Name: BodyBuddy
Price: 29.00 USD
Rating: 4.9 (97 reviews)

Disclosure: The creators of BodyBuddy published this guide. We used each product's own website, help center, and App Store listing, and named where the other apps are stronger. Features and prices were checked on November 11, 2026.

The short answer: If you want the plan you already have turned into sessions you can log set by set, PDF Fit reads a workout PDF and Hevy is the best free logger once the plan is typed in. If your trainer uses ABC Trainerize, the plan is already in their app. If the plan is fine and doing it is the problem, choose BodyBuddy: you upload a photo, PDF, or pasted plan, and it texts you on the days the plan names.

You already have the plan. A trainer wrote it, a creator sold it to you as a PDF, or you built it with ChatGPT on a Sunday night. What you do not have is a way to keep it in front of you for twelve weeks.

Most workout apps want you to use their program. This guide covers the ones that start from yours, and it sorts them by two questions:

Can the app read the plan, or do you retype it?

After the plan is in, does the app wait for you, or come to you?

Quick picks

Best for	Pick	Why
Sticking to a plan you were given	BodyBuddy	Upload the plan in any format and a coach texts you on training days.
Turning a workout PDF into trackable sessions	PDF Fit	It parses weeks, days, exercises, sets and reps from the PDF.
Logging every set, free	Hevy	The strongest free tracker, once you build the routine by hand.
Building a custom program inside an app	Boostcamp	A program builder plus a large free library.
A plan your trainer assigns	ABC Trainerize	Your trainer loads the workouts and sees what you complete.

Comparison table

Features and pricing checked November 11, 2026. App Store offers can change.

Product	How your plan gets in	What you do with it	Does it come to you?	Platform	Price
BodyBuddy	Photo, PDF, spreadsheet, or pasted text	Review the plan, then reply to texts about each session	Yes. It texts first and asks how the session went	iPhone app, iMessage, and web	7-day trial, then $29 per month
PDF Fit	Upload a workout PDF, or have it build a program	Log weight, reps and RIR with a rest timer	Missed sessions carry forward; its site does not mention reminders	iPhone and Android	Free to download; prices shown in the app
Hevy	Build routines by hand or save a library program; the only file import is a Strong CSV	Log every set and chart your lifts	No coaching	iPhone, iPad, Android, Apple Watch, and web	Free; Pro listed at $2.99 monthly
Boostcamp	Build your own in the Program Builder	Track sets, reps and rest; follow one of 14,000+ programs	No coaching	iPhone and Android	Free; Pro adds auto progression
ABC Trainerize	Your trainer builds it and gives you a login	Complete assigned workouts, habits, and meal logs	Messages from your trainer	Web, iPhone, Android, and Apple Watch	Free for clients

What matters when the plan is already written

Getting it in without retyping

A twelve-week program is hundreds of lines. If the app cannot read your file, you will spend an evening copying sets and reps, and you will make mistakes doing it.

Keeping the plan as written

An app that "improves" your trainer's program is a different program. Whatever you use, check the imported version against the original once and keep the original.

What happens on a day you skip

We think this is where most plans end. A tracker shows you an empty Tuesday. It does not ask about it.

1. BodyBuddy: best for sticking to a plan you were given

BodyBuddy starts from the plan as it exists. You upload a photo of the sheet, a PDF, or a spreadsheet, or paste the text, and the app turns it into a plan you review before anything is scheduled. A plan you made with ChatGPT works the same way: copy it and paste it in.

From there the coaching runs over iMessage. Your coach, BodyBuddy, texts you on the days the plan names, answers questions from your own sheet, and asks how the session went. If you go quiet for a few days, it checks in.

It is not a set-by-set logger. If you want to chart your squat over six months, Hevy is better at that and costs far less. BodyBuddy is an AI coach with no humans behind the chat, it needs an iPhone, and a changed program means a new upload.

BodyBuddy has a 7-day trial and then costs $29 per month.

Choose BodyBuddy when:

The plan came from a trainer, a creator, or ChatGPT, and you keep dropping it

You want a text on training days, not another app to open

The workouts need to fit around meals, sleep, and the rest of your week

Choose something else when:

You use Android

You mainly want a detailed lifting log

You want a free tool

See how to follow a personal trainer's plan between sessions and how importing a plan works.

2. PDF Fit: best for turning a workout PDF into trackable sessions

PDF Fit does what its name says. Its site says you upload the plan your coach gave you and it parses weeks, days, exercises, sets and reps. If you have no PDF, it can build a program from a few questions.

Once the plan is in, you log weight, reps and RIR with a rest timer, and the app remembers your last lift. A missed session carries forward to your next training day, which is a sensible way to handle a skipped Tuesday. It works offline and runs on iPhone and Android.

Its site does not list prices and says current prices are shown in the app. It also does not mention reminders or coaching.

Choose PDF Fit when: your plan is a PDF and you want to log it in the gym, on either platform.

Choose something else when: the plan is a photo or a chat message, or logging has never been your problem.

3. Hevy: best free logger once the plan is typed in

Hevy is the tracker we would pick for logging. It is free with mild limits, runs on nearly everything, and charts your lifts. Hevy Pro is listed on the US App Store at $2.99 monthly, $23.99 a year, or $74.99 once.

The catch is getting your plan in. You build routines by hand, copy one a friend shared, or save a library program. According to its help center, the only file import is a CSV exported from the Strong app. A PDF or a photo has to be typed in.

Choose Hevy when: you want a detailed log and do not mind an hour of setup.

Choose something else when: you need the app to read the plan, or to follow up with you.

We go deeper in BodyBuddy vs Hevy.

4. Boostcamp: best for building a custom program in the app

Boostcamp is known for its library of more than 14,000 programs, but it also has a Program Builder where you set your own split, exercises and progression from scratch. Tracking covers sets, reps, rest times and RPE.

The free version includes the library and tracking. Pro adds auto progression and advanced analytics. Its site does not describe importing a file, so like Hevy, your plan goes in by hand.

Choose Boostcamp when: you are willing to rebuild the plan once and want progression handled.

Choose something else when: you want to upload the plan and be done.

5. ABC Trainerize: best when your trainer assigns the plan

If your trainer uses ABC Trainerize, there is nothing for you to import. They build the workouts, give you a login, and see what you complete. Clients do not pay, according to its pricing page. You get assigned workouts, habits with streaks, meal logging, and messaging with your trainer.

You cannot use it on your own plan without a trainer on the other end.

Choose ABC Trainerize when: your trainer already works in it.

Choose something else when: the plan is yours, or your trainer hands you a PDF.

What app lets me upload my own workout plan and helps me stick to it?

The short answer: BodyBuddy takes a photo, PDF, spreadsheet, or pasted plan and texts you on the days it names. PDF Fit takes a workout PDF and turns it into sessions you log. Hevy and Boostcamp are strong trackers, but you enter the plan by hand.

Use this order:

Look at the format of your plan. A PDF opens more doors than a photo.

Decide what you keep failing at. Logging the session, or starting it.

Pick for that. PDF Fit or Hevy for logging. BodyBuddy for starting.

Check the import once. Compare it to the original before week one.

Frequently asked questions

What app imports a trainer's workout plan and keeps me accountable?

BodyBuddy imports the plan from a photo, PDF, or spreadsheet and texts you on training days. If your trainer uses ABC Trainerize, their app already holds the plan and your trainer can see what you complete.

What app can import a workout or meal plan I made with ChatGPT and text me about it?

BodyBuddy. Copy the plan out of ChatGPT, paste it into the BodyBuddy app, review what it pulled out, and it texts you about it each day. Hevy takes the opposite route: its ChatGPT app can build a plan and save it to your Hevy account for logging.

I bought a workout plan PDF from an influencer. Is there an app that can coach me through it every day?

Upload the PDF to BodyBuddy and it becomes a daily plan with texts on training days. If you only want to log it, PDF Fit turns the PDF into trackable sessions.

Can I import a PDF into Hevy?

Not as far as its help center shows. The only file import is a Strong CSV, which brings in workout history. A PDF plan has to be entered by hand.

Which of these are free?

Hevy and Boostcamp have free versions, and ABC Trainerize is free for clients. PDF Fit is free to download and shows its prices in the app. BodyBuddy costs $29 per month after a 7-day trial.

Which work on Android?

PDF Fit, Hevy, Boostcamp, and ABC Trainerize. BodyBuddy needs an iPhone.

Primary sources

Sources checked November 11, 2026:

PDF Fit

PDF Fit on the Apple App Store

Hevy features

Hevy on the Apple App Store

Hevy help center: importing Strong CSV files

Boostcamp

ABC Trainerize features

ABC Trainerize pricing

BodyBuddy: follow a workout plan

Best Apps to Import Your Own Workout Plan and Stick to It (2026)