The best workout tracker apps for Android, compared
Nine apps, four questions each: does it need an account, does it work with the network off, which of training, food and recovery does it actually cover, and can you use it for nothing.
By The FitTrack team at Blur Brands LLC
11 minute read
Checked August 2026
FitTrack publishes this page, and FitTrack is in the table
So read it that way. There are no scores here and no star ratings, because we did not run a bake-off and we are not the right people to judge one. Every cell is a structural fact you can check yourself in about a minute, and every app links to its own site so you can. Where a rival is better than us, the table says so.
The four questions
What we compared, and what we left alone
Does it need an account?
Whether you must hand over an email address and create a login before the app will log a single set.
Does it work with the network off?
Whether your history lives on the phone or on someone else's server. Gym basements settle this argument faster than we can.
Train, fuel, recover: which does it do?
Most apps do one of the three well. Running two apps is normal. Running three is why this comparison exists.
Is there a real free tier?
Not whether it has a trial, but whether you can use it indefinitely without paying. We list prices nowhere here, because they change and the store is authoritative.
Deliberately absent: download counts, star ratings and "we tested them for 200 hours". Those numbers are either unverifiable, out of date by the time you read them, or both.
Side by side
Nine apps, one table
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FitTrack
Android
Account Not neededOffline On deviceTrain YesFuel YesRecover YesFree tier Yes -
Hevy
Android, iOS, web
Account RequiredOffline Sync-basedTrain YesFuel NoRecover NoFree tier Yes -
Strong
Android, iOS, Apple Watch
Account RequiredOffline Sync-basedTrain YesFuel NoRecover NoFree tier Yes -
FitNotes
Android only
Account Not neededOffline On deviceTrain YesFuel NoRecover NoFree tier Yes -
Fitbod
Android, iOS
Account RequiredOffline Sync-basedTrain YesFuel NoRecover PartlyFree tier No -
Jefit
Android, iOS, web
Account RequiredOffline Sync-basedTrain YesFuel PartlyRecover NoFree tier Yes -
MyFitnessPal
Android, iOS, web
Account RequiredOffline Sync-basedTrain PartlyFuel YesRecover NoFree tier Yes -
Cronometer
Android, iOS, web
Account RequiredOffline Sync-basedTrain PartlyFuel YesRecover NoFree tier Yes -
MacroFactor
Android, iOS
Account RequiredOffline Sync-basedTrain NoFuel YesRecover NoFree tier No
| App | Platforms | Account | Data lives | Train | Fuel | Recover | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FitTrack ours | Android | Not needed | On device | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hevy | Android, iOS, web | Required | Sync-based | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Strong | Android, iOS, Apple Watch | Required | Sync-based | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| FitNotes | Android only | Not needed | On device | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Fitbod | Android, iOS | Required | Sync-based | Yes | No | Partly | No |
| Jefit | Android, iOS, web | Required | Sync-based | Yes | Partly | No | Yes |
| MyFitnessPal | Android, iOS, web | Required | Sync-based | Partly | Yes | No | Yes |
| Cronometer | Android, iOS, web | Required | Sync-based | Partly | Yes | No | Yes |
| MacroFactor | Android, iOS | Required | Sync-based | No | Yes | No | No |
"Partly" means the app touches that job without being built for it: a nutrition app that will accept a workout, or a training app with a rough calorie estimate attached. "Sync-based" does not mean the app breaks without signal, only that the account and the server are the design rather than an option.
One at a time
What each one is actually for
The three jobs in one app, where each one changes the others: the sets you logged drive the recovery map, and the recovery map decides what tomorrow asks of you.
There is no sign-up, no login and no backend. Your workouts, measurements and history are written to storage on the phone itself. Exactly two things leave the device, and both are listed on the home page: an anonymous check that a Pro subscription is active, and your own Android backup if you have that switched on. Everything can be exported to a single JSON file, free on both tiers.
Against it It is Android only, it is new, and it will not import your training history out of another app. If you have three years of logs in Hevy, moving is a manual job.
The default recommendation for gym logging, and deservedly so. Reusable routines, clean progress charts and an unusually generous free tier.
Hevy is built around syncing and a social feed, so it wants an account and it expects a connection. If you want to follow friends and share sessions, that is the point rather than the cost.
Against it Lifting only. Nothing about what you ate, and nothing that models what is still fatigued.
The fastest, most polished set-logging interface of the group, and the best of them on a watch.
Strong does one thing and does not apologize for it. An account gets you sync across devices; the free tier caps how much you can set up before the subscription starts making its case.
Against it Lifting only, and the free tier is tighter than Hevy's.
The purist option, and the closest thing here to FitTrack on the question of who holds your data. No account, no ads, no premium tier, no connection needed.
It has been the answer to "a workout log that just works offline" on Android for years, and it earned that. Log sets, read graphs, close the app.
Against it Deliberately narrow. No nutrition, no recovery model, no suggested working weights, and the design is showing its age.
The one big name that also reasons about recovery. It builds each session for you and shows which muscle groups it considers fresh.
If the appeal of FitTrack is "the app decides what I lift today", Fitbod is the established app making that same argument, and it makes it well.
Against it Subscription-first, with no real free tier, an account requirement, and nothing on nutrition.
The deepest exercise library of the group, with prebuilt programs and a long-running community behind it.
If you want to be handed a twelve-week plan and a demo video for every movement in it, this is the one with the most on the shelf.
Against it Busy, account-bound, and the free tier is where the upsells live.
The largest food database in consumer fitness. If you can eat it, someone has already scanned it.
For logging meals at volume, nothing here matches it. That database is the product, and it is why the app is on so many phones.
Against it An account is mandatory, the free tier carries advertising, and its privacy policy describes sharing personal information with third parties for advertising. Read it before you decide, because it is the opposite end of this table from FitNotes and FitTrack.
The one to use if micronutrients matter to you. Curated entries rather than crowdsourced guesses, and it tracks far past the big three.
Where MyFitnessPal optimizes for the size of the database, Cronometer optimizes for whether the numbers in it are right.
Against it Account required, and the integrations sit behind the paid tier. Training support is incidental.
The most rigorous macro coaching of the group. It reads your weight trend and your intake and adjusts your targets itself, rather than making you guess.
It is the app to beat on adaptive nutrition, and it does not pretend to be anything else.
Against it Subscription only, with no permanent free tier, and no training log at all.
Pick one
Start from what you actually want
You want the best pure gym log
Hevy for the free tier, Strong for the interface. Both are excellent and neither will ever tell you what you ate.
You want nothing to leave your phone
FitNotes if lifting is all you track. FitTrack if you also want food and recovery in the same place.
You want your macros managed for you
MacroFactor, and it is not close. Pair it with Hevy and accept that you are running two apps.
You want the biggest food database
MyFitnessPal. Read its privacy policy first, because it is the one app here that is unambiguous about advertising.
You want micronutrients, not just macros
Cronometer. Nothing else in this list is close on data quality per entry.
You want the app to plan the session
Fitbod if you are happy to subscribe from day one. FitTrack if you want the same idea with a free tier and no account.
Questions
The ones people actually ask
What is the best workout tracker app for Android?
For gym logging alone, Hevy has the strongest free tier and Strong has the fastest interface. If you want it to work with no account and no connection, FitNotes and FitTrack are the two that do. If you want training, nutrition and recovery in one app, FitTrack is the one in this list that covers all three.
Which fitness apps work without an account?
Of the apps compared here, FitNotes and FitTrack are the only two that need no sign-up at all. Hevy, Strong, Jefit, Fitbod, MyFitnessPal, Cronometer and MacroFactor are all built around a synced account.
Which fitness apps work offline?
FitNotes and FitTrack both write your history to the phone itself, so a gym basement with no signal changes nothing. The account-based apps generally let you log while offline and reconcile later, but the account and the sync are still the design.
Do I need a separate app for tracking macros?
With most workout trackers, yes: Hevy, Strong, FitNotes and Fitbod do not track food, so people pair them with MyFitnessPal, Cronometer or MacroFactor. FitTrack covers both, which is the reason it exists.
Which workout apps track muscle recovery?
Two in this comparison. Fitbod shows which muscle groups it considers fresh when it builds your next session. FitTrack keeps a recovery map driven by every set you log, decaying over 72 hours for chest and legs, 48 for shoulders and arms and 36 for calves and core, and it is free in full.
Or stop running three apps
Training, food and recovery in one place, with no account and nothing to sign up for. Your history is written to your phone and stays there.