Centr alternative
Better Yoga vs Centr
Centr is a premium, wide-scope platform: training, meal plans and mindfulness, with serious production behind it. Better Yoga is deliberately none of that. This is a comparison between a lot and a little, and a little is sometimes the right answer.
What Centr is good at
Centr, launched under Chris Hemsworth's name, is a complete programme rather than a video library. Training plans run alongside structured meal planning with shopping lists, and a mindfulness and sleep section sits beside both. The trainers are credentialled, the production is expensive, and the whole thing is coherent in a way that a lot of fitness apps are not.
It suits people who want the whole project handled — what to train, what to eat, how to recover — and who are happy to train with equipment. Pricing sits at the top of this list, around $29.99 a month or $149.99 a year, with cheaper effective rates on longer commitments and a 7-day trial.
The actual difference
The difference is scope, and it is enormous.
Centr wants to run your training, your kitchen and your recovery. Better Yoga wants to give you one movement session a day and get out of the way. There is no nutrition content here, no meal planning, no equipment programming and no strength periodisation. If you want a complete system, this app will feel thin — correctly, because it is.
Where it is ahead is the specific problem it solves. Centr's plans, like most structured programmes, assume you will execute the week as written. Better Yoga assumes you will not, and builds each morning from a check-in instead — so a bad night produces a shorter, gentler session rather than a missed workout and a plan you are now behind on.
There is also a cost difference worth stating plainly: Centr is one of the more expensive apps in this category, and a large part of that price is the nutrition and production you may not want.
Side by side
| Centr | Better Yoga | |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | Training, nutrition, mindfulness, sleep | Movement only |
| Equipment | Many workouts assume equipment | Bodyweight and a wall only |
| Meal plans | Yes, with shopping lists | No |
| Discipline | Strength, HIIT, boxing, yoga, Pilates | Yoga and Pilates, mixed |
| Plan model | Structured programme to execute | Rebuilt each morning from a check-in |
| Session length | Typically 20–45 min | 5–25 min |
| Adapts to how you feel | Limited | Yes, every session |
| Typical price | About $29.99/month or $149.99/year, 7-day trial | Subscription, shown in your local currency at checkout |
US store pricing checked in August 2026. Both apps run promotional pricing that varies by region, device and campaign, so treat these as the shape of the deal rather than a quote — check the current price in the store before deciding.
Which one you should pick
Choose Centr if
- You want training and nutrition handled together
- You have equipment, or a gym, and want to use it
- Strength, HIIT or boxing is what you actually want to do
- You will follow a structured programme as written
- Production values and celebrity coaching matter to you
Choose Better Yoga if
- You want yoga and Pilates, not a full training system
- You have no equipment and no interest in acquiring any
- Twenty-five minutes is your ceiling, not your floor
- You want the plan to react when the week goes wrong
- You do not want diet content attached to your movement
These are not competing religions. Plenty of people keep a big library for the days they want to browse and a daily plan for the days they do not.
Sources
Pricing and feature claims on this page were checked against the following on 20 August 2026. Where an app publishes its own pricing, that page is used in preference to a review.
These apps change pricing and packaging often. If a figure here no longer matches what you are shown, the store is right and this page is out of date — tell us and we will fix it.
Questions people ask
Is Better Yoga a good Centr alternative?
Only if what you want from Centr is the movement. Better Yoga has no nutrition, no equipment training and no strength programming, so it replaces a slice of Centr rather than the whole thing.
Does Better Yoga include meal plans?
No. There is no nutrition content of any kind — no meal plans, no shopping lists, no calorie tracking.
Do I need equipment?
Not for Better Yoga: every session is bodyweight and wall-based. Many Centr workouts assume dumbbells or other kit.
Which is cheaper?
Better Yoga. Centr sits near the top of this category at roughly $29.99 monthly or $149.99 annually, which reflects the nutrition and production included.
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