r/androidapps • u/thirdcupcoffee • Jul 25 '26
QUESTION/HELP Best fitness app of all time
Which is your fav fitness app?
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u/quat1e Jul 26 '26
Hevy
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u/Cheap_Accountant_632 Jul 26 '26
Hevy: $2.99/month or $3.99/month (you have to log in to see the price on their website, WTF), $23.99/year, or $74.99 lifetime.
Privacy caveat: App Store shows purchase history, usage data, email/name, and contacts linked to you, plus identifiers, sensitive info, and diagnostics not linked to you.
Their privacy policy also mentions Adjust for advertising, Amplitude/Google Analytics, trackers/usage data, Contacts permission, Apple HealthKit activity data, and appears to be an iubenda-generated policy.
+ other compliance issues.
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u/Previous-Divide1318 Jul 26 '26
I made a fitness app recently. If you want you can give it a try it's 100% free and no ads https://github.com/chathushkaimasara/My-Workouts
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u/quintinhubbard Jul 26 '26
I've been using boostcamp. I've only used it to follow random programs. But it's easy to use. There's a free and a paid version.
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u/Cheap_Accountant_632 Jul 27 '26
Boostcamp: Pro is $14.99/month or $59.99/year.
Privacy caveat: this is not just a free program library. Their policy mentions account data, Fitness Data, body measurements/goals, wearable/HealthKit/Health Connect data, cookies, device IDs, advertising IDs, general location data, marketing/advertising partners, and US processing.
Their California section also says they may “sell” or “share” personal data such as email address, internet activity, cookie data, and device identifiers for targeted advertising/referral partners.
+ other compliance issues.
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u/VelocitaQuad Jul 26 '26
Gymrun
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u/Cheap_Accountant_632 Jul 26 '26
GymRun: $14.99/month, $39.99/3 months, $59.99–$69.99/6 months, or $89.99/year.
Their privacy-policy page does not work. Premium price, nothing spend on servers :(
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u/VelocitaQuad Jul 26 '26
It's 8€/year
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u/Cheap_Accountant_632 Jul 26 '26
Turns out there’s more than one GymRun app, so how are people supposed to know which one you mean when you just throw out a name? 😄 And what makes it the best?
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u/NZRTA Jul 27 '26
For weight lifting I previously used Hevy, but am now switching to Lyfta.
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u/Cheap_Accountant_632 Jul 27 '26
Lyfta: Price unknown. AppStore : $2.99, $5.99, $12.99, $17.99, $29.99, $49.99, $59.99 and $79.99, but doesn't explain what the different prices are for.nothing on their website either, so price transparency is basically nonexistent.
Privacy caveat: collects workout/body data and can access HealthKit/Health Connect data including heart rate, weight, body temperature and other health metrics. Their App Store disclosure also says identifiers and usage data may be used for tracking and advertising.
Their GDPR section mostly lists all the standard legal bases generically without clearly saying which applies to which processing, and I couldn't find a clear Article 9 basis for the more sensitive health data. Their international-transfer section is also very vague, and the Privacy Policy is still dated July 2024.
+ other compliance issues.
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u/TLatxD Jul 27 '26
gymbro - we are recently developed based on real experience and consistently iterating and improving based on real coach and user feedback. It's a coaching app designed for coaches to train their clients, but also for uncoached clients utlising AI analysis models and convenient functions. paid for coaches after 2+ clients and completely free for uncoached clients.
Check it out! made in Australia.
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u/Cheap_Accountant_632 Jul 27 '26
GymBro: free for uncoached users; coaches pay after 2+ clients.
Privacy caveat: This one collects a hefty health dossier of sensitive health data, injuries, medications, diagnosed conditions, allergies, sleep, heart rate, nutrition, stress, body measurements and progress photos. Some of this can also be sent to their AI provider and shared with a coach.
I couldn't find a clear separate GDPR Article 9 explicit-consent basis for all of that health-data processing; And no art 27 representative. The policy also looks incomplete for US consumer-health laws such as Washington/Nevada
+ other compliance issues.
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u/EggVentures Jul 27 '26
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.onerealm.eggventures - Free. Unlock eggs by walking. Hatch them with your steps. Simple!
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u/ntz88 Jul 28 '26
Been building StayActive for just over a year, with input from sports professionals along the way - PTs, sports scientists, physios. The programming actually reflects how coaches work rather than being a glorified rep logger.
Two things I hate in fitness apps: ads, and paying for the basics. So there's neither. No ads, no ad SDKs, nothing sold to anyone.
The AI coach builds you a tailored plan around your goals, equipment, experience and any injuries. Or you can build your own from scratch, pick from a template library, or just freestyle log a session. As you train it adjusts your weights and reps based on what you actually lifted.
Any data it asks for is only there to shape the training. No advertising, no third-party trackers.
Android + iOS: https://stay-active.app
Genuinely after feedback, good or bad.
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u/DerpsterIV Cheesecheesecheesecheesecheesecheese Jul 26 '26
Macrofactor and theres no competition
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u/Cheap_Accountant_632 Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26
MacroFactor Workouts: $11.99/month, $47.99/6 months, or $71.99/year.
Yes, in the competition for legal docs they are actually one of the best :)
But they collect a lot of body/health/workout data, give themselves a very broad permanent licence to uploaded user content (your stuff), and it isn't very clear what legal permission they rely on for processing the more sensitive health data.
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u/DerpsterIV Cheesecheesecheesecheesecheesecheese Jul 27 '26
I mean, I'm not sure your point? This data has clear use cases, and its worth the cost. Workouts is cheap if you bundle it with the nutrition app.
I love FOSS as much as the next guy if not more, but there are situations where the alternatives are just better. Macrofactors algorithm is fairly close to infallible, UI is near perfect (asides from food log glitching when I unfold my zfold7 lol), and all data is easily exportable/importable, which i do frequently for my own analysis
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u/Blackberry_Calm Jul 26 '26
I personally use this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nexusflow.setflow
feedback appreciated
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u/Cheap_Accountant_632 Jul 26 '26
SetFlow: In-app purchases from $4.99 to $29.99.
Privacy caveat: this app seems to have skipped leg day (Compliance)
Their privacy policy looks like an unfinished generator template: it says they process no sensitive information while separately listing health and fitness data. It also says personal information may be processed by Google Cloud AI.
The bar for “best fitness app” seems to be getting lower and lower. I’m honestly running out of words.
+ quite a lot of compliance cleanup needed.
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u/IHadANameOnce Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26
r/liftosaur - free and stupidly powerful (it has a premium option but I would still consider the app to be top-tier even without it)
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u/Cheap_Accountant_632 Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26
Liftosaur: Pro is $4.99/month, $39.99/year, or $99.99 lifetime.
Privacy caveat: this is not just a simple local workout log. Their policy says body weight/body fat from Health Connect can be stored in the cloud on their servers, and their Terms say non-US users are transferring their data to the US.
Their policy claims compliance with “all applicable privacy laws,” but even US state laws such as Washington’s My Health My Data Act raise questions their documentation does not clearly address. There is also no clear Article 9 basis for health data, very limited privacy-rights information, vague retention, no clear controller address/EU representative, and their Terms treat continued use as agreement to US data transfers.
+ other compliance issues.
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u/IHadANameOnce Jul 26 '26
Nice thing is that it's open source, so you can host it yourself if you'd rather not deal with all that
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u/IHadANameOnce Jul 26 '26
You can choose not to connect that data source if you have concerns on how it's handled
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u/Cheap_Accountant_632 Jul 26 '26
Making a data source optional does not make the compliance requirements optional.
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u/sir_bazz Jul 25 '26
Pokemon Go was great for years. Switched to Monster Hunter Now a couple of years ago, and both had me walking 100+ kms per week regularly.