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Kinoku,
next to the others.
Each page opens by saying what the other app does well. Every fact about that app is quoted from a page it publishes itself, and the date we checked is printed on the page. Where Kinoku is the weaker pick, the page says so. The roundups follow the same rule, with no score; each app carries a label that names the need it fits, and a list that is ordered names its measure.
Grouped by need
Several apps, one question
10 Best Free Wear OS Gym & Workout Apps (2026)
Which Wear OS gym apps log sets on your watch for free without your phone nearby? We compare 10 apps, including Hevy, Kinoku, GainLogger, Strong, and JEFIT.
4 Best HYROX & Functional Fitness Apps for Android (2026)
Compare 4 Android apps for HYROX and functional training: For Time, EMOM, and AMRAP timers, sled push/pull logging, GPS runs, and station race breakdowns.
5 Best Home Gym & Dumbbell Workout Apps for Android (2026)
Compare 5 Android apps for home gym and dumbbell training: per-hand dumbbell weight, custom plate racks, equipment swaps, and free dumbbell programs.
5 Best Workout Apps for Lifters Over 40 on Android (2026)
Compare 5 Android workout apps for lifters over 40 and 50: age-graded fitness, joint-friendly exercise swaps, recovery tracking, and no-account logging.
6 Best Free Workout Tracker Apps for Android (2026)
We tested 6 free Android workout apps on routine limits, sign-up walls, and offline logging: FitNotes, Kinoku (no caps), Hevy (4 routines), and Strong (3).
All-in-One Fitness Tracker Apps for Android (2026)
Which Android fitness apps keep gym sets, runs, steps and swims in one history? Ten apps compared from their own pages, by how much each one tracks.
Best 5/3/1 apps for Android (2026)
Seven Android apps that run Jim Wendler's 5/3/1, compared on how each sets and raises the training max, which templates it runs and what it charges for.
Best Alpha Progression alternatives (2026)
Five apps to replace Alpha Progression, ordered by watch support as each app's pages state it, with offline use, free plans and program engines compared.
Best apps for lifting and running in one app (2026)
Five apps sorted by whether they log gym sets and GPS runs in one history. Activ.run and Kinoku do both; Hevy and Strong log lifts; Strava records runs.
Best apps to compare your runs on Android (2026)
Eight Android run apps checked for how they set one run against another, grouped by the kind of comparison, quoted from each app's own pages.
Best Boostcamp alternatives (2026)
Five apps to replace Boostcamp, ordered by whether the app computes program weights for you, with accounts, free plans and watch apps from each app's pages.
Best calisthenics workout tracker apps for Android (2026)
Seven Android apps for logging pull-ups, dips, holds and skill progressions, with what each app's own pages say about counting your body weight as load.
Best Fitbit alternatives (2026)
Six Android apps for people leaving the Fitbit app or band, with each maker's own words on accounts, subscriptions, sleep and Health Connect.
Best Fitbod alternatives (2026)
Six apps for lifters leaving Fitbod, grouped by whether they build your plan, run a program you pick or only log, with the free and paid parts each app names.
Best FitNotes alternatives (2026)
Five FitNotes alternatives for Android and iPhone compared by account rules, CSV import, Wear OS and Apple Watch support, GPS runs, and free-plan caps.
Best free apps to build your own workout routines (2026)
Eight gym apps for making your own routines and exercises, grouped by what each free plan limits, quoted from the apps' own pages and our tests.
Best gamified fitness apps for Android (2026)
Seven gamified fitness apps for Android, grouped by what the game rewards: your workouts, the distance you cover, or any habit. Each fact is quoted.
Best Google Fit alternatives (2026)
Six Android apps for steps and workouts, for Google Fit users weighing Google's move to Google Health, with account and Health Connect facts from each app.
Best Gymshark Training app alternatives (2026)
Six Android apps for Gymshark Training users, now that Gymshark says the app is no longer available to download on Android, with video and account facts.
Best Hevy alternatives (2026)
Six apps to replace Hevy, compared by routine caps, custom exercises, account policies, and CSV import support for Android and iOS lifters.
Best hybrid training apps for Android (2026)
Six Android apps for people who lift and run, grouped by their own pages: coached plan apps with a subscription, and trackers that log both halves.
Best JEFIT alternatives (2026)
JEFIT alternatives compared on ads, free plans, accounts, custom exercises and charts: FitNotes, Kinoku, Hevy, Boostcamp and Strong, with sources.
Best Nike Run Club alternatives (2026)
Seven Android running apps for Nike Run Club users, grouped by coached runs, a quiet GPS log or a social feed, with each maker's own words.
Best Powerlifting Apps for Android (2026)
Seven Android apps for the squat, bench press and deadlift, grouped by whether they write your plan or run one you pick, with what each one charges for.
Best privacy-focused fitness apps for Android (2026)
What 11 Android fitness apps collect, by their own Google Play labels: three declare none, Kinoku lists two items and no personal info, the rest list 5 to 12.
Best Runkeeper alternatives (2026)
Six Android run trackers for Runkeeper users, grouped by whether they take your exported GPX files, with account, watch and plan facts from each app.
Best Samsung Health alternatives (2026)
Six Android apps for people who want to leave Samsung Health, or add to it, with each app's account, watch and Health Connect facts quoted from its maker.
Best Strava alternatives (2026)
Three apps for runners leaving Strava's feed or subscription, ordered by account policy, with GPS recording, watch support and Strava import compared.
Best Strong alternatives (2026)
Six apps to replace Strong, compared by template caps, custom exercises, account policies, and CSV import support for Android and iOS lifters.
Best StrongLifts alternatives (2026)
Five apps for lifters leaving StrongLifts 5x5 over its subscription, plus StrongLifts itself: which set your next weight free, and what each does after a miss.
Best Workout Apps for Beginners on Android (2026)
Five Android workout apps for people new to the gym: which hand you a plan to follow, which set your next weight, what that costs, and how each shows the moves.
Best Workout Apps Without a Subscription (2026)
Compare workout apps that do not lock routines behind monthly fees, from Kinoku and FitNotes to Caliber, Strong, and Hevy.
Best Workout Apps Without an Account (2026)
Tired of mandatory sign-ups for simple gym logging? Compare workout trackers that work without an account, from Kinoku and FitNotes to Strong and Hevy.
Best Workout Program Apps for Periodization (2026)
Looking for structured lifting progression? Compare the best workout program apps for 5/3/1, GZCLP, and periodization, from Boostcamp and KeyLifts to Kinoku.
Boostcamp vs Hevy (2026): Programs, Free Limits and Feed
Boostcamp vs Hevy from their own pages: free programs, who sets the next weight, custom exercise limits, the feed, watches, offline use and moving over.
FitNotes vs Hevy: Offline Log or Social Tracker? (2026)
FitNotes is a free, no-account Android log with plate math. Hevy adds iPhone, watch apps, and a social feed with a 4-routine free cap. Tested side by side.
FitNotes vs Strong: Free Local Log or Cloud Sync? (2026)
FitNotes is a free, no-account Android log with plate math and charts. Strong adds iPhone, Apple Watch, and cloud sync with a 3-template free cap. Tested.
Free Gym Apps With Progressive Overload Tracking (2026)
Which free gym apps track progressive overload? Ten Android apps compared from their own pages: records, one-rep max charts, next-weight tips and stall signals.
Free Muscle Map Workout Trackers for Android (2026)
Which free workout trackers show a muscle map of what you trained? Nine Android apps compared from their own pages: what each map shows and what is free.
Free run tracker apps with no account for Android (2026)
Compare sign-up, GPX and CSV export, offline maps, watches and free-plan limits in five Android running apps, with sources and clear trade-offs.
Free workout trackers with RPE and RIR (2026)
Seven gym apps that log effort on each set, and which ones keep RPE or RIR free or paid, quoted from each app's own pages and checked in Kinoku's code.
Free workout year in review apps (2026)
Five apps that turn your training into a gym wrapped style recap, with when each one appears and which plan it needs, quoted from each maker's own pages.
Hevy vs Caliber (2026): Free Limits, Coaching and Watches
Hevy vs Caliber from their own pages: what each free plan holds, plans and a paid coach, friends, watches, Android, and how to move your log.
Hevy vs JEFIT: Free Limits, Plans and Prices Compared (2026)
Hevy vs JEFIT: free caps on custom exercises and routines, ads, ready plans, watch apps, sharing defaults and prices, each quoted from the apps or tested.
Hevy vs Strong (2026): Free Limits, Feed, Watches and Price
Hevy vs Strong from their own pages and our tests: free limits, the friends feed, Apple Watch and Wear OS, prices, logging tools and moving your history.
Is there an app that plans deload weeks for me? (2026)
Nine workout apps compared on who plans the deload week for you, which ones do it on a free plan, and what each one changes in that lighter week.
What app tracks my workouts and my menstrual cycle together?
Seven Android apps, with the four that hold your workouts and your cycle in one app first. Kinoku leads because it needs no account. Each fact is quoted.
Which Android app logs both swimming and lifting? (2026)
Five Android apps checked against their own pages on one question: can you log a pool swim and a gym set with weight and reps in the same app?
Which Android fitness app works without a smartwatch? (2026)
Nine Android apps checked against their own pages on one question: which of them count steps, record a run and log your lifts with just your phone and no watch?
Which free app runs GZCLP or nSuns on Android? (2026)
Five Android apps that run GZCLP or nSuns, compared on which layouts they ship, what moves the weights after a stall, and what each one keeps for its paid plan.
Which workout tracker apps for Android work fully offline?
Kinoku, FitNotes and GymLog log workouts with no account and no connection, and Kinoku adds GPS runs. Hevy, JEFIT and Strong log offline after sign-up.
Which workout tracker syncs with Health Connect? (2026)
Ten workout trackers compared from their own pages: what each one reads from and writes to Android Health Connect, what is free, and what needs an account.
Workout Apps With CSV Export for Android (2026)
Which workout apps export your history to CSV, restore a full backup and read other apps' files? Eight Android apps compared from their own pages.
One app at a time
Kinoku next to one app
Activ.run Alternative: Kinoku vs Activ.run
Both log gym sets and GPS runs in one Android app with no account gate. Activ.run adds Garmin sync; Kinoku adds steps, classes, Wear OS and one fitness curve.
Alpha Progression Alternative: Kinoku vs Alpha Progression
Alpha Progression generates a plan and picks your next weight; Kinoku logs lifts, runs and steps with no account, offline, plus a Wear OS app.
Boostcamp Alternative: Kinoku vs Boostcamp
Boostcamp pairs a free tracker with 11,000+ programs and an AI coach behind an account; Kinoku logs lifts, runs and steps with no account, offline.
FitNotes Alternative: Kinoku vs FitNotes
FitNotes is a free, local, no-account logger for lifters who want sets and reps. Kinoku keeps that and adds runs, a muscle map, programs, and Wear OS.
Hevy Alternative: Kinoku vs Hevy
Hevy is a free social lifting log; Pro lifts its routine and custom-exercise caps. Kinoku has no account, no caps on the basics, and adds runs and programs.
JEFIT Alternative: Kinoku vs JEFIT
JEFIT is a big cross-platform lifting app with an Elite plan. Kinoku is an Android app with no account, no ads, and free charts. Who fits which.
Strava Alternative for Privacy: Kinoku vs Strava
Strava is the social network for runners, and recording is free. Kinoku is a private run tracker with no account and no feed. Which one fits you.
Strong App Alternative: Kinoku vs Strong
Strong: a polished lifting logger with cloud sync on iPhone, Apple Watch and Android. Kinoku: Android only, no account, routines and charts free.
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