Looking for guidance, motivation and stats to help you stay fit in a way that suits you? With these robust apps, that’s no sweat!
For hikers

AllTrails’ crowdsourced trail reviews and photos help you discover a path less travelled. Save your favourites, share your itinerary with designated safety contacts and download detailed maps – complete with elevation, waypoints and distance markers – to consult when you’ve ventured out of reach of phone signal.
For bikers
Strava turns your iPhone into a sophisticated cycling computer. Link your Apple Watch to unlock an incredible array of metrics (like Relative Effort and Suffer Score), track your rides and compare them over time, find popular routes and join clubs with others who share your passion for the road.
For runners

Transform your casual jog into a purposeful training session with Nike Run Club. Find motivation with guided runs from Nike coaches, track your routes with your iPhone or Apple Watch’s GPS and get up that tough hill with real-time cheers from your friends. Don’t miss the mindful running meditations, created in partnership with Headspace.
For live and on-demand classes
With FitOn’s customisable options, join live workouts or choose from on-demand sessions for a range of disciplines (Pilates, HIIT, toning, yoga, stretching) with expert trainers and celebrities like Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness. Even better: FitOn classes are 100 per cent free. No ads, no subscription.
For staying balanced
By emphasising recovery as much as intensity, Gentler Streak’s fitness tracker helps you form realistic exercise habits that take your boundaries into account. The app takes a holistic view towards exercise – housecleaning, gardening and dog walking all count!
For a tailored workout
Fitbod leverages machine learning to adapt its workouts to where you are right now. It’ll adjust the weight and number of reps for each session, for example, based on your past performance – and push you just enough to keep you moving forward.
For yoga enthusiasts

Glo pairs a massive library of yoga classes in every style with a robust search function. In the mood for a beginner vinyasa flow practice that develops your shoulders, requires no additional equipment, is 30 minutes long and doesn’t have any background music? Set parameters that specific and you’ll still find what you’re looking for.
For the deskbound
Wakeout specialises in bite-size exercises you can do anywhere with equipment you have around the house. Got 30 seconds? Do some curls in your kitchen with two cartons of milk. Want to get your blood flowing? Try some lifts with your work-from-home chair.
For the overscheduled
As the name suggests, Seven’s easy-to-follow workouts are only seven minutes long and require no equipment. It’s a great way to stay fit even with a packed schedule. Choose from countless workouts to help you build habits that fit your goals.
For power walkers
Set step goals, see your streaks and join walking challenges with the step and elevation tracker Pedometer++. The app works for walks, runs, hikes and (when synced with Apple Watch) wheelchair pushes.
For Hemsworth fans

In Chris Hemsworth’s app, Centr, the actor’s own personal trainers, wellness coaches and dietitians create comprehensive weekly meal and workout plans for every fitness level and health goal. Centr’s smart meal-planning feature can seriously streamline your shopping list and cut down on food waste.
For Kayla Itsines fans
This app from Australian fitness sensation Kayla Itsines Sweat customises an eight- or 12-week exercise regimen and food plan just for you (complete with breakfast, lunch, dinner and two snacks per day). Choose from programmes such as High Intensity with Kayla Itsines, the weight-focused PWR workout or a gentle Post-Pregnancy class.