- Fitness is a popular app category and there are tons of apps you can download from the Play Store and App Store.
- Nike Training Club, Peloton, and Map My Fitness are among the best free fitness apps.
- Apps like Centr, iFIT, and Caliber are made for die-hard fitness fans who want to be comprehensive and uncompromising when working out.
Apps are the core part of a smartphone experience, and the ever-growing library of apps on Android and iOS only make this experience better. Besides social media, games, and productivity apps, Workout apps are one of the most popular categories. Since there are tons of options to choose from, here are the best Workout apps you can use.
1. Nike Training Club
The Nike Training Club is one of the best workout apps for two reasons. First, it’s completely free, unlike most workout apps on this list. Secondly, it’s got a LOT of workout programs, including videos with great audio instructions. It offers different categories of workout programs such as workout with equipment, building muscles, and whiteboard workouts.
The app has a wide selection of trainers and workout regimes for different parts of your body, with healthy tips. There are on-demand videos where they show you exactly how a specific workout is done.
Your workouts and program progress are saved and can be easily accessed once you open the app. Overall, for an app that’s completely free, Nike Training Club is easily one of the best workout apps to download.
Pros Cons Simple and great user interface Health tracking features could’ve been nice Completely free to use Lots of workouts programs and guides Top-notch workout programs
2. Caliber
For those looking for strength training programs with lots of exercises and a workout planner with instruction videos, Caliber is easily one of the best apps. It’s got a great user interface and records your activity. It comes with a schedule feature where you can see your upcoming activities.
Besides, it also has nutritional coaching, groups where you can work together, and 1-on-1 coaching if you need it. While the app is pretty great, most features are locked behind a yearly subscription of effectively $19/month. If you’re serious about your health and building muscle or trimming yourself down, Caliber is one of the best apps.
Pros Cons Great user interface Most features locked behind kind of an expensive subscription Lots of workout programs and guides Schedule and workout tracking
3. Peloton
If you’re into fitness, you may have heard about Peloton. The company makes treadmills and has an app featuring many workouts. From strength training to meditation, cycling, running, and cardio, there are lots of workouts to choose from. And many of them are free! The user experience is phenomenal, as everything is laid out pretty well and is extremely easy to navigate and access.
The platform does have paid workout videos. But we recommend skipping them unless you’re absolutely serious about going through every workout regime there is on the app. Peloton is free in most countries, but we were surprised it wasn’t available in India at the time of writing. All videos can be unlocked by purchasing premium, which costs $12.99/month.
Pros Cons Extraordinary user interface Can’t turn off music during the workout Many categories and workout programs May not be available in all countries Lots of free videos on demand Profile personalization and schedule Affordable subscription
4. Map My Fitness
Map My Fitness from Under Armour is another great workout app with tons of exercises, available free of cost. As soon as you sign in, the app suggests how you can start working out and choose from various activities. There’s a community tab where people around the globe post workout results to motivate themselves and others.
The app can also act as a journal, keeping track of your workout, and in the end, it also has lots of pre-recorded on-demand workout instruction videos. The videos are definitely well laid out on Peloton with filters to choose a particular category and intensity, and that’s missing on Map My Fitness.
Still, if you’re looking for a good fitness app, Map My Fitness ticks all major boxes. There is a premium subscription that unlocks heart rate logging and a few other perks. But it’s not big of a deal, except if you want to access training plans, in which case the subscription is $5.99/month.
Pros Cons Decent user interface Filters for videos would’ve been nice Lots of workout programs More video player options could’ve been better Free videos on demand Community tab to help you stay motivated Workout logging
5. iFIT
iFit is a decent app, but most of the content and features on it are locked behind a subscription paywall. Hence, if you’re unwilling to pay for a fitness app, skip to the last app on this list. The app gives you one free video in each category, and the rest of the videos can only be accessed if you have a premium subscription.
The videos from iFit are of great quality and the user interface is excellent. The video player, unlike Map My Fitness, has loads of options and on-screen stats tracking like speed, distance, time lapsed, and incline.
Swipe up and you get more stats like calories burned. That said, the iFIT subscription is expensive at $39/month, but given its excellent on-demand videos, it might be worth it for many.
Pros Cons Decent amount of workout categories 99% of videos are locked behind subscription Calendar to track your current and upcoming workouts The subscription is very expensive Lots of trainer profiles and videos
6. Centr by Chris Hemsworth
On one hand, we have iFIT which gives you one free video per category, which is appreciable, while on the other hand, Centr doesn’t let you in without a subscription. It’s pretty expensive at $29.99/month.
Centr is an app from actor Chris Hemsworth famous for his roles as Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. If you’re a beginner, you may have to look at another app on this list as Centr is more suited for intermediate to advanced users.
Centr’s great for muscle-building, meal planning, for advanced workout routines with comprehensive instructions in videos. Besides, it also lets you into a private Facebook group where users help each other stay motivated. The app’s flagship program is designed by Chris himself and contains many programs that help you build your entire body.
Pros Cons Decent amount of workout categories Very expensive Great for hardcore fitness people Not very beginner-friendly Comprehensive instructions
7. 30 Days Apps
If all you’re looking for are apps that can show you different types of exercises to trim different parts of your body, the 30 Days apps are pretty great. Sure, they don’t feature on-demand videos like most apps on the list do, but they show you a visual representation via animated diagrams. Besides, the plans suggested are all tailored to you based on options you select when setting up the app.
The 30 Days apps are made by Leap Fitness Group and consist of apps like Home Workout, Lose Weight for Men, Six Pack in 30 days, Running Apps, Splits for 30 days, etc. The apps do have a bit of ads in them, but they don’t get thrown at your face often, which is good. Overall, if you’re someone who doesn’t want to 100% commit and invest in fitness apps, the 30 days apps could be a nice starting point.
Pros Cons Workouts divided across different apps Ads, although not frequent, could be annoying at times Great for beginners who don’t want to invest in a hardcore app yet Great illustrations and plans Weight logging, Activity tracking,
Best Workout Apps: Beebom’s Choice
Nike Training Club, Peloton, and Map My Fitness are excellent apps if you’re looking to kickstart your fitness journey but don’t want to pay for a subscription yet. Centr and iFIT, on the other hand, are meant for mostly intermediate to advanced users serious about building muscles and other parts of the body. Caliber is great for logging, but most of its features are also locked behind a paywall.
What do you think are some of the best fitness apps? Do you think we missed apps that deserve to be on the list? Let us know in the comments.
