APEX

APEX is an AI lifting and nutrition coach for people who want workout planning, meal tracking, and physique check-ins together in a mobile app. It is best suited to beginners and experienced athletes willing to log their own activity. Its main trade-off is that it does not sync with device health platforms, so users must enter health and fitness data manually.

Overview

APEX turns logged gym performance into suggestions for progression, warm-up weights, deloads, and routine changes. Pairing that with meal estimates and physique check-ins gives users a way to consider training, nutrition, and progress in one place. The coaching is only as useful as the information users record, however, and those who expect passive tracking will find the manual workflow limiting.

Meal logging accepts photos, text, narration, files, and recipes; APEX estimates nutrition and suggests meals that fit user targets. Progress checks compare photos and other check-in results over time, with analysis of body and muscle development. A library of 300+ exercises and 1,200+ ingredients supports planning and logging without making the app dependent on a narrow set of activities or foods.

Key features

Workout coaching and adaptable routines

APEX analyzes logged gym performance to suggest progression and routine improvements, including warm-up weights and deloads. The maker says it can tailor routines to available equipment, from home dumbbells to bodyweight, making it relevant to both home exercisers and gym users. Free includes unlimited custom routines and full training history, but automatic progression and routine improvements are Premium features.

Nutrition logging and physique check-ins

Multiple meal-entry methods make the nutrition tools flexible, and meal suggestions tied to targets give the logging a practical purpose beyond record-keeping. Free allows 10 smart meal logs; Premium removes that cap and adds body analysis and check-ins. Users who want ongoing automated meal guidance or physique analysis will need to pay.

Privacy and data control

The maker says personal data, including body photos, is not used to train or fine-tune AI models. Its privacy policy names Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, and OpenAI as AI providers, and describes TLS 1.2+ in transit, encryption at rest, and application-layer AES-256-GCM encryption for body photo files. Users can export account data from the app, and account deletion permanently removes account and associated personal data. Support is available by email, with a usual response time of 1–2 business days.

Pricing

APEX is freemium. The Free plan costs nothing, billed $0 forever. It includes uncapped workout and meal logging, unlimited custom routines, 300+ exercises, 1,200 ingredients, analytics, full training history, and a muscle recovery map. Its limits are 10 smart meal logs and 5 smart workout plans, and it lacks automatic progression, routine improvements, and body analysis.

Premium Monthly costs $9.99 a month, billed $9.99/ month. Premium Yearly costs $70 a year, billed $70/ year. Both include everything in Free plus automatic progression and routine improvements, unlimited assistant chats, smart meal logs, workout and nutrition plans, and body analysis and check-ins. The yearly option costs less than paying the monthly price for a full year; monthly billing may suit users who prefer not to commit annually.

The free month auto-renews into a paid subscription unless canceled before it ends. Subscriptions are managed through App Store settings, so users should cancel there before the trial expires if they do not want a paid renewal.

Platforms

APEX is available on Android and iOS. It does not integrate with Apple HealthKit, Google Fit, or other device health platforms, so users need to enter relevant health and fitness data themselves.

Who it's for

APEX suits people who want workout and nutrition coaching in one app and are prepared to keep their logs current. Its equipment-aware routine tailoring makes it applicable to beginners and seasoned athletes, including those training at home with dumbbells or bodyweight. It is a poor fit for anyone who depends on automatic health-platform syncing or wants progress tracking with little manual effort.

Pros and cons

• Training and nutrition in one app: workout guidance, meal estimates, and progress checks address related parts of a fitness routine.
• Useful free foundation: uncapped workout and meal logging, unlimited custom routines, and full training history let users establish a record without paying.
• Flexible meal entry: photos, text, narration, files, and recipes accommodate different logging habits.
• Manual data entry is unavoidable: no device health-platform integration means users must enter health and fitness data themselves.
• Smart coaching is capped on Free: the plan allows 10 smart meal logs and 5 smart workout plans, while automated progression and body analysis require Premium.

Alternatives

For other options in this category, see AI Fitness Apps. Freeletics is worth considering if a limited selection of free workouts, exercises, runs, and audio sessions is a better fit than APEX’s logging-led coaching. Miles is an iOS run-tracking option with goal setting and plan previews on its free plan. ARDOR offers one free workout per week and full access for its first 7 days. Kemtai is an alternative with support for Android, iOS, web, Windows, and API access. Saga Coach offers three free workouts and a chat trial on iOS. Styrki is an iOS option with unlimited manual workout logging, personal-best tracking, GPS runs, cardio and heart rate, a score, community features, and limited AI workouts. Yogini is available on iOS and macOS. AI-Training is another paid option for Android and iOS.

Verdict

Choose APEX if you want adaptive lifting guidance, nutrition logging, and physique check-ins in one mobile app and are willing to supply the data yourself. The free plan is a substantial place to start, while Premium makes the smart guidance and body analysis less restricted. Look elsewhere if automatic syncing from Apple HealthKit, Google Fit, or another device health platform is essential.