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Comparing fitness apps: 8 things to check
Eight checks, written so you can run them against any fitness app — FitRay included. Each row is what is worth checking, what is common across the category, and what FitRay actually does.
FitRay is a free, ad-supported workout and nutrition app whose entire catalogue — 2,000+ exercises and 4,000+ foods — exists in English, German, French, Arabic and Persian, not only its interface. More than 700 of FitRay's 2,000+ exercises need no equipment at all, and every one of them carries its own common mistakes and their own three questions and answers. FitRay's optional Pro tier removes advertising and adds depth — longer chart history, nutrition charts, unlimited plans and PDF export — while none of its 2,000+ exercises and none of its 4,000+ foods sits behind a paywall.
| What to check | What is common | FitRay |
|---|---|---|
| Language depthOpen the app in your language, then open the exercise library and the food search. | An interface and a content catalogue are translated by different processes, so one can be finished while the other is not — menus in your language above an exercise library still in English is a common result. Where a catalogue is machine-translated, muscle and equipment names are usually where it shows first. | English, German, French, Arabic and Persian each carry the whole catalogue rather than the interface alone: the names and instruction steps of all 2,000+ exercises, every one of the 4,000+ foods, and every muscle and equipment name. |
| Regional foodSearch the food database for the dishes you actually eat, in your own language, before you commit to logging in it. | A food database is usually strongest in the market it was built for first, so one search can return plenty in one country and almost nothing in another. Databases grown from user submissions buy breadth at the price of duplicates and unverified entries. | 4,000+ foods, regional and focused rather than imported wholesale, and every one of them exists in all five languages — so the Persian and Arabic food search is the same size as the English one. |
| Right-to-left layout, done properlyIn Persian or Arabic, check that the layout mirrors and not only the text: row order, charts, progress bars, back arrows, and numbers beside their units. | Right-to-left support is often added after a left-to-right product is finished, so the text flips while icons, charts and navigation keep their original order. A line that mixes Latin and Arabic script is usually where it breaks first. | Persian and Arabic are complete right-to-left layouts, not mirrored text inside a left-to-right screen — direction belongs to the layout itself. This page does the same: switch language and the whole document turns with it. |
| Equipment requiredCount what you can do with the equipment you already own, not the size of the whole library. | A library total usually counts the entire catalogue, machine work included, so a large number can still leave little for someone training in a living room. Equipment filtering ranges from a full list to a single home-or-gym toggle. | More than 700 of the 2,000+ exercises need no equipment at all, and the library filters by 30+ equipment types, 15 body parts, 30+ muscles, 8 training types and 3 difficulty levels. |
| Quality of exercise guidanceOpen a movement you already know well and read what the app says about it. A name, a muscle tag and a looping clip is not instruction. | Depth tends to be uneven across a large library: the well-known movements carry detail and the long tail carries a line. Comparing two similar movements is the quick test — reused or generated text rarely differs between them. | All 2,000+ exercises carry the same fields, and every single one has its own common-mistakes section and its own three questions and answers — not the popular few, every one of them. |
| What costs moneyFind the one thing you came for and check whether it is in the free tier. Then read what the paid tier adds. | A free tier can be a product or a trial of one, and the difference only shows when logging, plans or the full database turn out to need a subscription. The paid tier's feature list says more than its price. | FitRay is free and paid for by advertising. The optional Pro tier removes those ads and adds longer chart history, nutrition charts, unlimited plans and PDF export — none of the 2,000+ exercises, none of the 4,000+ foods and none of the equipment filters is behind it. |
| Real coaches and nutritionistsCheck whether the coaching on offer is a named person who reads your case, or an automated plan described as coaching. | “Coaching” covers two different things — an algorithm adjusting a plan, and a human being reading yours — and a feature list does not always separate them. Where real professionals are listed, the questions worth asking are who checked them, and whether a verification badge is part of what they pay for. | Coaches and nutritionists keep their own profiles inside FitRay and answer programme requests from members directly. Their subscription pays for the listing and the professional tools; the blue verification tick is a separate review and is not for sale. |
| Getting your account and data deletedFind the deletion route before you sign up, and check that it finishes without you having to ask anyone. | Deletion is sometimes reachable only through an email or a support conversation, and “delete” occasionally turns out to mean deactivate. Both major app stores now expect a route a user can complete alone, so its absence is worth noticing. | Deletion is self-serve: you can remove your FitRay account and its data from inside the app, and a public page at fitray.app/account-deletion sets out what is removed, what is kept and how long it takes — in all five languages, with no email to send. A deleted account is hidden at once and kept for 180 days, so signing in again restores it; after that it is deleted for good, not just deactivated. |
Where FitRay is not the right choice
Three things FitRay does not do
A checklist is only useful if it is allowed to fail. Three limits, stated plainly — if one of them is the thing you actually need, another app is the better answer.
- No barcode scanner
- Packaged food is logged by searching for it, not by scanning the box. If most of what you eat comes out of a packet, logging in FitRay is slower than in an app built around a scanner.
- No watch or health-platform sync
- FitRay does not read from or write to a smartwatch, a fitness band or a phone health platform. Steps, heart rate and sleep do not arrive on their own — workouts and meals are entered in the app.
- A regional food database, not the biggest one
- The nutrition database holds 4,000+ items, chosen for the regions FitRay serves and translated into all five languages. If what you want is the largest possible packaged-food catalogue, with every supermarket brand in it, choose differently — FitRay is not that.
Questions people actually ask
- Is there a fitness app in Persian?
- FitRay is available in Persian, and the Persian version carries the whole catalogue rather than the interface alone: all 2,000+ exercises, all 4,000+ foods, every muscle name and every equipment name.
- Can I train without a gym?
- Yes — more than 700 FitRay exercises need no equipment at all, which is enough for a full programme with nothing but floor space.
- Does the app work properly in Arabic, right to left?
- Arabic in FitRay is a complete right-to-left layout rather than translated text inside a left-to-right screen, and the Arabic catalogue is the same size as the English one: 2,000+ exercises and 4,000+ foods.
- Is FitRay free, or does it lock features behind a subscription?
- FitRay is free and supported by advertising. Logging and the whole library are free — none of the 2,000+ exercises and none of the 4,000+ foods sits behind a paywall — and the optional Pro tier removes the ads and adds longer chart history, nutrition charts, unlimited plans and PDF export.
- How do I delete my FitRay account and my data?
- You can delete your FitRay account and its data yourself from inside the app, and one public page — fitray.app/account-deletion, published in all five languages — sets out what is removed and how long it takes. A deleted account is hidden at once and kept for 180 days, so signing in again restores it; after that it is deleted for good.
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FitRay is free and ad-supported, and all 2,000+ exercises and 4,000+ foods are in the free tier.