A Fitbod alternative that shows its work.
Fitbod and Anneal both plan your strength training on iPhone. They make different choices about how a plan is decided, what stays free, and what you pay. Here is a plain comparison so you can pick the one that fits how you train.
Who each app suits
Fitbod
Fitbod builds each session for you with its AI, drawing on a large exercise library and your training history. It suits people who want a fresh workout generated every day and are happy to let the app decide the details.
Anneal
Anneal runs published, deterministic progression rules (linear, double progression, tiered, undulating) on every program you follow, every session it generates, and the lifts you add yourself, and explains each weight change in a sentence. It suits people who follow a program and want to see exactly why the bar moved.
Side by side
| Anneal | Fitbod | |
|---|---|---|
| How the plan is decided | Deterministic rules you can read; the same inputs always give the same prescription | AI-generated workouts |
| Why a weight changed | Tap any exercise for the rule that fired, in plain language | Recommendations without a per-set rule |
| Your own custom workouts | Loaded lifts progress on their own; build a custom program or save a workout as a routine | Logged |
| Daily readiness | HRV, sleep and resting heart rate from Apple Health can scale today back, never past your plan; with Pro, rough days are reshaped with a before and after | Plans around muscle recovery from your training |
| Apple Watch | Companion app with rest-timer haptics and wrist logging; adjust reps and weight before Done | Apple Watch app available |
| Account | Not required | Required |
| Free forever | Full logger, every template, one custom program, CSV export | No ongoing free tier; a free trial |
| Price (US) | $8.99/month, $59.99/year, or $149.99 once. New users get 14 days of full access, no signup, no card. | $15.99/month or $95.99/year, with a 7-day free trial |
| Bring your history | Imports Fitbod, Strong and Hevy CSV exports | n/a |
Fitbod pricing and trial length as read from its App Store listing and fitbod.me, October 2026. Fitbod still lists an older $12.99/month and $79.99/year plan beside the current $15.99 and $95.99 ones, and subscribers on older plans may pay legacy rates. Prices vary by region and features change; check each app for the latest. Anneal prices are from our own App Store listing.
Moving your Fitbod history to Anneal
Your past sets come with you, so your estimated 1RM curves pick up where they left off.
- In Fitbod, open the Log tab, tap the gear icon, and choose Export Workout Data to save a CSV file.
- In Anneal, open Settings → Data → Import CSV and pick the file.
- Review the preview (workouts, sets, and which exercises matched) and tap Import. Exercises Anneal doesn’t recognize are kept as custom exercises, never dropped.
Re-importing the same file is safe: sets already imported are skipped. Your Anneal history can be exported as CSV at any time, free.
Leaving Fitbod: cancel the subscription first
If you subscribed through the App Store, Apple handles billing, so deleting the app does not stop charges. On iPhone, open Settings, tap your name, tap Subscriptions, choose Fitbod, and tap Cancel Subscription. You keep access until the paid period ends. Export your history from Fitbod before you go (steps above), then import it into Anneal.
If you subscribed on the Fitbod website instead, cancel there. Billing questions about Fitbod are best sent to Fitbod or Apple.
New in Anneal 2.2
Anneal 2.2 is now live. Everything below is in the version you can download today.
- Set types. Long-press Add set to log a drop set, myorep or partial reps. They stay in your history and never change your next weight. Drop and myorep sets count toward your weekly sets for a muscle; partials and warm-ups do not.
- Vary reps over time. In the program builder, a lift can go lighter to heavier, heavier to lighter, or undulate.
- Weekly sets per muscle. Tap a muscle on the Body map to see this week's total against its target band and the lifts that counted.
- A calmer first week. New lifters get a short first workout for their equipment, and the first sessions stay quiet and say Effort instead of RPE.
- A clearer paywall. It names what you opened it for and what stays free, and the Lifetime option shows it costs about the same as two and a half years of Yearly.
- Apple Watch and accessibility. Readable Watch colors, a complication that now receives its data, a Done button that stays in view on small watches, and larger-text and contrast fixes across the app.
Try a plan you can audit.
14 days of everything, then a free logger for as long as you like, or Pro.
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