Alo Moves

Alo Moves, originally called CodyApp, is a subscription yoga service that gives you access to thousands of workouts from world-class instructors like Dylan Werner, Briohny Smyth, Meghan Currie and dozens more.

The subscription gives you access to more than 2,500 video classes in about a dozen yoga disciplines. Each class is ranked by skill level and intensity so that you can choose the routines that match your preferences at the moment.

There’s no shortage of at-home fitness programs available today. I put Alo Moves to the test to help you decide if it is right for you.

Pros and Cons

Program Details and Features

Alo Moves’ goal is to inspire a greater community of yoga enthusiasts to stay committed to moving mindfully and for healthier living.

Subscribers can access the 2,500+ online classes on the website or through the Apple or Android app.

As I began the signup process, I had the option to take a short survey that would help the site learn about me.

The survey asks about your main interests in joining, whether there are specific workout or yoga styles you want to try, your yoga, fitness, and mindfulness experience levels, and what your goals and preferred teaching style are.

From these responses, you’ll get a list of recommended classes and courses. For instance, the platform curated a list of “Daily classes for you,” “Vinyasa picks for you,” Ashtanga picks for you,” and “prenatal picks for you” based on my specifications.

However, you can also browse the full class list to look for what appeals to you at the moment. You can search for classes by instructor, type, length, difficulty level, or intensity.

Options include the following

• Vinyasa: Fast-paced yoga where poses flow into each other, usually with a focus on breathing.

• Ashtanga: Slow-building yoga poses balanced with breathing exercises to produce internal heat

• Hatha: Yoga with a focus on calming your mind and body, often used for stress relief

• Prenatal: Yoga poses modified for pregnant women

• Kundalini: A traditional yoga style that focuses on movement, mudras, mantras, meditation, and breathwork as you complete each pose.

• Restorative: Slow-moving poses designed to stretch out muscles and make you relaxed

Most classes are filmed in empty yoga studios with a single instructor, and they are recorded without any music.

Beyond yoga, the app also offers a variety of fitness, mindfulness, and specific yoga skills classes.

You can follow courses for strength training, HIIT, Pilates, barre, core workouts, and stretching routines as well as take part in recorded meditation sessions, sound baths, yoga nidra classes, or follow sessions focused on personal growth.

The company releases new videos weekly, and all old content stays available permanently. It’s also possible to download videos through the app. You can search for classes by instructor, type, length, difficulty level, or intensity.

What Is Practicing with Alo Moves Like?

I’m no stranger to practicing yoga at home, so I wanted to see how Alo Moves classes compared to the YouTube videos that I typically follow.

I eased into things with a 30-minute Uplifted Morning Flow led by Briohny Smith at intermediate difficulty and level 3 intensity.

Briohny started the class within seconds, getting me into a calming standing breathing session. The studio’s minimalist design filmed well, and I was immersed in the flow of the routine quickly.

However, the lack of music sometimes felt jarring and awkward, and it gave my mind too much space to get distracted.

Overall, the class was manageable and relaxing for someone who is familiar with yoga terminology and poses. Beginners might get overwhelmed, which makes sense as it was advertised as an intermediate class.

Next, I stepped outside my experience level with a 30-minute Barre Basics class taught by Emily Sferra.

Her short introduction told me that I needed a stool, yoga block, and hand weight, and then we were getting started with lunges and abdominal work.

The class was structured similar to Pilates and emphasized the glutes and other movements that took place entirely on the mat.

Pacing-wise, it was tailored towards beginners, and Emily thoroughly explained and demonstrated each move throughout the workout.

Unlike the yoga class, this one includes light background music, which made a massive difference in my enjoyment level.

I felt engaged throughout the full 30-minute class and finished feeling like I had gotten in a solid core workout with some cardio elements as well.

Here’s my verdict—Alo Moves offers a stellar option for working out from home for those who love focused yoga and similar workouts.

But for me, the lack of music and “sterile” filming atmosphere was a slight dealbreaker, and I’ll stick to my other preferred instructors for the time being.

Courses

A central appeal of Alo Moves for many people is the more than 250 multi-session courses that help you expand your yoga practice or work towards specific goals.

There are video previews available for most series of courses and classes to give you a sense of what they entail.

Examples of popular options include the following:

• Awaken: Morning Yoga By Carling Harps (7 videos, about 25 to 35 minutes each): Focus on starting each day with a positive mindset.

• Float Lab by Patrick Beach (6 videos, about 25 minutes each): Focus on handstands and shoulder stability.

• Seven Day Detox by Ashley Galvin (7 videos, about 20 minutes each): Moves designed to purify your body and create balance in your system through positions that make you sweat and twist.

• Surrender by Meghan Currie (5 videos, 30 to 65 minutes each): A blend of yin and restorative yoga to help you relax and let go.

• Chakra Sound Bath by Phyllicia Bonanno (7 videos, about 15 minutes each): Each meditation includes the sounds of crystal singing bowls at vibrations associated with your chakras for better balance and restoration.

I signed up for Harps’s Awaken course, which promised to boost my energy, strength, and flexibility while reducing my stress levels and helping me become more consistent with my yoga practice.

The course was rated at a moderate difficulty and required only access to fitness blocks and a blanket.

Immediately, I loved how much supplementary material came along with this course. Beyond the full week of workouts, it also included an eight-minute workout preview and a one-minute workout introduction.

I could watch both videos within ten minutes and determine whether I wanted to commit a week of mornings to the program.

Each yoga session was filmed overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and the classes built slowly in intensity within each class as well as from day-to-day.

Every day had a slightly different focus, which prevented the workouts from feeling repetitive while keeping them cohesive with a similar aesthetic and staging.

Overall, my biggest complaint was the program’s length. Seven days seemed far too short to establish a new habit.

Thankfully, Alo Moves offers hundreds of additional classes to sign up for immediate after—including more than a dozen courses and standalone classes taught by Harps herself.

Analysis of Customer Reviews

On Google Play, Alo Moves has over 4,000 reviews for an average rating of 4.5 stars. Below are the main takeaways:

Common Compliments:

• A great mix of fitness classes
• Lots of content to choose from at different lengths
• Many people noticed their fitness was improving after following Alo Moves classes
• An excellent resource for both beginner and novice yogis
• Greater Alo Moves community is an uplifting, beneficial resource
• Some users canceled studio memberships to use Alo Moves exclusively

Common Complaints:

• The app functionality is poor, missing features like previous class history, workout recommendations, etc
• Some technology glitches, users often couldn’t cast onto TV’s
• Video lags are common
• Not all instructors were good at giving cues virtually

Pricing

Access to the full library of videos is only available through a subscription:

• Month-to-month: $20/mo.
• Annual: $199 ($17/mo.)

New subscribers get a 14-day free trial to test out the service. Credit card information is required to access the free trial, but the card won’t be charged until the end of the 14 days.

Popular Alternatives

Each of these four fitness subscription services offers yoga workouts, but they vary in presentation and variety.

Aaptiv only includes audio content which might be confusing for yoga beginners who need to watch an instructor to understand the moves. More advanced practitioners might prefer this style, though, as they won’t be distracted from their poses by turning to look at a screen.

Peloton App is also limited in the scope of its yoga content. There were six regular instructors at the time of writing, and the available class types include Power Yoga, Yoga Flow, Yoga Basics, Prenatal Yoga, Restorative Yoga, and Yoga Anywhere.

One advantage of Peloton Yoga is that each class is live-streamed in the NYC studio, meaning you can follow the instructor in real-time and even get shout-outs.

For me, Peloton yoga classes feel the most like I am participating in an in-person class, and the live class schedule creates extra accountability that ensures I show up for my workouts.

Glo is the most similar option to Alo Moves, as both platforms are primarily focused on Yoga.

Both offer a wide variety of yoga styles and courses, though many Glo courses need to be purchased separately from the subscription price.

Determining which one is better for you might come down to personal preference in instructors or even filming style.

I would argue that Alo Moves offers something unique with its broad range of yoga styles, instructors, and courses that are all included in your membership.

The courses are short—usually around a week—but you can follow multiple courses from the same instructor and consequently develop your yoga practice in the ways that matter to you.

I believe this makes it the best app experience for those who want to go all-in on their yoga practice.

The Bottom Line

Alo Moves offers a tremendous amount of content for a monthly rate that’s comparable to the competition.

This platform provides more programs, yoga styles, and instructors than other yoga programs, and the company is transparent about their pricing and refund policy.

One benefit to Alo Moves is that you can preview most of the content before committing to a subscription.

You can read descriptions of every class, and most of the programs include a preview video that gives you a look at a roughly ten-minute segment of one of the videos.

There are Alo Moves videos available on YouTube if you want to try out a full workout before signing up for a free trial.

I believe that Alo Moves offers one of the best options for practicing yoga at home, but you might need to be a yoga enthusiast already to appreciate fully the range of classes and courses it offers.

One thing to keep in mind with all home fitness programs is that you are increasing your risk of injury—especially if you are a beginner—by not working with an instructor.

As you’re learning yoga moves for the first time, it’s important to have someone available to correct your form to ensure you aren’t learning poor posture.