The 3 Best Workout Apps (Plus 1 Free & 1 Super Spendy One)

Not everyone is a fan of workout classes in a gym. You have to be there on time, fight for weights and space for your mat, and then worry about people staring at you in the mirror when you’ve once again forgotten the steps to the Zumba routine.

And even if you are the type of person who can “dance like no one is watching,” there are still the smells and the germs and the price of individual classes or a gym membership.

But, thanks to technology, you don’t actually have to force yourself to be a gym rat to take fitness classes anymore. Here are my favorite ways to use tech to stay fit while staying away from the gym.

My 3 Favorite Paid Workout Apps

In my article 5 Ways to Know If a Digital Trainer Is Right for You, I explained that the best workout apps are not as expensive as a gym membership, but they’re not free either. Most start with a free trial, followed by a subscription fee that can range from $1.50 to $20 per month.

Here are my three favorite workout apps, what makes them great, and how much they cost.

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1. Daily Burn

If class variety keeps you going, try Daily Burn. You can stream workout classes to your iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, or Android phone or tablet. In addition to the on-demand library of yoga, cardio, strength training, dance classes, and more, Daily Burn also streams a daily live thirty-minute full-body workout that feels about as close to a gym fitness class experience as you can get.

You can try Daily Burn free for thirty days. After that, it’s $14.95 per month for a Basic membership and $19.96 per month for the Premium service. Both memberships offer unlimited classes, but the Premium service also offers you a personal coach.

2. Yoga Studio App

If you’re familiar with basic yoga poses and won’t miss the community of a studio class, I highly recommend the Yoga Studio app. With 25 hours of classes, ten of which feature Yoga Master Rodney Yee, you’ll have more than enough routines to have a healthy practice.