There are plenty of benefits to staying active during pregnancy. Moderate exercise can be good for you and your baby. It may also relieve many of the more unpleasant symptoms of pregnancy, like back pain and leg cramps. But where do you begin?
We rounded up the year’s best pregnancy exercise apps to help you out. We chose these apps for their excellent content, high user reviews, and general reliability, so you can pick one and get moving.
Since every pregnancy is different, be sure to check with your doctor before starting an exercise routine.
iPhone rating: 4.7 stars
Android rating: 4.9 stars
Price: Free with in-app purchases
With easy-to-follow sessions and daily reminders, Kegel Trainer is a great way to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles. All sessions are between 30 seconds and 3 minutes. Customize the app for visual, audio, or vibration cues to guide your exercises.
iPhone rating: 4.7 stars
Price: Free with in-app purchases
Baby2Body is a comprehensive one-stop shop for prenatal and postnatal fitness and well-being. Browse tips, workouts, recipes, and mindfulness exercises tailored to your pregnancy stage, goals, and personal preferences.
Price: Free
Follow beneficial workouts to stay healthy and strong during every stage of pregnancy. Exercise animations, pictures, and descriptions make the movements easy to follow, with rounds and reps included.
iPhone rating: 4.9 stars
Android rating: 4.8 stars
Price: Free with in-app purchases
If you do yoga, your routine is going to change along with your body during pregnancy. This app has custom yoga routines for each trimester of pregnancy, has special yoga positions that can stretch out your lower back to relieve pressure, and features specific exercises for strengthening your pelvic floor and lower-body muscles for giving birth.
iPhone rating: 4.9 stars
Android rating: 4.8 stars
Price: Free with in-app purchases
You don’t have to let pregnancy reduce the number of your workouts. The FitOn Workouts app has tons of workout content from celebrities, allows you to personalize your fitness plan for your ultimate goal of losing weight or bulking up, and has categories for every kind of workout from cardio and high-intensity interval training (HIIT) to yoga and Pilates.
iPhone rating: 4.2 stars
Android rating: 4.1 stars
Price: Free with in-app purchases
Exercise routines can look different for you every day, and you’ll definitely want to have some flexibility if you’re trying to work out during your pregnancy. The Tone It Up app helps you manage every part of your health and fitness, including workout videos with expert trainers you can use any time, nutrition guidance, and options to track your progress as well as set up notifications for workout reminders and motivation.
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