First announced at a special Apple event in September 2020, then introduced on December 14, 2020, Apple Fitness Plus represents the company’s most ambitious and comprehensive push into the exercise market to date.
But what exactly is Apple Fitness Plus? What do you need to get to it? And how much does it cost?
For answers to these questions and more, read on.
What is the Apple Fitness Plus program?
Apple Fitness Plus is a subscription-based training service powered by your Apple Watch. It provides customized exercises based on 11 types of core exercises and guided meditations.
These workouts take the form of high-quality video productions led by professional coaches of all ages and abilities, combined with real-time health metrics provided by Apple Watch.
In addition to these screen-based exercises, the Time to Walk and Time to Run tools allow you to walk away with audio instructions, music, and accompanying inspiring stories.
Apple Fitness Plus will actively recommend the exercises and meditations you think you’ll like based on previous activity, while also striving to provide variety.
Each workout session takes between 5 minutes and 45 minutes, so you can decide how much time you need to work out.
What types of exercises are featured in Apple Fitness Plus?
There are 11 types of core exercises in Apple Fitness Plus: core, cycling, dance, high-intensity interval training (HIIT), mindful cool-down, rowing, strength, walking on the treadmill, running on the treadmill, Pilates, and yoga.
Up to 30 new exercises and meditations are added each week.
How do I access Apple Fitness Plus?
You can pay for a monthly or yearly subscription. Instead, Apple Fitness Plus is one of five subscriptions bundled into the premium tier of the Apple One service, along with Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, Apple Arcade, Apple News Plus, and additional iCloud storage.
You’ll also need an Apple Watch (Series 3 or higher) to track metrics such as your heart rate.
With all of this, you’ll find all the workouts inside the Fitness app on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV.
How much does Apple Fitness Plus cost?
Apple Fitness Plus on its own will either cost you £9.99 / $9.99 per month, or £79.99 / $79.99 per year.
As part of the premium Apple One tier, it will cost you £29.95 / $29.95 per month.
At the time of writing, new Apple Watch owners get a 3-month free trial of Apple Fitness Plus, while existing owners can get a 1-month free trial.
What devices do Apple Fitness Plus support?
You’ll need an iOS device (running iOS 14.3 or later) and an Apple Watch (running watchOS 7.2 or later) to use Apple Fitness Plus. Here is a list of compatible iPhones:
You’ll also need to use one of the following Apple Watch smartwatches:
You can also use your iPad to access Apple Fitness Plus (iPar Air 2 or later), Apple TV HD, or Apple TV 4K.
