Trackist vs Fitbod compares 2 apps that both decide your workout for you, in different units. Fitbod builds each session fresh, from your equipment, your history and how recovered each muscle is. Trackist writes a plan for the next 4 to 12 weeks, suggests today’s weight and rewrites the plan when you say it is wrong. Here is how that plays out, and when each one fits.
Which one should you pick?
Fitbod suits a lifter whose week is unpredictable: different gyms, different days, no interest in following a program.
Trackist suits a lifter who wants a plan with a start and an end, and a next plan built from how the last one went.
What Fitbod does well
Fitbod builds each workout from your equipment, your history and how recovered each muscle group is. Open it in a hotel gym with 3 dumbbells and you still get a sensible session. The exercise library is large, nearly every exercise has a video, and it runs on iPhone, Android and Apple Watch.
After a 7-day trial, Fitbod costs $15.99 a month or $95.99 a year.
Where Trackist is different
A session built on the spot is flexible, but it has no direction. Nothing promises that today follows from last week, and there is no week 3 to fall behind on.
Trackist writes a plan instead: 4 to 12 weeks, the same training week repeated, with the weight rising as you log. Above each exercise, one line suggests today's weight. In a plan of 6 weeks or more, the last week is a deload: the same weights at 60% of the sets, so you recover before the next plan. You can see the shape of the whole plan before you start.
Then the plan responds:
- Too hard or too easy: said once, it is noted. Said again the same week, the plan stays as it is for now. Said again in a later week, Trackist rewrites the day or rebuilds the rest of the plan around where you are now.
- Pain: tell it the exercise, the joint and how bad it is. You get a swap that trains the same muscle, picked by the coach or chosen by you from the library. Trackist stores the limitation, so later plans avoid it.
- The plan ends: the recap shows sessions done against planned, weight lifted, reps and sets, body weight change and how many lifts went up. The next plan is written from the whole plan, with coach notes on what changed.
Trackist also shows where you stand, not only what you did. The Strength Score reads every loaded set of the last 90 days across squat, hinge (deadlifts and similar), push and pull. It divides your best estimated one-rep max, the most you could lift once, by your body weight. Then it compares the result with standards for your sex and age. You get a score out of 100 and a Strength Age.
Compare them side by side
| Fitbod | Trackist | |
|---|---|---|
| How far ahead it plans | one session at a time | 4 to 12 weeks |
| How it adapts | muscle recovery and your logs, each session | your logs, plus what you report: too hard, too easy, pain |
| Can you see the whole plan | no, only the next session | yes, the training week and the shape of the plan, before you start |
| Deload | no planned lighter week | the last week of plans of 6 weeks or more: same weights, 60% of the sets |
| Exercise guidance | video for nearly everything | written form cues and a muscle map, no video |
| Platforms | iPhone, Android, Apple Watch | iPhone. Android is being built |
We checked prices and limits on the US App Store and on each app’s own site in September 2026. Both change, so the App Store has the final word.
What Trackist does not have
- No Android app yet, and no Apple Watch or iPad app.
- A smaller library: 201 exercises, chosen to cover the main movements rather than every variation, with no videos.
- No offline logging. Logging needs an internet connection.
- No way to rebuild a whole session on the spot. A swap changes one exercise. A rebuild is a bigger step, with a limit of 2 a week.
Which one fits you
Fitbod, if your training week has no fixed shape and you like it that way: travel, shift work, whatever gym you can reach today.
Trackist, if you want to be somewhere specific in 6 weeks and want the plan to show how you get there. Read why fixed programs stall, or pick a split and see how Trackist runs it for 4 to 12 weeks.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
What happens when a Trackist plan ends?
You get a recap: sessions done against planned, weight lifted, reps and sets, body weight change and how many lifts went up. Then the coach writes the next plan from the whole plan you finished, with notes on what changed. Fitbod has no plan to end. It builds each session fresh.
Does Fitbod give you a full workout plan?
Fitbod builds the next session from your equipment, your history and how recovered each muscle is. It answers “what should I do today?” well. It does not answer “what am I doing for the next 8 weeks?”.
What does Trackist do when an exercise hurts?
You tell it the exercise, the joint and how bad it is. The coach swaps in an exercise that trains the same muscle without the movement that hurts, or you pick a substitute from the library. Either way, Trackist adds the limitation to your profile, so later plans avoid it too. It changes the exercise. It does not treat the injury.
Which app is better for building muscle?
Both can work, because both keep the weight going up. A plan of 4 to 12 weeks gives you a clear path and a lighter week built in. A session-by-session app gives you more room on a chaotic week. Pick the one you will still open 5 days from now.
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