Synopsis: FitOn is a fitness app with free exercise videos and personalized workout plans that can be accessed from any screen.
Price and Platform: Free. Apple and Android.
RDN Score: 5/5
Pros
Well-designed and attractive app that’s easy to use.
Opt for personalized fitness plans and challenges, plus meal plans in the PRO version, based on your age, height, weight and gender.
Set goals to be more active, reduce stress, lose weight, stay toned, build muscle or work on pre- or postnatal fitness.
Choose an amount of weekly workouts to keep you engaged from 5-10 to 30+ minutes each day. Start with a 4- or 12-week plan or choose an ongoing plan.
Browse workouts by category, body part, length and intensity.
Select your favorite class type from cardio to HITT, strength and toning, kickboxing, dance, stretch, yoga, strength, guided meditation and more.
Start your workout plan and sync your calendar for compelling reminders to open the app and start moving.
Includes a basics introductory class as part of onboarding.
FitOn displays other class participants’ names to help you feel engaged as part of a group.
Climb the live leaderboard based on your participation, share post-workout photos, track your progress and monitor your real-time heart rate when you connect with your device’s health app.
Rate workouts and add to favorites for easy recall.
Offers unlimited workouts from celebrity trainers such as Cassey Ho and Jeanette Jenkins and celebrities, including Julianne Hough, Gabrielle Union and Jonathan Van Ness.
Sign up using Facebook, a Google account or your email address.
Stream to your phone, laptop, tablet or TV device.
Buy FitOn PRO for additional features including 500+ recipes, heart rate monitoring with Fitbit and Garmin, unlimited offline downloads, personalized meal plans, premium music options and live workout video calls with friends.
Cons
You must sign in to access FitOn. The app may collect your health, fitness and usage data, diagnostics, contact information and other identifiers depending on the features you enable.
Frequent full-screen video pop-up ads (that cannot be minimized) encourage users to buy FitOn PRO.
Meal plans and recipes are only accessible in FitOn PRO.
Some health tips come from uncredentialed celebrities, so it’s essential to check the source.
Bottom Line: Although you have to upgrade to FitOn PRO for recipes and meal plans, this app provides a large variety of high-quality classes to get you moving anytime, anywhere for free.
Marisa Moore, MBA, RDN, LD, is based in Atlanta and specializes in culinary nutrition, communications and consulting. She blogs at marisamoore.com. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter.
Synopsis: FitOn is a fitness app with free exercise videos and personalized workout plans that can be accessed from any screen.
