9 iPhone Apps to Keep You Fit
Written on November 25, 2008 by Darrell Etherington and 43 people have commented
You may have caught our round-up of iPhone apps for your car from a few weeks ago. Well, it’s time for another batch, so here’s our our list of 9 fitness-related iPhone apps. Once again, each item on the list links to a full review with feature and pricing information. Enjoy!
Nutrition/Weight/Health Information Apps
Restaurant NutritionIf you eat a lot of fast food, but you’re morbidly curious and want to know what you’re putting in your body, then this is the app for you. I like it because it helps me eat reasonably well when I’m on the road.
LIVESTRONG.COM Calorie TrackerYou probably recognize the Livestrong name from Lance Armstrong’s charitable organization that made yellow bracelets omnipresent. Well, now they’ve given us an app that keeps track of your daily calorie intake/burn.
WeightbotAn adorable robot that keeps track of your weight for you. A great app that’s beautifully designed, in addition to being useful, with nice sound effects, graphics and animations.
Personal Trainer Apps
iPump Total BodyThe perfect app for the meat-heads in the crowd. Not my personal fave when it comes to this category, but it might appeal to people who are just making the jump from more traditional workout aids like videos and DVDs.
iFitnessThe best fitness app for general users, since it gives you all the basics, but you can also customize it as much as you need to.
GymGoal LiteWhether you’ve set a serious goal to meet, or you just want to keep track of your workouts, this iPhone app can help you. Has some nice extras that may or may not suit your particular needs.
Run/Walk/Bike Tracker Apps
RunKeeperA perennial favorite in the App Store, RunKeeper is definitely more than capable of keeping track of your runs. Good integration with an online site makes it an inexpensive alternative to Nike+ for iPhone users.
FitViewStore all of your aerobic workout information in one convenient, portable location with this app. It might not record the info for you, but it does do a good job of organizing and analyzing it.
FitnioSometimes you don’t want all the bells and whistles, just a clean app that monitors your progress when you’re out for a run. Fitnio fits the bill, giving the casual runner or biker everything they need at a price that’s unbeatable.
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Phil Bowell on November 25th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
What’s with the RSS spam? Why when you do these kind of posts (which I think are a good idea) do I get nine preceding articles for each individual app (not a good idea)?
It’s a little annoying to have my feed reader get so many articles when they are all summed up and linked to in one articles at the end of it all. Seems a little unnecessary.
Staff Comment Josh Pigford, TheAppleBlog on November 25th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
@Phil (and anyone else): Shoot me an email and I’ll explain. josh at gigaom dot com
mumie99 on November 26th, 2008 at 2:50 am
I like iFitness. I wouldn’t like to do without it,
darek on November 26th, 2008 at 3:41 am
Weightbot: the nices app in whole AppStore, but it costs about 3EURO, it’s quite expensive if we look at Weightbot functionality.
Jim on November 26th, 2008 at 9:00 am
I have the Nike+ (an older version) and what I really want is some app that will give me splits automatically. In other words, have the trainer voice tell me that I just ran the last mile in a 8:30 pace. Does anything like that exist?
Gena on November 11th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
oh gosh you do know about runkeeper
Dgar on November 26th, 2008 at 9:01 am
I agree with Phil. 9 consecutive stories about fitness apps on my Google Reader did seem a little unnecessary. Or perhaps I’m just unfit…
david on November 26th, 2008 at 9:07 am
No – indication of price for each of these?
Everett on November 26th, 2008 at 9:29 am
I have lost 40lbs since July and use Weight Track to track my weight which then syncs to OKC Million (Oklahoma City Weight Loss program, i live in FL but use it just to backup to the “cloud”).
Recommended App: Weight Track
Jill on October 2nd, 2009 at 1:58 pm
SparkPeople…on iphone and online it’s awesome, the best and free for fitness, food tracking, motivation, etc. It’s unbelieveable!!
Everett on November 26th, 2008 at 9:35 am
BTW, Weight Track = FREE!
smasher on November 26th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Here’s my exercise tracker – Workout Buddy:
http://smasher.com/blog/2008/09/23/iphone-program-workout-buddy/
It allows you to define your own workouts, add exercises, sets, and reps, and count out those exercises. It also keeps track of when you performed each exercise and workout, and when it’s time to do it again. Enjoy!
John MAson on November 26th, 2008 at 10:24 am
And to think all I do is play games on my 3G!
http://www.anonymity.pro.tc
Staff Comment Josh Pigford, TheAppleBlog on November 26th, 2008 at 10:52 am
@Dgar: We published 9 FULL reviews…that’s 9 new articles…that means your RSS feed would show 9 new articles. It’s not “spam”, it’s us publishing content and your RSS reader doing its job. :)
Seeker on November 26th, 2008 at 11:54 am
You may want to also take a look at http://www.gyminee.com... While not actually an application they do have a version of their website optimized for the iphone and ipod touch with many of the features of the programs listed above.
Pat Dryburgh on November 26th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Another great app that does calorie counting and weight tracking:
http://countitoffapp.com/
It also allows for tracking online.
I’m not affiliated at all with this app, other than using it daily.
Ryan on November 27th, 2008 at 7:32 am
You missed one of the best workout and exercise apps out there, Trainer Mobile. I use it primarily for the exercise videos and descriptions, which are amazing….
Jordan on November 27th, 2008 at 10:52 am
I agree with Ryan. Trainer Mobile trumps all those other apps. For the price tag the amount of content is staggering compared to iPump or iFitness for that matter. Couldn’t recommend a better work out app.
Liz on November 27th, 2008 at 10:59 am
I totally love Finio!
Thanks for the suggestion, it is way easier to use than the other fitness apps.
I love the simplicity of the application, I can’t wait to show it to my friends.
Thanks again,
Liz
dave marks on November 29th, 2008 at 9:34 am
love these apps especially the tracker app great!!
rloughery on December 1st, 2008 at 2:43 pm
EveryTrail is another good app for outdoor activities. Tracks, distance, altitude, speed and lets you take geotagged pics along the way. http://www.everytrail.com
Benjamin Ragheb on December 12th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
FatWatch is a weight tracker that allows you to import/export your data to CSV-formatted text files, in case you’ve already been tracking with something else and don’t want to start from scratch on your iPhone.
http://www.fatwatchapp.com/
P.S. I’ve got free download codes I’m giving away.
tim on December 17th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
This is a pretty good list, but I think that it could use some updating…
I completely agree with the nutrition apps, but I think that the personal training list is a bit weak. I can’t really get what all the hype about iTrainer is about, every time that they add functionality to please the customers that wanted things that should have been there in the beginning, they do so in a very confusing and unthoughtful way. Personally, I am a much bigger fan of Trainer Mobile.
kortina on January 29th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
Here’s a new app I just used this morning: http://bit.ly/365workouts – Workout of the Day app has a no-gym-required workout for every day of the year. (I wrote all the workouts–took forever!)
Unlike some of these others that help you track by asking you to input stuff, this app is more about inspiring you, helping you think of things to do when you are too tired or don’t feel like being creative. Not really a replacement for the above, but a good companion.
Dan on February 12th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Looks like you’ve ignored Apple’s Web app category. I’ve tried the rather simplistic apps available on the App store and was rather disappointed. Finally I’ve found the best fitness app, in the Web app section, Apple Staff Pick – FitSync: http//fitsync.com/iphone I can use it OFFLINE and online. GReat videos, charts, FAcebook feeds, widgets, huge library of exercises and workouts … you need to check out FitSync.
Jennifer on March 8th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Wow! what an idea ! What a concept ! Beautiful .. Amazing … :)
Ryan on June 10th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Makes me wish my cell provider carried the iPhone….Maybe the Google phone will have some of the same apps.
Stronger Faster Fitter
GP on July 22nd, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Try iAchieve (http://petrovski.net.au/iAchieve/Index.html) to track your fitness and more.
Shaum on July 26th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Nice. I will try some of these on my iphone today. I’ll review them in the store soon too
Shaun
Kayla June on August 4th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Has anyone downloaded the new app 12 Week Fitness, its based off the Body for Life program. Its pretty cool and figured I would mention it in case you haven’t heard of it yet. The Lite versions alright but the full version is better. Its not for diet though, its mainly for working out :)
tips on getting pregnant on September 20th, 2009 at 8:59 am
I have the 12 week fitness app and I love it. The easiest diet/workout plan I have ever tried is the body for life plan. This app works great for those who are doing this.
Adduce Studios on September 11th, 2009 at 6:59 am
Try BodyJournal – it’s been designed to make tracking your calories simple enough to do every day and setting goals and tracking weight easy so you can stick with a diet program. It has also just been nominated for an award.
You can check it out at http://www.adduce.se/bodyjournal.html.
Trix on September 12th, 2009 at 6:02 am
Try also Ghost Race! Ghost Race lets you record yourself running, walking, cycling, even skiiing or sailing, then race against yourself with realtime visual and audio queues to tell you if you’re behind your last pace. Available in App Store here http://bit.ly/info/10a1xB
Kare Morstol on October 5th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
For a very simple app that lets you add your own exercises, try “Repetitions” (http://nottoobadsoftware.com/Repetitions/).
Luc on October 28th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Do not forget that exercising your thumbs is important too!!!
Check this hilarious application for the iphone…a thumb gym:
http://modus-spes.appspot.com/thumbgym/index.html
Andre on November 11th, 2009 at 5:08 am
Also this one for fitness and outdoor workouts, works for me at least it keeps me fit :D
Andre on November 11th, 2009 at 5:08 am
http://www.sportypal.com