Fitbod: Gym & Fitness Planner

Excellent app, tons of workouts, and tracking it impeccable. Love this app. @fitbod let me be a brand ambassador!

There is very little ability to control what exercises you do. It wants to have all the control. Every time you customize it to create custom workouts it erases them and comes up with its own. I’ve had numerous exercise routines deleted. Overall not good and won’t be renewing my subscription

This app used to be wonderful. The new Beta Coach is simply terrible. Recommending six reps when you typically do 20-25 on any given day exercise. It doesn’t adapt to your progress the way the app used to. They should not be charging people money for this.

I being using this app for 5 months now and I live it. It helps me to keep track of my progress and keep track of what I am doing.

Need to do a better job at tracking the sets that do and increase the weight to keep driving growth

I’ve been lifting for 30 years and I like the app because I don’t have to plan my workout. I do not like that I cannot change body part focus on my workouts for an extended period of time. It is getting better. I am interested in how the injury feature works.

I’ve been subscribed to Fitbod since 2024, yet I still do virtually all the workout programming myself. Despite extensive training history, exercise substitutions, preferences, and corrections, I routinely rebuild its recommendations rather than follow them. The Beta Coach mostly points out the obvious like identifying the element of an upcoming workout instead of delivering actionable insights. Progress reports emphasize activity totals while overlooking meaningful strength progression and exercise-specific personal records. I continue subscribing primarily for strength scores and my workout history data (baselines/ records), not personalized programming. These tracking features alone hardly justify premium pricing when the app’s core functionality still requires extensive manual intervention. Fitbod claims its AI learns from training and workout adjustments to deliver personalized programming. After more than two year of providing both, why am I still doing virtually all the programming myself and what actually justifies $96 annually?

I’ve had this app for almost 5 years. I think that says enough, but I’ll continue. I love the versatility of the app, by that I mean there are multiple “automatic” settings that you can set if you want the app to build workouts for you, help you figure out how many exercises you should be doing and more. I generally use it more to help my build my own workouts and keep track of what I like. It helps track your goals and progress as well. There are some things I’d change but that can be said for basically every app in existence. For the devs: my only recent thought would be that it’d be awesome if there was a calendar tab in the app. To see what workouts were upcoming and more. For me I like building weeks ahead what workouts I’m going to do and I’m sure other people would feel the same. That way if people only like runs or bikes on certain days, instead of having to change the exercise everytime the app says to do it. They can plan ahead what workouts for what days and what exercises they’re going to do. I’m sure it would help people stay on track and look ahead at what the app has in store for them. It would also help a great way to track progress and see future benchmarks. Also a way to write notes on the app, for different exercises and such.

I'm not new to lifting, but I rely on apps like this for guidance. Earlier this year I used Fitbod consistently and built up to a solid weight. Then life happened, and I started having multiple weeks between sessions. The AI coach would say "I see you've been gone for a month," and then the first workout back would be a "max effort day" at or above my peak weight. It recognizes I've been away, and instead of a gradual reintroduction, it puts me in a position to get injured. I'm shocked the app expects me to lower the weights myself after time off. That's exactly what I'm paying it to do! Adapting to real life fluctuations is the feature that should justify the price.

Does a decent job of giving workout advice, but doesn’t seem to use history to update the weight set points. I’ve had a few times when I can do more weight or less than what the app recommends and it doesn’t update the next time it pulls up that lift. Doesn’t seem to really progress you month over month, you have to tell it you’re doing more.

My only complaint is that sometimes the workouts become extremely difficult for no reason. Recently I was recommended to do 5 sets of 200 crunches in one workout. There’s also been times where the app seems to want to destroy one muscle group despite it being fatigued from the last workout.

I waited to write a review because I wanted to give an accurate assessment. I’ve been using Fitbod since June 2025, and I can honestly say I feel stronger and better than I did years ago. I love that the app keeps track of the weights I should be lifting, takes the guesswork out of planning my workouts, and with Coach Beta, even gives me a little pep talk about the exercise I’ve chosen. One of my favorite features is the workout streak. It’s surprisingly motivating to watch that number grow, and I’ve now logged more than 200 workouts. I’m someone who prefers working out on my own rather than with a personal trainer, and Fitbod gives me the structure and guidance I want while still letting me do exactly that. After 16 months, I’m still using it consistently, and that probably says more than anything else. Highly recommend.

previously the algorithm worked great, advanced my weight and reps in a reasonable way and at a reasonable pace, but with the most recent update this AI coach was like “hey i saw you maxed out at 3 sets of 6 reps on 25lbs… and then didnt work out for like a month… how about we ease back into it with 4 sets, 8 reps on 30lbs?” like it just added sets, reps, and weight all at once for no reason.

It’s super easy to use and provides great variety of training plus the option to personalize and save your workouts while monitoring trends and results is top notch. The monthly reports and strength reports are a great add on to watch progress and lagging areas. It is the one subscription I don’t mind paying.

Gained weight twice after slacking on the gym, but everytime I get back to it I log on to my Fitbod app and with no time I get rid of the weight. Love this app and it’s worth every penny!

I’ve sang this app’s praises for years now, but after today they’ve gotta get their stuff together and be lucky my subscription literally rolled 2 weeks ago. Had the “AI Coach” just suggest I jump an excercise from last week by an extra 40 lbs, with 2 additional reps, and it called it “a conservative jump”. Absolute madness. I’m actually considering a chargeback and jumping to literally any other app before being slopped with this trash.

I’ve been using Fitbod for just about 3 years now and it helps me go to the gym and know exactly what to do. It helps a ton with keeping track of my recovery and what muscles to do next. Very good implementation with Apple fitness, though the one bug that doesn’t seem to get fixed is the Apple Watch going into tracking mode when you start a workout from the app. You need to open Fitbod on the watch manually for it to track your heart rate otherwise it just guesses. Support is phenomenal. I explained my situation and they’re extremely responsive, competent and effective. Thank you Chase for helping me out!

I’ve been using this app on and off for the last six years and when I first started using it, I ended up becoming the strongest I’ve ever been and very lean with only 11% body fat. That took me six months. Now I’ve been using it for four months and I will continue for at least another four to prepare for a cruise I’m going on. I am already catching up to my original PR from five years ago. I’m actually getting bigger now because I’m eating more protein. You have to actually eat good macros otherwise this is not going to help you get to your fitness goals. I love the fact that they’ve added a description for what you did last time and what you should focus on for this lift. Sometimes it says focus on going slow and sometimes it says power through, and sometimes it says go to failure. Huge fan of this app and I have not used any other fitness app since I’ve had this for the last six years. Thank you.

This app has changed my life. I found it during a pivotal moment in my life. One year ago I went through something that I can only describe as the slap in the face I needed to get my stuff together. I had been into fitness when I was younger and fell off of it when I chose a less than healthy life through my twenties and early thirties. I needed something to help me relearn and grow into a life of fitness again. I found this app. From day one it has helped me so much. It’s helped me find a healthy way of life again, confidence and peace of mind. I’m 6’4” and was 157 lbs last year when I started. I am now a healthy 215 (the most I’ve ever weighed and that’s a good thing). The focus sets and the ever changing workouts as well as all of the options for pretty much anything you can think of makes this great for everyone. The option to create your own exercise is also super helpful just incase they didn’t think of something. Thank you for this easy to use, educational and all around great app. I am grateful to all of the people who were involved in creating it. You have all saved this man’s life more than you’ll ever know. I celebrate my 1 year anniversary with you guys!

It’s not very often I get this excited about an app but this one has been truly beneficial in ways I really didn’t expect. I knew it would plan my workouts and track my progress and that sounded great but what I didn’t realize was how it would inspire and motivate me to get up and meet my workout goals everyday. When you know exactly what is required to reach your goals and have the exact plan at your fingertips, you want to do it! It’s science and you know the formula works. There’s no gray area that potentially leads to negotiating with yourself about getting out of bed. Your motivation and drive come from a direct correlation between your workout and your body’s response. It has helped me learn to trust and enjoy the process as well as respect that consistency is what matters. I am just starting week 8 and I am noticeably stronger, leaner, and more toned. It is fantastic to look back through the data and see all my efforts as well as exactly what I did to get to this point. I work out at home and Fitbod takes all the effort and time out of planning a workout while utilizing the equipment I have available to me. It’s also helpful to know that if I did want to add different workout locations, Fitbod would be able to give me a workouts based on that equipment available too. All the stats, reports and information are so motivating and helpful to reinforce all these new habits. I appreciate the “how to” videos attached to each movement from two angles along with written instructions. The integration with other health apps is seamless and easy to work with. I am so happy to have found Fitbod and have already recommended it to several friends

The calories never match what my watch or other apps track, and seems random. I can do a heavy leg day, hit a 90 min, 18k weight moved and it registered 190 calories burned but do a 40min upper routine that I barely broke a sweat on and it says I burned 700+ calories. Couple that with glitching out in the middle of a set or workout and it’s pretty frustrating to pay so much for an app that is barely subpar.

I’ve been using this app for about 2 months and some change now… it’s been great for generating workouts… unfortunately there is 2 glaring issues so far. 1) I spent quite some time letting the app know the equipment I have at home vs the gym… it will still generate workouts correctly but it’s frequently giving me weight targets that don’t exist (what was the point of spending time building my equipment list what if it’s recommending weights that I don’t have) 2) if you add a custom workout in the workouts (something you want to try and end up liking etc) are not added by the AI to the workouts it will generate… you have to do any of your custom workouts manually each time you want to add it in. Pretty frustrating having to figure out the plate issues or bar weight for smith machine vs Olympic in the middle of the workouts while also dealing with it recommending weights that can not be reached with the gear you have. It happens frequently enough that I’m considering looking for an alternative. But this is a good app for generating workouts on a macro level

This app has made the gym more accessible for me & that’s made me more consistent than ever. 15 weeks not missing a work out, seeing consistent gains & easily tracking progress. However I got an injury that kept me out of the gym for a week (ankle & wrist injury, couldn’t even go on walks) which ruined the streak I was so proud of. I’m also now back at the gym but frustrated I can’t give specific feedback about my injuries (what parts of my body I need to be gentle with) to curb the exercises provided. After this experience I’m begging for a vacation and/or injury mode. As my wrist and ankle are healing, it would be awesome to know what exercises I should avoid & also which ones I can do to slowly build strength back up. I hope something like this becomes available in the future!

I really love this app! It’s very useful I’m helping me remember what I lifted last and to increase in weight. I wish there were a way we can add a divider when adding an exercise to a workout with supersets. I found ways to work around it but it would be nice to be able to add a divider.

I’ve been using the app for a couple of years now and can’t be happier with how easy to use it is. It helps me knowing exactly what I am doing at a gym each session, taking the guess work and procrastination out of the equation!

I love that it is so challenging! My only issue is I wish I could see my workouts for the week.

I have been using Fitbod for years. They have made many changes over that time, but to me not the important ones. When you search for an exercise, why does it not show the ones you do the most first? I have never used max whatever mode, please let me disable it. Plus it never replicates sets and reps correctly. And it can’t understand how an entire workout affects the weights and reps you can do.

I really like that this app is easy to. It obviously keeps track of my workouts, even the ones not done in this app like a class. I like that I’m getting stronger and that the new ai feature tells me what I did last work out and how to progress this time. It really takes the guess work out of what I need to do in the gym. I really like the ability to add, remove or swap out exercises.

I’ve been a user for years and have cancelled my subscription this week after constant functionality decline. It’s clear Fitbod are trying to integrate AI to improve their workout suggestions, but it’s resulted in consistently awful results. What used to be thoughtful weight increases over time and integration of new exercises has become a totally incomprehensible mess. One week I’ll do 10 reps of 50lb dumbbell presses, the next week they’ll suggest a “Max Effort Day” with 6 reps 35lb sets. Their support team is nice enough, but sadly unhelpful, often trying to rationalize clearly nonsensical advice from the app. What a sad story from a previously great app.

This “Ai” program gives me weights and reps that look like it doesn’t know what I did last week or last month. It will give me less weight and reps or say something like I haven’t performed and exercise in a while and I do it every week. I’ll be leaving when my subscription is up for another app because I’m using this to log my workouts and that’s it. Very pricey for being a glorified notebook.

I downloaded Fitbod hoping it would help me vary my exercises. It helped the tiniest bit- but I could have just gone to YouTube for free. It’s more frustrating than helpful tenfold. First - the “AI” just shuffles workouts with no rhyme or reason. Sometimes the same workout just on different equipment. It also has different equipment all shuffled, meaning you sort it all yourself. Not very smart. And it only has 3 general areas; back, chest, and legs. No way to tell it to target specific muscles unless you put it in manually. And even if you do before you hit the gym it deletes that and shuffles it again entirely. Second - The workout sorting is trash. You can either sort by muscle or by equipment. Not both. I’d love “ab workouts using mat” or “chest workouts using dumbells” but no. Either look at every ab workout or every mat workout and hope you find it. Third - If you switch gyms (because I put in the incorrect gym at the start by accident) if you want to add another you have to manually put in every equipment in there. Positives - I can see this being good for people who know what they’re doing and simply want to track their weight progress. I enjoyed logging reps as I finished (when I remembered to.) All in all, this is just a husk of what could be a great app if it had much more refinement, but at the moment it is not beginner friendly and honestly infuriating for how much potential it has.

I’ve had this app for years. Great for keeping track of progress and organizing workouts to keep guys like me from meandering around without a specific plan. Would like to see more options. Could use some club workouts for shoulders and the app could use some more calisthenics and cardio exercises like latter routines for footwork,etc. But definitely has been worth the price over the years so if you are hesitant I’d recommend giving it a try!

Reliable, quality 4-star app. I use it to track my workouts, weights on exercises, and keep track of sets, reps, and rest times. It’s great! The reasons it’s not a five: 1) no integration with Garmin 2) the variability among recommended exercises and the utilization of the pieces of equipment I designated as having access to is limited, but, to be sure, is still there: it could be better. Would definitely recommend to anyone sculpting their own workouts.