Fitbod and Trackist both promise to decide your workout for you, and they do it in different units. Fitbod hands you a session, generated fresh from what your muscles have recovered. Trackist writes a block of weeks and rebuilds it when you say it is wrong. Here is how that plays out, and what each one costs.
The short answer
Fitbod is the better app for a lifter whose week is unpredictable: different gyms, different days, no interest in a program.
Trackist is the better app for a lifter who wants a plan with a beginning and an end, and a next one after that.
What Fitbod does well
Fitbod builds each workout from your equipment, your history and how recovered each muscle group is, so you can open it in a hotel gym with three dumbbells and get something sensible. The exercise library is large, with video for nearly everything, and it runs on iPhone, Android and Apple Watch.
It costs $15.99 a month or $95.99 a year after a seven-day trial, which is the most expensive subscription in this comparison other than Dr. Muscle.
Where Trackist is different
A session generated on the spot is good at flexibility and bad at direction. Nothing in it is promised to follow from the last one, and there is no "week three" to fall behind on.
Trackist writes a block instead: four to twelve weeks, the same training week repeated, with the progression coming from the load you add as you log and the suggestion above each exercise. The last week is a deload when the block is six weeks or longer. You can see the whole shape before you start it.
Then the block answers back:
- Too hard, too easy. Said once, it is noted. Said again in the same week, you are told to hold. Said across weeks, the remaining weeks get rebuilt around your current level.
- Pain. The exercise, the joint, the severity. A swap that trains the same muscle, and the limitation is stored so it never comes back.
- The block ends. The recap covers adherence, volume, reps, strength trends per lift and body weight, and the next plan is written from all of it, with coach notes telling you what changed.
Trackist also measures where you stand rather than only what you did. A Strength Score reads every loaded set of the last 90 days across squat, hinge, push and pull, divides your best estimated one-rep max by your body weight and places it against published strength standards for your sex and age. Strength Age turns that into a number you feel. Both are free.
Side by side
| Fitbod | Trackist | |
|---|---|---|
| The unit it plans in | one session at a time | a block of 4 to 12 weeks |
| How it adapts | muscle recovery and your logs, per session | your logs, plus what you report: too hard, too easy, pain |
| Can you see the whole plan | no, the next session | yes, the week and the block's shape, before you start |
| Deload | not a block feature | the last week, automatically, in blocks of six weeks or more |
| Free tier | a handful of free workouts, then the paywall | one plan for life, week one of every block, the editor, the recap |
| Paid | $15.99 a month or $95.99 a year | $9.99 a month or $49.99 a year, first seven days free |
| Platforms | iPhone, Android, Apple Watch | iPhone. Android is coming |
Prices and limits were checked on the US App Store and the apps’ own pages in September 2026. Both change, and the store is the source of truth.
What Trackist does not have
- No Android or Apple Watch app yet.
- A smaller library: 200 movements, picked for programming rather than breadth.
- No on-the-spot regeneration of a whole session. A swap is one exercise; a rebuild is a considered step, capped at two a week.
Which one fits you
Fitbod if your training week has no shape and you would rather it did not: travel, shift work, whatever gym you can reach today.
Trackist if you want to be somewhere in six weeks that you are not now, and want the plan to say so out loud. Read why fixed programs stall, or pick a split and see how a block runs.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Is Trackist cheaper than Fitbod?
Yes. Trackist Pro is $9.99 a month or $49.99 a year; Fitbod is $15.99 a month or $95.99 a year, as listed in September 2026. Trackist is also usable for free: one plan for life, week one of every block, the editor and the block recap.
Does Fitbod give you a full workout plan?
Fitbod generates the next session from your equipment, your history and muscle recovery. It is a strong answer to "what should I do today" and not an answer to "what am I doing for the next eight weeks".
What happens in Trackist when an exercise hurts?
You report it: the exercise, the joint and the severity. The movement is swapped for one that trains the same muscle without that pattern, and the joint limitation is added to your profile, so future plans avoid it too.
Which app is better for building muscle?
Both can work, because both keep load climbing. A block gives you a clearer shape to progress along and a deload built in; a session generator gives you more flexibility on a chaotic week. Pick the one you will actually open five days from now.
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