The 10 Best Fitness Apps for Home Workouts
Stuck at home and need a workout? There are some great apps for that.
Apps have become the cornerstone of our digital lives. From how we communicate to how we navigate, apps are instrumental in how we live and operate day-to-day.
Staying fit is no exception and apps come even more in handy when we're stuck working out at home. At the top of our list: Fitbod.
Here are our picks for the best fitness apps for home workouts:
Fitbod
Freeletics
Strava
Nike Training Club
Beachbody on Demand
Sworkit
Grokker
Aaptiv
Peloton
Livekick
We’ve broken down these awesome workout apps by category to give you a better idea of which one is best for you while you’re stuck working out at home.
Best for Home Gyms
Fitbod uses AI-learning to develop a workout plan for you that includes exercises, sets, and repetitions based on your abilities, goals, and available gym equipment.
There is no free version of the app available besides the free trial. Without a subscription, you won't be able to start or log workouts. You can, however, save and create workouts using the exercise library and view exercise demonstration videos and instructions.
Read our full review of Fitbod for more information on how the app works.
A monthly subscription is $9.99 and a yearly subscription is $59.99. Use the discount code ‘TRAVEL25’ for an exclusive rate - $44.99 for a year of personal training.
Try Fitbod for free here (mobile only).
Best for Bodyweight Training
There are a few different apps that make up the Freeletics package - Bodyweight (the most popular one), Gym, Nutrition, and Running. Within each one, there's a free version and a paid version.
The free version is a fitness training program with 10-30 minute bodyweight workouts that require no equipment.
There are over 900 workout variations and they cover all of your major muscle groups. It comes with tutorial videos to help you with exercises you don't know and to get the right form on them.
The paid version is called "The Coach" and is a personalized digital trainer. It's a program developed for you based on your age, weight, goals, abilities, and availability.
Training and nutrition costs $3.35 a week, while training only costs $2.30 a week. With the purchase of either one, you'll get access to personalized training plans in the Bodyweight, Gym, and Running apps.
Read our in-depth review of Freeletics here.
Best for Running
For many runners, being stuck at home doesn’t mean you can’t go for a run. Things just aren't right without logging a few miles.
Strava will let you track your run, map your route, analyze your training, and let you upload and share your stats - all for free.
Think social network for athletes - specifically runners and cyclists.
Best for Bodyweight + Weight Training
Nike Training Club is basically a digital personal trainer. Get fit on the go with 160+ free workouts full of everything from yoga to strength training.
The app is not limited to bodyweight training - there's a fair amount of dumbbell exercises. That's great, as long as you have them accessible. If you do, NTC is a great app - you'll get an actual workout plan, rather than just a list of workouts.
Most workouts are between 15 and 45 minutes long and you can choose between low, medium, and high intensity. The workouts offer variety and are well thought out - you know you'll get a good workout with NTC.
Best for Burning Calories
BeachBody on Demand has brought us some amazing workout programs, including Insanity, P90X, and 21 Day Fix.
Creator Shaun T is joined by a team of talented trainers to bring you workouts that will torch calories and build your strength on the way to achieving that body you've always wanted.
The best thing about BeachBody on Demand is how it can be streamed on your iPhone, iPad, laptop, Fire TV, Roku, Chromecast, or Apple TV.
This instant streaming makes it a perfect choice for anyone wants to workout at home. The workouts are legit. The results are real.
Start your BeachBody on Demand free trial today.*
*Fittest Travel is an affiliate partner to BeachBody on Demand.
Best for Quick Workouts
Want a fitness app that makes working out fun and easy? Give Sworkit a shot. Fun workout names, good music, and quick but effective workouts make Sworkit the perfect app for a busy traveler.
Recently voted number one by the ACSM study by Florida University on instructional exercise standards, Sworkit will give you a hard-hitting workout in as little as five minutes.
Use guided video workouts, personalize workouts based on your goals, squeeze them in amidst your busy schedule, and get truly fit with this well-designed and fun to use app.
The free version is great. There's a large library of exercises, it's easy to navigate, and it's great for home workouts.
If you want to try the paid version of the app, it's $29.99 for a three-month subscription or $79.99 for an annual subscription.
Best for Yoga, Pilates, and Barre
Grokker is a subscription health and fitness video company with over 3,700 expert-led video classes available anytime, anywhere, and on any device.
Whether you have five or fifty minutes, Grokker is great for traveling. You'll find workout routines in practices ranging from yoga and Pilates to Barre and HIIT.
You'll get a calendar, email reminders, challenges, programs, recipes, and mediation classes.
Grokker offers two week free trial, but after that it's $14.95 a month with a month-to-month agreement or $9.99 a month with an annual subscription.
Best for Trainer-Guided Workouts
Aaptiv is an on-demand fitness app that gives you access to almost 3,000 trainer-guided and musically-charged workouts developed by certified personal trainers. And new workouts are being added weekly.
Called the “Spotify of fitness,” Aaptiv covers a wide variety of fitness regimens, including running, yoga, cycling, boxing, meditation, and stretching.
When you join, you’ll answer questions about your fitness goals and experience level. Aaptiv will then give you day-to-day classes to complete, guided audibly by their team of trainers. Unlike Freeletics, there are no video demonstrations of exercises.
Aaptiv costs $14.99 per month or $99 for the year, and you can try a free 30-day trial here.
Best for Cycling
With the Peloton app, you’ll have access to a complete live and on-demand library of classes, including cycling, which is what Peloton is best known for. There’s also bootcamp, running, outdoor, strength, yoga and guided meditation classes.
It costs $19.49 a month and grants users access to all virtual and live classes on iOS, Android, and the web.
You can try Peloton with a 90-day free trial.
Best for Live Personal Training Sessions
Livekick’s exercise program design focuses on seven key areas: mobility and movement prep, corrective exercise, power and elasticity, core stability, resistance training, metabolic conditioning and regeneration strategies.
Pick the trainer you want to work with, schedule a session, hit “GO LIVE” in the app, and follow your trainer.
Members can choose from three different plans: Rise, Elite, or Warrior. Rise consists of one weekly session and costs $32 a week. Elite has two weekly sessions at $57 a week. Warrior gives you three weekly sessions at a cost of $80.
