Iron Pulse Fitness - Native Apple TV Workout App
A native Apple TV fitness application that brings guided workouts, live Apple Watch metrics, subscriptions, challenges, and synchronized progress to the big screen.
About
Brand: Iron Pulse LLC
Location: USA
Industry: Healthcare / Fitness App
Review:
5.0
5/5
Product link: ironpulse.com
Type of software: Native Apple TV Fitness Application
Scope of work: tvOS Application Development, UX/UI Adaptation, Backend Integration, Apple Ecosystem Integration, Workout Synchronization, Subscription Management, Analytics and Attribution, QA, TestFlight, and App Store Release Support
Iron Pulse Fitness is a multi-device fitness platform for guided home workouts, activity tracking, progress monitoring, and social challenges. After launching its iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch experience, the company needed a dedicated Apple TV application that could turn the television into the primary workout screen while keeping accounts, subscriptions, health metrics, goals, statistics, and workout history synchronized across the existing ecosystem. In a separate six-month project, Snotor built a native tvOS application with workout discovery and video playback, connected and standalone workout modes, live Apple Watch-powered metrics, subscription access, social challenges, analytics, and App Store release support.
Technologies
Swift
healthkit
SWIFTUI
NODE.js
tvos
firebase
What our client
wanted
- Extend the existing Iron Pulse ecosystem with a fully native Apple TV application
- Turn the television into the primary screen for guided home workouts
- Create intuitive workout discovery and navigation designed for the Apple TV remote
- Allow users to browse workouts by trainer and category and review equipment requirements before starting
- Synchronize workout activity and live health metrics across Apple TV, iPhone, and Apple Watch
- Support standalone workouts for people training without an Apple Watch or companion device
- Keep user profiles, goals, membership access, statistics, and workout history consistent across devices
- Provide subscription-controlled access to workout content through the existing Apple ecosystem
- Bring social challenges, leaderboards, analytics, and content-management capabilities to the Apple TV experience
Business Challenge
Iron Pulse Fitness already had an established iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch product, but guided workouts were still centered on smaller personal screens. The client wanted Apple TV to become a premium home-training destination and a meaningful differentiator for the product’s subscription offering.
Delivering that experience required more than scaling the mobile interface onto a television. The new application needed remote-friendly navigation, stable video playback, synchronized accounts and content access, and reliable workout coordination across Apple TV, iPhone, and Apple Watch. It also had to provide a complete experience for users training without a wearable.
- Design a native tvOS interface instead of transferring the mobile layout directly to television
- Make workout discovery and navigation comfortable with the Apple TV remote
- Present workout videos, trainers, descriptions, and required equipment clearly on a large screen
- Keep accounts, profiles, goals, membership details, statistics, and history synchronized across devices
- Display workout information collected through iPhone and Apple Watch during connected sessions
- Make device connection and synchronization states understandable to users
- Support complete standalone workouts when no wearable or companion device is connected
- Maintain consistent subscription entitlements across the Apple ecosystem
- Adapt social challenges, group competitions, and leaderboards for television use
- Integrate the tvOS product with the existing backend, admin panel, analytics, testing, and release workflows
Key features
Iron Pulse Fitness brings workout discovery, guided video sessions, connected Apple Watch metrics, standalone training, progress tracking, subscriptions, and social challenges into a television-first experience designed specifically for tvOS.
TV-Optimized Home Experience
The native tvOS home screen combines featured video content, workout collections, trainer rows, activity information, and clear navigation designed for television viewing and the Apple TV remote.
Trainer and Workout Discovery
Users can explore workouts by trainer and category, browse the video library, and search for relevant sessions without navigating through mobile-sized menus or controls.
Detailed Workout Information
Workout pages present the trainer, session description, required equipment, duration, estimated calories, preview content, and subscription access before the user begins training.
Big-Screen Video Workouts
Full-screen video playback turns Apple TV into the primary training display, giving users a clearer and more immersive way to follow professionally produced guided workouts at home.
Connected Apple Watch Metrics
Connected sessions synchronize activity across Apple TV, iPhone, and Apple Watch so users can view heart rate, calories, active minutes, workout duration, and heart-rate zones during training.
Standalone Workout Mode
Users without an Apple Watch can still complete workouts directly on Apple TV. The product estimates relevant exercise metrics using available profile information and workout parameters.
Statistics and Workout History
Activity statistics, daily and nutrition goals, workout summaries, and training history stay connected to the user’s wider Iron Pulse profile and remain accessible from the television experience.
Social Challenges and Subscriptions
Users can join public or private challenges, participate individually or in groups, follow leaderboard progress, and access workout content according to their current subscription entitlement.
Project Team
Serhii
Project Manager
Kostiantyn
BE Developer
Mariia
UX/UI Designer
Vadim
QA Engineer
Rehina
Business Analyst
Vasyl
iOS Developer
Results & Business Impact
- Delivered a separate native Apple TV application connected to the existing Iron Pulse Fitness ecosystem
- Expanded Iron Pulse from mobile and wearable devices into a dedicated big-screen home-workout experience
- Enabled users to discover trainers, review workout details, and follow guided video sessions directly on Apple TV
- Created connected workout flows that synchronize activity across Apple TV, iPhone, and Apple Watch
- Supported users without a wearable through a complete standalone workout mode with estimated metrics
- Kept profiles, goals, membership access, statistics, workout summaries, and history consistent across devices
- Brought public and private challenges, individual and group competitions, and leaderboards to tvOS
- Connected subscription access, workout content, analytics, and attribution to the wider product infrastructure
- Delivered a production-ready tvOS experience that is publicly available through the Iron Pulse Fitness App Store listing