Gaming while you exercise: 8 iPhone apps that make active exercise fun

Exercise more: everyone wants it, but actually getting yourself into it can be difficult. These eight apps make exercise fun by adding a game element to it.

Move more fun with these iPhone fitness games

January is the month of resolutions. With the end of the month in sight, now is the time to decide: do you stick with being active for a month, or do you persevere and make it a habit? In this article we have listed eight iOS apps that will help you with this.

1. Zombies, Run!

Could you use some extra motivation while running? In Run Zombies Run, a horde of bloodthirsty zombies is chasing you as you jog. The game puts you in an alternate reality, where your runs turn into valuable Supply Runs to collect supplies.

Regularly a horde of zombies will come closer, which is the time for you to take a sprint. Zombies, run! It is free to download and use. With a Pro membership you unlock all features.

2. Walkr

Walkr does pretty much the same thing as Zombies, Run! but with a different theme. In Walkr, your steps are converted into fuel for your spaceship. The further you walk, the more planets you can discover. The app has daily goals and encourages you to get moving a little more each time. This way you work towards ten thousand steps a day.

By working together with friends, Walkr also has a nice social element. And with its cheerful and accessible design, the app is ideally suited for a younger audience.

3. Pokemon GO

A few years ago, the whole world spontaneously went out to catch Pokémon, but the game is still very much alive in 2021. Have you neglected Pokémon GO for years? Then the search for new monsters can be a good motivation to go around the block.

In addition, the app has been regularly updated and supplemented with new features over the years. That makes it a good way to make a daily walk that little bit more fun.

4. Strut

Are you looking for an app that encourages you to take a different route while running or running? Then you should try Strut. This app covers the whole world in gray squares, which you can remove by walking over it. In this way you slowly but surely clear your street and eventually your entire city. On the map you can see all your routes, so you know exactly where you have been and where you have not yet been.

In Strut there is a leaderboard central, where you can see who has removed the most gray blocks. That is a good motivator to go that extra mile.

Strut is fun because it doesn’t matter how you move: you can walk, run, cycle, row in a canoe or skateboard through the streets. Of course you can also take a car, but that would miss the purpose of this app.

5. Carrot Fit

The App Store is overflowing with ‘7 minute workout’ apps, but none are as comical as Carrot Fit. This fitness app encourages you to do a short workout every day, while a malicious artificial intelligence makes your life miserable. The app is full of jokes, strange names for exercises and stupid words that the AI ​​will call you out for.

That doesn’t make Carrot Fit the most serious fitness app, but it is one of the nicest. And that can be just enough to work yourself up a sweat every day.

6. Standland

Standland (as the name suggests) is all about standing enough during the day. The app wants to encourage you by constantly reminding you to stand. You can also use the Apple Watch’s Standing stats for this app.

If you stand enough, you can unlock a cute virtual creature. Do you want to collect them all together? Then you will have to stretch your legs regularly every day. Standland is also recommended for children because of its cheerful design and at least as cheerful animals. With the augmented reality function you can place the digital creatures in your living room.

7. The Walk

From the creators of Zombies, Run! The Walk is a less creepy game. Here your steps are converted into virtual steps, which the main character of a story must take to get from one clue to another. If you want to know how the story continues, you will have to stretch your legs and take a detour.

With sound clips and a beautiful design, the app comes to life, and the game regularly encourages you to take a detour to unlock extras.

8. Apple’s Activities App

Finally, we can’t forget Apple’s own Activity app. If you have an Apple Watch, you are undoubtedly already familiar with the three colored rings. Every day the Watch invites you to achieve your standing goal, movement target and active movement target.

You can challenge friends to a movement contest, in which you compare each other’s rings for seven days. There are also monthly medals to be won for specific goals.

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