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Is Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer Safe?

Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer privacy label · by Kodeon, Inc. · checked November 2026

  • Tracks you
  • Collects location
  • Not updated in 2+ years
App Privacy label Developer-reported · checked November 1, 2026
Used to track you
1type
Linked to you
7types
Not linked to you
0types

None declared

Short answer

It depends on how you feel about tracking: Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer declares data used to track you. The sensitive items are health and fitness, location and user content. In total the label lists 7 data types; 59% of health trackers we checked declare tracking.

At a glance

Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer privacy in one look

Data exposure on the label
Used to track you
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Built only from the developer's App Store label. It describes disclosure, not tested behaviour.

Verdict from the label
Tracks you

Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer's developer reports using identifiers to track you across other companies' apps and websites.

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Did Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer ask for something?

Pick the permission prompt you saw. We compare it with what Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer's developer declared.

It asked me for access to…
Tap a prompt to compare it with the label.
Matches the label

Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer lists Location on its label, linked to you. Choose While Using and turn off Precise Location if the feature works without it.

Matches the label

Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer lists User Content on its label, linked to you. Choose Limited Access and pick only the photos you want to share.

Not on the label

Contacts is not on Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer's label. That can be fine: data used only on your iPhone does not have to be declared. If the data would need to leave the phone for the feature to work, ask why it is missing.

Expected — and you can decline

Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer declares data used to track you, so expect the “Allow to track?” prompt. Tap Ask App Not to Track; the app must keep working without it.

Matches the label

Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer lists Health & Fitness on its label, linked to you. Approve Health categories one at a time in the Health app.

A permission is what the app can reach on your iPhone; the label is what the developer says leaves it. They answer different questions.

Line by line

What Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer collects, explained

Data typeWhat it coversWhere to limit it
Health & FitnessSensitiveLinked to you Health and medical records, HealthKit data, and fitness or exercise data. Health app › your profile › Apps: switch off each category the app should not read or write; check Settings › Privacy & Security › Motion & Fitness.
LocationSensitiveLinked to you Where your phone is, either precisely (street level) or approximately (city or area). Settings › Privacy & Security › Location Services: choose Never or While Using, and turn off Precise Location if the app does not need it.
User ContentSensitiveLinked to you Messages, photos, videos, audio recordings, documents and support chats you create or upload. Settings › Privacy & Security › Photos: choose Limited Access or None; review Microphone and Files access too.
Contact InfoLinked to you Your name, email address, phone number or postal address. Use Sign in with Apple with Hide My Email where offered, and check the app's account and marketing preferences.
IdentifiersUsed to track youLinked to you An account ID, screen name, customer number or a device-level ID such as the advertising identifier. Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking: turn off Allow Apps to Request to Track, or tap Ask App Not to Track when prompted.
Usage DataLinked to you What you tap, open and view inside the app, plus which ads you have seen. There is no single iOS switch. Look for an analytics or personalised-ads toggle in the app's own settings.
DiagnosticsLinked to you Crash logs, launch times, hang rates and energy use. Settings › Privacy & Security › Analytics & Improvements › Share With App Developers controls what Apple passes on; the app's own crash reporting is separate.
Reading the label

What Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer's label means for you

Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer's label has 1 type under “Data Used to Track You”, 7 types under “Data Linked to You”. A data type can appear in more than one section when it is used for different purposes — for example, identifiers used for both analytics and advertising.

Tracking is the declaration that most separates apps. It means identifiers from Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer can be combined with data from other companies to target or measure ads, or shared with data brokers. On iOS 14.5 and later, the app must ask your permission before tracking you through the advertising identifier; answering “Ask App Not to Track” blocks that identifier and tells the developer you have declined.

The items that deserve the most attention are health and fitness, location and user content. Health data is among the most sensitive data an app can hold, and US health-privacy law (HIPAA) does not cover most consumer apps.

Health trackers collect symptoms, vitals and habits. In the US, most consumer health apps are not covered by HIPAA, so the privacy policy is your main protection. Grant HealthKit categories one by one in the Health app, and avoid connecting categories the app does not need.

Among the 180 health trackers in our snapshot with a label, 59% declare tracking, 84% collect data linked to you and 3% say they collect nothing. Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer lists 7 data types, more than the average of 5.1 for this group.

Health and fitness apps can read Apple Health data only for categories you approve, one by one. What they collect themselves is shown on the label.

On your iPhone

Settings to check for Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer

  1. 1

    Tracking

    Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking. If “Allow Apps to Request to Track” is off, apps cannot ask, and they are told to treat you as having declined. You can also turn it off for this app alone.

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    Location

    Settings › Privacy & Security › Location Services › Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer. Choose While Using or Never, and switch off Precise Location if a city-level answer is enough.

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    Photos

    Settings › Privacy & Security › Photos. Limited Access lets you pick exactly which pictures the app can see; Add Photos Only lets it save without reading your library.

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    Health

    Health app › your profile picture › Apps › Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer. Turn categories on one at a time; the app cannot tell which ones you declined.

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    Sign-in

    When creating an account, Sign in with Apple can give the app a relay address from Hide My Email instead of your real one.

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    Lock the app

    On iOS 18 and later, touch and hold the icon and choose Require Face ID. Anyone who picks up your unlocked phone then needs your face, fingerprint or passcode to open it.

Cross-app tracking

Does Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer track you?

Yes — 1 data type

Identifiers. Apple defines tracking as linking data from this app with data from other companies' apps, websites or offline sources for targeted advertising or ad measurement, or sharing it with a data broker.

Does Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer track you? Full answer and how to stop it →

iOS 18 and later

Lock Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer behind Face ID

  1. Find Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer on your Home Screen or in App Library.
  2. Touch and hold the icon until the quick-actions menu opens.
  3. Tap Require Face ID (or Require Touch ID / Require Passcode, depending on your iPhone).
  4. Tap Require Face ID again to confirm. Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer now asks for authentication every time it opens.

The lock is an iPhone feature, so it works whether or not Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer has a passcode of its own. It does not change what the app sends to its developer.

Lock or hide Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer: step-by-step guide →

From the App Store record

About Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer

DeveloperKodeon, Inc.
App Store categoryHealth & Fitness (also Lifestyle)
Latest version5.428, released May 2024
First releasedJuly 2011
RequiresiOS 13.0 or later
Size108 MB
Age rating4+
Languages31 (AR, CA, CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR…)
Bundle IDcom.skyhealth.fitnessbuddy

The current version shipped in May 2024, 2 years before our snapshot. Apps that are not updated may not support newer iOS privacy controls, and an abandoned app will not get security fixes.

Also by Kodeon, Inc.: Reflectly, HealthView, Tally: The Anything Tracker, Do Habits.

Read with care

What the label cannot tell you

  • A label is self-reported. Apple publishes the developer's answers and can reject apps that misrepresent them, but it does not independently verify what Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer sends.
  • It does not say where data is stored, how long it is kept, whether it is encrypted, or which companies receive it. The privacy policy covers those points.
  • Optional data counts: if a feature lets you add something (a profile photo, a phone number), the type is listed even if you never use the feature.
  • Data handled only on your iPhone is not 'collected', so a no-collection label is compatible with an app that reads your files locally.
  • Third-party sign-in, payment processors and SDKs are supposed to be included, but a label can lag behind a new version.

The question to ask Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer's developer: Is my health data shared with partners or used for ads?

How it compares

Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer vs similar health trackers

Data types listed on each App Store privacy label
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Your Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer privacy checklist

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Done. You have applied every control the label points to.

Quick quiz

True or false?

  1. Q1Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer's privacy label says it uses data to track you.
    Right.
    Not quite.

    True: it lists identifiers under Data Used to Track You.

  2. Q2Apple tests every app to confirm its privacy label is accurate.
    Right.
    Not quite.

    Labels are self-reported by developers. Apple can reject or remove apps that misrepresent practices, but it does not audit each label.

  3. Q3Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer collects Health & Fitness.
    Right.
    Not quite.

    True: Health & Fitness appears on its label.

  4. Q4Data “Not Linked to You” is never sent off your iPhone.
    Right.
    Not quite.

    It is collected and sent; the developer says it is de-identified rather than tied to your account or device.

  5. Q5Tapping “Ask App Not to Track” can stop an app from working.
    Right.
    Not quite.

    Apple's rules require apps to work the same whether or not you allow tracking.

Questions people ask

Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer privacy FAQ

Is Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer safe to use?
Based on its App Store privacy label, fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer's developer reports using identifiers to track you across other companies' apps and websites. Whether that is acceptable depends on what you will store in it. The label is developer-reported, not an independent security test.
Does Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer track you?
Yes. Its label lists identifiers under Data Used to Track You. You can decline at the iOS tracking prompt.
What data does Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer collect?
Health and fitness, location, user content, contact info, identifiers, usage data and diagnostics. Of these, health and fitness, location, user content, contact info, identifiers, usage data and diagnostics are linked to your identity.
Who makes Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer?
Kodeon, Inc., according to the App Store. It was first released in July 2011 and the current version is 5.428.
Can I lock Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer with Face ID?
On iOS 18 or later, touch and hold Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer's icon and choose Require Face ID (or Touch ID / Passcode). This is an iPhone feature and works for most downloaded apps, whether or not the app has its own lock.
How does Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer compare with other health trackers?
Across 180 health trackers with labels in our snapshot, 59% declare tracking and 3% say they collect no data. Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer lists 7 data types against an average of 5.1.
Is my health data shared with partners or used for ads?
The privacy label cannot answer that. Look for it in Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer's privacy policy or support pages, linked from the App Store listing. Grant HealthKit categories one by one in the Health app, and avoid connecting categories the app does not need.
How do I delete my data from Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer?
Apps that let you create an account must also let you start account deletion from inside the app (an App Store rule since June 2022). Deleting the app from your iPhone alone does not delete data already sent to the developer.
Facts on this page come from Fitness Buddy+ Workout Trainer on the App Store, as reported by the developer. Checked 2026-11-01. How we collect data · Report a correction