The short answer
The right swap depends on why you are leaving
If you like how Fitbod works and only want a second take on automatic weights, Gravl is the closest match. If price is the reason, Hevy logs for free, and Aion, which we make, gives you a free plan that moves up or down from your log. Future swaps the algorithm for a human coach at $199 a month. Freeletics suits bodyweight training without a gym, and Runna is the one to pick if your goal is a race.
Fitbod and six alternatives at a glance
| App | Switch to it for | Price | Free | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitbod | The baseline | $15.99 a month or $95.99 a year | 7-day trial | iPhone, Apple Watch, Android, Wear OS |
| Gravl | The same idea, with a standalone watch app | $14.99 a month, yearly from $59.99 (App Store) | Free to start | iPhone, Apple Watch, Android, Wear OS, Garmin |
| Hevy | Logging for free | Free; Pro $2.99 a month | Unlimited logging, 4 routines | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Android, Wear OS, web |
| Future | A human coach | $199 a month ($50 first month) | None; refund within 30 days | iPhone, Apple Watch, Android |
| Freeletics | Bodyweight training | $34.99 to $79.99 a plan, sold in 3, 6 or 12 months (App Store) | 34 bodyweight workouts | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Android |
| Aion Coach | A changing week, skills, a free plan | Plan free; chat coach from $3.49 a week | The whole plan, with progression | iPhone |
| Runna | Training for a race | $19.99 a month or $119.99 a year | 7-day trial | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Android |
How the alternatives were picked
We started from Fitbod's own pricing and from the reasons people give for leaving it, then picked one app for each reason. On October 20, 2026 we read each app's US App Store listing, including its In-App Purchases section, and the developer's own pricing or help pages. Ratings come from Apple's public lookup for the US store, rounded to one decimal. We did not test these apps for this guide.
Fitbod's FAQ gives the baseline: $15.99 a month or $95.99 a year when bought on its website, with a 7-day free trial. The App Store lists those prices and also a $12.99 monthly and a $79.99 yearly plan. Neither the FAQ nor the listing describes a free plan once the trial ends.
- Price, with its period, from the developer's pricing page or the App Store's In-App Purchases list.
- What is free, in the developer's own words.
- Platforms, including Android and watches.
- Who makes the plan: an algorithm, a coach, or you.
- What the app says it is not built for, where it says so.
The picks
Closest like-for-like swap
Gravl
Gravl is the app to try if you like what Fitbod does and want a second opinion on it. Both build gym sessions and set your weights from what you logged. Gravl's listing describes estimating your one-rep max from your history, adjusting when you rate a set Easy or Hard, and rounding loads to the plates you own. The price is close to Fitbod's: the App Store lists $14.99 a month and yearly plans from $59.99.
Where it is strong
- A standalone Apple Watch app, plus Wear OS and Garmin watch apps, per Gravl's site
- Turns a routine from a screenshot, a whiteboard photo or a PDF into a workout you can track, Gravl's site says
- Eight app languages, where Fitbod has three
- Free to start
Where it falls short
- Full plans, the watch app and analytics need Gravl Premium
- Strength first: Gravl's own site says it is not a running or cycling coach
- A far smaller US rating base than Fitbod's
- Price
- The App Store lists $14.99 a month, $34.99 for three months and yearly plans from $59.99 to $89.99. Gravl's site gives no price
- Free
- Free to start, per the listing. Full training plans, the Apple Watch app and analytics need Gravl Premium
- App Store rating
- 4.9 from 5,925 ratings (US)
- Platforms and languages
- iPhone, Apple Watch, Android, Wear OS and Garmin watches. English, Czech, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish.
Checked October 20, 2026. App Store listing · Developer site
Best if price is the reason
Hevy
If the subscription is what you are leaving and you already know how to train, Hevy is the obvious place to land. Logging is free and unlimited with no ads, and Hevy Pro is $2.99 a month or $74.99 once for life, per Hevy's site. The trade is that Hevy is a logger first. Its own comparison page says its Trainer feature builds a program from your goals, experience and equipment with a rule-based algorithm that does not use AI generation.
Where it is strong
- Free, unlimited logging with no ads
- Pro is $2.99 a month, $23.99 a year or $74.99 once
- iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Android, Wear OS and the web
- Friends can follow and copy each other's workouts
Where it falls short
- No AI planning; the Trainer is rule-based
- The free tier caps you at 4 saved routines, 7 custom exercises and 3 months of stats
- Price
- Free. Hevy Pro is $2.99 a month, $23.99 a year or $74.99 once for life, per Hevy's site. The App Store also lists a $3.99 monthly plan
- Free
- Unlimited workout logging with no ads, up to 4 saved routines, up to 7 custom exercises and 3 months of stats
- App Store rating
- 4.9 from 98,929 ratings (US)
- Platforms and languages
- iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Android, Wear OS and the web. English and 15 more.
Checked October 20, 2026. App Store listing · Developer site
Best if you want a human coach
Future
Some people leave Fitbod because an algorithm is not the same as a coach. Future answers that directly: its listing says you are matched with a person who writes your program, checks in and keeps adjusting it. It costs $199 a month after a $50 first month, more than ten times Fitbod's monthly price, and Future's site offers a full refund if you cancel within 30 days.
Where it is strong
- A real coach builds and adjusts your plan
- Check-ins and accountability from that coach
- Apple Watch tracking, and an Android app through Google Play
Where it falls short
- $199 a month
- No free plan; the safety net is the 30-day refund
- The app is in English only
- Price
- $199 a month, per the listing and Future's site. The site offers the first month for $50
- Free
- No free plan. Future's site offers a full refund if you cancel within 30 days
- App Store rating
- 4.9 from 10,742 ratings (US)
- Platforms and languages
- iPhone, Apple Watch and Android. English.
Checked October 20, 2026. App Store listing · Developer site
Best for bodyweight training
Freeletics
Fitbod's listing says it can build home sessions with no equipment, but most of that listing is about lifting weights. Freeletics comes from the other side. Bodyweight HIIT and calisthenics-style workouts are what its listing calls classic Freeletics, and the free version includes 34 of them. The paid Coach plans from your goals and feedback, and can add weights, machines or running later.
Where it is strong
- 34 free bodyweight workouts and more than 100 exercises
- The Coach adjusts workouts to your feedback, your time and your setup, per the listing
- Apple Watch control and an Android app
- 10 app languages
Where it falls short
- The Coach comes in 3, 6 or 12 month plans, with no monthly option on the listing
- Nutrition coaching is a separate Freeletics app
- Price
- The Training Coach is sold as 3, 6 or 12 month plans, listed on the App Store from $34.99 to $79.99. A training and nutrition bundle is listed from $49.99 to $89.99
- Free
- 34 bodyweight HIIT workouts and more than 100 exercises, per the listing. The Coach has a 14-day money-back guarantee
- App Store rating
- 4.6 from 22,282 ratings (US)
- Platforms and languages
- iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Android. English and 9 more, including French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish.
Checked October 20, 2026. App Store listing · Developer site
Best for a changing week and calisthenics skills
Aion Coach
Aion is ours. It is worth a look if Fitbod's price is the problem but you still want the plan written for you, or if your goal is a bodyweight skill and you want a step-by-step ladder towards it. The plan is free: tell it your days, minutes, kit and goal, and it builds the week from exercises that kit allows. A logged session that goes well moves the next one up one small step, and two misses back it off. The paid part is the chat coach, which changes the plan when you ask and shows you the before and after first.
Where it is strong
- A free plan with progression and one exercise swap per workout
- Ten calisthenics skill ladders with exit criteria, including the muscle-up, front lever and handstand push-up
- Running and HYROX plans alongside strength
- Remembers injuries and limits you mention, and eases or swaps moves that aggravate them
Where it falls short
- iPhone only, and the app is in English
- New, with no US ratings yet
- The chat coach is paid
- No camera form check, and no nutrition or calorie tracking
- Price
- Plan free. Coaching membership $3.49 a week, $9.99 a month, $59.99 a year; the annual one opens with 7 free days
- Free
- The whole plan: every workout, every new week, the logbook, progression and one exercise swap per workout
- App Store rating
- Too new to have ratings yet (US)
- Platforms and languages
- iPhone. English.
Checked October 20, 2026. App Store listing · Developer site
Best if running is the goal
Runna
If the goal is a race, use an app built for it. Runna, sold on the App Store by Strava, builds running plans from a first 5k up to marathons and ultras, and its listing says the strength and conditioning sessions are designed to fit around the running. It costs $19.99 a month or $119.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial on both, per Runna's pricing page.
Where it is strong
- Plans from couch to 5k through the marathon and ultra, per the listing
- Strength and conditioning sessions built to sit inside the running plan
- Works with Apple Watch, Garmin, Fitbit and Coros, and runs on Android
Where it falls short
- Running comes first, and its strength sessions are there to support the running
- At $19.99 a month it costs more than Fitbod month to month
- Price
- $19.99 a month or $119.99 a year, per Runna's pricing page
- Free
- A 7-day free trial on both plans, per Runna's pricing page
- App Store rating
- 4.8 from 35,004 ratings (US)
- Platforms and languages
- iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Android, with Garmin, Fitbit and Coros sync. English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish.
Checked October 20, 2026. App Store listing · Developer site
Why people look for a Fitbod alternative
The same five reasons come up again and again, and each one points to a different app.
- Price. Fitbod is $15.99 a month or $95.99 a year on its own site, and its FAQ and listing describe no free plan after the 7-day trial. If that is the reason, look at Hevy, which is free to log, or Aion, whose plan is free.
- A gym focus. Fitbod's listing does cover home training with no equipment, but most of it is about lifting weights. If you train in a park or a living room, an app built around bodyweight work, like Freeletics, may suit you better.
- Wanting a coach. Fitbod's trainers answer questions by email, per its listing, while the plan itself comes from the algorithm. Future gives you a person who writes it.
- Bodyweight skills. A first pull-up, a handstand or a muscle-up is built step by step, with each step earned before the next. Aion has ten skill ladders with exit criteria for exactly that.
- Running. If the goal is a race, Runna plans the running and fits strength sessions around it.
What you give up when you leave Fitbod
Be clear about this before you cancel. Fitbod's site says it launched in 2015, counts 15 million downloads and has logged 157 million workouts. It has the largest US rating count of any app in this guide, apps for Android, Apple Watch and Wear OS, and more than 1,000 exercises with video. Its weights come from your own history, and its listing says it learns from the edits you make to its suggestions. None of the alternatives above matches all of that at once.
If the price is your only complaint, look at the yearly plan before you go. On Fitbod's site, a year paid up front costs $95.99, about half of twelve monthly payments at $15.99, and the App Store lists a $79.99 yearly plan as well.
Switching without losing your progress
Your numbers are the part worth keeping. Before you leave any app, write down your recent working weights and reps for the main lifts, or export them if the app lets you. Gravl's site says it can turn a routine from a screenshot, a photo or a PDF into a workout it can track, which helps if you are moving a program across.
Then log the first two weeks in the new app carefully. The apps here that adjust your training, Gravl, Freeletics and Aion among them, do it from what you record, so those early sessions decide how well the plan fits you.
If you subscribed to Fitbod on an iPhone, cancel it in your Apple account's subscriptions. Its listing says the plan renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends.
Questions people ask
What is the best free alternative to Fitbod?
It depends on what you want for free. Hevy logs workouts free with no ads, but it is a logger first, with no AI planning. Aion's plan is free on iPhone and moves up or down from what you log; we make it, so weigh that. Freeletics gives you 34 bodyweight workouts free, and Gravl is free to start.
Is there an app like Fitbod but cheaper?
Gravl is the closest in how it works, at $14.99 a month on the App Store against Fitbod's $15.99 on its own site. Hevy Pro is $2.99 a month, but Hevy is a logger first, with no AI planning. Aion's plan costs nothing, with the chat coach as an optional membership.
Is Fitbod worth it?
For someone lifting in a gym several times a week who wants weights chosen from their own history, a lot of people clearly think so: it averages 4.8 on the US App Store. If your goal is a bodyweight skill, a race or a human coach, one of the apps above is built more directly for it.
Does Fitbod have a free version?
Fitbod's FAQ describes a 7-day free trial and then monthly or yearly plans at $15.99 or $95.99. Neither the FAQ nor the App Store listing describes a free plan after the trial.
Which Fitbod alternatives work on Android?
Gravl, Hevy, Future, Freeletics and Runna all have Android apps, per their own sites. Aion is iPhone only. Fitbod itself is on Android too.
Sources
- Fitbod: Gym & Fitness Planner, US App Store listingApple App Store, read October 20, 2026
- Fitbod FAQs: pricing, trial and platformsFitbod, read October 20, 2026
- Fitbod company facts (llms.txt)Fitbod, read October 20, 2026
- Gravl: AI Personal Trainer, US App Store listingApple App Store, read October 20, 2026
- Gravl home pageGravl, read October 20, 2026
- Gravl product summary (llms.txt)Gravl, read October 20, 2026
- Hevy Workout Tracker, US App Store listingApple App Store, read October 20, 2026
- Hevy vs. Fitbod: Hevy's prices, free tier and platformsHevy, updated October 8, 2026, read October 20, 2026
- Future Pro: Personal Training, US App Store listingApple App Store, read October 20, 2026
- Future home page: price and refundFuture, read October 20, 2026
- Future Pro download pageFuture, read October 20, 2026
- Freeletics: Workouts & Fitness, US App Store listingApple App Store, read October 20, 2026
- Freeletics home pageFreeletics, read October 20, 2026
- Runna: Running Plans & Coach, US App Store listingApple App Store, read October 20, 2026
- Runna pricingRunna, read October 20, 2026
- Aion Coach, US App Store listingApple App Store, read October 20, 2026
- Aion plan and membership pricesAion Coach
- US ratings and counts for every app in this guideApple iTunes Lookup API, read October 20, 2026
Prices and ratings change. Each app's facts carry the date they were read; tell us at the support page if one has moved. How the guides are written: How the guides are written.