# Ascend Fitness

> Ascend turns workouts, nutrition, water, and steps into elevation gained on a real mountain — a gamified fitness tracker for people who quit Strong, Hevy, MyFitnessPal, and Strava by week three. Free core tracking; Ascend Club adds the AI coach, mountain leagues, deep analytics, and the achievement-points marketplace. No ad SDKs, no data brokers. iOS, Android, and web (PWA), globally.

Ascend maps every rep, lap, meal, and water log to vertical progress on a real mountain (Mt Hood → Rainier → Aoraki → Denali → Everest). Streaks, XP, levels, and weekly mountain leagues drive the short loop; the mountain delivers the long arc. Apple Health + Android Health Connect sync bidirectionally out of the box. Built by an independent engineer — no VC, no data brokers, no ads.

## Product

- [Features overview](https://getascend.club/features): every metric (lifts, runs, water, meals, steps) maps to mountain elevation; XP + AP + levels + a forgiving streak (miss a day = −1, not reset).
- [Anatomy heatmap](https://getascend.club/features/anatomy-heatmap): 30+ named muscles, front + back, weekly load colouring + a strain board for recovery.
- [AI coach](https://getascend.club/features/ai-coach): Claude Sonnet — next-set autopilot, mid-set voice commands, chat with 90-day memory, PR/bodyweight forecasts, propose-action workflow that learns your accept rate.
- [Voice logging](https://getascend.club/features/voice-logging): on-device speech, sub-200ms, natural parsing ("100 by 8 RPE 8"), auto rest timer.
- [Mountain leagues](https://getascend.club/features/leagues): 30-climber brackets refreshed weekly, friend-scope leagues, Bronze → Silver → Gold → Platinum → Diamond → Summit.
- [Family plan](https://getascend.club/features/family): up to 5 linked climbers, shared meal planner, one grocery list, shared peak goals, family challenges.

## Pricing

- [Pricing](https://getascend.club/#pricing): Free forever (workout + nutrition + water log, basic anatomy heatmap, streaks, Apple Health sync, mountain visualisation, Bronze + Silver leagues). Ascend Club NZ$12.99/mo or NZ$119/yr (AI coach + autopilot + voice, deep analytics, Gold+ leagues, all themes, unlimited crews, marketplace, data export). Club Family NZ$19.99/mo for up to 5. 14-day trial on all Club plans.

## Comparisons

- [Compare all](https://getascend.club/compare): 10-app side-by-side.
- [Ascend vs Strong](https://getascend.club/vs): Strong is a spreadsheet, Ascend is a climb — visual long-arc progression + anatomy heatmap.
- [vs MyFitnessPal](https://getascend.club/vs): MFP counts calories only; Ascend unifies nutrition + lifts + cardio + habits + cooking.
- [vs Strava](https://getascend.club/vs): Strava owns run/cycle segments; Ascend covers strength + nutrition + habits + cardio in one mountain.
- [vs Hevy / Fitbod](https://getascend.club/vs): Ascend is gamified across all domains with a coach that reads your full log set-by-set and adapts live.

## Audiences

- [Hybrid athletes](https://getascend.club/hybrid): lifting + cardio + nutrition in one app.
- [Hyrox](https://getascend.club/hyrox), [ultra runners](https://getascend.club/ultra), [50+ masters](https://getascend.club/masters), [small teams](https://getascend.club/teams), [first time at the gym](https://getascend.club/first-time), [recovery-aware training](https://getascend.club/recovery).

## About

- [About + maker](https://getascend.club/about): built by Sam Wilson, an independent engineer in Auckland, NZ. Direct line: hello@getascend.club.
- [AI engine](https://getascend.club/ai): Claude Sonnet 4.6 for chat/reasoning; lightweight on-device model for sub-100ms next-set suggestions.
- [Integrations](https://getascend.club/integrations): Apple Health + Android Health Connect bidirectional sync (steps, workouts, heart rate, active calories).
- [Press kit](https://getascend.club/press) · [Changelog](https://getascend.club/changelog) · [Blog](https://getascend.club/blog).

## Optional

- [Climb (mountain plans)](https://getascend.club/climb): 12 peaks.
- [Calculators](https://getascend.club/tools) · [Developers](https://getascend.club/developers) · [Open source](https://getascend.club/oss).
- [Privacy](https://getascend.club/privacy) · [Terms](https://getascend.club/terms) · [Waitlist](https://getascend.club/#waitlist) · [FAQ](https://getascend.club/#faq).