What is My Movemates?
My Movemates is a mobility app that helps you and your loved ones build a daily movement habit together. You get guided mobility, flexibility, and strengthening exercises that unlock through the day, plus streaks, friendly leaderboards, and pokes that keep your family or friends moving once you add each other as Friends.
Is My Movemates free?
Yes. My Movemates is free to download and free to use on both iPhone and Android phones. Sign in with Apple or Google and start your first exercise instantly.
How is My Movemates different from other fitness apps?
Most fitness apps start with a quiz of 30+ questions and end it at a paywall. My Movemates does neither: your time and your health are of utmost importance, so there is no long questionnaire to sit through and no payment gate at the end of it, so just sign in and your first guided exercise is a click away. Where most other apps are suited for solo quests or a cohort of gym buddies or pro athletes, My Movemates is built around your loved ones from the get go moving at the pace each person wants - add friends and family as Movemates, compete on a friendly weekly leaderboard, and celebrate each other’s milestone achievements together. It rewards you with Karma Coins for keeping your loved ones moving as you poke and they answer to your poke by exercising, which is in addition to Move Coins for moving yourself - a reward for caring no other fitness app offers.
Who is My Movemates for?
Anyone who wants to build a consistent exercising habit, especially friends or families who want to keep each other as accountable partners in fitness. They can compare weekly progress, celebrate achievements, and poke when someone is being lazy, even when you live far apart. Let My Movemates bring you closer and make you fitter
What kinds of exercises are in the app?
Short 1 to 5 minute, guided mobility, flexibility, and strengthening exercises, arranged into a personalized daily routine. As you go, body-area insights show which muscles and joints each exercise worked, helping you build a mind-to-muscle connection, and consequently, do targeted exercises if you prefer.
Do I need any equipment or props?
No equipment is needed to get started. The equipment filter lets you pick only what you have on hand, so your personalized exercise routine matches what is actually available to you.
How do I invite family members?
Share your invite link from the app. It takes your loved ones straight to the right app store. Once they join as your Movemates, you will compete in weekly rankings on the friend leaderboard, send friendly nudges, and celebrate each other’s milestones.
Can My Movemates help my parents or elders in the family get started?
Yay, yes, easily! That is one of the sweetest ways to use it and our most preferred way to make My Movemates helpful for all users, no matter where they are in their fitness journey. Bring them over, add them as friends, and help them exercise a little every day with a playful poke, even if daily exercise has not yet felt urgent to them, because you have learnt it matters as we age: preserving muscle mass to support joints (like knees, lower back), building body balance that helps us age gracefully, and becoming flexible so a surprise jerky movement during daily life chores does not end in joint spasm. The Challenges tab gives an easy place to begin - they may pick an everyday goal they instantly relate with, like climbing stairs with a stronger leg push and foot landing, standing up from a low-rise seat without the knees wobbling or back pinching, carrying grocery bags with a steadier lower back, and many more - each with a targeted exercise plan focusing on the specific body parts that need improvement. It is always at their own pace, with their own preference filters, marking any caution body parts ahead of starting an exercise, and witnessing & celebrating progress together.
Can I exercise avoiding the body part feeling sore today?
Yes! Simply set a Caution filter under My Routine Preferences, for any body part that is not feeling ready to be exercised, and choose to either keep those exercises with a warning or remove them from your routine entirely. My Movemates does not provide medical advice, so always listen to your body first.
Can I exercise while lazying out on a sofa or bed or a toilet seat?
Yes, definitely yes! Position filter under My Routine Preferences shows only exercises you can do in your chosen position. You can keep your streak going even while lazying out on a sofa or bed or on your bio break.