Nishaana vs Hevy.

Nishaana vs Hevy at a glance

Answer: Hevy is a polished, phone-first workout logger with a huge social community, an Apple Watch app and a low-cost Pro tier ($2.99/mo). Nishaana is a web-first training operating system that runs in any browser, keeps routines, custom exercises and full stats history free with no caps, and ships free calculators plus a daily training score. Pick Hevy for community and a phone/watch workflow; pick Nishaana for browser/desktop access and a more generous free tier.

Hevy and Nishaana solve the same core problem — track your lifts, follow a program, and get stronger through progressive overload — but they make different bets. Hevy launched in 2019, treats Android as a first-class citizen, and has built one of the largest social communities in fitness, with 14M+ athletes following each other, liking workouts and sharing routines. [5] It is fast between sets and strong on the fundamentals.

Nishaana bets on the browser. The web app runs entirely online, so you can plan a mesocycle on a laptop and log your working sets on your phone from the same account, with no app-store download. It treats the free tier as a place to actually live — no cap on routines, custom exercises or stats history — and it gives every training day a 0–100 score so consistency feels like a game rather than a spreadsheet.

Nishaana vs Hevy: full comparison table

This table is the fast answer. Nishaana values describe the shipped product; Hevy values are verified from the sources in the References as of June 25, 2026.

Hevy details reflect publicly available information verified in June 2026 and can change — always check hevy.com/pricing for current numbers. [1]

Pricing compared: Nishaana vs Hevy

Answer: Both apps are free to start. Hevy Pro costs $2.99/month, $23.99/year, or $74.99 lifetime, while Nishaana Pro is $39.99/year. Hevy's lifetime option is the cheapest over many years; Nishaana's free tier is the more generous one, because it removes Hevy's caps of 4 routines, 7 custom exercises and 3 months of stats history.

The honest pricing story is that neither app is expensive. Hevy's paid tier is one of the cheapest in the category — $2.99 per month or $23.99 per year, with a one-time $74.99 lifetime unlock, all listed on Hevy's own pricing page. [1] If you commit for the long haul, Hevy's lifetime price is hard to beat on raw cost, and it is one of the clearest reasons to choose Hevy.

The difference is what the free tier gives you before you ever pay. On Hevy's free plan you are limited to 4 routines and 7 custom exercises, and your stats and graphs only display the last 3 months of history; Pro unlocks unlimited routines, unlimited custom exercises, and 1-year plus all-time analytics. [2] [3] Past those limits — or to unlock Hevy Trainer auto-progression — you need Pro. Nishaana keeps routines, custom exercises and full stats history uncapped on the free plan, and its free calculators and daily score never sit behind a paywall. Nishaana Pro ($39.99/year) adds the AI coach, adaptive programming and deeper analytics.

See full Nishaana pricing for what each tier includes.

Feature-by-feature: Nishaana vs Hevy

Answer: Hevy is stronger on social community, Apple Watch logging and its low-cost lifetime plan. Nishaana is stronger on web/desktop access, free calculators, a daily training score, free auto-progression and a deeper exercise library. Both cover the basics — set/rep logging, routines, RPE, rest timers, charts, PRs and CSV export — well.

On the fundamentals the two apps are close. Both log sets, reps and weight quickly between sets, support routines and rest timers, track personal records, draw progress charts, estimate one-rep max, and export your data as CSV. [5] [7] Hevy's exercise library lists 400+ built-in exercises plus custom ones, [4] while Nishaana ships a deeper 1,300+ exercise library, each with its own form guide — from the barbell bench press to the Romanian deadlift and the hip thrust.

Where Hevy is genuinely better

• Community. Hevy's social feed of 14M+ athletes is larger and more established than anything Nishaana offers today. [5] If posting workouts and following friends keeps you consistent, Hevy wins.
• Apple Watch. Hevy ships native Apple Watch and Wear OS apps for wrist logging — a real edge over Nishaana, whose Wear OS support is still on the roadmap. [5]
• Lifetime price. A one-time $74.99 unlock is excellent value if you plan to track for many years. [1]
• Track record & ratings. Hevy has years of reviews and roughly a 4.9 App Store rating — a maturity a newer product can't claim yet. [11]

Where Nishaana pulls ahead

• Auto-progression for free. Nishaana tells you the exact weight and reps to beat next session on the free plan. Hevy's equivalent — Hevy Trainer auto-progression — sits inside Hevy Pro. [6]
• Free ranking calculators. Nishaana ships 1RM, TDEE and macro calculators free; Hevy has no standalone TDEE/macro tools. [1]
• Daily 0–100 score. A single number that turns showing up into a streak — Hevy has no direct equivalent.
• No free-tier caps. Unlimited routines, custom exercises and stats history on the free plan, versus Hevy's 4 / 7 / 3-month limits. [2] [3]
• Deeper library & programs. 1,300+ exercises and ready-made PPL, 5×5 and 5/3/1 programs built in.

Web app & accessibility: the Nishaana wedge

Answer: Nishaana is web-first — you can plan and log a full workout in any browser, on phone or desktop, with no app-store download. Hevy offers a web/desktop experience at hevy.com for building routines and reviewing analytics, but live logging is built around the phone and watch. If you want to train from a laptop or a gym kiosk, Nishaana is the more flexible choice.

This is the clearest line between the two products, and it's worth being precise — earlier takes that called Hevy "app-only" are out of date. Hevy does have a web presence: hevy.com lets you create routines and review analytics on a bigger screen, and the apps sync across devices. [5] What Hevy is built around is the phone and the Apple Watch / Wear OS apps for the actual workout.

Nishaana inverts that. The browser is the primary surface, so a full workout — warm-up, working sets, rest timers, notes, the lot — happens in a tab. There's nothing to install, nothing to update, and no platform you're locked out of: a Chromebook, a shared gym desktop, a work laptop and your phone all hit the same account. For lifters who plan programming on a computer, or who simply don't want another app on their phone, that accessibility is the deciding factor. The trade-off is honest — Hevy's wrist-based logging on Apple Watch is something the browser can't match yet.

Data export & portability

Answer: Both apps let you export your own data as a CSV, so you're never locked in. The asymmetry is on import: Hevy only imports CSVs from the Strong app, while Nishaana imports both Strong and Hevy exports — which is what makes switching from Hevy to Nishaana a one-minute job.

Portability matters because your training log is years of work. On the export side the two are level: Hevy lets you export both your workout data and your body-measurement data as CSV from Profile → Settings → Export & Import Data, [7] and Nishaana exports your full history the same way. Nobody holds your data hostage.

Import is where they differ. Hevy's importer only accepts CSVs exported from the Strong app, and the file has to be in English to be read. [7] [8] It does not currently import a generic or competitor CSV. Nishaana accepts both Strong and Hevy CSVs, so a Hevy export drops straight in — exercises, workouts and personal records mapped automatically. That's a deliberate choice: we'd rather make it trivial to try us than trap your history elsewhere.

Platforms, Apple Watch & offline

Answer: Hevy is broader on native device coverage — iOS, Android, Apple Watch and Wear OS — and works offline as a downloaded app. Nishaana runs anywhere a browser does (including desktop and Chromebooks) and works offline as an installable PWA, but its Wear OS app is still planned. If wrist logging is essential, Hevy leads; if cross-device browser access is essential, Nishaana leads.

Hevy ships native apps for iOS and Android, plus Apple Watch and Wear OS companions, all syncing to the cloud. [5] As downloaded apps, they keep logging when the gym Wi-Fi drops and sync later — important for basement and parking-garage gyms. Nishaana takes the PWA route: install the web app to your home screen and it caches your routines so a flaky connection mid-set isn't a problem, then syncs when you're back online. Where Nishaana doesn't compete yet is the watch — Hevy's Apple Watch app is genuinely useful and Nishaana's Wear OS support is still on the roadmap. The flip side is reach: Nishaana runs on any device with a browser, including the desktops and Chromebooks Hevy's native apps don't target for live logging.

Analytics & the training score

Answer: Hevy has mature, well-presented stats — volume, PRs, muscle-group breakdowns and exercise charts — but on the free plan they only look back 3 months. Nishaana gives uncapped history on free plus a daily 0–100 training score that rolls effort, consistency and recovery into one number. Hevy is the more established analytics UI; Nishaana is the more generous and the more gamified.

Hevy's statistics cover the things lifters care about: total training volume, personal records, set and rep counts, muscle-group distribution and per-exercise progress charts. [10] The catch is the paywall on history — free accounts see the past 3 months; 1-year and all-time views are Pro. [3] For someone tracking a long bulk or a year-long periodization block, that's a real limit.

Nishaana keeps the full timeline visible on free and adds a layer Hevy doesn't have: a daily 0–100 score that blends whether you trained, whether you progressed, and how your recovery looks, so consistency reads as a streak rather than a spreadsheet. Both draw clean charts; the difference is how far back you can see for free, and whether the app actively nudges you to show up.

Programs & auto-progression

Answer: Nishaana ships ready-made programs and gives basic auto-progression — exactly what to lift next — on the free plan. Hevy's auto-progression lives inside Hevy Trainer, a Pro feature that raises your working weight once you hit the top of the rep range. Both let you build custom routines; the free-vs-paid line is the difference.

Programming is where the value lines diverge. Nishaana includes structured templates you can start in a click — Push Pull Legs, Upper/Lower, full body, StrongLifts 5×5, Starting Strength and 5/3/1 among them — and its free auto-progression tells you the weight and reps to beat next session based on your real numbers.

Hevy Trainer is Hevy's answer: an adaptive programming system that builds a plan around your goals, equipment and frequency, then automatically increases the weight once you hit the upper end of the prescribed rep range on all sets. [6] It's well-designed, but it's a Pro feature — as is Hevy's broader unlimited-routine allowance. Both apps support fully custom routines; the question is whether you want progression logic for free (Nishaana) or a more sophisticated adaptive engine behind Pro (Hevy).

AI features

Both are adding AI. Hevy ships Hevy Trainer, an adaptive strength-programming system that generates programs and auto-progresses weight session to session as a Pro feature, plus a HevyGPT ChatGPT integration for drafting routines. [5] [6] Nishaana pairs free-tier auto-progression with a Pro AI coach that reads your real numbers and adjusts your plan. Net: comparable AI ambitions, with Nishaana giving away basic progression for free and Hevy bundling its smarter coaching into Pro.

Community & social

Answer: Hevy has the larger, more active social experience — 14M+ athletes, a following feed, likes and comments on workouts, and shareable routines. Nishaana keeps community lighter and opt-in, leaning on leaderboards and shared routines rather than a constant feed. If a busy feed is your motivator, Hevy clearly wins here.

Hevy's feed is the most active in mainstream lifting apps: you follow friends, react to their workouts and save their routines, and for a lot of users that accountability is the difference between training and skipping. [5] Nishaana deliberately keeps social quieter — leaderboards, shared routines and your own training score rather than an endless scroll. Neither approach is "right," but if community is the thing that gets you to the gym, Hevy is the stronger pick on this axis and we won't pretend otherwise.

Privacy & support

Both are subscription products, not ad networks, so your training data isn't the business model. Hevy is a mature company with a staffed Help Centre and email support at hello@hevyapp.com, and its social features are opt-in — you choose what's public. [7] Nishaana keeps your data exportable at any time (see portability above), runs community as opt-in rather than default-public, and publishes a plain-English privacy policy. For a newer product, the honest note is that Hevy has the longer support track record; for data ownership, both let you walk away with a CSV.

Who should choose Nishaana

Answer: Choose Nishaana if you want to train from a browser or desktop, want auto-progression and calculators for free, like a daily score for consistency, and want a free tier with no routine, exercise or stats-history caps.

Who should choose Hevy

Answer: Choose Hevy if community is your motivator, you live on your phone and Apple Watch, you want the cheapest lifetime price, and you value years of reviews and a proven track record. It's the better social experience, the better wrist-logging experience, and the cheaper lifetime buy today.

We'll be straight: Hevy is the right answer for a lot of people. Its social feed is the most active in mainstream lifting apps, and for many users that accountability is the difference between training and not training. [5] It's polished, it's fast, Android is a first-class platform, the Apple Watch app is genuinely good, and the lifetime price is the cheapest serious option in the category. If you already program your own training and just want a clean logger with a community attached — and you never need to log from a desktop — Hevy is an easy recommendation, and Nishaana's free importer means trying both costs you nothing. You can also weigh it against the field on our best workout tracker apps roundup.

How to switch from Hevy to Nishaana

Answer: Export your Hevy data as a CSV from Profile → Settings → Export & Import Data, then import that file into Nishaana. Your exercises, workouts and personal records come across, so you keep your full history. The whole move takes about a minute.

1. In the Hevy app, open your profile and go to Settings → Export & Import Data → Export, and export your workout data as a CSV. [7]
2. Create a free Nishaana account in your browser — no download needed.
3. Open the importer and upload your Hevy CSV. Your exercises, workouts and PRs are mapped across automatically.
4. Pick up exactly where you left off — your full history is intact, and progression starts from your real numbers.

References

Hevy facts on this page were verified from the following primary sources (hevy.com, the Hevy Help Centre, hevyapp.com and the app-store listings) in June 2026.

1. Hevy — Pricing (Pro $2.99/mo, $23.99/yr, $74.99 lifetime) hevy.com
2. Hevy Pro Subscription: How to get Pro and what it includes (4 routines / 7 custom exercises on free; unlimited on Pro) Hevy Help Centre
3. What happens if you switch from Pro to the free version (free-tier limits explained) Hevy Help Centre
4. Hevy Exercise Library: 400+ Exercises and Custom Exercises Hevy Help Centre
5. Hevy — the #1 workout tracker: 14M+ athletes, platforms, social feed, charts hevyapp.com
6. Hevy Trainer: adaptive strength programming system (a Pro feature) hevyapp.com
7. How to Import Strong App CSV Files and Export Your Data in Hevy Hevy Help Centre
8. Tutorial: Log Previous Workouts and Import CSV Hevy Help Centre
9. Hevy Set Limit Explained: the 150-set cap on workouts and routines Hevy Help Centre
10. Hevy Statistics Explained: track progress and muscle growth Hevy Help Centre
11. Hevy — Workout Tracker Gym Log (ratings & reviews) Apple App Store
12. Hevy: Workout Tracker (listing) Google Play