What is the best fitness games app for iPhone?
We are biased, so here is what to look for. Games that read your whole body through the camera, with no headset or controller. Rounds short enough that you actually start one. Play that works seated as well as standing. Wakeout has ten of them, from Hula Hoop to Brick Breaker, every round counts toward your day, and the app won Apple App of the Year.
Do I need a VR headset or a controller?
No. The front camera of your iPhone or iPad is the whole setup. It finds your hands, head and joints on the device, so you can play in the living room, at a desk or in a hotel room with nothing to charge or pair.
Do I have to stand up to play?
No. Nine of the ten games play seated, right at the desk, with your arms and head. Stepping back lets the game see more of you, and the moves grow with it: elbows, then knees and hips, then kicks. Hula Hoop is the one that needs you standing, and Squat Water Pump has you sit down and stand up. The games never push you to stand. They just get bigger when you do.
Which game should I start with?
At a desk: Balloon Juggle or Flap & Fly, which only need your arms. Standing with a little room: Hula Hoop or Bicycle Run. If you want your legs to feel it: Squat Water Pump. If you want to laugh: Squeaky Clean, where wiping off the mud shows you to yourself.
What does the camera do with the video?
Everything runs on your phone. The camera feed is read by Apple Vision on the device to find your hands, head and joints, and it is never uploaded anywhere. The only video that leaves your phone is the replay you choose to share, and you choose that after the round.
Do the games count as a Wakeout?
Yes. Every catch earns Watts, and a finished round counts toward your daily goal and your active day, exactly like a video Wakeout would. The games are generous with Watts on purpose.
What do I need to play?
An iPhone or iPad with the latest Wakeout, somewhere to prop it, and a little room in front of it. No headset, no controllers, no accessories. Six feet of floor gets your whole body in the game, but the desk works too.
Are the games included?
The movement games are part of Wakeout Pro, which starts with a free week. One subscription covers iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch.
Is it actually exercise?
A round of Hit the Spot is two minutes of punching, ducking and dodging with your whole body. Bicycle Run is a minute of running in place, faster up every hill, and Squat Water Pump is a minute of squats with a bucket to fill. A full-body round gets your heart going. You are usually laughing too hard to notice, which is the point.
