NaMiVisa vs Hevy: Which Workout Tracker Should You Use?

Hevy and NaMiVisa are both popular free workout trackers — but they are built on opposite philosophies. Hevy leans into community: you can follow friends, share workouts, and see what other people are lifting. NaMiVisa leans into privacy: there is no social feed, no public profile, and no way for anyone else to see your training data unless you deliberately share it.

That core difference shapes almost every other aspect of how the two apps work. Here is an honest look at both.

The short version

• Hevy has a social layer — friends, shared workouts, public profiles. NaMiVisa has none of this by design.
• Hevy limits free users to 3 routines. NaMiVisa has no routine limits.
• Both track personal records and exercise history. NaMiVisa also tracks body metrics and recovery.
• Hevy has native iOS and Android apps. NaMiVisa is web-based (apps in development).
• Both have a clean, fast logging experience — Hevy has the edge on mobile UX polish.

Social features: asset or liability?

Hevy's social layer is one of its most distinctive features. You can follow training partners, react to their workouts, and see a feed of what people in your network are lifting. For lifters who train with friends or want accountability from a community, this is genuinely useful — it brings a social gym dynamic into a logging app.

But for a large segment of lifters, a social feed is exactly what they do not want in a workout app. If your training is personal — something you do for yourself, not for an audience — the social layer adds noise without adding value. Some lifters also simply prefer that their body weight, lift numbers, and training frequency stay private.

NaMiVisa was designed specifically for this group. There is no social component at all. Your data is yours, visible only to you. This is not a missing feature — it is a deliberate choice.

Free tier limits

Hevy's free plan caps you at three workout routines. If you follow a simple program — push/pull/legs, upper/lower, or any other three-day split — three routines is workable. But if you rotate through more training blocks, run different programs across the year, or simply do not like being capped, you will hit that limit quickly. Unlocking unlimited routines requires a Hevy Pro subscription.

NaMiVisa places no limit on routines. The full feature set is available on the free plan — workout logging, body metrics, recovery tracking, progress charts, and personal records. There is no premium tier that gates core functionality.

Progress tracking

Hevy tracks strength progress well. You get per-exercise history, estimated one-rep max trends, volume over time, and weekly summaries. The charts are clean and easy to read on mobile. For lifters who primarily want to see whether their lifts are going up, Hevy delivers this clearly.

NaMiVisa tracks a broader picture. In addition to personal records and strength progress, it logs body metrics — weight, body fat percentage, muscle mass, and BMI over time — and recovery signals including sleep quality, energy, motivation, and stress. These are charted and linked to training data. If you want to understand how your body composition is changing alongside your strength, or why certain training weeks feel harder than others, NaMiVisa gives you more data to work with.

For lifters doing a body recomposition — gaining muscle while managing body fat simultaneously — this difference is significant. Hevy shows you lift numbers. NaMiVisa shows you lift numbers, body composition trends, and how your recovery is holding up.

Logging experience

Hevy has one of the most polished workout logging interfaces available on mobile. The native iOS and Android apps are optimized for in-gym use: large tap targets, fast exercise search, a built-in rest timer, and a clean set-entry flow. If you are logging on a phone between sets, Hevy's mobile UX is excellent.

NaMiVisa is web-based and works well in mobile browsers — you can add it to your home screen and use it like an app — but it is not a native app yet. The logging experience is fast and unstructured: no mandatory routine to navigate around, no template to fit your session into. For lifters who train without a fixed program, this is a feature rather than a limitation. Native iOS and Android apps are in development.

Workout templates and planning

Hevy is built around templates. You create a routine, add exercises to it, and log sessions against that structure. The app shows you what you lifted last time for each exercise in the routine — useful for tracking progressive overload within a consistent program.

NaMiVisa does not require templates. You can build routines if you want a structured workflow, but you can also just open the app and start logging whatever you are doing. This suits lifters who train by feel, those who rotate through different programs, or people who mix structured and unstructured sessions across the week.

Who should use Hevy

• You train with friends and want to share workouts or see what others are lifting
• Social accountability helps you stay consistent
• You follow a structured program and stay within three routines on the free plan
• A polished native mobile app is important to you
• You primarily care about strength progress and do not need body metrics or recovery tracking

Who should use NaMiVisa

• You want your training data to stay completely private — no social feed, no public profile
• You rotate through more than three training splits or programs
• You want to track body composition and recovery alongside your workouts
• You train without a fixed program and want a tracker that does not force you into templates
• You want the full feature set without a subscription

Bottom line

Hevy is an excellent choice if you train with a social circle and want community accountability alongside your logging. Its native apps are polished and the routine-based flow works well if you stay within the free tier's three-routine cap.

NaMiVisa is the better fit if privacy matters to you, if you want more than three routines without paying, or if you track body metrics and recovery in addition to your lifts. There is a live demo account with months of realistic training data you can explore before signing up — no email required.

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