The 4 Best Pilates Apps in 2024

Pilates has seen an immense resurgence in popularity in the past few years, with studios popping up on seemingly every corner. But it’s undeniable that Pilates memberships are expensive, and most people do not have reformer machines at home (lucky you, if you do!).

Fortunately, many Pilates apps are available today that provide educational videos of Pilates you can do in the comfort of your own home—with little to no equipment needed.

In this article, we’ve got reviews of the four best Pilates apps out there today so you can decide for yourself which is the best choice for you.

Our Insider Picks for the Best Pilates App

Alo Moves

The Pilates Class

B the Method

SWEAT

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1. Best Pilates App: Alo Moves (A+)

Alo Moves has it all—yoga classes of all kinds, personalized recommendations, meditation classes, other kinds of fitness classes, options for all fitness levels and equipment options, varying class lengths, offline access, frequent new releases, and even classes in Spanish. The Pilates moves are well-described and easy to follow, making the classes accessible for everyone.

Classes Offered

With over 2,500 classes on the Alo Moves fitness app, there is undoubtedly an option for everyone’s exercise routine. 

While the main focuses of this app are Pilates, yoga, and barre, they also offer meditation classes and regular fitness videos, including HIIT, strength training, stretching, dance, running, and gym workouts.

Some of the Pilates classes you might see on the Alo Moves app include:

• Beginner Pilates Core (14 minutes)
• Beginner Pilates Lower body (12 minutes)
• Ballet Pilates Arms and Back (15 minutes)
• Intermediate Pilates Align With Precision (43 minutes)
• Slow and Controlled Intermediate Pilates (49 minutes)
• Advanced Pilates Strength (25 minutes)
• Pilates with HIIT (12 minutes) 

Although there are dozens of Pilates classes to choose from, you can filter by style, difficulty level, intensity, instructor, or duration to narrow down your choices. 

Price

Alo Moves offers a generous 14-day free trial, after which it is $19.99 per month or $199.99 per year if you purchase the annual subscription. 

As this app is more than just Pilates, I think the price tag is very reasonable. Considering the fact that a drop-in Pilates class at any major studio can cost up to $50, you get more bang for your buck if you utilize these at-home workouts regularly.

Experience

I personally love the Alo Moves app and its fitness classes. The app is intuitive with a user-friendly interface, visually appealing, and easy to use. I like that it recommends classes and series to you based on the survey you complete upon signing up. The videos all have beautiful backgrounds, and the music is a nice addition that is not overpowering.

Another plus is that the class lengths vary widely—as short as 5 minutes if you just need a quick reset and as long as 75 minutes for a deeper yoga practice. Although I am not new to Pilates, I typically do Reformer Pilates classes, not Mat Pilates. The instructors on Alo Moves describe the Pilates movements well and make them easy to understand, even for beginners.

2. Runner-Up Best Pilates App: The Pilates Class (A)

The Pilates Class is unsurprisingly focused solely on Pilates, with classes for all levels and intensities. It’s on the pricier side, but has features like weekly workout schedules to follow and a unique cycle syncing feature to match workouts to your cycle phase.

Classes Offered

The classes are described as either Intense, Satisfying, or Chill (similar to high-intensity, medium-intensity, and low-intensity). 

Some of the overarching categories you’ll find on The Pilates Class are:

• Essentials (Beginners)
• Pilates Body (Signature Flow)
• Pilates Goals (Targeted areas, like “Abs and Arms”)
• Pilates x Barre
• Pilates x HIIT
• Stretching
• Calm (Breathing, Meditation, Sound Healing)
• Pre/Postnatal Pilates
• Reformer (If you have an at-home reformer machine)

Price

The Pilates Class has a 7-day free trial, after which it’s $29.99 per month or $139.99 for an annual subscription. This is a more expensive app, and it doesn’t have other fitness classes other than Pilates. However, while it’s expensive for an app, it’s about the price of one drop-in class at a Pilates studio.

Experience

I enjoyed The Pilates Class videos, finding them easy to follow and keep up with. The videos are shot in aesthetically pleasing and calm studios, but there is no music accompaniment. I like that TPC provides a weekly schedule to follow if you aren’t sure what to do, with two options—”Lazy Girl Pilates” or “Satisfying to Intense” depending on how your week is going.

The cycle syncing feature is amazing, with classes synced to each phase of the menstrual cycle. For example, the menstrual phase classes are calming and gentle movements with yoga and stretching.

I also like that they include both male and female instructors. As Pilates is typically a female-dominated activity, the male instructors may help men to feel more comfortable taking these classes.

3. B the Method (A-)

B the Method is created by Pilates instructor Lia Bartha, with videos featuring just her. The app suggests weekly programs and classes to take, with about a dozen new videos posted each month and some live classes. However, many classes use props or equipment, and there’s no filter option to easily sort through the video library.

Classes Offered

B the Method offers Pilates and Pilates-adjacent classes, with some of the categories including:

• Beginners Guide to Pilates
• No Prop Classes 
• Weighted Ball 
• Cardio
• Lengthening
• Classes Under 15 Minutes
• Restorative/Meditative
• Deep Focused/Advanced
• Fundamentals/Beginners
• Myofascial/Fascia Release
• Prenatal/Postpartum 

However, there’s no way to filter the videos and some of the class categories are pretty vague.

Price

B the Method is relatively affordable in terms of Pilates apps. It has a 7-day free trial followed by a $17.99 per month or $159.99 per year subscription. 

Experience

B the Method has a wide variety of Pilates classes, but many of them seem less focused on traditional or classical Pilates and more like regular fitness classes for sculpt/core/strength/cardio.

The videos are high-quality and filmed in a nice studio, but there is no background music. Plus, a lot of the classes require equipment like a weighted ball, dumbbells, or ankle weights.

Also, there is only one instructor (the creator, Lia), so if you jibe with her, that’s great, but if not, there aren’t other options. Another downside is the inability to filter classes. You either have to scroll through all of them or know the name of the class you are searching for. That said, I like the option to join live classes and the suggested weekly workout schedule, which is downloadable.

4. SWEAT (A-)

SWEAT by Kayla Itsines offers almost all types of fitness classes, seemingly with a focus on HIIT or strength-style classes. This is not solely a Pilates workout app, although there are many Pilates videos. However, they are lumped together with yoga, mobility, and barre classes, so it can be difficult to find them. Some videos only use GIFs of the poses and movements rather than a continuous video, but the ability to link your Spotify or Apple Music playlists is appreciated. The app also has recipes, a calendar planner to track progress, and a community area. 

Classes Offered

SWEAT offers classes in Pilates, yoga, mobility, barre, HIIT, strength training, cardio, and more. 

The Pilates classes include:

• Plank Pilates
• Glutes-Focused 
• Pilates for Core Strengthing
• Beginner Pilates Foundation
• 10-Minute Core
• Pilates for Posture 
• Pilates Recovery 

However, all of the Pilates classes are combined with yoga, mobility, and barre, and there is no filtering option.

Price

SWEAT has a 7-day free trial, followed by a subscription of $24.99 per month or $134.99 per year. This is one of the pricier ones, but it has many other classes other than Pilates. 

Experience

The SWEAT app is pretty comprehensive, with many different fitness classes, recipes, and other features. The Pilates classes themselves are pretty good, but do not seem based on Classical Pilates (many of them just seem like “regular” fitness classes). 

Plus, I don’t enjoy classes that are GIF-based—meaning that instead of a continuous, regular video, the app just shows you a GIF of someone doing the pose or movement for a certain amount of time. These types of classes are very boring to me, but someone else might appreciate them. Not all of the classes are like this; others are shot in a plain white studio with the option to link your own Spotify or Apple Music.

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