Mobile Apps
· Updated · AppReleased Editorial Team

AppReleased is an independent mobile app comparison platform. We may earn a commission when you click through.

200 Fitness Apps, One Clear Pattern: Free Is the Default

199 of 200 apps are free to download, but the 3.58 average rating suggests price is not the same as quality.

Advertisement

199 of 200 fitness and health apps are free to download. That sounds like a win until you see the category's average rating: 3.58 out of 5. Free access is everywhere; polished execution is not.

The dataset covers 120 Android apps and 80 iOS apps. Only one listing is marked paid, so there is not enough evidence to claim that paid apps rate higher, or to establish a typical paid-app price. The practical takeaway is simpler: check the feature fit and the access requirements before assuming “free” means fully usable.

Abstract fitness and health app launch collection

The Free-App Majority Has a Catch

As the chart shows, the market is overwhelmingly free at the download stage: 199 listings are free and just one is paid. That makes price a weak filter. You need to ask a better question: does the app work independently, or does it depend on a gym membership, clinic account, or in-app purchase?

The listing data does not identify which free apps contain in-app purchases, so the percentage of apps that are truly free with no IAP cannot be calculated. Treat “free” as an installation price, not a promise that every feature is unlocked.

Personal Best - Record Tracker is the cleanest match for independent fitness tracking in this sample. It covers personal records across weightlifting, running, swimming, and marathon training, so it is broader than a single-purpose workout timer. The listing provides no price or rating, which limits the value comparison, but the feature scope is clear. Choose it if you want to log milestones across several activities rather than follow a fixed programme.

Best for Fitness
📱

Personal Best

Casual fitness enthusiasts looking to track their progress without the complexity of advanced metrics.

See App →

Home Workout - No Equipment takes the opposite approach: short, equipment-free routines aimed at abs, chest, legs, arms, glutes, and full-body sessions. The advertised seven-minute format is more approachable than Personal Best's record-keeping model, but the listing also makes broad claims about muscle gain, weight loss, strength, and height that deserve scepticism. Pick it for quick bodyweight sessions, not as a substitute for tailored coaching.

Best for Beginners
Home Workout

Home Workout

Individuals looking to maintain fitness at home without gym access, especially young professionals and students.

See App →

Shapers Fitness Urk packs in class schedules, opening hours, body-metric tracking, more than 2,000 exercises, and 3D demonstrations. The important detail appears in the first line: access requires a Shapers account, and members get it through their gym. That makes the app less useful for casual downloads but more practical for existing members who want their facility's timetable and workout tools in one place.

Dark Horse
📱

Shapers Fitness

Ideal for gym members in Singapore seeking a free, structured approach to fitness tracking and exercise guidance.

See App →

Urine Element Counter is not a consumer fitness app at all; it is a specialist laboratory utility for counting crystals, cells, cylinders, and microorganisms in urine samples. Its percentage calculations, maximum-count alerts, and basic descriptions give it a specific professional use case. It earns a place here because the category is broader than workouts, but most readers should skip it unless they work in urinalysis.

Best Design

Short Term Memory Test is another reminder that “health” does not always mean exercise. The iOS listing shows a 4.6 rating from 14 ratings and describes a brain-training picture game, but it is free with in-app purchases and designed for iPad. That rating is encouraging, though the tiny review sample makes it less dependable than a score backed by hundreds or thousands of users.

Best Rated

These six listings show why download price alone is a poor buying guide. A gym-member app, a laboratory counter, and a seven-minute home routine can all appear under the same broad health umbrella. Read the access conditions first, then decide whether the app matches your actual routine.

Fitness app categories split between workouts and health tools

Android Has More Listings, Not Proven Better Apps

Android accounts for 120 of the 200 listings, while iOS accounts for 80. That is a 60% to 40% split in favour of Android, but it does not prove Android has better apps. The dataset gives one category-wide average rating, 3.58, rather than separate Android and iOS averages.

Platform choice should therefore follow the app you need, not the larger count. iOS has at least one visible high-rated example in the supplied listings, while Android has the deeper selection of fitness utilities. The evidence supports more Android availability, not superior quality.

IHP App is an iOS health-services tool rather than a workout app. Its clinic locator searches within 5km, while the e-card, claims submission, claims-status tracking, and entitlement balance features target members of the associated healthcare programme. It is useful only when your coverage supports it, but it illustrates a key iOS-versus-Android point: platform availability matters less than whether the service behind the app recognises your account.

Best for Privacy
📱

IHP App

Individuals seeking a straightforward tool for locating clinics and managing claims who are comfortable navigating a less stable app.

See App →

Op-Kod is an iOS listing with offline search, category navigation, and favourites for action codes. It is not a fitness tracker, and the description is in Swedish, so its relevance to a general health-app audience is limited. The offline and private search functions are still useful signals for professional users who need reference material without a connection, but most casual fitness users have no reason to install it.

Best for Privacy
📱

Op-Kod

Health professionals in Singapore seeking quick access to medical action codes without internet dependency.

See App →

Breedera sits at the edge of the category: it tracks dog breeding, whelping records, health history, buyer information, and heat cycles. The free-start language may appeal to breeders testing the workflow, but it is not a human fitness app and should not be compared directly with workout trackers. Its inclusion exposes the broad tagging behind the dataset, so readers should verify category labels before trusting a health-app roundup.

Dark Horse

The platform split is useful for availability planning, not quality ranking. Android gives you more listings to browse; iOS has fewer here, but at least one app includes a visible 4.6 score from 14 ratings. Before downloading, check the store page for device compatibility, account requirements, IAP details, and the number of ratings behind the score.

What to Download Right Now

For a no-equipment routine, start with Home Workout - No Equipment, but keep expectations realistic about its broad health claims. For tracking records across several sports, Personal Best - Record Tracker is the more focused pick. Existing Shapers members should use Shapers Fitness Urk for schedules and gym-linked tools, while iPad users who want a simple cognitive game can try Short Term Memory Test.

The headline is not that free apps are better. It is that free is now the baseline, and the real cost may be an account, compatible equipment, IAPs, or a narrow use case. There is no defensible paid-versus-free rating comparison in this dataset, and no typical paid price to report because only one listing is marked paid. Download selectively.

You might also like

More articles