Let’s Get Physical: The 17 Best Workout Apps for 2022

Workout apps make fitness fun. But with, like, a billion apps to choose from, finding the right one can be harder than an actual workout.

That’s where we come in. We did all the digging for you to pick the best workout apps for all budgets and fitness levels. Let’s dive right in.

1. Best for bodyweight workout:Home Workout – No Equipment
2. Best for women: Sweat
3. Best for HIIT: FiiT
4. Best for ab workouts: Six Pack in 30 Days
5. Best for booty workouts: Daily Butt Workout
6. Best for short workouts: Seven
7. Best for muscle gain: JEFIT
8. Best for beginners: Le Sweat TV
9. Best free options: Nike Training Club
10. Best for resistance band workouts: Resistance Bands Workouts by Fitify
11. Best for kettlebell workouts: Kettlebell Workouts by Fitify
12. Best for weightlifting: StrongLifts 5×5
13. Best for pregnancy and postpartum: Baby2Body
14. Best for Pilates workouts: Pilates Anytime
15. Best for barre workouts: Obe Fitness
16. Best for home workouts: Peloton
17. Best for weight loss: FitOn

We did a ton of research to find the best workout apps for almost anyone. Here are the criteria we used to choose the best. These apps:

• have fab customer reviews
• offer easy cancellation plans
• are great for your body and budget
• are user-friendly and reliable (aka not buggy)
• have a wide variety of workouts

Without further ado, here’s our list of 17 of the best workout apps to help nearly every body rock their body.

Best bodyweight workout app

Home Workout – No Equipment

• Price: free 7-day trial, $39.99 per year
• Platforms: Android, iOS
• Workouts offered: bodyweight workouts

Get personalized workout recommendations and a personal trainer based on your gender, size, weight, age, and fitness goals. This app looks deceptively simple, but offers a range of workouts that can target problem areas or work your full body. It’s a great option if you prefer the app generating a workout for you rather than scrolling through endless lists yourself. Although, you can scroll through lists if you want to.

Reviewers say it’s great for busy bees that want to squeeze in a workout *and* for people with specific goals like losing weight or bulking up.

Best workout app for women

Sweat

• Price: free 7-day trial, $19.99/month (or $119.94/year)
• Platforms: Android, iOS
• Workouts offered: weightlifting, bodyweight workouts, HIIT, yoga, Pilates, barre, boxing, low impact strength training, pregnancy and postpartum

Remember that Kayla Itsines PDF we all passed around 8 years ago? The Australian personal trainer’s workouts came a LONG way since then.

The Sweat app has tons of progressive programs designed for women by women. We’re fans of Stephanie Sanzo’s Strength & Resistance program, which is a full-body weightlifting program. You’ll typically need a gym membership or a pretty well-stocked home gym to complete it — but there are a bunch of at-home programs with less equipment needed to choose from, too.

Each program usually gives you a bird’s-eye view of your week and allows you to schedule each workout ahead of time. When it’s time to hit the gym, the app offers warmup options, detailed instructions and videos for each move, pre-set timers for rest, and a cooldown. It’s great for beginners looking to dive into a routine or advanced athletes looking for a little more structure.

Best HIIT workout app

FiiT

• Price: free 14-day trial, $20/month ($120/year)
• Platforms: Android, iOS
• Workouts offered: dumbbell, kettlebell, bodyweight, HIIT, strength training, Pilates, yoga, AssaultBike

FiiT can keep your sweat sesh fresh. The three categories (strength, cardio, and rebalance) come in 10-, 25-, 40-, or 60-minute classes. You can also pick from entry-level, beginner, intermediate, or advanced levels for each.

The brand says all you typically need is a 2-by-2-meter space to get started. Many of the workouts usually don’t require any equipment other than an exercise mat — but you can also take strength classes with dumbbells or kettlebells, or even hop on an AssaultBike air bike for a connected HIIT sesh.

There are week-by-week programs that you can follow along with, too. Not sure if it’s the app for you? Start with a 14-day free trial to check it out before you commit.

Best ab workout app

Six Pack in 30 Days

• Price: $9.99/month ($39.99/year)
• Platforms: Android, iOS
• Workouts offered: core workouts

If you’ve got a handle on your workouts and just want to add some core-specific workouts to your routine, this one might be for you.

You can choose from a beginner, intermediate, or advanced program. No matter which you choose, you’ll usually work through a progressive 30-day program that gets more difficult over time.

Reviewers say it can be easy to follow along with the workouts. They also say it’s great for beginners — but fitness fanatics appreciate the challenge too.

Best booty workout app

Daily Butt Workout

• Price: free (or $4.99 for pro version)
• Platforms: Android, iOS
• Workouts offered: butt-toning workouts

Try this free app made to provide you with baby-got-back butt workouts. It only has two different 5- to 10-minute targeted workouts, but they might make your booty feel the burn. You can also pay $5 for the pro version, which can create random routines using 30 diff exercises.

The routines come with videos that can be easy to follow, and the app usually only requires short workouts once daily. Just remember that workouts like this aren’t designed to get your whole bod in shape — it takes more than booty workouts to get fit.

Best workout app for short workouts

Seven

• Price: free, premium: $4.99/month ($39.99/year)
• Platforms: Android, iOS
• Workouts offered: bodyweight workouts, HIIT, yoga, stretch, cardio

Don’t have an hour a day to dedicate to SoulCycle? We hear ya. Thankfully, Seven’s 7-minute workout routines are made to give you the max benefit in the shortest time possible.

The app lets you customize your workouts based on your goal (getting fit, losing weight, or getting strong) and fitness level. Each workout is designed to do anytime and anywhere — zero equipment needed.

You can also launch the workouts right from your Apple Watch, so you might never miss a workout.

Best workout app for muscle gain

JEFIT

• Price: free, Elite: $12.99/month ($79.99/year)
• Platforms: Android, iOS
• Workouts offered: weightlifting, bodybuilding, powerlifting, bodyweight workouts

JEFIT can be a smart and fast way to track your training. The app is designed to make it easier to track your progress at the gym — rather than tracking your weights and workouts in an old notebook.

So, whether you’re a weightlifting newbie doing 4-day splits or an advanced bodybuilder, Jefit can build you a customized workout plan that progresses over time. You can also get an entire exercise database with detailed instructions and videos for each.

Try using the app for free or opt for the Elite subscription, which gives you access to audio cues, more advanced analytics, and extra training routines.

Best workout app for beginners

Le Sweat TV

• Price: free 7-day trial, $18.99/month ($159.99/year)
• Platforms: Android, iOS
• Workouts offered: bodyweight workouts, HIIT, strength, cardio, yoga, mobility

Get ready for professional-grade training in the comfort of your home. All workouts are designed by world-class trainer Charlee Atkins.

Le Sweat offers progressive programs that may help beginners. Get started with a 4-week beginner program with 5 strength and cardio workouts per week. Or jump into a 30-day booty challenge or a dumbbell-focused calendar.

Reviewers say this app has a personal trainer feel that’s great for beginners or people jumping back into fitness. They also say you might get legit results if you stick to it.

Best free workout app

Nike Training Club

• Price: free
• Platforms: Android, iOS
• Workouts offered: strength, yoga, HIIT, cardio

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Nike made this popular workout app temporarily free to give people access to workouts while sheltering in place. But shortly after, the company decided to make its app free forever. Woot!

You can choose between tons of live and on-demand classes. Access strength, yoga, HIIT, and cardio classes with almost any equipment available to you. You can also get healthy recipes, nutrition advice, and mindfulness videos.

The app also features programs designed to help you reach diff fitness goals. Jump into a basics program for a bodyweight-only workout refresher, or sign up for a pro strength program you’ll complete at the gym.

Best resistance band workout app

Resistance Bands Workouts by Fitify

• Price: free with in-app purchases
• Platforms: Android, iOS
• Workouts offered: strength workouts

Strengthen almost everything from your bum to your tum with this super-fun app. It’s made for resistance workouts (obvi), so be sure to buy some resistance bands before you get going.

The app has four different workout programs that feature more than 30 exercises. Each exercise has a how-to video accompanying it to make sure your form is on point.

Reviewers say that they can tackle these workouts almost anywhere (no lugging heavy weights around!). They also say that building your own workout can be super simple and keeps things exciting.

Best kettlebell workout app

Kettlebell Workouts by Fitify

• Price: free with in-app purchases
• Platforms: Android, iOS
• Workouts offered: strength workouts

Kettlebell workouts are fab for increasing balance and strength. This app has more than 45 different exercises and 5 workout programs to get your kettlebell on.

Like the resistance band version of this app, each exercise involves a how-to video and a voice coach cueing you.

Reviewers say that you usually need a kettlebell and this app to do a workout. They’re fans of how easy it can be to progress over time — you can increase the intensity by upping the weight of your kettlebell.

Best workout app for weightlifting

StrongLifts 5×5

• Price: free with in-app purchases
• Platforms: Android, iOS
• Workouts offered: weightlifting

If you’re looking for an app made to kick your butt into gear while lifting weights, this could be the app for you. The intuitive tech records all your weights, sets, and reps.

If you’re in the mood to create your own workout, you can — but if you need the app to customize one for you, you can do that, too.

It also uses progressive overload principles to make sure you get those gains. You’ll notice the recommended weights increasing each week.

Reviewers say this could be the best weightlifting app there is. They say the progressive nature of the app may show serious results. But a great part is that it can take all the planning and calculating out of your workout.

Best workout app for pregnancy and postpartum

Baby2Body

• Price: 7-day trial, $17.99/month or $39.99/quarter
• Platforms: Android, iOS
• Workouts offered: strength, yoga, stretch, cardio, breathing, pelvic floor workouts

This might be the best option if you’ve got a bun in the oven or if you had a bébé recently. In addition to fitness, Baby2Body emphasizes calm and overall wellness. There’s even a workout option if you’re currently trying to conceive.

It includes pelvic floor workouts and pregnancy-safe exercise options for every workout. We’re fans of the added mindfulness and nutrition info you get access to.

Best Pilates workout app

Pilates Anytime

• Price: 15-day free trial, $18/month ($198/year)
• Platforms: Android, iOS
• Workouts offered: mat Pilates, reformer Pilates

Pilates Anytime is made to live up to its name. All you usually need is a mat! You can choose from more than 3,700 Pilates classes (wowza!), with new classes added weekly.

You can find mat Pilates *and* reformer Pilates classes on this app — so you might be covered no matter what equipment you’ve got at home. The customizable filters can help you pick the best style and level for you.

Best barre workout app

Obe Fitness

• Price: 7-day free trial $19/month ($199/year)
• Platforms: Android, iOS
• Workouts offered: barre, Pilates, yoga, HIIT, dance, cycling, strength, boxing, trampoline, pregnancy and postpartum

Obe Fitness has a huge library of 80s-inspired workouts led by bubbly instructors. While the app offers a huge variety of classes (including trampoline classes?! So fun), we picked it for the barre app because it has waaaay more available classes than popular competitors.

You can filter by different body parts you want to target (or stick to full-body), fitness level, class length, and equipment. And there are sooo many classes that you might never have to take the same class twice — unless you want to, that is. 🙂

Best home workout app

Peloton

• Price: 30-day free trial, $12.99/month ($39/month for use with bikes or tread)
• Platforms: Android, iOS
• Workouts offered: strength, yoga, cardio, meditation, running, cycling, treadmill, walking

For some people, Peloton became an instant cult classic for at-home workouts for a reason. It offers hundreds of interactive workouts for all levels. The app contains almost everything from cardio and meditation to indoor running, outdoor running, walking, cycling, stretching, yoga, and strength training. And, you usually don’t need a Peloton to enjoy almost everything the app has to offer.

FYI: This app tends to work best if you have a smart TV, so you can follow along on a big screen.

Best workout app for weight loss

FitOn

• Price: free with in-app purchases
• Platforms: Android, iOS
• Workouts offered: cardio, strength, HIIT, yoga, stretch, bodyweight workouts, Pilates, nutrition programs

If you’re looking to lose weight, you’ve probably heard that crash dieting or overly-intense workouts aren’t healthy or sustainable.

We think FitOn may be your pick for weight loss because of its well-rounded approach that focuses on all parts of wellness, including fitness, nutrition, mindfulness, sleep, and stress reduction. The free app offers courses and guides made to help you reach your goals. Choose from programs like “Ultime 30-day HIIT, “Total Burn,” “Health Eating 101” or “The Mindful Eater.”

You can also browse through different diff guides to help you reduce sugar intake, sleep better, or hydrate properly.

The fitness programs boast celebrity workouts from the likes of Gabrielle Union, Julianne Hough, and JVN (aka fan fave Jonathan Van Ness). Slay.

Ready to go app picking? Here are some things to keep in mind:

Determine your fitness goal

Are you trying to get big quick, build a booty, lose some weight, or just work out more often? Knowing your main goal can make it waaay easier to choose an app. Here are some tips for getting started:

• If you want to build strength in general, look for apps with bodyweight, dumbbell, or resistance band workouts.
• If you’re looking to build LOTS of muscle, make sure you look for apps with strength programs that include resistance training. Think weightlifting, dumbbells, kettlebells, etc.
• If you want to lose weight, consider apps with strength and cardio options (like HIIT) that will help you build muscle and burn fat at the same time. Some apps also have nutrition advice that some people find super helpful for meeting their weight loss goals.
• If you’re trying to target a specific area — like your booty or abs — make sure you choose an app with targeted lower body, upper body, and core workouts.

Equipment needed

Now that you know your goal, it’s important to consider what equipment you’ll need for your workout.

If you already have a gym membership or you have access to plenty of gym machines and equipment, the world is your oyster.

If you plan to work out at home and only own a pair of ankle weights, make sure you choose an app that doesn’t require a full home gym.

Free vs. paid apps

You don’t need to spend the big bucks to get a high quality fitness app. There are plenty of high quality fitness apps with free versions or low cost memberships.

Most apps also have some sort of trial period to try the workouts before you have to start paying into a membership. Shop around for free until you find your fave.

Variety

Opt for an app that offers a variety of workouts. Workout variety can prevent boredom and burnout. We all need a change now and then. If you feel excited about a new workout every day, you may be more likely to stick with your exercise routine.

Progression

Some apps have thousands of workouts, but little guidance on where to get started and how to progress over time.

For some people, that’s A-OK. But for others, that can be really frustrating.

To find an app that offers progressive workouts, look for apps with exercise programs rather than exercise classes. Sweat, for example, offers week-by-week programs that progress over time so that you can constantly improve in a manageable way.

Reviews

This goes without saying, but you prob want to avoid workout apps with terrible reviews. Browse reviews on Google Play or the App Store to get an in-depth view of what reviewers think about the app.

These kinds of reviews can actually be hella helpful because many users provide feedback in the hopes that the app developers will make improvements. And a lot of times, they do!

With this list of the best workout apps, you could be owning your health game in no time. Just remember that finding the fitness app of your dream body’s dreams might take some trial and error. So, don’t be afraid to shop around!