The trick to working out consistently is finding exercises that feel fun, flexible, and easy to stick with. These apps cover a range of disciplines, programs, and approaches to help you get (and stay!) moving.

The App Store Award–winning strength-training app SmartGym features nearly 700 exercises and AI-powered routines to help you work out with confidence. Peloton goes beyond the bike with yoga, strength, and recovery, while Sweat is a one-stop shop for resistance, cardio, and recovery workouts tailored for women, led by fitness pro Kayla Itsines. And if you’re pressed for time, Seven offers high-intensity interval training workouts that clock in at just seven minutes.

Try a high-intensity interval training workout at home in just seven minutes—no equipment needed—with Seven. If you’re eager to get outside, try komoot or Outdooractive—both let you build routes, navigate in real time, and browse hikes and rides. For anyone whose idea of a workout is going off the grid, onX: Backcountry offers detailed terrain maps that are especially useful in remote areas.

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On Apple Watch, start workouts from your wrist or use it as a second screen to supplement training. SmartGym’s fully independent watch app lets you create custom workouts, log reps, and check form instructions on the fly. Gentler Streak suggests workouts suited to your energy that day. GO Club tailors walking plans to your goals, while Watch to 5K gets you running gradually—perfect for anyone training for their first big race.

Fitness includes mental health too. Open offers well-designed mindfulness programs with different modalities, while the fitness tracker Gentler Streak helps you build exercise habits that honor your limits. For focus, (Not Boring) Vibes provides adaptive soundscapes designed to ease you into a flow state. Created in partnership with the Yale School of Medicine’s Center for Emotional Intelligence, How We Feel helps you uncover the true answer to the question: How are you?

Yoga is a full-body practice that builds strength, stability, and mobility using nothing but your own body weight. Bend helps you build a stretching practice with thoughtfully curated, time-efficient routines that can be performed anywhere. The Underbelly offers hundreds of welcoming classes for every body shape and age. Down Dog keeps things endlessly fresh with millions of workout combinations. And Pocket Yoga’s beautifully illustrated library of poses serves as a reference manual and kindly instructor.

Golf, tennis, and pickleball deliver solid workouts and get you outside. SwingVision analyzes your time on the court and pinpoints what to work on, down to your backhand. Pickleheads will help you find local courts, schedules, and people to play with. Golfshot uses GPS to show distances to the green, hazards, and targets overlaid on your actual view of the course.

Water sports are among the best total-body cardio workouts around. MySwimPro improves your technique with expert training plans and a full library of stroke-specific workouts. Oceanic+ is a scuba diving computer that uses real-time data to take you to new depths. Dawn Patrol delivers the swell intel every surfer needs with instant surf forecasts on Apple Watch and wave-by-wave insights from your sessions. Paddle Logger tracks your aquatic adventures by kayak, canoe, or stand-up paddleboard—and helps you find new routes.

Hitting those hydration goals is as important for your workout as it is for your recovery. The App Store Award–winning Waterllama turns hydration tracking into a game, with adorable animal avatars and fun challenges. For a more hands-off approach, WaterMinder’s AI tracks your intake automatically—just record a selfie video as you drink and it’ll count your gulps to make a rough estimate.

No two nutrition goals are alike. Yuka shows you how to shop smarter by analyzing the health benefits of what’s in your shopping cart. NYT Cooking and America’s Test Kitchen deliver rigorously tested recipes from home-cooking experts you can trust. For health-focused nutritional plans, try FitOn’s Eating for Longevity or Heart-Healthy programs.