Best fitness app — 10-way comparison

10 fitness apps. 26 capabilities. Side-by-side. Updated 2026-06-09. Sources: each vendor's public docs + App Store / Play Store listing at time of writing.

● Yes · ◐ Partial · ○ No

Feature	Ascend Free · Club NZ$12.99/mo · Family $19.99/mo	Strong Free · Pro $4.99/mo vs Ascend	Hevy Free · Pro $5/mo vs Ascend	Fitbod Free trial · Pro $12.99/mo	MyFitnessPal Free w/ ads · Premium $19.99/mo vs Ascend	Cronometer Free · Gold $9.99/mo	MacroFactor $11.99/mo · $71.99/yr	Strava Free · Premium $11.99/mo vs Ascend	Whoop Hardware $239 + $30/mo	Oura Hardware $349 + $6/mo
Tracking
Strength workouts	●	●	●	●	◐	○	◐	◐	◐	○
Cardio (run/ride/hike)	●	○	◐	○	◐	◐	○	●	◐	◐
Nutrition (macros + scan)	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○
Water + habits	●	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○
Voice logging mid-set	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Coaching
AI coach (LLM-backed)	●	○	◐	●	○	○	◐	○	◐	◐
Next-set autopilot	●	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Adaptive weekly macros	●	○	○	○	◐	◐	●	○	○	○
Deload recommendations	●	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	●	●
Visualisation
Muscle anatomy heatmap	●	○	◐	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Mountain progression	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Year-of-climbs heatmap	●	○	◐	○	○	○	○	●	○	○
Social
Weekly leagues / brackets	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	◐	◐	○
Friend-scope crews	●	○	●	○	◐	○	○	●	◐	○
Family plan (multi-user)	●	○	○	○	◐	◐	○	○	○	○
Share cards (PR / mountain)	●	◐	●	○	○	○	○	●	○	○
Integrations
Apple Health	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Health Connect (Android)	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	◐	●
Strava write-back	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	○	○
Wearable read (Garmin/Oura/Whoop)	●	◐	◐	○	◐	◐	◐	●	○	○
Privacy
No ad SDKs	●	●	●	●	○	●	●	◐	●	●
Full data export (CSV+JSON)	●	◐	●	○	◐	●	●	◐	◐	●
One-tap account delete	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Platform
iOS native	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Android native	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Web (PWA)	●	○	○	○	●	●	○	●	●	●

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Comparison data verified 2026-06-09 against each app's public documentation, App Store/Play Store listing, and observable behaviour at the time of writing. Capabilities marked "partial" support the feature with caveats (e.g., limited categories, paid-tier only, or beta). Contact [email protected] if you spot an error or want a row updated.