Planet Fitness

Health & Fitness

7.8~~/10~~

Our score

★ 4.6 Google Play·10M+ installs

Reviewed by Editorial Team, ScoredApps editorial · updated 2026-09-05

Screenshots

Progress Starts Here: a smiling member riding an exercise bike in the gym

Log your activities: the activity log with sets, weights and reps for an incline bench

Workout routines and videos for the club and at home, with an HIIT video session

Pick the best workout time with the Crowd Meter: busy hours for the member's home club

Power Up with Perks: members save on apparel, food, travel and other partner brands

About Planet Fitness

The Planet Fitness app is a membership companion rather than a fitness app you can use anywhere: it opens the door at the gym, counts your check-ins, plays guided workouts, and scans a QR code on a machine to explain how to use it. The one feature people install it for is the Crowd Meter, which shows how busy your branch is right now and at the same hour last week.

App information

DeveloperPlanet Fitness Holdings, LLC

Version9.12.5

Size123.1 MB (Android) · 174 MB (iOS)

Price / In-appFree

Contains adsYes

In-app purchasesNo

Content rating9+

Requires (Android)Android 10+

Requires (iOS)iOS 16.0+

Offline modeNone — check-in, crowd data and workouts all need a connection

Interface languagesEN, ES

Store rating (Google Play)4.6 from 93,668 ratings

Installs10M+

Updated by developer2026-07-30

Data checked2026-09-07

Specs come from the official store listings and were last checked on 2026-09-07. Developers change pricing and requirements — check the store page before installing.

Planet Fitness Review: The Crowd Meter Earns Its Place

The Crowd Meter Tells You When to Go

A bar at the top shows how full the gym is at this moment, and beneath it a history chart breaks the week into days and hours, so a Tuesday evening can be compared with a Tuesday morning before you leave the house. For anyone who trains around a work schedule, that single screen is worth more than the rest of the app combined. It is also branch-specific rather than an average, which matters in a chain where two locations a mile apart can be busy at completely different times.

QR Codes on Machines, Workouts at Home

Every machine carries a code; scanning it opens an exercise page with the machine's name, the muscle group, a difficulty tag and tips for form. That answers the question that keeps beginners on the treadmill instead of the weights floor. Alongside it sits a library of guided workouts — beginner arms, core strength, full-body dumbbell sessions — usable at home as well as in the gym, plus a dashboard counting check-ins, activities logged and average session length. Referrals sit in the same app: each friend who joins earns a free month.

Membership Starts at $15, With a $49 Annual Fee

The app is free but useless without a membership, and that is where the money sits: Classic memberships start at $15 a month and PF Black Card at $24.99, with prices varying by location, an annual fee of $49, and a possible twelve-month commitment. Two things stand out on the listing itself. Google Play shows no in-app purchases but does carry a Contains ads badge, on an app used almost exclusively by paying members. And the data card lists eight collected categories including financial information, though nothing is declared as shared with third parties.

Pros

Crowd Meter shows live and historic busyness per branch
QR codes on machines open form guides and tips
Guided workouts also run at home, not only in the gym
Referrals earn a free month for each friend who joins
Rated 4.9 on the App Store across 793,000 ratings

Cons

Useless without a paid gym membership behind it
Advertising badge on an app used only by members
Eight data categories collected, including financial information
Memberships carry a $49 annual fee on top of monthly dues

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Verdict

As a member's tool it does its job well, and the Crowd Meter is the feature other chains should copy: knowing whether the gym is full before leaving home changes whether you go at all. Rated 4.9 by nearly 800,000 people, so this is not a token app. Judge the cost by the membership rather than the download — $15 or $24.99 a month, plus a $49 annual fee that catches people out.

Core function8.5Check-in, crowd data, machine guides and workouts cover what a member needs on site.

Ease of use8.5One dashboard, a scan button and a workout library; nothing needs configuring first.

Monetisation7.0The app costs nothing, but memberships start at $15 monthly plus a $49 annual fee.

Performance8.0Light and quick, with video workouts that stream without stalling on gym Wi-Fi.

Privacy & permissions6.0Eight collected categories including financial information, though no sharing is declared.

7.8out of 10 · weighted average of the five scores above

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Frequently asked questions

Is the Planet Fitness app free?

The download is free and there are no in-app purchases, but nearly everything inside assumes a membership: check-ins, the Crowd Meter for your branch and the machine guides all sit behind an account. Memberships start at $15 a month, so the app is free in the same sense a car key is free.

What is the Crowd Meter?

A live indicator of how busy your specific gym is, with a history chart covering each day of the week hour by hour. It answers whether the weights floor will be full at six o'clock better than guessing, and it is set per location rather than averaged across the chain.

How much does a membership cost?

Classic memberships start at $15 a month and PF Black Card at $24.99, both varying by location, with a $49 annual fee and in some cases a twelve-month commitment. Promotional joining offers appear regularly, often as $1 down. Taxes are added on top depending on the state.

Can you use the workouts without going to a gym?

Yes — the guided workout library plays at home, including beginner arm sessions, core strength and dumbbell routines, and the activity tracker logs whatever you do. What stays gym-bound is the useful half: check-ins, the Crowd Meter and the equipment tutorials tied to machines on site.

What are the alternatives?

Any gym chain's own app covers check-in and class booking; few include a crowd meter this granular. For home workouts alone, dedicated fitness apps offer far deeper libraries. This one is worth having only as long as the membership is.