Free Workout Tracker Apps: What Each Free Tier Covers

Choose a free workout app around what you want to track

GymEvo includes the core tools to plan, log, and progress your strength training for free, alongside calorie and bodyweight tracking. Premium is optional. Boostcamp is worth starting with if your priority is a large free workout programs library and uncapped manual program creation. Hevy and Strong suit lifters who want a dedicated workout tracker and nothing else.

Most free workout apps fall into one of two groups, and mixing them up is why people end up disappointed. A tracker records what you lifted so you can beat it later. A class app hands you a session to follow (HIIT, yoga, Pilates, a bodyweight home workout) and records that you finished it. The table below counts the free tiers of six trackers; the guided apps at the end cover Nike Training Club and FitOn.

We publish GymEvo, one of the apps below. This comparison uses publisher documentation and GymEvo's feature inventory and source-defined limits, checked on 7 September 2026. It does not rank usability from hands-on testing, apart from one clearly labeled personal impression of Boostcamp's interface.

This page answers one question: what each app gives you without paying. If you are choosing an app rather than counting free limits, the best workout apps compared scores the same ten on what they decide for you, plateau behavior, and price.

Free features and limits

Sources: Boostcamp plans and progression description, Hevy limits, Strong listing and PRO features, Jefit plans, Alpha Progression FAQ.

A routine or workout is a session template; a GymEvo split schedules workouts across the week. Compare the number of session templates you need, not just the smallest number in a row. Hevy's graph limit also does not mean older workouts are deleted.

Platforms: iOS, Android, and the watch question

All six trackers above are published on both iOS and Android, so the operating system is rarely the deciding factor. Watch support is. Each of them has an App Store page and a Google Play listing, and the free tier behaves the same on either platform.

What differs is whether the app on your wrist is included. Jefit documents watch support as an Elite feature, so a free account logs on the phone. For the others, the store listing is the place to check: Apple Watch support appears under the app's compatibility information on the App Store, and Wear OS support is stated on the Google Play listing. Do not assume a watch app is part of a free tier because the phone app is free. This is the feature most often moved behind a subscription.

Free trial vs free forever

A free tier and a free trial are different purchases. GymEvo, Boostcamp, Hevy, Strong, Jefit, and Alpha Progression keep working when you stop paying; Fitbod advertises trial access instead, so the app closes when the window does.

All of these run a freemium model: the download costs nothing and the limits arrive later, as in-app purchases. That is not a criticism, it just means "free" tells you almost nothing on its own. Two checks before you install:

1. On Google Play, the listing shows an "In-app purchases" note with the price range, and the developer's plan page usually spells out which features sit in it.
2. On the App Store, the product page lists every subscription by name and price under In-App Purchases, and Apple shows any introductory offer separately from the standard renewal price.

Ads are the third variant to look for. Jefit sells an ad-free experience as part of Elite, which tells you a free account carries advertising. And a trial started through either store renews into a paid subscription unless you cancel before it ends, which is the usual reason someone concludes an app was never really free.

Where GymEvo's free tier is useful

You can use GymEvo for your regular training without ever subscribing. The free tier includes workout planning, unlimited logging, previous-set history, RPE logging, and rest timers. Food logging includes calories and macros, alongside bodyweight tracking. The free versus Premium breakdown lists the exact creation limits and everything the subscription adds.

Five custom workouts can accommodate, for example, a four-workout upper/lower split. The two-split limit matters when you want more saved schedules, not after your second training day. Unlimited logging lets you repeat those workouts over time.

Records and charts on the free tier

Every set you log is checked against your earlier sets on that exercise, so personal records (PRs) for maximum weight, estimated one rep max (1RM), reps at a weight, and volume are marked as they happen. The estimated 1RM and total volume charts are free across your whole history; the complete rep-record table and the record history with dates are Premium. If you want the method rather than the feature, how to track personal records covers what is worth recording and the RPE and RIR guide explains the effort scale you log beside it.

Estimated 1RM and total volume, over any range including your whole history. Both charts are free.

Moving your history over

If you are arriving from another tracker, the free tier also reads a CSV export from Strong, Hevy, or Alpha Progression once per account, so the history you already have does not have to be left behind. Strong, Hevy, and Alpha Progression each have the export and import steps.

What Premium adds

Premium adds optional automation: AI plan generation from your experience, equipment, goals, and preferences, plus automatic weight and rep targets, including weights from your one-rep max in percentage-based plans. You can already follow a free library program, build your own workouts, and compare logged sets without paying. See GymEvo's progression and planning tools.

When another free tracker fits better

Boostcamp

Boostcamp is the pick for free program choice and custom program creation. Its free plan also lists RPE/RIR logging, rest timers, and a plate calculator. Pro has additional content and workout analytics, so “free” does not mean every feature is included. Free and Pro comparison.

One personal note: we tried Boostcamp and found the interface cluttered and not especially intuitive. That is our opinion rather than a missing feature, and the workout programs library is still the largest free one here, so give it ten minutes yourself before you decide.

Hevy and Strong

Hevy or Strong fit if you prefer their logging workflow or already keep your training history there. Both are logs first: you decide the weight, they record it, which is all a lot of lifters want from a free workout app. Manual load selection is also available in GymEvo; you do not need to enable automatic progression. Check whether four routines in Hevy or three in Strong cover your week. Hevy alternatives, Strong alternatives.

Jefit and Alpha Progression

Both are usable free for logging and exercise reference, and both keep their progression features paid. Jefit's public tier table does not clearly establish free access to its progression engine; Alpha Progression explicitly reserves recommendations and personalized workout plans for Pro. Do not assume that a free download includes every advertised training feature.

Fitbod

Fitbod is outside this free-tier comparison because it does not have one. Its current FAQ describes trial access and a subscription rather than an ongoing free training tier, so it belongs in the free trial column, not the free forever one. If you are leaving Fitbod for that reason, see Fitbod alternatives.

Free workout apps that hand you the workout

If you want sessions rather than a log (HIIT, yoga, Pilates, or a home workout with no equipment), the free apps people mean are Nike Training Club and FitOn. Neither is scored on the free-tier criteria used above: we have not read their plan pages line by line on a fixed date, so treat this as routing and check the current store listing before you install. Class libraries also move features between tiers more often than lifting trackers do.

Nike Training Club

Nike Training Club is free to download and use, and the sessions are the product rather than a bonus on top of a subscription. Its catalogue is trainer-led: strength training, HIIT, mobility, yoga, and bodyweight exercises, most of them workable in a living room, on iOS and Android. What Nike Training Club does not do is hold a working weight per exercise, so there is nothing in it to progressively overload and no personal records to beat. Follow it for the sessions; once you are loading a barbell, you will want a workout tracker beside it. Nike Training Club.

FitOn

FitOn gives away a class library (HIIT, Pilates, yoga, dance, strength, and stretching) on iOS and Android, and sells FitOn Pro on top of it. Pro is where personalized workout plans, meal plans, and offline downloads sit. Like Nike Training Club, FitOn logs that you completed a class, not what you lifted during it, so it answers a different question from the trackers above. FitOn.

Is FitOn actually free?

Yes: the FitOn class library is free to use, and FitOn Pro is a separate paid subscription rather than a paywall over the whole app. The catch is the same one that applies to every app on this page. A FitOn Pro trial started through the App Store or Google Play is an in-app purchase and renews at the standard price unless you cancel before it ends. Check FitOn's current plan page for what Pro includes today, and the store listing for what the in-app purchases cost, before you sign up.

Neither app is a substitute for a coach. If what you want is certified personal trainers writing and adjusting your plan, that is a paid bracket of its own, and the app roundup names the apps in it. Subscription platforms such as Apple Fitness+ sit outside this page for the same reason: there is no ongoing free tier to compare.

What paying would add

A paid app can provide targets, longer-range analysis, reviews, or programming tools. The value depends on which of those you use. GymEvo's free tier supports planning and following your routine as well as recording it; subscribing is a choice based on the extra features you want.

For a simple manual approach, hold the weight and build reps within a range, then add a manageable increment. That is progressive overload in one sentence, and no free tier here prevents you from applying it yourself. The progression guide, calculator, and spreadsheet explain the rule.

How to choose a free workout app

Start from what you train for, because that decides which limit you hit first. A bodybuilding split with a lot of accessory work runs into routine and custom-exercise caps sooner than a powerlifting template built around three main lifts, and a powerlifting program needs the 1RM math more than it needs a large exercise library. If your training is bodyweight exercises at home, the caps barely matter and the session library does.

Then put one normal training week into your chosen app before comparing anything else. A free tier that survives a real week is worth more than a feature list. If you also want to log food in the same app, try GymEvo's free features. For subscription prices and the broader feature differences, see all ten apps compared.