9 Best Fitness Apps of 2026

Apple Fitness+ is the strongest all-round class app for people already inside Apple's device family. Apple lists 12 workout types, from Strength and HIIT to Pilates, Kickboxing, Rowing and Treadmill Run, plus guided Meditation, with new sessions added every week in lengths from 5 to 45 minutes. Custom Plans pick sessions around your favorite activities, and if you wear an Apple Watch, AirPods Pro 3 or a Bluetooth heart rate monitor, your live metrics appear on screen during the class. Classes play in the Fitness app on iPhone, on iPad and on Apple TV, so a living room works as well as a gym floor. The price is the main draw: $9.99 per month or $79.99 per year after a 1 month trial, and Apple extends that to 3 months when you buy an eligible device. The limits are clear too. Apple lists only its own devices, so Android owners cannot use it, and sessions stop at 45 minutes.

The Peloton App gives the widest class library in this list without asking you to buy a Peloton bike. Peloton describes thousands of live and on-demand classes from 5 to 90 minutes across 15+ workout types, from strength and pilates to cycling, rowing, walking and outdoor running. Peloton IQ, its AI planning feature, builds workout plans, offers performance insights and suggests next steps, while Official Teams and the Club Peloton points system add a social layer. Membership comes in two tiers. App One costs $12.99 per month or $129 per year on Peloton's site and covers unlimited strength, yoga, meditation and gym workouts, plus 3 cardio equipment classes per month on any bike, treadmill or rower. App+ removes that cap and adds Strength+. The catch is pricing by channel: Peloton's App Store listing shows App One Monthly at $15.99 and App+ Monthly at $28.99, so signing up on the web costs less. New members get a 30-day free trial with a card on file.

Nike Training Club is the strongest free option in this list. Nike's App Store listing says Nike Members get free access to strength training, conditioning, yoga, pilates, recovery and mindfulness content, with no subscription to buy. The programming is split by place: curated strength and conditioning programs designed for the gym, and whiteboard and trainer-led home workouts made for small spaces, travel and no equipment. Weeks-long programs give beginners and advanced trainees a set path, and on-demand video classes cover strength, HIIT, yoga and pilates. On an Apple Watch you can skip, pause and move to the next exercise while you watch heart rate and calories, and completed workouts sync to Apple Health. The tradeoffs come with the free price. Nike notes that video-on-demand classes are available in the U.S., you need a Nike Member account, and there are no adaptive weight suggestions like Fitbod or live classes like Peloton.

Fitbod is the pick for people who already go to the gym and want the app to decide what to lift. Fitbod says it is built only for resistance and strength training: its algorithm reads your logged workouts, tracks which muscles are recovered and applies progressive overload, then suggests the weights, reps and sets for the next session. You set the equipment you have, so the same app works with a full gym, a pair of dumbbells or bodyweight and bands at home. The exercise library has over 1,000 movements with video walkthroughs, and sessions sync to Apple Health, Strava, Fitbit and Apple Watch. Fitbod's help center lists $15.99 per month or $95.99 per year, which it says works out to $8.00 per month, and the App Store listing offers 7 days free. The limits follow from the focus. There are no instructor-led classes, cardio and yoga fans will find little here, and the monthly price is above Apple Fitness+.

Hevy is a logbook rather than a coach, and it does that job for little or no money. Hevy describes itself as a free workout tracker for iOS and Android, and its App Store listing says the free app has no ads. You build routines, mark warmup, drop and failure sets, and let automatic rest timers run between sets. Progress shows in exercise charts, personal records and a one rep max calculator, and you can add custom exercises when the library lacks one. The Apple Watch and Wear OS apps let you log a full session with the phone in a locker, even offline, and a web view at hevy.com shows routines on a big screen. A social feed lets you follow friends and copy their routines. Hevy Pro is listed on the App Store from $2.99 per month, $23.99 per year or $74.99 for lifetime. What Hevy does not do is plan for you: there are no instructor classes and no adaptive weight picks like Fitbod.

LES MILLS+ brings the group classes many gyms run onto a phone or TV. The App Store listing names BODYPUMP, the barbell class, along with BODYCOMBAT, BODYBALANCE, BODYATTACK, RPM, LES MILLS CORE, LES MILLS GRIT and more, and says trainers are picked from 140,000 Les Mills instructors. Workouts run from 10 to 55 minutes and new ones arrive every week. You can stream, cast or download sessions, so a weak gym Wi-Fi signal or a flight does not stop a class. Beyond classes, Les Mills lists monthly workout plans, fitness challenges, nutrition plans, wellness coaching, cycle-syncing workouts and programs for post-pregnancy, perimenopause and menopause. People without equipment get hundreds of bodyweight-only workouts. The App Store shows Base at $14.99 per month or $89.99 per year, and Premium at $29.99 per month or $179.99 per year. It is less suited to lifters who want sets and weights tracked, where Fitbod or Hevy fit better.

Ladder is built for people who want every workout decided by a coach and just want to press start. You join a team led by a named coach, such as a dumbbell-only plan, a pilates and strength mix or a bodybuilding program, and Ladder lists a new weekly plan with 5+ new workouts each week. During a session, in-ear coaching and video demos handle form and pacing, and the app tracks reps and weights, flags personal records and keeps training notes. Ladder also lets you log meals, and it connects to Apple Watch and Spotify or Apple Music. Coaches answer questions in team chat. Ladder's pricing page lists a 7-day free trial with no payment info collected until it ends. After that, Pro costs $29.99 per month, which limits you to 1 team with 2 changes per month, or $179.99 per year, which works out to $14.99 per month and allows unlimited team changes and Save and Replay workouts. The monthly price is high next to Apple Fitness+ or Fitbod.

Strava is the app to pick when your training happens outside as much as inside. It records runs, rides, hikes, yoga and more than 50 other sport types, and its strength view pulls exercises, sets, reps, weights and a muscle map from the device or strength app you already use. The Routes tool suggests popular routes from de-identified Strava data or lets you draw your own, and Athlete Intelligence summarizes each workout with AI. Strava syncs with thousands of devices and apps, from Apple Watch to Garmin and Fitbit, and live location sharing adds a safety layer on solo runs. The social feed and monthly challenges keep many people consistent. There is a free version; the App Store lists the subscription at $11.99 per month or $79.99 per year, a family plan at $139.99 and a Strava + Runna bundle at $149.99. Strava does not plan or coach a gym session, so pair it with Hevy or Fitbod for lifting.

Centr suits people who want the app to set both their training and their meals. Its App Store listing describes personalized plans built from your goals, preferences and experience level, with coached and self-guided workouts from 5 to 60 minutes that you can press play on at home or in the gym. Workout styles cover strength, HIIT, pilates, yoga, boxing, MMA and hybrid training, and you can filter by body part or equipment type. Centr also runs an official HYROX-certified program that builds toward race day over 12 weeks, with plans from first-timers to pros. The part that sets it apart is food: expert-designed meal plans and recipes tailored to your preferences, from plant-based to high-protein, come with the subscription. Workouts cast to a TV or tablet. Centr's store lists a 7-day free trial, then $29.99 per month, $79.99 per quarter or $159.99 per year. That monthly price is at the top of this list, and there is no free tier after the trial.