Is there a good app for set and track fitness goals?
Lacks Features: 27 apps already serve this, and 18 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. Apps exist but miss features users keep asking for. Enter with the missing feature.
Data refreshed July 20, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to set and track fitness goals, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| weak personalization to fitness goals | missing-feature | 1 | better personalization based on fitness goals |
| calorie goal tracking logic | bug | 1 | Your calorie calculations are stupid and will make everyone eat more |
| goal tracking against progress | ux | 1 | your app should not tell me I'm not at my eating target when I eat calories in my range |
| wants customizable calorie goal | missing-feature | 1 | I would love to see an option to customize your calorie goal |
| cant set a custom calorie goal | missing-feature | 1 | I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO PICK HOW MANY CALORIES I WANT |
| cant manually set calorie or macro goals | missing-feature | 1 | you cannot manually put in your calorie or any macro goals for that matter |
| no workout plan / progress tracking | missing-feature | 1 | It would make sense if I could keep a calendar of my workout plan where I could select the exercises I will do, weight and reps to keep track of my progress. |
| no at-a-glance weekly exercise goal view | missing-feature | 1 | Does not let me see at a glance how many times this week I met my exercise goal |
| same calorie goal regardless of goal selection | reliability | 1 | lose weight, maintain weight, or gain weight, this app recommends the same daily calorie intake for me |
| calorie goal editing | bug | 1 | wont let me change my calorie intake in the diary anymore |
| forced goal setting | ux | 1 | being forced to set goals I don’t want to fking set |
| aggressive goal-setting prompts | ux | 1 | the app is starting to focus on "helping me set and meet my goals" in an aggressive way |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Map My Fitness Workout Tracker | 4.7 | 66,492 | Free |
| WalkFit: Weight Loss Tracker | 4.7 | 161,342 | Free |
| Bodyweight Fitness | 4.8 | 1,285 | $1.99 |
| EōS Fitness | 4.4 | 4,375 | Free |
| JEFIT Gym Workout Tracker | 4.4 | 89,571 | Free |
| Fitness Stats | 4.8 | 2,496 | $7.99 |
| PaceFit | 4.5 | 29,718 | Free |
| Fitness Coach FitProSport FULL | 4.6 | 32 | $0.99 |
Should you build it?
Apps exist but miss features users keep asking for. Enter with the missing feature. Opportunity here scores 46 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
Who has tried building this
8 attempts, 5 active but all under 56 stars; a crowded low-traction space of fitness trackers with no breakout.
| Project | Status | Stars | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| DavieObi/Fit-track-pro | active | 56 | Python |
| Open-Code-Crafters/FitFlex | stale | 54 | JavaScript |
| shockbytes/Corey | stale | 33 | Kotlin |
| avigael/react-native-fitness-app | stale | 27 | JavaScript |
| ssqueen/Fitness-Tracker-App | active | 25 | |
| AtilMohAmine/Fitness-Tracker | active | 18 | Kotlin |
| Anubhob435/FitHub-Fitness-website | active | 10 | CSS |
| amanantuley/Personal_Fitness_Tracker | active | 5 | Jupyter Notebook |
Open-source projects that attempted this task — active ones show today's bar; abandoned ones are a signal to validate why earlier attempts died.
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