.
If you want your running coached: Runna, with a strength logger alongside.
If your gym or coach already uses SugarWOD, BTWB, TrainHeroic or TrueCoach: use it for their sessions, and a second app for everything else.