The 7 best free workout apps in 2026, and what "free" includes

What "free" includes, side by side

App	Free tier includes	What you pay for	Upgrade price (checked Nov 2026)
Boostcamp	Tracker, RPE logging, 14,000+ published programs, custom builder	Auto Progression, questionnaire-built program, volume tracking	Pro $14.99/mo or $59.99/yr; 7-day trial yearly
Alpha Progression	Unlimited logging, manual plans, all exercise videos	Plan generation, weight and rep recommendation per set, deloads	Pro $12.99/mo or $79.99/yr; 14-day trial
Hevy	Core logging with no ads, routine library, web app	Statistics, customisation, Hevy Trainer	Pro $2.99/mo, $23.99/yr or $74.99 for life
Strong	Permanent free account, logging, limited saved routines	Unlimited routines and PRO features	PRO $4.99/mo, $29.99/yr or $99.99 for life
Caliber	Generated workouts, logging	Plus tracking features; premium is human coaching	Plus $6–$12/mo by term
Freeletics	34 bodyweight workouts	The adaptive Coach, nutrition bundle	Coach $34.99–$79.99 by term
Bay	Everything: plan design, daily weights, progression, food log, check-ins	Nothing at the moment	Free right now

Sources: the App Store listings for Alpha Progression, Hevy, Strong, Caliber and Freeletics, and Boostcamp's Pro page.

1. Boostcamp: the most generous free tier

Boostcamp gives away what other apps charge for: the tracker, logging with RPE, a custom program builder and a library of more than 14,000 published programs (5/3/1, GZCLP, nSuns and the rest). If you already know which program you want to run, you may never need to pay. Pro, at $14.99 a month or $59.99 a year with a seven-day trial on the annual plan, adds Auto Progression (the app adjusts your loads), a starter program built from a questionnaire and per-muscle volume tracking. The thing it does not do for free is decide what you should lift; you bring the program.

Best for: anyone who wants to follow a well-known program with a good tracker and spend nothing.

2. Alpha Progression: free logging, paid brain

Alpha Progression's free tier is a complete logger: unlimited workouts, manual plans and every exercise video. What you pay for is the part that made it famous, a recommended weight and rep count for every working set with reps-in-reserve targets and scheduled deloads, plus plan generation. Pro is $12.99 a month or $79.99 a year, with a 14-day trial. It is the closest free substitute for Fitbod's logging and the best paid substitute for its programming; the Fitbod alternatives guide goes into that comparison.

Best for: hypertrophy-focused lifters who may upgrade later for per-set recommendations.

3. Hevy: the cheapest to upgrade

Hevy's free tier covers the core logging experience with no ads, a large free routine library and a web app alongside the phone. Pro is the cheapest on this list at $2.99 a month, $23.99 a year or $74.99 for life, and adds statistics, customisation and Hevy Trainer, which builds a program from your experience, goal and equipment. The social feed is free.

Best for: people who want a modern logger with friends on it, and a cheap upgrade path if they ever want more.

4. Strong: the free notebook

Strong's free accounts are permanent and cover logging; the cap is on how many routines you can save, which only bites if you rotate several programs. PRO ($4.99 a month, $29.99 a year or $99.99 for life) removes the cap. Strong does not write programs; it describes itself as optimised for progressive barbell routines such as Starting Strength and StrongLifts 5×5, which is exactly the kind of lifter it suits. Hevy vs. Strong has the full comparison.

Best for: someone running one fixed barbell program who wants the simplest possible log.

5. Caliber: free generated workouts

Caliber is the one app here whose free version will generate a workout for you rather than only record one. Its paid tiers (Plus, $6–$12 a month depending on term on the App Store) add tracking features, and its premium product is coaching by a human, which is a different category and a different price. If you want an app to tell you what to do today without paying, this is the free option; what it does not do is handle your food or check on you.

Best for: beginners who want a free workout written for them and do not mind that it stops at the gym door.

6. Freeletics: free bodyweight training

Freeletics' free tier is a fixed set of 34 bodyweight workouts. Everything adaptive (the Coach that builds HIIT, calisthenics, weights and running plans around your feedback) is paid, at $34.99–$79.99 depending on term, with nutrition sold as a separate bundle. The free tier is enough to train with no equipment at all; it is not a program.

Best for: people training in a hotel room or a living room who want guided bodyweight sessions and nothing else.

7. Bay: the whole job, free right now, no app

Bay is not an app; you text it over iMessage, RCS or SMS. Say "design me a plan" and it builds one from your goal, experience, days, minutes, equipment and anything that hurts, using the rules in how to build a personalized workout routine. Each morning's text carries the session with the weight for every lift; hit every rep and the weight goes up by rule, miss twice and that lift drops ten percent. Sets are logged in shorthand ("bench 185x5x3") or ticked off on a workout-mode page. Then it does what no app on this list does for free: logs your meals from a sentence or a photo, reviews your calorie targets every Sunday from your weight trend, and checks in once a day. All of it is free right now.

What Bay does not have is a live set-by-set screen with a rest timer in the gym, so many members pair it with one of the free loggers above (Hevy, Strong or Alpha Progression) for the time between sets.

Best for: anyone who wants the program, the progression, the food and the accountability handled, and does not want another app.

How to choose a free workout app

1. Do you want the app to decide what you lift? Free: Caliber or Bay. Otherwise you will pay (Alpha Progression Pro, Boostcamp Pro, Hevy Trainer) or follow a published program (Boostcamp).
2. Do you want a logger and nothing else? Alpha Progression, Hevy or Strong. Pick by taste; all three are free for the core job.
3. No equipment? Freeletics' free workouts, or Bay's bodyweight tier, which progresses by reps.
4. Do you also want food and check-ins? Only Bay, among the free options.

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