Top 5 Best Fitness / Running Apps for Android Smartphones

For all those who own an Android smartphone and thinking of their fitness, there are lots of apps listed in the Play Store, which can help you to stay fit. These apps can store a lot of health data and present them you at the right time. Many of the apps support Android Wear, which can be useful for getting information directly onto your wrist. Here are the top five apps, which we thought are the best from the hundreds of fitness apps listed on the Play Store.

Google Fit

The Google Fit app supports all the Android smartphones and Android Wear devices. The app lets you track your activities like walking, running, cycling and many more. You can connect supported Third Party fitness devices or apps to the Google Fit like Nike+ running, Run Keeper, and many others. It allows setting the goals for fitness and weight-loss. The user interface is very simple, and all the data is shown on the home screen. It gives accurate information most of the time even without an additional smart band or a smart watch.

Price: Free

Download: Google Play Store

Runtastic Running GPS Tracker

The Runtastic has individual apps for each and every activity, where few of them are paid versions. The Runtastic Running GPS Tracker is one of the apps from the developer and is listed for free on Play Store. It tracks all your activities like most of the other apps do, but it gives you a voice coach and interval training.

The app supports Android Wear and can integrate with a streaming music apps for listening to music while working out on your fitness.

Price: Free

Download: Google Play Store

Nike+ Running

The Nike+ Running app can run on any device with GPS, it lets you choose if you are running in indoors or outdoors and gives you the audio feedback while running. The app comes integrated with the shop for shopping all Nike products and music player called PowerSong. It allows interacting with your friends and get cheers from them directly through the social networking sites. The app can track and manage the running activities while it could not track any other activities like cycling, or slow walking.

Price: Free

Download: Google Play Store

RunKeeper – GPS Track Run Walk

The RunKeeper tracks your performance and allows you to create running routes and fitness plans. The app can train you for a part of a marathon or the full event. The app integrates with Google Fit and supports Android Wear.

Other than running it can track other activities also, and it can even measure your heart rate. There is also a paid version that costs you around $9.99 on monthly plan while $39.99 on an annual basis.

Price: Free

Download: Google Play Store

Endomondo Running Cycling Walk

Endomondo can track all your activities like running, cycling, walking and many more. The app keeps you motivated with its audio coach and offers prizes for finish the challenges. You can send and receive voice messages from your friends. It saves all your track routes, record stats, and workouts. The app is listed for free, and the Premium version is priced at $5.99/month or $29.99/year. The premium version supports no ads and offers little extra functionalities like personal training plans and analyzes heart rate.

Price: Free

Download: Google Play Store