Alternatives to Apple Fitness+
Apple's subscription service of guided workouts and meditations with metrics from Apple Watch. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Apple Fitness+
Apple's subscription service of guided workouts and meditations with metrics from Apple Watch.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Apple Fitness+.
Peloton App
Subscription fitness app streaming instructor-led strength, yoga, cycling, running and other workout classes.
Peloton App streams instructor-led classes across more than 15 workout types on Android and iOS, so it is not limited to Apple devices, but it still needs a paid membership.
Nike Training Club
A free workout app from Nike with bodyweight, yoga, HIIT and full-equipment training programs.
Nike Training Club offers more than 185 workouts for free on Android and iOS, covering strength, HIIT, yoga and bodyweight, without live Apple Watch metrics.
Sweat
A subscription fitness app for women with guided workout programs for home and the gym.
Sweat is a paid iOS subscription with over 70 structured programs for home and gym, designed mainly for women and including more than 500 recipes.
Centr
A mobile strength and fitness coaching app with guided workouts tailored to your equipment and goals.
Centr runs on Android and iOS with guided strength plans that adapt to your equipment, still as a paid subscription tied to the vendor.
Down Dog
A yoga and fitness app that generates a new customizable practice every session.
Down Dog generates a new yoga, Pilates, HIIT or meditation practice each session on Android, iOS and the web, with offline downloads and a paid membership.
Glo
An on-demand class service for yoga, Pilates, meditation and fitness at all levels.
Glo is a web-based paid service with over 12,000 on-demand yoga, Pilates, meditation and strength classes, without Apple Watch live metrics.
Freeletics
Fitness app with an AI coach that builds personalized bodyweight, gym and running training plans.
Freeletics swaps instructor videos for an AI coach that builds adaptive bodyweight, gym and running plans, available on Android and iOS with a freemium model.
Seven
A mobile workout app built around short seven-minute bodyweight sessions that need no equipment.
Seven focuses on short seven-minute bodyweight workouts on iOS with daily challenges and 12 instructors, rather than full guided training plans.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Apple Health
Apple's built-in health app on iPhone that collects activity, heart, sleep and other data from Apple Watch.
Gentler Streak
A workout tracker for iPhone and Apple Watch that focuses on consistency and rest over generic goals.
Headspace
Mental health app with guided meditations, sleep content and mindfulness tools, plus online therapy.
Ladder
A subscription strength training app with coach-written daily workout plans, video demonstrations and progress tracking.
Fitbod
A strength training app that builds workout plans from your goals, equipment, recovery and progress.
Zwift
A virtual world for indoor cycling and running with group rides, races and training plans.
