KEY POINTS

  • The iPhone has fitness apps which can assist users in following exercise goals
  • These apps can be downloaded from the App Store
  • The apps could vary in features and compatibility with the iPhone's iOS 13 health features.

Losing weight can be easier with the iPhone helping you out every step of the way. Apple has many apps available on the App Store that assists with weight loss and healthy living regimens. These apps are available for free or require subscription to keep using them in the long run.

Fitness & Workout

This fitness app adjusts its plans depending on the user’s goals and specified problem areas. Once those are decided, the fitness plan spans to six to eight weeks of workout. The plans come with tutorial videos for the workouts and short sessions.

Other features include challenge tabs and even a community area to share fitness goals and progress with other users.

While it offers these great tools, the app lacks Apple Health integration and Dark Mode. The app can’t carry and transfer your progress to other devices.

This app is available on the App Store and is a subscription, which costs $8 per week or $40 for six months.

HealthifyMe

Like the previous app, it needs some personal input to help optimize the fitness plan for its users. However, this app allows users to set the pace for themselves with its flexible scheduling. The app also tracks some fitness metrics such as calorie burn goal for the day, water consumption, exercise tracking, and most importantly, weight lost.

The app also features a global scoreboard for the competitive types when it comes to fitness. Meanwhile, it also has a mandatory AI assistant that would help users adjust their fitness goals. Lastly, this app can integrate with Apple Health which allows users to transfer their fitness data and progress to other apps better.

This app is also subscription-based and costs $2.50 per month for the AI assistant version, while the personal assistant version costs $40 per month.

MyFitnessPal

Lastly, the MyFitnessPal app is great for users who are starting out with fitness apps. It requires users to sign in and input some personal data to get started with the app. Users will need to work with app as calories taken need to be recorded with the app and strictly following the fitness plan.

MyFitnessPal is a free app and has a strong community which could help motivate new users as they start with fitness goals and ask around for improvements as they do.

While it is free, getting the paid version is recommended as the free version is littered with ads.

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