We build workout, coaching, nutrition and mindfulness apps for founders and studios in the US, UK and EU. Subscriptions, wearables and content delivery are engineered properly, so the app still gets opened after the first month.
Fitness apps are easy to download and easy to forget. The build problem is not the workout player. It is everything that brings a person back: a plan that adapts, a streak that means something, a coach who replies, a reminder that arrives at the right hour. Retention is a product decision long before it is a marketing one.
appico is an AI-amplified product agency based in India, working with founders, coaches and studios in the US, UK and EU. Our own product Roast-Tech is a Bluetooth app that talks to coffee roasting hardware, so device pairing and live data are problems we have already met in our own work. AI speeds up scoping, concepts and front-end. Engineers own architecture, integrations, security and hardening. A mobile app starts from $12,000 in about 30 days, paid by milestone, with code and store accounts in your name.
Programmes, exercise libraries, timers and progress tracking, with video that plays well on a weak gym connection.
Client management, plan builders, check-ins and messaging for personal trainers and online coaches.
Timetables, class passes, waitlists and memberships for gyms and studios.
Meal logging, goals, streaks and reminders designed to take seconds, not minutes.
Apple Health, Health Connect and Bluetooth devices, using what we learned building Roast-Tech.
Audio and video sessions, downloads for offline listening and subscription paywalls.
The standards that usually apply in the US, UK and EU. We build to the ones your product needs and tell you plainly which those are.
Health and body data is special category data, so it needs explicit consent, a clear purpose and the ability to delete it.
Both stores restrict how health data may be used and shared, particularly for advertising, and they check at review.
Usually does not apply to a consumer fitness app, but it can once you handle data on behalf of a healthcare provider or insurer.
US state laws and UK and EU consumer rules expect clear pricing, informed consent and a simple way to cancel.
We scope one complete user journey, from sign-up to the end of week four, and decide what the app measures along the way.
AI-assisted design gives you a staging link by day 3, focused on the screen users see every day.
Engineers implement store billing, video delivery and health data permissions, and test on real phones and wearables.
A small test group uses the app before store submission. We handle the review process and cover a 14-day bug-fix window after launch.
Streaming costs grow with every minute watched. Compression, adaptive quality and a sensible hosting choice should be set before the library grows.
Apple and Google have rules on how digital subscriptions are sold inside apps. Getting this wrong means rejection at review, often days before a planned launch.
A wall of permission prompts on first open loses users. Ask for each data type at the moment it becomes useful.
Promising to treat or cure a condition invites store rejection and regulator attention. Keep copy to what the app does.
A mobile app starts from $12,000 and takes about 30 days. Wearable integrations, live classes, coach dashboards and large video libraries add cost. We quote a fixed scope with milestone payments. Store fees, video hosting and any music licensing are paid by you directly to those providers and sit outside the build price.
Yes. Most data comes through Apple Health on iOS and Health Connect on Android, which cover many devices in one integration. Direct Bluetooth connections to specific hardware are also possible. We built Roast-Tech, a Bluetooth app for coffee roasting equipment, so pairing, dropped connections and live readings are familiar engineering problems.
It depends on where your audience is. If your early customers are mostly on one platform, start there. A cross-platform framework lets one codebase serve both and suits most fitness apps. Heavy wearable or sensor features sometimes justify native development. We make that call during scoping, with reasons.
Digital subscriptions sold inside the app generally go through Apple and Google billing, and both take a commission. We implement trials, renewals, upgrades and cancellation states, and sync them with your backend so access is always correct. Pricing is set in the store consoles, which you control, so you can change it without new code.
Yes, with limits. AI is good at adjusting a plan to logged progress and drafting coach replies. It should not give medical advice or handle injuries. We put guard rails around what the model can say and keep a human coach or a fixed rule set in charge of anything that affects safety.
Often, yes. If you like the design, we keep the front-end style, which saves roughly 30 percent of cost and time, and rebuild the backend and architecture underneath. AI builders tend to produce screens with demo data and no real server side. That part needs engineering before an app store launch.