Fitness App alternatives
Users often seek alternatives to Fitness App due to recurring bugs, a restrictive paywall, and limited customization for workouts and meal tracking. Alternatives offer more stable performance, flexible pricing, or specialized features for gym or home workouts.
Why users look for alternatives to Fitness App
- Users report frequent bugs and stability issues, including freezing, crashing, and problems with features like heart rate tracking or exercise GIFs not loading.R3R16R18R19
- Many users are frustrated by a paywall that restricts basic features, such as rest timers or access to workouts, often after a short trial period or without clear warning.R4R7R10R12
- The app offers limited customization, with users unable to easily adjust rest timers, add individual exercises on the fly, or input personal meal information, and some find workout suggestions repetitive or unsuitable for their needs.R1R6R9R14
The alternatives
Planet Fitness offers a gym membership experience with an accompanying app for check-ins, workout videos, and some activity tracking.
Better for: It suits users who prefer a physical gym environment with basic app support for check-ins and instructional videos, and who value cleanliness and a friendly atmosphere R52R55. It's less for those who need advanced workout tracking or detailed gym layout information within the app R54.
Head-to-head: Fitness App vs Planet FitnessNo reviews available to describe what Workout for Women offers or who it suits.
Better for: Too few reviews to judge.
Head-to-head: Fitness App vs Workout for WomenFitbod provides personalized workout plans based on available equipment and user preferences, with tracking for progress and strength gains.
Better for: This app is better for users who want a highly customizable workout experience, whether at the gym or at home, and who appreciate an app that adapts to their equipment and helps them track strength and progress over time R66. It's less for those seeking a free app, as it requires a subscription R65.
Head-to-head: Fitness App vs FitbodNo reviews available to describe what Gymverse offers or who it suits.
Better for: Too few reviews to judge.
Head-to-head: Fitness App vs GymverseNo reviews available to describe what Home Workout offers or who it suits.
Better for: Too few reviews to judge.
Head-to-head: Fitness App vs Home WorkoutYou should stick with Fitness App if you appreciate its step-by-step workout plans with videos, find its basic tools sufficient for free use, and are generally satisfied with its effectiveness and range of options R20. It's also suitable if you are a beginner looking for guidance or someone who wants to create their own workout program for free .
Evidence note: Workout for Women, Gymverse, and Home Workout have too few reviews to provide a detailed pitch or 'better for' assessment.
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What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 78 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R3] Fitness App What's up with the update? Now the exercise GIF doesn't load, and the fonts are HUGE. Do you check how it looks on different screen sizes? · translated
- [R16] Fitness App Heart rate disappeared: I didn’t know why the heart rate disappeared when i start the workout out in the app, it was before very useful!!?
- [R18] Fitness App Review: It was great until recently that it keep freezing and I have to delete and install every time now
- [R19] Fitness App Lousy: I’ve been using it for over two years, but lately it keeps closing on its own. I have to open it every time I exercise, and it’s annoying that it keeps asking for permission to check my heart rate, something I’ve always refused. It’s stressful using it, and I hope they fix it.
- [R4] Fitness App Unhappy: I get in a grove with this app and then next thing I have to pay for it. At least wait for a month or so I can see some results!
- [R7] Fitness App Paywall: Used to be able to use basic features free. Now you only get 3 days.
- [R10] Fitness App Extremely deceptive, lacks basic features: I wanted so so so badly to give this a solid 4 stars. It’s a little difficult to navigate but you can learn. It’s a little confusing to set up but you can learn. I was ready and willing to give it an easy 4-star review and start recommending it. Boy am I glad I **DIDN’T**! For the first week of using it, I could see the calories burned, could set the rest
- [R12] Fitness App 7 bucks a month is a lot. For 7 bucks a month, it's absolutely not needed. I would buy the app for 20-25 bucks, but like this... I'm deleting it. · translated
- [R1] Fitness App Fitness: This app doesn’t give you any new workouts. It tells you the same thing and doesn’t project anything new it’s not what you think.
- [R6] Fitness App Workouts: Some of the workouts are very high sets and reps for the average person, and even tho I said I don’t have a bench it won’t adjust the workouts that require a bench. Overall tho a very good app for someone who needs a free workout plane.
- [R9] Fitness App 3⭐️: The reason why I give this app three stars is because the choices you have to choose from for like your meals. It’s very limited like I can’t put my own personal meal and say this is what I ate today or type the name in and that mail pops up there’s none of that. it’s only specific meals that’s already programmed into the app that you’ll see and you have to choose from and if you’re not havin
- [R14] Fitness App Feature request: Please add the ability to adjust the rest timer dynamically during a workout. Right now, I can set a default timer when creating the workout, but sometimes I don’t log a set immediately and need to start the timer with 30 seconds less for that specific rest period. Currently, there’s no convenient way to do that.
- [R52] Planet Fitness Love this gym: Very clean gym!
- [R53] Planet Fitness Horrible: It is extremely slow and won’t work or load 90% of the time
- [R54] Planet Fitness Not very good: New to PF. Figuring out the app is infuriating. There should be a search button on the home page that actually links you to all information about each piece of equipment. I can find no operator manuals for anything I have used to date. Also, all equipment locations should be able to be found without walking down the entire facility. I have never seen the real time crowd meter over
- [R55] Planet Fitness Muy buena experiencia.!!!: Me gusta por qué me siento como en mi casa , encuentro todo lo que busco , excelente servicio y muy limpio me encanta .!!!
- [R65] Fitbod Nooooooooo: Horrible it told me on an add it was completely free but no over 95.00$ a year!
- [R66] Fitbod The only app I’ve paid for for 10 years: I’ve been using Fitbod since 2015 and it is far and away the best money I have spent on my fitness journey. I’ve shared about it on Reddit and with friends and even strangers at the gym. Whether you are new to fitness or a gym bro I promise you that you will love this app if you take the time to setup your profile and preferences. The amount of flexibility
- [R67] Fitbod Confused: How do you personalize this app?
- [R68] Fitbod Charging me: Even though I try to cancel subscription it keeps on charging me money 1/10 i would definitely not recommend🤮🤢
- [R20] Fitness App Amazing workout plans: I mean this app is great it has a good tutorial good workouts only bad part is everything other then workout plans were premium but what do u expect from a free app
Synthesized from 78 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store