Free workout year in review apps (2026)

Quickstart

Hevy’s page says every user who meets its rules gets a free year in review each December, and Kinoku builds a free deck for the current month and year on any day. Garmin lists its Rundown as a Connect+ feature, and Strava names subscribers. The apps are grouped by what their pages say about the plan, A to Z in each group.

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Which workout apps give you a year in review, and on which plan?

A year in review, or a gym wrapped, turns twelve months of logged sessions into a short set of cards: how often you trained, what you lifted, and your records. People look for one each December. Five apps describe one on their own pages, and those pages split three ways on what it costs.

• On the free plan, by the app’s own words: Hevy and Kinoku. Hevy’s page says “All users get an annual review if they meet the requirements”, and its Play listing calls the app “No ads and free.” Kinoku’s current month and current year decks are free.
• Named as part of a paid plan or for subscribers: Garmin Connect and Strava. A Garmin release lists “Garmin Connect Rundown” among the features of a Connect+ plan. Strava’s press release says “Strava subscribers also receive a personalized Year in Sport recap each December”.
• No plan named: Fitbod. Its help page describes the 2024 report and the steps to open it, and it does not say which plan carries it.

Timing matters as much as the price, because a recap that only arrives in December is not much use in May. The table below quotes what each page says about when the recap appears, and it prints no date a page does not state.

Side by side

Every cell below quotes or sums up a line from the maker’s own page, and “Not stated” marks a gap that none of the pages we opened fills.

Each app, in its own words

Hevy

Best for: People who lift and want a free yearly recap sent to them each December.

Hevy is a gym workout tracker, and it keeps a whole feature page about its annual review.

• What it does well: The page says “Every December, Hevy highlights your training stats and consistency”. The recap shows “Your most productive month”, “What body parts you trained the most”, “What exercises you logged the most times” and “Your personal records”. It adds that “you can share your highlights with others”.
• What its pages say about the plan: Asked whether the review is on the free version, the page answers “Yes” and says “All users get an annual review if they meet the requirements mentioned in the first and fourth FAQs above.”
• What its pages say about timing: “You must log at least ten workouts to be eligible for an annual recap.” You also need to have “logged workouts before November”. If you close the window, the page says “you can navigate to Profile and access it there.”
• Where it is the better pick: A lifter who logs through the year and wants the recap to arrive by itself each December, with a built-in way to share it.
• Where Hevy differs: The recap comes once a year, so it gives no view of a single month or of the year so far. Official listing: Google Play. Versus page: Kinoku vs Hevy.

Kinoku

Best for: Android users who want a month or year recap on any day, with no account.

Kinoku is a training app for Android that keeps workouts, runs and steps on the phone, and its recap is called Your Story.

• What it does well: Your Story is a deck of cards you tap through, for a month or for a year. A full deck has a volume card with workouts, total time, total weight lifted and the change against the period before, then cards for days trained and streaks, top exercises, muscle balance, personal records (PRs), the routines you ran most, and the hour and weekday you train most. Further cards cover achievements, Skills you landed, the Journeys you moved along, a training personality, a few fun facts, and a closing summary.
• What its pages say about the plan: The current month and the current year are free. Pro opens earlier months and earlier years. On the free plan, one card, the Kinoku Score journey, shows as a locked preview.
• What it says about timing: You can open the current month or the year so far on any day, because the deck builds from your history when you open it. The yearly deck runs from January 1 to today, so in March it shows a quarter of a year, and on December 31 it shows the whole year for free.
• Where it is the better pick: Someone who wants to look back at a month, or at the year so far, without waiting for December or making an account.
• What Kinoku does not do: There is no iPhone version yet, since Kinoku started on Android. The deck has no share button of its own, so a phone screenshot is the way to pass on a card, although Kinoku’s free share cards cover single workouts, runs, achievements and streaks. Once January 1 arrives, the deck for the year that just ended needs Pro. Kinoku has no friends feed or public ranking, and it has no sync between two phones.

Garmin Connect

Best for: Garmin watch owners who want steps, sleep and workouts in one yearly report.

Garmin Connect is the phone app for Garmin watches and fitness devices, and its yearly recap is the Garmin Connect Rundown.

• What it does well: Garmin’s December 3, 2025 release says Connect+ “users can check out their own highlight reel”. It goes on: “the personalized annual report includes health, performance and activity stats, including total steps, average sleep score, totals of each activity type”.
• What its pages say about the plan: A Garmin release from January 5, 2026 says “users with a Garmin Connect+ plan can access premium features”, and its list includes “Garmin Connect Rundown”. When Connect+ launched, Garmin wrote that “All existing features and data in Garmin Connect will remain free.”
• What its pages say about timing: The December 2025 release says the Rundown was “Available now in the Garmin Connect app”. We found no Garmin page that names a date for a 2026 Rundown, so this page gives none.
• Where it is the better pick: Someone who wears a Garmin watch around the clock and wants sleep and steps counted next to every workout type.
• Where Garmin Connect differs: Its listing says that once you pair your phone with “another compatible Garmin device”, you can review your tracked activities and health metrics, so the recap reads data from a Garmin device. Official listing: Google Play.

Strava

Best for: Strava subscribers who want their December recap next to their friends’.

Strava’s yearly recap is called Year in Sport, and its listing describes the app as the place “where building community meets fitness tracking”.

• What it does well: Its press release says “Strava subscribers also receive a personalized Year in Sport recap each December, highlighting their progress and fitness milestones from the year.” The recap sits inside the app where your Strava community already is.
• What its pages say about the plan: Its support page answers “Yes” when asked if Strava is free, and says recording and sharing your activities costs nothing. Its Play listing says the app comes in a free version and a paid one with extra features. None of the Strava pages we opened says in plain words whether a free member gets Year in Sport.
• What its pages say about timing: “Your Year in Sport summary is only available on a seasonal schedule.” The same help page says “the Year in Sport summary is unavailable as of January 23rd, 2026.”
• Where it is the better pick: A runner or rider who already subscribes and wants the recap where their running friends will see it.
• Where Strava differs: The recap opens and closes with the season, so it is not a view you can open in the middle of the year. Official listing: Google Play. Versus page: Kinoku vs Strava.

Fitbod

Best for: Fitbod users who want an end of year report on the plans it built.

Fitbod builds workout plans for you, and its listing says it “uses AI to help you make progress”. Its help centre has an article about a yearly report.

• What it does well: The article says Fitbod’s “End-of-the-Year Workout Report highlights all the amazing progress you’ve made this year.”
• What its pages say about the plan: The article does not name a plan, and we found no other Fitbod page that ties a plan to the report.
• What its pages say about timing: The article heading reads “Your 2024 Workout Report is Here”, and it says “If you’ve logged 3 or more workouts since January 2024, your Workout Report is ready for you”. It does not say whether a report for a later year is planned.
• Where it is the better pick: Someone who already trains with Fitbod’s plans and wants the report on those sessions, with a minimum of only three logged workouts.
• Where Fitbod differs: The only first-party description we found is for the 2024 report, so treat the timing for later years as unstated. Official listing: Google Play.

When does each recap appear?

Most recaps are seasonal, and that shapes when you can look at your year. Here is what each page says, in date order, with no date added that a page does not print.

1. Through the year: Kinoku’s yearly deck covers January 1 to today, so it is there in spring and in autumn as well as in December.
2. In December: Hevy’s page says “Every December”. Strava’s press release says “each December” for subscribers. Garmin’s 2025 Rundown was “Available now” in a release dated December 3, 2025.
3. After the year ends: Strava’s help page says the summary was “unavailable as of January 23rd, 2026”. Hevy’s page says you can reopen its recap from Profile, and it does not say for how long. In Kinoku, the deck for the year that just ended moves behind Pro on January 1.

So if you want to read a full free year in Kinoku, the deck is complete and free on December 31. After that, the free yearly view starts the new year from zero.

What a recap is built from

A recap can only count what you logged, so the source of the data matters more than the design of the cards.

• Gym logs: Hevy and Fitbod build their reports from the sets you log in their apps, and both pages talk about exercises, records or progress. Kinoku counts gym sets the same way, and adds your streaks, routines and the hour you train most.
• Watch data: Garmin’s Rundown adds what a Garmin device records all day, such as steps and sleep score.
• Activities you record or upload: Strava’s recap covers the activities in your Strava account, which its support page says are free to record and share.

If you switch apps in the middle of a year, the new app only knows what you bring into it. Kinoku can import history from Hevy, FitNotes or a CSV file, and any imported sessions count in its deck for the month or year they fall in.

How this list was checked

We read every rival page named below on October 12, 2026, and each one belongs to the company that makes the app.

• Rival apps: Every claim quotes the maker’s own feature page, help centre, press release or Google Play listing, and each one is in the sources list with its exact sentence. We ran no device test for this page, so each table cell either quotes a page or reads “Not stated”.
• Dates: We print the dates the pages print and nothing more. A page that names no date for a coming recap gets none here.
• Kinoku: Kinoku’s facts come from the app’s code, including which periods are free, which card is locked on the free plan, and the fact that the deck has no share button.
• Order: The apps are grouped by what their pages say about the plan a recap needs, and sorted A to Z inside each group. Nobody paid to be here.

Frequently asked questions

Is there an app that gives you a free gym wrapped?

Yes, two of the five here say so. Hevy’s page says all users get an annual review in December if they log at least ten workouts. Kinoku builds a yearly deck for the current year on any day at no cost. Garmin lists its Rundown as a Connect+ feature, and Strava’s press release names subscribers. Fitbod’s help page does not name a plan.

Which app shows a workout year in review before December?

Kinoku is the one here that does. Its yearly deck covers January 1 up to today, so you can open it in March or in July and see the year so far. Hevy’s page says its recap comes every December, Strava’s says each December for subscribers, and Garmin’s Rundown was announced on December 3, 2025.

Is there a free alternative to Strava’s Year in Sport?

For a recap with no fee, Hevy’s page says its annual review is on the free version, and Kinoku’s current year deck is free. Both are built around gym training rather than rides. Strava’s own press release says subscribers receive the recap each December, and none of the Strava pages we opened says whether free members get one.

When does Hevy’s year in review come out?

Hevy’s page says it appears every December. To qualify, you need at least ten logged workouts, and your first one has to be logged before November. If you close the window on the home screen, the page says you can find the recap again under Profile. The page gives no exact day in December.

Is Strava Year in Sport free?

Strava’s pages do not answer this in plain words. Its press release says Strava subscribers receive a personalized Year in Sport recap each December. Its help page says the summary runs on a seasonal schedule and was unavailable as of January 23rd, 2026. Recording and sharing activities is free, its support page says, and the app has a paid tier.

Does Garmin Connect have a year in review?

Yes, it is called the Garmin Connect Rundown. Garmin’s December 3, 2025 press release says Connect+ users can check out this highlight reel, with total steps, average sleep score and totals for each activity type. A January 2026 Garmin release lists the Rundown among the premium features of a Connect+ plan.

Does Fitbod have a year in review?

Fitbod’s help centre describes an End-of-the-Year Workout Report for 2024. It says the report was ready for anyone who had logged 3 or more workouts since January 2024. The page does not say whether a report for a later year is planned, or which plan it needs.

Which app keeps last year’s recap?

Hevy’s page says you can reopen its recap from Profile after you close it, and it does not say how long it stays. In Kinoku, the deck for the year just ended moves behind Pro on January 1. Before that day it is free, and Pro opens every earlier month and year. Strava’s help page says its summary went away on January 23rd, 2026.

Can I share my year in review?

Hevy’s page says you can share your highlights with others. Kinoku’s Your Story deck has no share button of its own today, so a phone screenshot is the way to pass on a card. Kinoku’s free share cards cover single workouts, runs, achievements and streaks. Garmin’s, Strava’s and Fitbod’s pages that we read do not describe a share step for the recap.

How many workouts do you need for a recap?

It changes from app to app. Hevy’s page asks for at least ten logged workouts, with the first before November. Fitbod’s 2024 report needed 3 or more since January 2024. Kinoku sets no minimum, although a month with a few sessions makes a thin deck. Garmin’s and Strava’s pages we read do not state a minimum for their recaps.

Which recap works without an account?

Kinoku builds its deck from the history on your phone, and it asks for no account at all. No Kinoku server makes the deck, although Android’s own backup can copy app data to your Google account when that backup is on. The other pages we read do not describe where their recaps are built.

What does Kinoku’s recap not do?

It has no iPhone app yet, since Kinoku runs on Android for now. The deck has no share button, no friends feed and no public ranking. On the free plan, one card, the Kinoku Score journey, shows as a locked preview. Last year’s full deck needs Pro once January 1 arrives, and nothing syncs the deck between two phones.

Related pages

• Your Story: What Kinoku’s month and year deck shows, and which periods are free.
• Share Cards: The free share images for a single workout, run, achievement or streak.
• Kinoku vs Hevy: Routines, history and export, side by side with Hevy.
• Kinoku vs Strava: The feed, the subscription and the archive, side by side.
• Best Strava alternatives: GPS run apps for people leaving Strava’s feed or subscription.
• Best gamified fitness apps for Android: Streaks, badges and challenges, and what each app’s pages say about them.

Which one fits you

• Choose Hevy if you lift, you log at least ten workouts starting before November, and a once a year recap in December is what you want.
• Choose Kinoku if you train on an Android phone, want a month or year recap any day, and want it built on the phone with no account.
• Choose Garmin Connect if you wear a Garmin watch, pay for Connect+ or plan to, and want steps and sleep in the same yearly report.
• Choose Strava if you run or ride, your friends are on Strava, and you subscribe, so the December recap lands where they see it.
• Choose Fitbod if you already train with Fitbod's plans and want its end of year report on those sessions.