Apart from playing games, streaming music or movies, or fetching information from the internet, our smartphones can also assist us in living a healthy life. With smartphones, one can track his/her health, from tracking sleep pattern to the heartbeat and overall fitness. Android smartphones consist of a number of sensors which can fetch incisive information about our daily workouts.
With certain Android apps, you can get these informations and thanks to Google’s Play Store, you’ll find a wide range of fitness tracking apps for Android smartphone. These apps also offer training routines which are very helpful if you don’t want to visit the gym. Also, Listening to music has also proven to improve your workouts, so getting a pair of Wireless Airpods isn’t such a bad idea, it might just come handy.
You can as well choose from our list of the best music streaming apps for Android to play your favorite songs and playlist during workouts. Without further ado, let’s see the best fitness tracking apps for Android 2019.
[toc]Note: This list below has not been written in any particular order, so you can simply choose from any of the apps that meets your need.
10 Best Fitness Tracking Apps For Android 2019
1. Google Fit- Fitness Tracking Google
[appbox googleplay com.google.android.apps.fitness]Google Fit is one of the best fitness tracking apps developed by Google. It helps keep track of your workouts from your smartphone or watch. Using your device built-in sensors, Fit records your fitness activities and gives you real-time stats of your running, walking or cycling events. You can as well set different goals for your steps, time, distance, and calorie burn.
Thanks to its total integration with Android Wear, you’ll get better tracking of your heartbeat and other fitness events. This fitness app is great for home workouts.
2. Calorie Counter – MyFitnessPal
[appbox googleplay com.myfitnesspal.android]Losing weight also helps you live a healthy life, so if you’re looking to burn some calories, Calorie Counter is one of the best apps to help you lose weight. It records the largest food database with over than 6 million foods that include global items and cuisines. it also lets you add the food that you consume by scanning barcodes or manually. It features recipe importer (to give you information about the recipes you cook), restaurant logging (lets you quickly log menu items from your favorite restaurants), food insights (to help you make a healthier choice of food like Mackerel etc), calorie counter, and many more.
There are over 350 exercises to start with or create your own activities and workouts routine. Also, you have an option to set goals and monitor your progress on charts. MyFitnessPal isn’t completely free, however, you can unlock some features by purchasing them. Nevertheless, it’s a great app.
3. Runtastic Running Distance & Fitness Tracker
[appbox googleplay com.runtastic.android]Runtastic is a great fitness tracker app and best for anyone who exercises daily. It tracks your walking, running, biking, and jogging routes using your device GPS. Runtastic uses this tracked information to create detailed graphs and tables regarding your progress. You can also use the application on a treadmill or other gym equipment.
Moreover, it includes voice coach, live tracking, and cheering, and you can also set running goals. It has Android wear support, and you can share your success on Facebook and Twitter directly from the Android Wear.
The app is free and contains ads along with some in-app purchases.
4. Fitbit
[appbox googleplay com.fitbit.FitbitMobile]Fitbit is an interesting fitness app, it adds a challenge option which adds more fun to the app while encouraging users to do more by challenging friends and families through various fitness events.
The community segment of the app gives you food suggestions to help maintain your calories and lose weight and you also get sleep and Hearthbeat tracking via smartwatch. There’s a lot of fun to be discovered with Fitbit, try it.
5. Nike Training Club – Workouts & Fitness Plans
[appbox googleplay com.nike.ntc]Nike Training Club is another great fitness tracking app for Android smartphones. Unlike other fitness tracking apps, Nike Training Club is completely free with no ads. NTC covers over 180 free workouts that focus on abs, triceps, shoulders and other parts of the body.
The apps also offer three levels of difficulty, allowing you to test your strength, endurance, or mobility. Users can as well stream the app onto a television using Chromecast, Apple TV or via HDMI cable and watch the video guides of the workouts. You can keep track of your all fitness activities and record other events like running, spinning, playing basketball, etc.
6. Runkeeper- GPS Track Run Walk
[appbox googleplay com.fitnesskeeper.runkeeper.pro]Runkeeper is one of the best fitness tracking apps
Runkeeper app is free but contains ads and users may need to pay to enjoy extra features the app offers. The app supports Android Wear smartwatch, so you can sync your device and track all your stats.
7. Map My Fitness Workout Trainer
[appbox googleplay com.mapmyfitness.android2]MapMyFitness record over 40million athletes, you can join challenges to compete with others, climb the leaderboard, and win awesome prizes. The app lets you track and map every workout and get feedback and stats to improve your performance. It covers a wide range of tracking activities such as running, cycling, walking, gym workouts, cross-training, yoga, etc. One of the interesting features is the audio feedbacks on every GPS-tracked workout along with customizable voice feedback. Also, it features diet planning to help you with better nutrition and also measure your calories and weight.
You can easily find routes to nearby places to workout and save your favorite paths. The app is available in two versions, free with ads and premium without ads. The premium version also unlocks extra useful that are not available to the free version.
8. Strava Training: Running, Cycling and Activity Tracker
[appbox googleplay com.strava]Strava depends on your device GPS to give you reports of your running and cycling activities. It is a great workout apps for Android, it let’s you track your run, map a cycling route, and analyze your training with all the stats. Strava comes with a leaderboard feature which allows you to challenge yourself to the very best or compete with other users.
The app is best for cyclist (cyclers), it features a GPS distance tracker, mile counter, users can access the largest road and trial network and also discover new roads to bike or run. With the premium version, users can opt for triathlon and marathon training. The app is free with no ads but contains in-app purchases.
9. Sworkit Workouts & Fitness Plans
[appbox googleplay sworkitapp.sworkit.com]Sworkit is basically designed for anyone who wants to keep a fit lifestyle without engaging in complicated exercise. It offers simple workout and weight exercise that you can engage in anywhere you may be. You can create workout routines and there’re video guides which you can download and watch for your workout.
Sworkit offers exclusive features such as health and wellness coach, with this you get to interact with professional coaches and physical therapist. The app is free and contains ads and you may need to pay to use other advanced feature of the app.
10. Home Workout – No Equipment
[appbox googleplay homeworkout.homeworkouts.noequipment]Home Workout is a body building app, unlike other fitness app you only get videos and animated guides which has been compiled by experts on building abs, chest, legs and full body workouts as well.
You can set workout reminders to keep a daily routine or create yours. There’s a warm-up and stretching routine features too and your progress reports are documented on a chart. The app is free but contains ads.
So, did you find our list of best fitness tracking apps for Android to be helpful? Share your views with us in the comments below.
Thank you so much for this information. I really didn’t know about a lot of these apps before you made mention of that. Highly resourceful, I would say.