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24 alternatives to Workout.cool – Open-source fitness coaching platform
I was the main contributor to workout.lol, an open-source fitness app to easily build a workout routine. The project had traction (1.4k GitHub stars, 95 forks, ~20K visits/month), but was eventually sold due to video licensing hurdles. The new owner stopped maintaining it, and the repo went abandoned. Over the next 9 months, I sent 15 emails to try to save it : no replies. Feature requests & issues were ignored. The community was left with a "broken" tool let's say. I couldn't just let it die So I built the new version from scratch with the same open-source spirit, but a better…
Workout.cool is an open-source fitness coaching platform that helps users build and track workout routines. It features over 1,200 exercises with videos and multilingual support, progress tracking, and the ability to… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Hey everyone, I here is a small open-source project I've been working on lately. I'd love to hear your thoughts and improvement ideas :) GitHub: [github.com/Vincenius/workout-lol](https://github.com/Vincenius/workout-lol)
2023 · workout.lol · its alternatives →
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2021 · routinedb.com · its alternatives →
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Just Log▲359Hi HN, I built Just Log after getting frustrated with fitness apps that were too complex for basic workout tracking. Most apps have social feeds, complicated interfaces, and features I never used. Just Log focuses on the essentials: quick workout logging, habit formation, and progress tracking without the bloat. Built it in a month while sharing the process publicly on Twitter. The app uses a minimalist approach - you can log a complete workout in seconds. No social features, no notifications, just simple tracking that helps build consistency. Launched on Product Hunt today. Android is live…
2025 · justlog.app · its alternatives →
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My cofounder and I have been working on a site called Fitocracy (www.fitocracy.com), which is a social game for fitness. The idea was very much inspired by our experiences growing up as nerds playing video games, later on discovering weightlifting, and drawing the parallel between working out and "leveling yourself up." XKCD has a pretty well known comic to this effect: http://xkcd.com/189/. We find that the metaphor of workout out as leveling up in a video game resonates with quite a few people, so Fitocracy is an attempt to bring that to life. On Fitocracy, tracking your workouts earns you…
2011 · xkcd.com · its alternatives →
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Simple and clean workout logger to help you reach your goals
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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SLog Fitness▲81Effortlessly track, inspire, and share your fitness journey
2023 · slogfitness.com · its alternatives →
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Sweatspace▲72Mini workout challenges in video with friends
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Log your workouts and train smarter.
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Log workouts, track progress, achieve your goals.
Nov 2025 · fitness-logbook.com · its alternatives →
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Swizz▲8I built this because I wanted workout, calories, nutritional tracking and scheduling all in one place! My hope is that I'll be able to wrangle all these ideas together to build the perfect system that will help with your fitness levels and make workouts more fun! It's a fun app I use daily, any feedback and requests are welcomed !
2025 · getswizz.com · its alternatives →
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I spent a month to put together a workout app without writing a single line of code by hand. It's on par with many apps like Fitbod or Fitness AI. Got approved on iOS App Store. Let me know if you want free access, only thing I ask is to give me genuine feedback and one feature you would like to see. I will be asking Codex/Claude to rank the top features and implement it.
Feb 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I was going through my app subscriptions and realized I was paying $15 for a pretty good workout app, which seemed a bit high to me. As a software engineer who is also well versed in claude code, I realized that I could likely vibecode a very similar app, or even build something more to my liking. I challenged my self to build something roughly equivalent this afternoon. Workflow was: start with a detailed spec from Claude code describing many of the features common in workout apps. Then paste this into lovable to have it build out the initial mvp. Once that was built, I used claude code…
Dec 2025 · strengthquest.lovable.app · its alternatives →
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I've just launched this little iOS app as an alternative to Apple Fitness, which is cluttered and chaotic when it comes to visualizing basic workout stats and metrics. The idea is to focus on a clean, minimalistic design and only show high-level metrics that are actually useful, e.g. how often did I work out this week/month/year, cardio vs strength vs mobility, surf session count in February, etc. It's free and offline. Also, no signup, no ads, no data sharing, no social feeds, and no notifications. Just open it and get a quick glance at the state of your workout game within 2s.…
Mar 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hi, I’ve been working on a workout logging mobile app and game to motivate myself to workout called Fittest Fire. Logging workouts in the mobile app gives you points which are used in the game to increase damage, health, speed, etc. The mobile apps are native Kotlin / Swift and have been released. The game is currently in demo status but has the level up system in place. You can easily skip the account creation process for the mobile apps and play around with it first. In that case, you can only save exercises locally. If you have an account, you can save exercises online and get…
2024 · fittestfire.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN'ers! If you sit around a computer all day and are looking to be more active, or are just active in general, check out our app! https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id903459923?pt=265797&ct=hn&mt=8 or https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.activityclub We have been hacking on this for 2 years and it's finally nearing a state where we are stoked about! Launched last Aug (2015) to the public. Coming up on our 1 yr anniversary and starting to get some traction. Two of us have _each_ lost about 70lbs while building the app…
2016 · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I'm an indie dev who built this to settle a long-running argument with my teenage son about who lifts more at the gym. I wanted a workout tracker to kept our data side-by-side on a leaderboard, and let us swap training plans without texting screenshots back and forth. Nothing I tried did all three without a subscription wall, so I wrote my own. Most of the app is free, it covers the full workout experience and progress tracking with 80+ exercises. The one-time purchase unlocks multiple plans, custom movements, and the social/sharing features, mainly to pay for the infra. The…
May 2026 · mobile-squad.com · its alternatives →
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Cold Shower▲14Hello there, I'm working on an android app that allows to easily track the time and temperature of your cold showers and ice baths. Main features include the possibility to visualize your progress over time, achievements when you reach new time and temperature limits, a “badass score” that makes it easy to compare your progress with others, and a Voice Coach that keeps you motivated and makes you feel less alone in the cold. I’d appreciate any feedback on the app. More specifically, I would like to know how intuitive the user interface is, and what UI changes would make it a better app.…
2025 · coldshower.web.app · its alternatives →
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