A Google Health Premium alternative that needs no Fitbit or Pixel Watch

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Checked on 11 October 2026 on Google’s own pages: Google Store, Google blog, May 2026, what is new in Google Health, Premium and the coach and Pixel Watch 5 announcement. Google’s prices are the US prices from its own blog and differ in other countries. All trademarks belong to their owners.

Fitbit Premium is now Google Health Premium

On 19 May 2026 the Fitbit app became the Google Health app, and Fitbit Premium became Google Health Premium (Google Health help). Premium now centres on Google Health Coach, “your personal health coach, built with Gemini”: you can ask it health questions at any time and get weekly fitness plans and workouts, sleep insights, proactive insights and summaries of your medical records, plus a workout library and mindfulness sessions (Google Store).

Google’s blog gives the price as “$9.99 per month or $99 per year”, and Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers get Premium at no extra cost (Google blog). New or returning Google Account users are offered a 3-month trial after updating to the Google Health app (help). Those are US prices; they differ in other countries.

The catch: the coach needs a Fitbit or Pixel Watch

Google’s help centre is clear: “Google Health Coach and our Premium coaching features are currently available only to users who have a Fitbit or Pixel Watch device and are over the age of 18.” Premium is offered in a list of countries that includes the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria and Poland, and Google adds that content and features “may vary by device and may be in English only” (Google Health help).

So a Galaxy Watch, an Apple Watch or no watch at all is not enough for the coach. Without a connected Fitbit or Pixel Watch, Google says you see a focused version of the app with the Today and Health tabs (help).

Flawless asks for none of that. Everything is logged on your phone, and the watch apps are optional: one for Wear OS 3 and later, which includes the Pixel Watch and Galaxy Watch4 and newer, and one for Apple Watch with watchOS 10 or later. Both are free.

What is free in Flawless

Flawless is a food diary and a workout log in one app for Android, iPhone and iPad, with apps for Apple Watch and Wear OS and a web app. Both logs are free, without ads.

Food, free

• Barcode scanning without limits and without AI: foods already in Flawless first, including ones other members added, then Open Food Facts. Every scanned product is saved to My Foods.
• Search across USDA, FatSecret, Open Food Facts and the community database, with results in the app’s language first.
• An AI scan of a plate photo, a nutrition label, or a meal you describe in words or by voice: 3 a day, 10 a day in your first week. All of them share one daily allowance.
• After a plate photo of a dish that is usually cooked in oil or served with a sauce, Flawless asks “Cooked in oil or with a sauce?” and adds a tablespoon or two of oil with one tap.
• Calories, protein, carbs, fat and fibre against your targets, and detailed vitamins and minerals for free.
• Copy a meal to another day once, or repeat it on the weekdays you choose.

Training, free

• A set-by-set log with 469 exercises, your own exercises and templates, and what you lifted last time next to every set.
• Rest timer (60, 90 or 120 seconds; shorter after warm-up sets, longer after a set close to failure), reps in reserve (RIR 0–4), supersets and a plate calculator.
• A next-weight suggestion on every exercise: add reps up to 12, then add weight and go back to 8.
• A strength rank on every exercise, from Bronze to Antimatter, adjusted for age and sex, plus a rank for each of nine muscle groups. You can compare ranks with the people you follow.
• A recovery map that shows how loaded each muscle group still is, and a step-by-step guide with the muscles worked for every exercise (see the exercise library).

What PRO adds

• An AI coach that reads the last 14 days of your food and workouts together, and can log a meal or start the planned workout for you. Health data only with a separate consent.
• AI workout plans and meal plans, 8 weekly training programmes, a weekly analysis, progress and nutrition reports.
• An adaptive calorie target, weekly sets per muscle, heart-rate zones for workouts, and a next-weight suggestion lowered on days you are not recovered.

PRO costs from €7.49 a month or €54.99 a year, as of October 2026. The price depends on your country and its tax, and Google Play and the App Store show the final price before you buy. The yearly plan starts with a 14-day free trial.

Two AI coaches, compared

Both are AI coaches that read your own data, so the useful question is which data each one sees.

Google Health Coach builds on what your Fitbit or Pixel Watch measures, such as activity, sleep and heart rate. Google says it creates weekly fitness plans and adjusts them, explains your sleep and can summarise your medical records, and that it also creates strength workouts for your goals (Google Store, Pixel Watch 5).

The Flawless coach, in PRO, builds on what you log: the last 14 days of your food and your workouts, set by set. It can log a meal, water, your weight or a measurement for you, show a button to start your workout, and open the food scan or your diary. Steps, sleep and heart rate from Apple Health or Health Connect reach it only if you allow it. It answers in the language the app is set to, one of 16.

What Google Health does that Flawless does not

• Sleep and health tracking from the watch. With a Fitbit or Pixel Watch, the free Base features track sleep score and sleep stages, heart rate, heart rate variability, breathing rate and blood oxygen. Flawless does not measure these.
• Medical record summaries, in Premium.
• A workout library and mindfulness sessions led by trainers and instructors, in Premium.
• No extra cost with Google AI Pro or Ultra, and a 3-month trial for new or returning users.
• A large company behind it. Flawless is a young app with a small community.

When Google Health Premium is the better choice

If you already wear a Fitbit or Pixel Watch and want one coach for sleep, recovery and fitness built on what the watch measures, Google Health Premium is made for that, and the 3-month trial lets you try it properly. If you pay for Google AI Pro or Ultra, it costs you nothing extra.

If you do not have a Fitbit or Pixel Watch, or you want a free food diary and a set-by-set gym log with a coach that reads both, Flawless fits better. Flawless does not need a particular watch, so you can also use both.

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Questions

Is Fitbit Premium now Google Health Premium?

Yes. Google says Fitbit Premium was renamed Google Health Premium on 19 May 2026, when the Fitbit app became the Google Health app.

How much does Google Health Premium cost?

$9.99 a month or $99 a year in the US, according to Google’s blog (May 2026); prices differ in other countries. New or returning Google Account users are offered a 3-month trial, and Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers get it at no extra cost.

Does Google Health Coach work without a Fitbit or Pixel Watch?

No. Google’s help centre says the coach and Premium coaching features are available only to users with a Fitbit or Pixel Watch device who are over 18. Flawless works on your phone alone, and its watch apps for Wear OS and Apple Watch are optional.

Is Google Health Coach available in the Czech Republic and the rest of the EU?

In the Czech Republic and most EU countries, yes, with a Fitbit or Pixel Watch and for adults. Google adds that features may be in English only.

Is there a free alternative to Google Health Premium for food and gym training?

Flawless logs food by barcode, search, photo and voice and workouts set by set, both free and without ads. Its AI coach, which reads the last 14 days of your food and training, is part of PRO.

Can Google Health log my sets on the watch?

In August 2026 Google announced on-wrist strength training for Pixel Watch 5, with weights and reps logged on the watch, as coming soon. Flawless logs sets on Wear OS watches and Apple Watch today, for free.