KovaApp comparison
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Fitbod and Kova both pick your weights, but they plan training differently. Fitbod generates each workout from your recovery, history, and equipment, and rotates exercises to keep training varied. Kova: Lift & Strength Tracker builds a repeatable weekly plan, so the same main lifts come back and their targets climb from the sets you log, with a reason shown for each change. Choose Fitbod for variety, a library of more than 1,000 exercises, and watch apps. Choose Kova if you want to repeat your main lifts and see why each target moved. Kova is our app, so this page sticks to facts you can check.
| Feature | Kova | Fitbod |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | A repeatable plan where your main lifts climb, with the reason for each change shown. | Varied, generated workouts that rotate around muscle recovery. |
| How workouts are planned | Builds a weekly plan from your goals, experience, equipment, schedule, and session length. Full-body, upper/lower, and push/pull/legs-style splits. | Generates each session from your goals, fitness level, performance history, recovery, and equipment. Picks your split and favors recovered muscles. |
| How the next weight is set | Sets each target from the sets you log. Reach the top of the rep range and the weight can go up next session. Stall repeatedly and it can recommend a deload. Each target shows why it changed. | Recommends weights, reps, and sets from your logged performance. Uses non-linear periodization, so targets and exercises vary over time. |
| Exercise variety | A fixed plan, so main lifts repeat. You can swap, skip, add, or reorder exercises mid-workout. | Varies exercises by design. You can also save and build your own workouts. |
| Free version | Subscription required. Check available offers and eligibility in the app. | No. 7-day free trial, then a monthly or yearly subscription. |
| Exercise library | 100+ exercises with demonstration videos and step-by-step instructions. | 1,000+ exercises with multi-angle video demos and written cues. |
| Progress tracking | Strength Index across five movement patterns, training heatmap, volume, strength, and PR trends, with automatic PR detection. | Personal records, estimated strength, volume trends, and training streaks. |
| Offline use | Built for spotty gym reception, with local session recovery and cloud sync. | Generated workouts can be completed offline. |
| Platforms | iPhone and Android. No watch app listed. | iPhone and Android, with Apple Watch and Wear OS companion apps. |
| Integrations and export | CSV export of workout history. Separate equipment profiles for each gym. | Apple Health, Health Connect, Strava, and Fitbit. |
Fitbod generates each workout for you. It looks at your goals, fitness level, logged performance, recovery, and equipment. It favors muscles that have recovered and varies exercises with non-linear periodization. That keeps training fresh, but your main lifts may not come back on a fixed schedule.
Kova builds a weekly plan around your schedule and equipment, and keeps it. Each exercise gets a target from the sets you logged last time. Reach the top of the rep range and the weight can go up. Stall repeatedly and Kova can recommend a deload. Every target shows why it changed.
Neither app has a free version. Fitbod offers a 7-day free trial, then a monthly or yearly subscription. Kova requires a subscription; available offers and eligibility are shown in the app.
Fitbod launched in 2015, is an Apple Editors' Choice winner, and reports more than 15 million downloads. Kova was released in May 2026 and has few App Store ratings so far. Fitbod has the much longer track record.
Want your next weight set for you, with the reason shown? Kova builds a plan around your goals, equipment, and schedule, then adjusts each target from the sets you log.
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