Affiliate Marketing for Fitness Apps
Trainers, coaches and fitness creators already promote apps like yours, usually through spreadsheets and manual PayPal transfers. Insert Affiliate tracks every in-app subscription they drive on iOS and Android, and pays them automatically.
App store sales break normal affiliate tracking
Fitness apps sell subscriptions inside the App Store and Google Play, where web-based affiliate platforms cannot follow. A trainer sends a client to your app, the client subscribes, and the sale is invisible to your affiliate programme.
Manual payouts kill fitness affiliate programmes
Most fitness apps that try affiliates end up with a spreadsheet, a stack of PayPal transfers and a pile of invoices at month end. The admin grows with every trainer you add, until someone quietly stops running the programme.
Your best creators are out there, among millions
No category has more creators on TikTok and Instagram than fitness, so the right partners for your app already exist. The challenge is spotting the trainers and coaches whose audiences actually convert, and reaching them before your competitors do.
Fitness apps already growing with us
From one of the most recognisable names in fitness tracking to studios shipping multiple apps, these teams run their affiliate programmes on Insert Affiliate.
"Getting direct support from you during our setup was incredibly helpful and made the process clear and straightforward."
Endomondo
Vincent - Endomondo
"Integrating Insert Affiliate into Glide was seamless, with flawless compatibility with RevenueCat."
The creators who grow fitness apps
Each of these creator types can become an affiliate for your app, with their own link, their own real-time dashboard and automatic payouts.
Personal trainers
Trainers recommend apps to every client they coach. An affiliate link turns those recommendations into commission, and automated payouts with self-billing invoices remove the admin that usually makes these deals fall apart.
Running coaches
Running audiences follow training plans for months, which suits subscription apps perfectly. Commission on renewals, not just the first purchase, means a coach keeps earning for as long as the runners they referred keep training.
Home workout creators
Home workout content dominates TikTok and Instagram. Creators drop an affiliate deep link in their bio or caption, followers land in the app store with attribution intact, and every subscription is tracked back to the video that drove it.
BJJ and combat sports practitioners
Grappling and combat sports communities are tight-knit and loyal to the practitioners they follow. Niche apps in this space grow through a handful of trusted voices, and affiliate tracking shows exactly which ones deliver.
Gym and coaching networks
A head coach recruits the coaches they know, and daisy-chain commissions pay them a share of the sales their recruits generate, without reducing what the recruits earn. Available on Growth and Enterprise plans.
Fitness YouTubers and reviewers
App reviews and workout-tech videos keep converting long after they are published. An affiliate link in the description earns the creator commission on every subscriber the video sends, month after month.
How it works
From SDK install to automated payouts in four steps.
Install the SDK
Add our SDK to your app. Swift, Kotlin, Java, React Native, Flutter, Unity and JavaScript are all supported, and setup typically takes a few hours.
Create affiliate links
Give each creator their own deep link with Insert Links, or connect Branch.io, AppsFlyer or RevenueCat Web Purchase Links if you already use them.
Track in-app purchases
Every affiliate-driven subscription on iOS, Android and the web is attributed to the creator who drove it, verified against real purchase receipts.
Pay automatically
Payouts run through Stripe Connect with VAT-compliant self-billing invoices generated for you. No spreadsheets and no manual transfers.
Already on RevenueCat? Black Box Innovation integrated Insert Affiliate into their fitness app Glide with, in their words, flawless compatibility with RevenueCat.
Easy integrations with your favourite apps
In-App Purchase Receipt Verification
RevenueCat
Adapty
Iaptic
AppHud
Direct App Store
No Third Party Required
Direct Android
No Third Party Required
Deep-linking services
AppsFlyer
Branch.io
Insert Links
Other
Universally Compatible
Need another Provider?
We’re more than happy to integrate a new provider, let’s setup a call?
Find fitness creators for your affiliate programme
Search for personal trainers, running coaches or home workout creators in your niche, shortlist them, and reach out with verified emails.
Fitness creators live on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, and Creator Discovery searches all three. Build a shortlist in the built-in CRM and unlock verified email addresses when you are ready to reach out. Enterprise plans come with 5,000 search credits each month, where a search costs 1 credit per creator returned and unlocking an email costs 100 credits.
Where do we stack up
See how Insert Affiliate compares to other platforms
Comparison Chart
10%
App Revenue
EASY SETUP
Developers worldwide are switching to us to finally have reliable in-app purchase affiliate tracking
RELIABLE LINKS
Deep linking works perfectly because we integrate with industry leading platforms for linking and verification
DEDICATED TEAM
As a small team, we listen to our customer feedback and rapidly integrate your ideas.
Pricing that works for you
Choose a fixed monthly price or a low-cost revenue share — either way, you keep more as you grow
Start Free. Pay When You're Earning
Get set up, integrated, and earning before you pay anything. No credit card required.
When you're ready to scale, upgrade to a paid plan:
Lower monthly base fee + a percentage of your affiliate-driven transaction revenue
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Starter
INDIVIDUALS
Lower base fee — you only pay more as you earn more.
+ 10% of affiliate transaction revenue
- Limited to 5 affiliates.
- 1 app.
- Up to 2 team members.
- Basic email support.
- Self-serve onboarding.
Growth
SMALL TEAMS
Scale your affiliate program with a lower upfront cost.
+ 8% of affiliate transaction revenue
- Up to 25 affiliates.
- Up to 3 apps.
- Up to 5 team members.
- Custom brandingApply your colors & logos to affiliate dashboards
- Advanced commission rulesCreate a complex commission structure including daisy chaining with signup links
- Faster email support.
- Priority feedback integrationYour input will be prioritised with the ability to make custom feature requests
Enterprise
GROWING APPS
Full-featured affiliate management with aligned incentives.
+ 7.5% of affiliate transaction revenue
- Up to 100 affiliates.
- Unlimited apps.
- Unlimited team members.
- Creator Discovery across TikTok, Instagram & YouTubeSearch a database of over 340 million creators, build a shortlist in the built-in CRM, and unlock verified emails for outreach. Includes 5,000 search credits per month.
- Custom brandingApply your colors & logos to affiliate dashboards
- Custom domain for affiliate linksUse your brand for affiliate links, e.g. links.yourcompany.com
- Advanced commission rulesCreate a complex commission structure including daisy chaining with signup links
- Dedicated account manager & priority supportReceive a dependable point of contact providing white glove onboarding
- Fast-tracked feedback integrationYour input directly influences our roadmap and we'll prioritise your feature requests
Enterprise Plus
Custom pricing — scales with youNeed unlimited affiliates? Reach out to us and we can build a plan tailored to your needs.
Cancel anytime. No long-term commitment.
Frequently asked questions
I want to help you setup your iOS or android affiliate scheme
Book a call with me and we can run through your ideas, get help with setup, or speak to me about your current affiliate situation
“I couldn't use affiliate marketing in my subscription app, so I built insert affiliate to solve this issue”- Michael Butler, CEO
