Freeletics alternatives, free and paid

Freeletics alternatives, ranked

Ranked for a Freeletics user who wants to pay less or nothing and keep getting stronger: free apps that still tell you what to do next come first, then paid swaps by how close they are to Freeletics, then apps for moving into weights.

1. 1. Nike Training Club

   Best for: Free guided bodyweight, HIIT and strength

   Price

   Free

   Platforms

   iPhone, Apple Watch, Android

   Where it wins

   • Strength, conditioning, yoga and Pilates workouts free
   • Trainer-led classes and weeks-long programs
   • Next, pause and skip from Apple Watch

   Where it falls short

   • Guided classes; you pick the weights

2. 2. RIRLift

   Best for: Strength that keeps climbing, bodyweight or loaded, free

   Price

   Free; Pro $9.99/month or $79.99/year

   Platforms

   iPhone and Apple Watch

   Where it wins

   • Rep targets that rise when your weakest set hits them
   • Weight set for every set once you add load
   • Free with no trial clock; logging on Apple Watch

   Where it falls short

   • No HIIT interval timers or follow-along video
   • iPhone and Apple Watch only; Android is a waitlist

3. 3. Fitify

   Best for: The closest paid swap: a personalized plan for less

   Price

   Free selected workouts; Pro $9.99/month or $69.99/year

   Platforms

   iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Android

   Where it wins

   • 900+ exercises, bodyweight plus kettlebell, TRX, bands and dumbbells
   • HD video and a voice coach, offline
   • Personalized plans and an AI trainer in Pro

   Where it falls short

   • Plans need Pro

4. 4. Apple Fitness+

   Best for: Short follow-along classes on Apple devices

   Price

   $9.99/month or $79.99/year

   Platforms

   iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch

   Where it wins

   • HIIT, Strength, Core and 9 more workout types, 5 to 45 minutes
   • Custom Plans; shared with up to five family members

   Where it falls short

   • No Android
   • Follow-along classes; you pick the weights

5. 5. Sweat

   Best for: Trainer programs for women, home or gym

   Price

   $24.99/month or $134.99/year

   Platforms

   iPhone, iPad, Android, Apple TV, Apple Watch

   Where it wins

   • HIIT, circuits, bodyweight, Pilates and strength programs
   • Video demos and trainer audio cues
   • 200+ meals and a large community

   Where it falls short

   • No free tier after the trial
   • Built for women

6. 6. Fitbod

   Best for: Moving into weights with workouts generated for you

   Price

   $15.99/month or $95.99/year

   Platforms

   iPhone, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS

   Where it wins

   • Builds each session from your equipment, history and recovery
   • Bodyweight-only workouts supported
   • Recommends sets, reps and weight

   Where it falls short

   • No free tier after the 7-day trial

7. 7. Caliber

   Best for: A free tracker as you move to the gym

   Price

   Free; Plus $12/month or $72/year

   Platforms

   iPhone and Android

   Where it wins

   • Unlimited free workouts and 800+ exercises with video tutorials
   • 120+ coach-designed plans in Plus

   Where it falls short

   • No Apple Watch app
   • You build and log your own sessions

What to look for in a Freeletics alternative

• Free means what, exactly

  Freeletics' free version has 34 HIIT bodyweight workouts; its Coach is sold in 3-, 6- and 12-month terms. Nike Training Club and RIRLift are free; Fitify and Caliber have free tiers with paid plans.

• Guided sessions or a plan you progress

  Freeletics, NTC, Fitify and Fitness+ guide you through each workout with video or voice. RIRLift doesn't: you log reps and reps in reserve, and the next target is set from them.

• Progress you can count

  In RIRLift a bodyweight move's target goes up a rep when your weakest set hits it, and once you add a vest or a dumbbell, the weight moves in steps.

  

• Room to grow into weights

  Freeletics added gym and weighted workouts. If that's where you're heading, pick an app that sets loads: Fitbod or RIRLift.

Leaving Freeletics, two ways

Done with Freeletics' free workouts, training at home

You've cycled through the free HIIT workouts for months. No gym, a floor and a doorway, and you don't want a 12-month plan.

App	What it does here	For this lifter
Nike Training Club	Free strength, conditioning and HIIT classes and programs, controlled from the Watch.	The best free swap if you like being led.
Fitify	Selected workouts free; a personalized plan with Pro at $69.99/year.	Closest to Freeletics' Coach, for less.
Freeletics Coach	Personalized workouts that adjust to your feedback, in 3-, 6- or 12-month terms.	Stay if the Coach is worth the term to you.
RIRLift	The no-equipment plan below, free. Log reps and how many you had left; each move's next target is set from that.	Yes, if you want strength you can count, not another interval session.

Want to be led? NTC. Want the numbers to climb? RIRLift. Both are free.

Bodyweight, counted: week 4 of the no-equipment plan, day B

Floor only. These are last session's sets and the targets RIRLift set for next time.

Exercise	You logged	Next session	Why
Skater Squat	9 / 8 / 8 per leg, 2 left	Skater Squat × 9	Today's target was 8 and your weakest set made it. Next time, aim for 9.
Pike Push-Up	7 / 6 / 5 reps, 1 left	Pike Push-Up × 6	The target was 6 and the last set got 5, so it stays at 6.
Decline Push-Up	16 / 14 / 13 reps, 1 left	Decline Push-Up × 14	The weakest set hit its target of 13, so the next target is 14.

No timer, no class: just a number to beat on every move.

Plans for training without a gym

• The best workout for home, with little or no equipment

  No equipment, 3 days a week

  The floor-only plan from the example, three days a week.

  3× a week · 44 sets a week · ~35 min

  Add to RIRLift

  Add to RIRLift

  Scan with your iPhone camera to add this plan.

  See the plan

• The best workout for home, with little or no equipment

  Pull-up bar and bands, 4 days

  Add a pull-up bar and bands, four days a week.

  4× a week · 58 sets a week · ~40 min

  Add to RIRLift

  Add to RIRLift

  Scan with your iPhone camera to add this plan.

  See the plan

Make it fit you

• Log how many you had left

  After each set, tap how many more reps you could have done. That's how the app knows the set counted.

• Add weight when reps run out

  Put on a vest or a backpack and log the added pounds; from then on the added weight moves in steps.

• Make your own variation

  Doing push-ups with a slow lowering? Create it as a variation so its history stays separate.

When a different app fits better

• You want HIIT intervals and follow-along video. Nike Training Club, Fitify or Fitness+. RIRLift has neither.
• You're on Android. Nike Training Club, Fitify or Fitbod.
• You like Freeletics' Coach adjusting each workout to your feedback. Stay with Freeletics, or try Fitify Pro.

Questions

Read next

• The calisthenics app for getting stronger one rep at a time

  Bodyweight progress in more depth.

• The workout app for home that plans around what you own

  Training without a gym.

• Free workout tracker apps

  Free tiers compared.

• Apple Fitness+ vs Peloton: which is better for strength?

  If you want classes instead.

• How RIRLift picks your next weight

  The rules behind every target.

More ways lifters use RIRLift

• The calisthenics app for getting stronger one rep at a time

  Pull-ups, push-ups and holds: rep targets that climb each week, and weighted work when reps run out.

• The workout app for home that plans around what you own

  Bare floor, a pull-up bar, bands or one kettlebell: a plan for your gear that gets harder as you do.

• A workout app you can train on for years without a subscription

  Unlimited workouts, weights set for you and Apple Watch, free with no trial countdown, account or ads.

• The calisthenics app for your Apple Watch

  Pull-ups, push-ups and dips logged at the bar from your wrist, with the next rep target set there.

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