APEX review
A strong free starting point with premium AI planning, progression, and body analysis.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
APEX is an AI-assisted fitness app for people seeking structured strength training and nutrition guidance. It builds and modifies workout and nutrition plans around goals, equipment, schedule, logged workouts, meals, recovery, and progress checks. The app combines workout and meal logging, equipment-aware routines, exercise substitutions, nutrition targets, recovery and readiness tracking, analytics, AI assistant chat, and body-photo analysis. It is available on iOS and Android, with a focus on lifters who want training and nutrition in one app.
The free plan gives users unlimited workout and meal logging, unlimited custom routines, a 300+ exercise library, a 1,200 ingredient food library, analytics, full training history, and a muscle recovery map. That makes the free tier more than a basic trial for users who are comfortable creating routines and recording activity manually. A 30-day trial is also available. Premium costs $70 per year when billed annually or $9.99 per month. Both Premium options add automatic progression and routine improvements, unlimited assistant chats, unlimited smart meal logs, unlimited smart workout and nutrition plans, and body analysis and check-ins.
APEX’s standout value is the way its planning features connect training, nutrition, equipment, recovery, and progress checks. Automatic progression and exercise substitutions are suited to users whose routines need to change as their training context changes, while analytics and recovery tracking provide a broader view than workout logging alone. Choose APEX if you want a free logging and planning foundation with a path to AI-assisted coaching. Users who only need simple manual tracking may find Premium features unnecessary, while those seeking the full adaptive experience should consider the paid tier.
APEX pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Free tier includes unlimited workout and meal logging
- AI plans adapt to goals, equipment, schedule, recovery, and progress
- Recovery tracking, analytics, and body-photo analysis support ongoing progress
- Where it doesn't
- Automatic progression is available only in Premium
- AI assistant chats and smart plans require Premium
- Premium costs $70 yearly or $9.99 monthly
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