Choose Fitbod if you want a new workout built each session around how recovered each muscle is, or if you train with Android or a watch. It costs $95.99 a year after a 7-day free trial. Choose RIGOR if you want a fixed plan: the same lifts each week, a target on every set and the rule behind each change. RIGOR is iPhone only, has no free plan and costs $59.99 a year.
Side by side
Most lists of Fitbod alternatives start with price; so does this table. Every line about Fitbod was read on its own pages or its US App Store listing on 10 October 2026 and links there. Prices are in US dollars.
| RIGOR | Fitbod | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $59.99 a year or $9.99 a month | $95.99 a year or $15.99 a month on its website; the US App Store also lists $79.99 and $12.99 |
| Free plan | No. The yearly plan starts with 7 days free | No. A 7-day free trial, then logging a workout needs a subscription |
| Runs on | iPhone | |
| Who builds the workout | RIGOR, once: fixed workouts from your goal, days, session length and gym | Fitbod, each session, from your settings, your history and each muscle's recovery |
| Who sets the next weight | RIGOR's rules, after every workout, with the reason shown | Fitbod, from its estimate of your strength on each exercise |
| The same lifts each week | Yes, for the whole block | Partly: by default it keeps a portion of earlier weeks' exercises |
| Rating effort | Reps in reserve, optional |
What a week looks like in each
Fitbod has no fixed week. Its help centre says each workout is built from your settings and the training you have logged. Every muscle group carries a recovery score from 0% to 100%, and the next workout favours the freshest. Sets, reps and weights vary too, on purpose.
RIGOR's week is fixed. A three-day full-body plan is Full body A, B and C: the same lifts every week for four training weeks, with a lighter fifth if deload is on. Only the targets change: one more rep, or the next weight your gym can load.
In Fitbod
- Set your goal, your equipment and how long you train.
- Open the app; today's workout is built from your history and your recovery.
- Log it; the next one is built again, lighter or heavier.
In RIGOR
- Tell it your goal, your days and your gym.
- Open today's workout; every target is set.
- Log it; the rules set next time and show why.
If you would rather choose the workout and the weights yourself, in a logbook, see RIGOR vs Hevy or RIGOR vs Strong.
RIGOR is a strength training app for iPhone that builds your plan and sets every weight by rules you can read.
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Where Fitbod is better
On reach and on range.
- Where it runs. Android as well as iPhone, Wear OS, and an Apple Watch app that logs sets and shows the rest timer. RIGOR is iPhone only.
- Recovery by muscle. Fitbod estimates how hard each muscle group was worked and plans around it. Runs, hikes and swims imported from Apple Health count too. RIGOR keeps no recovery score.
- Variety. Fitbod brings in new exercises over time, and a setting asks for more variety or more consistency. RIGOR keeps the same lifts for the block unless you swap one.
- A first weight. For a lift you have never logged, Fitbod suggests a cautious weight, drawn from more than 87 million logged workouts. RIGOR leaves it blank and asks you to pick one.
- More than lifting. Over 1,000 exercises, with conditioning work such as sled pushes and jump rope. RIGOR plans strength work only.
If any of these decides it for you, choose Fitbod.
Where RIGOR is better
If you want to know why. RIGOR keeps one plan, sets every target by a written rule and shows it.
- Price. $59.99 a year against $95.99, or against the $79.99 on Fitbod's App Store listing. By the month, $9.99 against $15.99 or $12.99. The listing also shows older prices it labels legacy.
- A fixed plan. The same lifts each week, so this week's squat is judged against last week's. Fitbod's help page says: "You won't be given the same reps and sets every day." Some lifters like that; others want to watch one number go up.
- The reason, every time. Tap Why on any target and RIGOR shows your last result and the written rule it applied. Above: every set reached 6 reps at 90 kg (about 200 lb), so the target rises to 92.5 kg. Fitbod's FAQ calls its algorithm proprietary.
None of this makes RIGOR the better app for everyone. Fitbod does more, in more places. As a Fitbod alternative, RIGOR is cheaper and plainer: one plan, one rule, the reason on show.
See the reason behind every target
Fitbod is a trademark of its owner. RIGOR is not affiliated with it.
Questions
Is Fitbod free?
No. Fitbod's help centre gives new users a 7-day free trial; after it, logging a new workout needs a paid subscription. An older page on its site speaks of 3 free workouts instead.
How much does Fitbod cost?
$15.99 a month or $95.99 a year on its website, read on 10 October 2026. The US App Store also lists $12.99 a month and $79.99 a year. RIGOR is $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Fitbod?
RIGOR is one: $59.99 a year against $95.99, and it also plans the workout and sets every weight. It is iPhone only, with no free plan.
How does Fitbod choose weights?
From the sets you log. Its help centre says it keeps an Estimated Strength figure for each exercise, raises weight or reps when you finish with ease and lowers them when you struggle.
Fitbod vs Hevy: which should you choose?
Fitbod builds each workout for you and needs a subscription once its trial ends. Hevy calls itself a free workout tracker: you write the routine and log it.
Is Fitbod worth it?
If you want variety, a recovery score for every muscle, or Android, yes. If you want the same lifts each week and a reason for every weight, RIGOR does that for less.
