Mekimeki vs Fitbod

Fitbod does not primarily log your training, it writes it. You tell it your equipment and goals and it generates each session, tracking per-muscle recovery to decide what you should train next. It is the largest app in this comparison by rating count, with over 280,000 ratings.

Mekimeki and Fitbod, side by side

App	Free tier, as stated by the developer	Paid tier	Minimum iOS
Mekimeki	Uncapped logging and routines	None. There is no paid version.	iOS 17.0+
Fitbod	Trial only, then subscription	Subscription after the trial	iOS 18.0+

What Fitbod says about its own free tier

This is Fitbod’s own wording on its App Store page, quoted rather than summarised, so you can weigh it yourself:

After your free trial has ended, this app includes an auto-renewing subscription, which unlocks all premium workouts and features.
Source: the Fitbod App Store listing, retrieved 2026-09-09.

Why people look for a Fitbod alternative

There is no ongoing free tier

Fitbod’s own listing states that after the free trial ends the app includes an auto-renewing subscription that unlocks the premium workouts and features. Every other app on this page leaves you something when you stop paying. This one is a subscription product and does not pretend otherwise.

You are paying for the part that writes the program

If you already run a program you trust — a coach wrote it, or you have been progressing a split for two years — the generation engine is the majority of what you are subscribing to and the majority of what you will not use.

It requires iOS 18

Fitbod lists iOS 18.0 as its minimum, the highest requirement in this comparison. On an older iPhone that decides the question before pricing does.

What Fitbod has that Mekimeki does not

It models recovery per muscle group

Fitbod tracks how fresh each muscle group is and picks the next session around that. Mekimeki does not model fatigue; it records what you did and shows you last time’s numbers.

It re-plans itself, session after session

Mekimeki will generate a workout for you and it has free plans to start from, but you choose when to change course. Fitbod keeps re-deciding on its own, which is the part you are subscribing to.

Which one should you pick

These are different products rather than competing ones. If you want to be told what to lift today, subscribe to Fitbod, because nothing free does that as well. If you have a program and want somewhere to record it that will never stop working, Mekimeki is the other half of that sentence.

Questions people ask

What does Fitbod charge for?

Fitbod is free to download and charges for Subscription after the trial. Here is how the developer puts it on the App Store listing: After your free trial has ended, this app includes an auto-renewing subscription, which unlocks all premium workouts and features.

What plan does Mekimeki offer?

Mekimeki has one free plan. It has no Pro version, subscription, one-time unlock or advertising.

Can I move my history from Fitbod?

There is no direct importer for Fitbod data, and past sessions do not come across. What is worth carrying over is the last working weight for each exercise: a few minutes while you build your templates, after which the new history accumulates from there. Templates in Mekimeki are unlimited, so rebuilding a six-day split costs nothing but the typing.

Where these numbers come from

Every free-tier limit and price on this page is quoted word for word from that developer’s own App Store listing, and a dated copy of the listing is kept so the quote can be re-checked. How these comparisons are sourced and archived →

Looking more widely than this one comparison? See the best Fitbod alternatives, 6 apps ranked by how they handle what Fitbod puts behind its paid tier.

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