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A Fitbod alternative that shows its working
Fitbod put its price up in June 2026. If that sent you looking for something else, this page is the comparison we would want to read: verified numbers, a dated check, and a plain list of the things Fitbod does better than we do.
Who wrote this
We make TotalBodyIQ. This is not an independent review, and it would be insulting to pretend otherwise. It is written by the small UK team that builds the app and would like you to try it. What we can promise is that every competitor figure here was checked against the competitor’s own published pricing on the date shown, and that the section on what Fitbod does better is honest.
What Fitbod costs now
Fitbod’s membership pricing is $15.99 a month or $95.99 a year, up from $12.99 and $79.99. New users get a seven-day free trial, and after that the app needs an active subscription. Existing subscribers were grandfathered on the old rate, which is why you will still see the older numbers quoted in places.
Fitbod pricing checked on Fitbod’s own help centre, 31 July 2026. Prices vary by region, platform and promotion. Confirm on your own device before you subscribe.
That is still less than one personal training session a month, so the price on its own is not the argument. The useful question is whether an adaptive generator is the right class of app for you, and if it is, which one you want doing the deciding.
What Fitbod does better than us
Three things, and they are not small.
Nearly a decade of tuning
Fitbod’s generator has been refined against millions of logged workouts. Ours is newer and has seen far less data. That gap is real and it takes years to close.
Polish and breadth
Reviewers in 2026 still treat Fitbod’s interface as the benchmark the rest of the category is measured against. Its exercise library and its plate-by-plate set targets are excellent.
A track record you can check
Fitbod has well over ten million downloads and years of public reviews. We are a new app with a small user base. Every rating we have so far is five stars, but there are not many of them yet, and we would rather say so than imply otherwise. If you want something thousands of people have already stress-tested, that is not us yet.
Where we are genuinely different
Not “also has AI”. Three specific differences.
1. Every score explains itself
The most persistent criticism of generator apps, Fitbod included in its own reviews, is that they hand you a session without telling you why. In TotalBodyIQ every number has a one-tap breakdown in plain English: what fed the readiness score, which sets counted toward which muscle group, why today is shorter than Tuesday. You can disagree with it, which is the point.
2. Cardio is in the same model
Fitbod is a strength app. TotalBodyIQ tracks GPS runs, walks and rides with five heart-rate zones derived from your estimated max, and counts them toward the same weekly load picture as your lifting. If you run and lift, that is the difference between one app and two. There is more on that on our running and lifting page.
3. The free tier does not expire
Fitbod stops working when the trial ends. Our free tier is a permanent, unlimited training app: logging, history, the body heatmap, muscle load, the full 472-exercise library, rest timer, cardio and GPS. Pro adds the adaptive session generation, recovery-aware scaling and progression targets, and costs under £35 a year. See the free comparison for the exact split.
Side by side
| TotalBodyIQ | Fitbod | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Unlimited, permanent | None, 7-day trial only |
| Paid tier | Under £35/year | $15.99/mo, $95.99/yr |
| Generates your next session | Yes | Yes |
| Muscle recovery view | Heatmap + % of weekly target | Freshness map |
| Runs, walks and rides | Tracked, and counted in weekly load | Not tracked |
| Explains each score | One tap, plain English | Limited |
| Wearable needed | No | No |
| Platforms | iPhone | iPhone and Android |
| Track record | New, small | 10M+ downloads, years of reviews |
A small team, and a direct line to it
We have been straight about being newer and smaller than the alternatives, and listed it as a weakness. This is the other side of it.
Every message gets a reply
There is no support tier and no ticket queue. You email support@totalbodyiq.co.uk and it reaches the people who build the app, usually answered within 24 hours. Bug, question, or “this bit annoys me”. All of it lands in the same inbox.
Requests actually ship
A large app weighs your suggestion against millions of other users and a roadmap set months ago. Here it gets weighed against a short list. If what you are asking for is right for the app, it gets built, and if it is not, you will get an honest reason rather than silence.
And the app tailors itself
Sessions are generated from your history, the equipment you actually have and today’s readiness, not from a template with your name on it. Tell it you train at home with two dumbbells and that is the programme you get.
Tell us what your training needs and we will build it or explain why not. That is the one thing a large company cannot offer you.
Pick Fitbod instead if…
- You train on Android. We are iPhone only.
- You only lift, and tracking cardio in the same place is genuinely irrelevant to you.
- You want the most polished, most tested generator in the category and the price is not the deciding factor.
- You would rather trust an app with a decade of public reviews behind it than a new one from a small team. That is a reasonable position.
If you want a generator that tells you why, keeps your cardio in the same weekly picture, and does not switch itself off after a week, that is what we built.
Try it before you decide.
The free version is a working training app with no expiry date. Pro has a 14-day trial if you want the adaptive side.
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