The best fitness apps to track everything from your heart rate to your diet habits. Convert your mobile into the personal trainer you always (sort of) wanted.
This fitness app tracks you via your phone’s GPS and gives you the complete rundown (ha!) on your workout.
FREE
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FREE
A great app, if you need the customisation; otherwise, RunKeeper’s marginally better and free.
£2.49
Men’s Health Workouts puts the power of the world’s largest men’s magazine in your hand.
£1.26
Targeted GPS tracking tool that lets you keep a close eye on your marathon training, cycling and other sports.
£4.69
Designed for those with a love of the outdoors, this application helps you to keep track of all the exercise you are (or should) be doing
FREE
A pocket workout partner, offering step by step routines to help you crunch those abs and perfect that washboard stomach.
£2.15
Interested in knowing what’s actually going in your body? Calorie Tracker de-mystifies it for you
£2.15
Whether you are a runner, swimmer, or are in a kayak, Cardio Trainer charts your journey to physical perfection.
FREE
A worthwhile distraction from the day job! The videos are easy to follow, and the results felt straight away
£0.69
Keep tabs on your running, cycling, walking and more with this GPS sports app
FREE
Look at yourself. You’re fully clothed and a little flabby. Wouldn’t you want an application with half naked men telling you how to look better?
£35.00
Heart Rate Monitor converts your pulse rate into heart rate, vital for exercise junkies…
FREE
Heartbeats is designed to help you monitor your heart rate and log how fast your pulse is over a long period of time
£2.15
ICE stores all your medical info and allocates an emergency contact which is accessible straight from your phone’s home screen.
£1.97
Tips to help you lose weight. That you could have worked out yourself
£3.00
It won’t be the right choice for everyone, but this is a polished, well-conceived and nicely executed app.
£1.49
If you favour push-bikes over petrol-powered conveyances, then you need this app to keep your cycle road-worthy.
£1.19
BMF: ‘My Fitness Instructor’ is the new app from the UK’s biggest outdoor fitness experts
£5.99
iPhone GPS fitness app RunKeeper Pro is great for seasoned runners and newbie park joggers alike.
£5.99
Track pretty much anything and log the route online so you can recollect those strenuous days
FREE
Another fitness tracking service offers a free app to temp you to its web-based goodies.
FREE
Speedhero LITE detects the average speed of your ball strike, whether tennis, golf or football.
FREE
Fantastically detailed diet-tracking app designed for diabetics but viable for the generally health-conscious.
FREE
Whether a seasoned gym-bunny or a frightened first-timer, iFitness helps you track your workouts
£1.19
YogaCoach does what it says on the tin, and means you can get to grips with yoga wherever, whenever.
£1.00
Ever wanted to impress girls by doing a hundred push-ups in the street just like Rocky Balboa?
£0.59
Trying to lose weight? Use this lightweight but powerful app to track your progress…
FREE
Your very own fitness and health diary that helps you focus on losing weight and keeping fit.
FREE
WeightBot is a pretend virtual robot that wants to stop you eating. And he will succeed.
£1.19
A useful, cheap reference app for students with a basic to moderate understanding of the human vascular system.
£2.99
Body Fitness is here to pump you up – offering a whole host of fitness regimes for you to try out.
FREE
The cheeky cocker-nee cook that everybody loves to hate has only gone and made one of the best iPhone cooking apps yet!
£4.99
Lucozade’s latest iPhone fitness app is a decent stab at providing a free personal trainer on your phone. Willpower not included.
FREE
This useful app will help you diagnose yourself if you find yourself in medical difficulty, and can even direct you to the nearest hospital.
FREE
Manage and control your sleeping patterns and be fitter, happier, more productive…
£0.59
Find a bike and see how much it’s costing you while you’re on the move
FREE
Don’t use as your only defence against things you can\’t eat, but it’s a great first line.
£1.99
If you are partial to the odd burger or three, Calorie Counter PRO MyNetDiary is a diet-tracking app that closely monitors your eating habits.
FREE
Endomondo Sports Tracker follows your sporting efforts, recording time, distance, speed and altitude if necessary.
FREE
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