Alo Moves Vs. Sculpt Society: My Unfiltered Comparison After 5 Years

Over the past year, I’ve streamed more than 200 online workout classes across at least a dozen fitness apps, and I’ve accumulated a lot of monthly memberships—but it’s time to make some cuts.

In an effort to minimize my spend and optimize my results, I’m comparing two of my favorite platforms: Alo Moves vs. The Sculpt Society.

Each of these popular online workout programs is more than meets the eye. Alo Moves is often mistaken for just a yoga app, but it houses a huge variety of content.

The Sculpt Society is beloved for dance cardio classes, but it also offers a massive library of workouts for non-dancers. 

I jumped at the chance to compare Alo Moves and The Sculpt Society because I’ve used both platforms on and off for about five years.

Since I love variety in my routine, I tend to hop between apps—but these are two that I keep coming back to.

Alo Moves is an online platform from athleisure brand Alo Yoga with an array of on-demand workouts (and a large library of mindfulness and wellness classes).

The app has a strong focus on yoga, but it also offers Pilates, barre, strength training, core, sculpt, HIIT, stretching, dance, running, walking, and prenatal and postnatal workouts.

This variety requires Alo Moves to highlights more than 80 instructors.

An Alo Moves membership costs $13 per month or $130 per year with an annual membership.

Founded and taught by Megan Roup, The Sculpt Society is an online sculpt and dance cardio fitness app with a focus on empowering women through movement.

Both live and on-demand workouts are offered (ranging from 6 to 50 minutes), and there are now six instructors teaching classes.

Value: Alo Moves

When you compare the two apps on price alone, Alo Moves wins. It's $7 less expensive per month and $50 cheaper per year—and the free trial is 30 days compared to The Sculpt Society's 7-day trial. Alo Moves also has a lot more variety, and the content is extremely high quality (more on those factors in a few).

That in mind, the best way to describe the two is Alo Moves reminds me of an upscale gym like an Equinox, while The Sculpt Society is more like an online boutique fitness studio. You get a much stronger sense of community on The Sculpt Society, which could increase the value for many.

Variety: Alo Moves

Great for beginners or avid exercisers, Alo Moves offers classes for every type of yoga you could imagine, along with a wide array of workouts: Pilates, barre, strength training, core, sculpt, HIIT, stretching, gym workouts, dance, running, walking, and prenatal and postnatal workouts. The app also has meditations and other mindfulness content.

The Sculpt Society focuses on sculpting and dance cardio with classes for every experience level. There are also stretch and yoga classes, along with prenatal and postpartum classes and pelvic floor exercises. You won't find strength training, HIIT, or anything with heavier weights on this app.

Convenience: The Sculpt Society

Your equipment needs will vary depending on which type of workout you choose on Alo Moves, but to get the most out of the platform and utilize all the categories you'll need light and heavy weights along with any Pilates or yoga equipment you prefer. You can certainly find equipment-free yoga, Pilates, and stretch classes, but you'll need a yoga mat at the bare minimum.

The Sculpt Society dance cardio and sculpt classes can easily be completed with no equipment, but they are better with basic Pilates equipment in my opinion: wrist or ankle weights, light hand weights, and sliders.

Alo Moves offers classes from 10 to 90 minutes, while The Sculpt Society's classes range from 6 to 50 minutes.

User experience: Alo Moves

You can tell Alo Moves has a large budget for content creation. The classes are often taught from serene locations, and the quality is definitely above average for an online workout program. Plus, the app is easy to use and has a ton of filtering capabilities when searching for classes.

The Sculpt Society is also very easy to navigate, with the ability to sort through classes based on instructor, fitness level, focus, exercise type, duration, and equipment needed. The content is good quality, but not as professionally shot as Alo Moves.

I love the energy each instructor (especially Megan!) brings to the workouts, and I find myself coming back to this platform time and time again for the sculpt workouts and the dance cardio. Both are fun, engaging, and bring amazing results with consistency.

If we're splitting hairs, Alo Moves comes out on top; the content is higher quality, it's less expensive, and there is a ton of variety.

Still, The Sculpt Society is my personal favorite and it stands out for its empowering instructors, community feel, and upbeat, beginner-friendly workouts.