Fitbod is the best-known app that writes your workouts for you. Tell it your equipment and how often you train, and it builds each session from your history and how recovered each muscle is, then raises the load or reps as you get stronger. It runs on iPhone, Android, Apple Watch, Mac and Vision Pro, and you can ask its certified trainers for advice.
That approach is the reason people stay, and also the reason some leave. Every claim about another app on this page comes from that app’s own App Store listing, website or help center, linked from our feature map.
Why people look for an alternative to Fitbod
You want to run your own program
Fitbod is built around the session it generates. If you follow a set program, such as a push pull legs split or a coach’s plan, a log that keeps your templates and progresses them from what you lifted fits better.
The Watch needs the phone
Fitbod’s own help center says workouts have to be started on the iPhone, and that swapping or adding exercises mid-workout needs it too.
Training alone
Fitbod doesn’t document friends, a feed or competitions.
5 alternatives to Fitbod
Splyt
A workout tracker for iPhone and Apple Watch that logs the way Fitbod does, with templates that update your weights from what you lifted, supersets and drop sets, and adds what Fitbod doesn’t document: the Watch counts your reps on its own, you can log a set by voice, an AI coach builds and schedules workouts, and you can race friends on steps, workouts, volume or sleep. If you still want workouts written for you, the AI coach builds them in chat around your records and sleep. Free on iPhone, with Pro at $9.99 a month or $79.99 a year. iPhone and Apple Watch only.
Gravl
The closest to Fitbod: an AI-built plan that adjusts training days to your recovery, schedules deloads and prescribes each session from your estimated one-rep max. iPhone, Android and Garmin.
Motra
Generates workouts from your recovery, readiness and sleep, and counts reps and detects exercises on Apple Watch without the phone.
Hevy
If you’d rather pick your own exercises: a free log with no ads, 26 ready-made programs, a friends feed, and apps for iPhone, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS and the web. Its program builder is part of Hevy Pro.
Strong
A plain, quick log with a records table and a Watch app that works without the phone. On iPhone and Android with no ads; unlimited templates are in Strong PRO.
Fitbod and the alternatives, side by side
| Feature | Fitbod | Splyt | Gravl | Motra | Hevy | Strong |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Generated training program | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | — |
| Automatic progressive overload | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | — |
| Recovery-driven workout selection | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| Watch logging without the phone | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Automatic rep counting | — | Yes | — | Yes | — | — |
| Voice logging | — | Yes | Partly | — | — | — |
| AI coach chat | — | Yes | — | Partly | — | — |
| Progress photos | — | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | Yes |
| Friends or followers | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — |
| Competitions and challenges | — | Yes | — | — | — | — |
| Android app | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Each cell comes from the app’s own words, quoted and linked on the feature map, which covers 188 features across these six apps. For one pair in depth, see Fitbod’s page.
Moving from Fitbod to Splyt
Splyt doesn’t read Fitbod’s history file today, so your past workouts stay in Fitbod. Your routines can come over: paste them as notes, upload a spreadsheet, or photograph them, and Splyt turns them into templates you review before saving. That part is free.
Which one to pick
If you like Fitbod choosing your workouts, Gravl and Motra are the nearest alternatives. If you’d rather run your own program and have the Watch count your reps, with friends to train against, try Splyt.
Questions
What is the best free alternative to Fitbod?
Hevy and Strong are free logs if you plan your own training. Splyt is free to download too, and its AI coach can write workouts for you on Pro.
Is there an app like Fitbod that works without the phone on Apple Watch?
Splyt, Strong, Hevy and Motra all log on Apple Watch without the iPhone. Splyt and Motra also count your reps.
Can I move my Fitbod workouts to Splyt?
Your routines, yes: paste, upload or photograph them and Splyt turns them into templates. Splyt doesn’t import Fitbod’s workout history.
Does Splyt plan my workouts like Fitbod?
Its AI coach builds and schedules workouts in the chat from your records, sleep and habits. You can also follow your own templates.
More comparisons
- The best Strong alternatives
- The best Hevy alternatives
- Ready-made workouts to try in any app
- Splyt help center
Splyt is a workout tracker for iPhone and Apple Watch: get it free on the App Store.