Have you ever wanted to run a marathon, lift a car, or do a flagpole hold? There’s an app for that (well, maybe not the car).
Even if high intensity, high performance isn’t your thing, you can find everything from full on couch potato remediation to basic step counters and activity monitors in your local app store.
There’s even an app that meows at you to sit up straight if that’s more your vibe.
Of course, these apps aren’t perfect—the step counts can be inaccurate, especially when they rely solely on your phone’s accelerometer, and not on an external tracker like a Fitbit.
That being said, step counting is only one part of most fitness apps. The top vendors in the market run the gamut from training and workouts to sleep and nutrition trackers. And consumers are snapping them up with gusto; in 2015 just over 208 million fitness apps were downloaded by consumers worldwide, and we expected this number to reach 372 million by 2020.
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This translates into about $2.62 billion in revenue in the global fitness apps market by 2020.
The top vendors in the market cover as much ground as their offerings. Some are free, some are paid; some are meant to complement a wearable tracker while some are standalone apps.
But no matter where your goals fall on the health and fitness spectrum, one of these vendors is sure to have the perfect app for you.
Technavio’s top 14 fitness apps
Adidas Train & Run
This free training app turns your smart phone into your personal trainer, providing real-time coaching, voice feedback and free cardio and strength training plans. Adidas Train & Run lets you track your heart rate, pace, speed, routes, calories and your activity when paired with a FitSmart. View your workout history, heart rate curves and route maps with your training heart rate zone display.
Whatever your goal, be it to get off the couch, lose weight, shape and tone, build strength, get faster, improve endurance, complete a 5k or run a marathon, this fitness app will help you achieve your goals faster. Train & Run keeps you inspired and in the know, helping you work out more efficiently and to stay active even through the rough times.
Azumio
Azumio™ is a leader in health and fitness apps on mobile devices with more than 70 million downloads to date on both iOS™ and Android® platforms. Azumio is dedicated to the improvement of people’s health and livelihood by influencing healthy behavior through the use of innovative mobile applications.
Daily Workouts
Daily Workouts FREE is a great 5 to 30 minute daily workout routine for men and women that steps you through some of the best exercises you can do in the comfort of your own home.
These proven exercises, demonstrated by a certified personal trainer, target all major muscles. Spending just minutes a day can strengthen and tone your body.
The routine’s simple interface, complete with video and timer, allows you to easily follow along and understand each exercise. Simply select your routine and follow along!
Fitbit
Fitbit helps people lead healthier, more active lives by empowering them with data, inspiration and guidance to reach their goals. As the leader in the connected health and fitness category, Fitbit designs products and experiences that track everyday health and fitness. Fitbit’s diverse line of award-winning products includes Fitbit Surge™ , Fitbit Blaze™ , Fitbit Charge HR™ , Fitbit Alta™ , FitbitCharge™ , Fitbit Flex® , Fitbit One® and Fitbit Zip® activity trackers, as well as the Aria® Wi- Fi Smart Scale . Fitbit products are carried in over 48,000 retail stores and more than 55 countries around the globe.
Google Fit
Google Fit is a health-tracking platform developed by Google for the Android operating system.
Jawbone
Jawbone® is a world-leader in consumer technology and wearable devices, building hardware products and software platforms powered by data science. Jawbone’s UP® system helps people live better by providing personalized insights into how they sleep, move and eat.
Nike
Nike created the Nike+ Running App and Nike+ Training Club. The Nike+ Running App tracks you’re the distance, pace of time of your runs with your phone’s GPS and accelerometer while the Nike+ Training Club provides personal training and workout plans.
Noom
We believe the best way to attract people to a healthier lifestyle is to develop products that make that lifestyle more enjoyable. On your smartphone, Noom uses cutting-edge technology to accurately monitor your progress and provide expert advice and analysis to keep you on track. By making the experience relevant to who you are, your goals, and your interactions, we provide a personalized plan that makes a balanced, healthy life attainable and fun.
Polar Electro
Listening to your body is one thing, understanding what it is telling you is an altogether different story. Polar helps you get under the skin of your training. We put it down to a combination of expertise in sports, physiology and electronics, coupled with a deep understanding of customer needs. It’s no surprise then that we’ve been leading the way in technological innovations and heart rate monitors since 1977.
Runkeeper
Runkeeper is a leading mobile running app that helps runners of all levels – including beginners – get started with a fitness routine and stick with it forever. It makes running fun and engaging through tailored music and workout experiences, and helps people build lasting routines with smart schedules that fit into their busy lives. One of the first apps in the 2008 App Store launch, Runkeeper now has more than 45 million users across 200 countries.
Samsung Electronics
With intuitive charts and helpful tips, the goals will guide you to achieve your health & fitness targets. Stay fit and get healthy with the new S Health.
The trackers not only make it easy to track your daily activities, they also allow you to measure and manage your health and environmental records such as heart rate, SpO₂, and ultraviolet using the built-in sensors in Samsung smartphones and wearables.
Sports Tracking Technologies
Sports Tracker is an award-winning application and online service developed by a passionate team of outdoor sports enthusiasts and mobile experts, in cooperation with our users.
We’re on a mission here: we want to help people train better, connect through sports, and live healthier, happier lives. And we want to do this using mobile phones: the fact is, after all, that most outdoor enthusiasts already have sports computers their pockets in the form of smartphones – those gadgets just need to be activated with the right application.
Under Armour
Under Armour (NYSE: UA), the originator of performance footwear, apparel and equipment, revolutionized how athletes across the world dress. Designed to make all athletes better, the brand’s innovative products are sold worldwide to athletes at all levels. The Under Armour Connected Fitness™ platform powers the world’s largest digital health and fitness community through a suite of applications: UA Record, MapMyFitness, Endomondo and MyFitnessPal. The Under Armour global headquarters is in Baltimore, Maryland.
Wahoo Fitness
Wahoo Fitness is a fitness products company dedicated to bridging the gap between expensive, accurate exercise sensors and the everyday athlete. We achieve this by displaying workout information on that expensive computer you already carry with you… your smart phone.
