AI Fitness App Alternatives in 2026: Which One to Switch To

If you are looking for an alternative to the AI fitness app you already pay for, the most useful question is not “Which app has the best design?” but “Which app makes the right coaching decision on a messy real day?” Apps that look identical in a marketing screenshot behave very differently when you miss sessions, sleep badly, travel, or lose access to your usual equipment.

This guide compares the five most commonly searched options — Fitbod, Freeletics, Future, Trainiac, and SensAI — against four scenarios that break generic plans, using pricing and ratings re-verified on the US App Store on September 18, 2026.

The core takeaway: an app is only as “AI” as its decision quality under constraints. In 2026, adaptive coaching quality matters more than exercise-library size.

What are the best AI fitness app alternatives in 2026?

The best alternative is the one that fixes the specific limitation that pushed you out of your current app. Based on documented adaptation capability, current pricing, and our four-scenario benchmark:

• Best for structured strength progression: Fitbod — algorithmic programming with strong equipment-aware substitutions¹.
• Best for travel and home flexibility: Freeletics — bodyweight-first with broad workout variety².
• Best for human accountability: Future — a dedicated coach who edits your plan, at a premium price³.
• Best for async 1:1 coaching: Trainiac — one-on-one trainer support via a Wellhub membership⁴.
• Best for wearable-driven, recovery-aware adaptation: SensAI — LLM coaching that reasons from your sleep, HRV, and load trends before you ask⁵⁶⁷⁸.

Want a ranked shortlist of the whole category rather than a switching decision? We score ten of them in our guide to the best AI fitness apps in 2026.

Which AI fitness app should you switch to?

Switch to the app that fixes the one thing your current app cannot do: SensAI if you are leaving Fitbod or Freeletics because neither reads recovery data, Fitbod if you are leaving a coach-led app and want same-day regeneration, and Hevy or Strong if what you actually wanted was a free logger. Most people searching for an “AI fitness alternative” are not starting from zero — they are leaving something, and the table below maps each exit reason to its fix.

If you are leaving…	Because…	Best alternative	Why it fixes it
Fitbod	You want recovery-aware programming, not just muscle-freshness estimates	SensAI	Reads HRV, sleep, and resting-HR trend from your wearable before prescribing the day578
Fitbod	You only want a free logger, not generated workouts	Hevy or Strong	Both keep a permanent free tier for unlimited logging9
Freeletics	The Coach adapts to your rated effort, not your recovery data	SensAI	Multi-signal readiness reasoning instead of self-reported difficulty568
Future	$199/month is more than you want to spend on accountability3	SensAI or Trainiac	$6.99/month app-led coaching8, or coach-led access bundled into Wellhub4
Trainiac	You want same-day adjustments without waiting on a human	Fitbod or SensAI	Both regenerate sessions instantly rather than on coach cadence18
An endurance-only AI platform	You also lift, and want one plan across both	SensAI	Programs strength, running, mobility, and recovery in a single plan8
A general chatbot	ChatGPT can read your Apple Health data since 23 July 2026, but still writes no progression loop1011	SensAI or Fitbod	Both turn last session’s performed sets into next session’s prescription18

If you are specifically comparing against one incumbent, we have dedicated breakdowns for Fitbod alternatives, Freeletics alternatives, AI Endurance alternatives, and Athletica.ai alternatives.

What’s new since this guide’s last update?

Three things now shape this comparison that the August version did not account for. Two change the shortlist rather than the ranking: ChatGPT can read Apple Health, which puts a bare chatbot on the list of options at all, and the price a new Fitbod subscriber actually pays is the top of its published range, not the bottom. The third — a native RMSSD heart-rate-variability type in iOS 27 — changes what any recovery-aware app is able to read.

Change	Date	What it means for your switch
ChatGPT can read Apple Health	23 July 2026, US, ages 18+, web and iOS1011	A bare chatbot is now a real option for discussing your sleep and activity — but it still runs no progression loop, so it is a second opinion, not a plan
HealthKit gained a native RMSSD HRV type	iOS 2712	heartRateVariabilityRMSSD now sits alongside the older SDNN measure, so apps reading recovery data have a short-term autonomic signal Apple previously did not expose
What a new Fitbod subscriber pays	Verified September 18, 20261	$15.99/month or $95.99/year. The $12.99 and $79.99 tiers are still visible on the listing but are grandfathered, as are six “(Legacy Pricing) fitbod ELITE” entries at four distinct price points ($7.99, $9.99, $49.99, $59.99)

The other current US App Store figures as of September 18, 2026: Freeletics Training Coach in-app purchases run $34.99 to $79.99 per term depending on plan length, with a Training and Nutrition Bundle from $49.99 — note that freeletics.com prices the same product differently, at $49.99 for three months or $94.99 for twelve²⁹; Future Pro remains $199/month³; Trainiac is reached through a Wellhub membership rather than a listed in-app tier⁴; SensAI is $6.99/month or $69.99/year⁸. Our full fitness app pricing breakdown has the trial mechanics and the real annual cost of each.

What makes an AI fitness app actually personalized in 2026?

A truly personalized AI fitness app adjusts your plan at day level using goals, load history, schedule friction, and recovery signals rather than only generating a static week of workouts. Population guidelines still matter, but personalization determines whether you can execute them consistently.

The World Health Organization recommends adults complete 150 to 300 minutes of moderate aerobic activity (or 75 to 150 minutes vigorous) plus muscle-strengthening work on 2 or more days per week¹³. Yet U.S. surveillance data shows only 24.2% of adults meet both aerobic and muscle-strengthening guidelines, which is exactly where adaptive coaching should close the gap¹⁴.

According to sports scientist Dr. Tim Gabbett, performance and injury risk are shaped by how load is managed over time, not by isolated hard sessions¹⁵. In practice, that means the best app is the one that can adjust load progression when your real life deviates from plan.

Does AI coaching actually work compared to a human coach?

Yes — in the largest head-to-head test published to date, it matched human coaching on outcomes and beat it on getting people started.

A 2025 randomized clinical trial in JAMA led by Dr. Nestoras Mathioudakis at Johns Hopkins randomized 368 adults with prediabetes to either a fully automated, AI-led Diabetes Prevention Program delivered through a mobile app or a remote human coach-led version of the same program over 12 months¹⁶. The composite primary outcome — sustained HbA1c control plus weight loss and/or a physical-activity threshold — was achieved by 31.7% of the AI group versus 31.9% of the human-coached group, a risk difference of −0.2%, meeting the prespecified noninferiority criterion¹⁶.

The adherence gap is the more interesting number for app buyers: 93.4% of people referred to the AI program actually started it, versus 82.7% referred to the human coach¹⁶.

Two honest caveats. This was a structured clinical-prevention program, not a hypertrophy block, and noninferior means “as good as,” not “better.” But it is strong evidence against the assumption that a human in the loop is automatically the superior coaching product — and it reframes the real question as which AI, not whether AI.

How do Fitbod, Freeletics, Future, Trainiac, and SensAI compare at baseline?

These apps solve personalization in different ways: algorithmic programming (Fitbod, Freeletics), human coach-first programming (Future, Trainiac), and LLM-based reasoning over wearable data (SensAI). The table below summarizes the factors that drive a 2026 purchase decision.

App	Coaching model	Price (September 2026)	App Store rating	Best for
Fitbod	Algorithmic strength	$15.99/mo; $95.99/yr1 — legacy $12.99/$79.99 grandfathered	4.81 from 284,640 ratings1	Structured strength progression
Freeletics	Algorithmic, bodyweight-first	$34.99–$79.99 per term2	4.64 from 22,255 ratings2	Location flexibility and variety
Future	Human coach-led	$199/mo3	4.87 from 10,685 ratings3	Maximum one-on-one accountability
Trainiac	Human coach-led	Included with Wellhub membership4	4.64 from 814 ratings4	Async 1:1 coaching
SensAI	LLM coaching over wearable data	$6.99/mo; $69.99/yr8	4.65 from 31 ratings8	Recovery-aware day-level adaptation

Prices, taxes, trials, promotions, and legacy offers vary by region and account. The checkout screen is the final source for what you will pay — our full fitness app pricing and free-tier comparison breaks down the free limits in detail.

Disclosure: SensAI is our product. We have included it in the same tables and scored it against the same rubric rather than exempting it, and we flag below where our own scoring is self-reported.

Fitbod: large exercise library with algorithmic progression

Fitbod positions itself as an AI-generated workout planner with a library of 1,000+ exercises, adaptive recommendations, and integrations with Apple Health, Apple Watch, Strava, and Fitbit¹. As of September 18, 2026, its U.S. App Store listing shows a 4.81 average rating across 284,640 ratings — by far the largest rating base in this comparison¹.

Its pricing is unusually layered: a new subscriber pays $15.99 per month or $95.99 per year, while the older $12.99 and $79.99 tiers stay live on the listing for grandfathered users, alongside six “(Legacy Pricing) fitbod ELITE” entries at four distinct price points¹ — $7.99, $9.99, $49.99, $59.99. For a deeper look at how its algorithm handles progression and recovery, see our full Fitbod review for 2026.

Freeletics: high-variation digital coach and bodyweight/gym flexibility

Freeletics emphasizes algorithmic variety and broad modality coverage, claiming 60 million athletes, 700+ exercises, 30 training journeys, and 1 trillion workout combinations in its app description². As of September 18, 2026, its listing shows a 4.64 average rating across 22,255 ratings. Its Training Coach in-app purchases run $34.99 to $79.99 depending on term, with Training and Nutrition bundles from $49.99 to $89.99². Buying through freeletics.com instead is priced differently — $49.99 for three months or $94.99 for twelve — so the surface you subscribe on changes what you pay⁹.

The structural limit is what the Coach reads: it adapts on your rated effort and session completion, not on sleep or HRV.

Future: high-accountability human coaching in-app

Future pairs users with a dedicated coach, allows unlimited plan revisions, and uses Apple Watch integration for training feedback loops³. Its listing states a Future Pro membership price of $199 per month and shows a 4.87 average rating across 10,685 ratings as of September 18, 2026 — the highest rating in this set, on a self-selected premium user base³.

Trainiac by Wellhub: one-on-one coaching with remote plan adjustments

Trainiac by Wellhub is also coach-first, with one-on-one trainer support, asynchronous text/audio/video communication, Apple Health and Google Health integration, and a 400+ video library according to its listing⁴. It is free to download and accessed through a Wellhub membership rather than a standalone subscription. As of September 18, 2026, it shows a 4.64 average rating across 814 ratings, indicating a smaller but engaged user base⁴.

SensAI: LLM coaching that reads your recovery data

SensAI generates plans from scratch across strength, cardio, flexibility, timed holds, and unilateral work, then regenerates them weekly against what you actually performed and how you actually recovered⁸. Apple Health integration means Apple Watch, Garmin, Oura, and WHOOP data all feed the same coaching decision. It is $6.99 per month or $69.99 per year⁸.

How this benchmark was scored (and what it cannot prove)

This benchmark scores apps across four practical scenarios that frequently break generic training plans: missed sessions, poor sleep/recovery, travel days, and equipment constraints. Each scenario uses a 0 to 5 score for adaptation quality, where 5 means the system can change intent, load, and exercise selection with minimal user friction.

This is an evidence-informed product benchmark, not a randomized head-to-head trial. Scores are based on publicly documented product capabilities and peer-reviewed recovery/load literature rather than unpublished internal model performance¹⁵¹⁷⁵⁶. SensAI’s scores are self-reported against the same rubric and should be read with that conflict of interest in mind.

Scenario 1: Which app handles missed sessions best?

The best app for missed sessions is the one that preserves progression logic after interruptions instead of simply pushing your old plan forward by calendar date.

Missed-session handling score (0 to 5):

• Fitbod: 4/5 — algorithmic workout regeneration and muscle-group rotation are strong for schedule drift, especially in strength blocks¹.
• Freeletics: 4/5 — Coach-driven workout swaps are fast, and “train anywhere” logic helps maintain momentum².
• Future: 4/5 — human coach accountability and manual program edits are excellent when communication is active³.
• Trainiac: 4/5 — one-on-one trainer adjustment and messaging are built for changing weeks⁴.
• SensAI: 4/5 — weekly regeneration rebuilds around what was actually completed rather than the original calendar⁸.

The tie exists for a reason: missed-session recovery is now a mature feature across both algorithmic and coach-led platforms. The real separation appears when biological recovery data conflicts with calendar goals.

Scenario 2: Which app adapts best after poor sleep or low HRV?

The best app after poor sleep is the one that changes training dose based on multi-signal recovery trends, because poor sleep measurably changes both readiness and injury risk.

In adolescent athletes, sleeping fewer than 8 hours was associated with 1.7 times higher injury risk¹⁷. Experimental data also shows partial sleep restriction can reduce maximal strength by roughly 10% to 20% in some lifts¹⁸. If an app ignores those shifts and prescribes the same intensity anyway, personalization is mostly cosmetic.

Recovery-adaptation score (0 to 5):

• Fitbod: 2/5 — strong training-plan adaptation, but publicly documented recovery inputs are less explicit than dedicated readiness systems¹.
• Freeletics: 2/5 — feedback-driven difficulty adjustments are useful, yet wearable recovery integration depth is less transparent².
• Future: 3/5 — a good human coach can adjust for fatigue signals, but consistency depends on coach workflow and data review cadence³.
• Trainiac: 3/5 — similar to Future: coach judgment can be high quality, but automation depth depends on operating model⁴.
• SensAI: 5/5 (self-reported) — HRV, sleep, and resting-heart-rate trend are direct programming inputs, not post-hoc dashboard metrics⁸.

This is the widest gap in the benchmark, and the evidence supports treating it as decisive. A meta-analysis found HRV-guided training produced a positive VO2max effect (effect size 0.402) and outperformed control approaches, with a between-group effect of 0.187⁵. A 2024 randomized controlled trial in GeroScience by Dr. María Carrasco-Poyatos and colleagues found that HRV-guided training in cardiac rehabilitation matched traditional HIIT on cardiorespiratory fitness while producing larger reductions in resting diastolic (5.4 mmHg, P = .007) and maximal systolic blood pressure¹⁹. A 2024 narrative review in the Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology reached the same practical conclusion for lifters: HRV-guided programming likely outperforms predefined programming across several training types, though its sensitivity differs by athlete population²⁰.

If you want apps that actually read those recovery signals, we ranked the best fitness apps that use Oura and WHOOP HRV data in a separate guide.

Scenario 3: Which app stays useful on travel days?

The best travel-day app is the one that can quickly convert intent (“upper-body strength” or “conditioning”) into a workable session in a hotel gym, small apartment, or no-equipment environment.

Travel-adaptation score (0 to 5):

• Fitbod: 4/5 — equipment filters and large exercise database are practical when gym setups change daily¹.
• Freeletics: 5/5 — bodyweight-first DNA plus broad workout combinations makes travel adaptation a core strength².
• Future: 4/5 — coaches can redesign travel sessions effectively, especially for frequent travelers³.
• Trainiac: 4/5 — trainer-led adaptation to location/equipment is explicitly described in the product model⁴.
• SensAI: 4/5 (self-reported) — conversational mid-workout swaps and offline-first tracking handle unreliable hotel connectivity⁸.

Travel is where human-coach and algorithmic systems can both work well. The deciding factor is speed: how quickly the app gives you a complete, confidence-inspiring session when context changes at the last minute.

Scenario 4: Which app adapts best to limited equipment at home?

The best limited-equipment app protects progression while simplifying movement selection, because consistency drops when users must manually rebuild every session.

Equipment-constraint score (0 to 5):

• Fitbod: 4/5 — robust equipment-aware substitutions are one of its strongest features for home setups¹.
• Freeletics: 4/5 — bodyweight and minimal-equipment options are broad and easy to deploy².
• Future: 3/5 — quality depends on coach responsiveness and whether substitutions are updated quickly enough for daily friction³.
• Trainiac: 4/5 — coach-led personalization with equipment context is central to its positioning⁴.
• SensAI: 4/5 (self-reported) — plans are generated against declared equipment, and photos of unfamiliar gym machines can be identified in chat⁸.

A practical note: if your training environment changes frequently, the “best” app is often the one with the lowest decision overhead, not the most complex progression model.

What does the evidence say about outcomes, not just features?

Feature lists are useful, but outcome evidence matters more. The best available evidence supports three principles: self-monitoring works, load spikes should be managed, and recovery signals improve programming decisions.

A classic meta-analysis found pedometer-based interventions increased physical activity by 2,491 steps per day and reduced BMI by 0.38, reinforcing the value of feedback loops and adherence systems²¹. A more recent 2024 systematic review and meta-analysis in EClinicalMedicine extended that to modern apps, pooling randomized trials of digital health applications with and without gamification on physical activity and cardiometabolic risk factors²². In athletes, load management frameworks commonly treat an acute:chronic workload ratio around 0.8 to 1.3 as a safer zone, while ratios above 1.5 are associated with higher injury risk in multiple contexts¹⁵.

Recovery science points in the same direction. Sleep loss impairs performance and cognitive function, and readiness signals like HRV can improve training-dose decisions when interpreted longitudinally¹⁸⁵²³⁷. As Dr. Romain Meeusen and colleagues note in the ECSS/ACSM joint consensus statement, there is no single biomarker that diagnoses overtraining risk on its own, which is why multi-signal reasoning is more robust than one-score coaching⁶.

Where does SensAI fit among these alternatives?

If your priority is day-level adaptation from wearables plus real-world context, SensAI is designed for the gap between rigid algorithmic plans and purely manual coaching.

Most apps can modify a workout after you ask. SensAI’s core claim is that the system can reason before you ask, using stacked signals like sleep, HRV trend, resting heart rate drift, recent load, missed sessions, travel constraints, and equipment availability to decide whether today should be a push, modify, or recover day⁵⁶²³⁸.

That distinction matters because wearable data is noisy in isolation. Dr. Daniel Plews and colleagues emphasize that HRV is most useful when interpreted as trend and context, not as a one-off number⁷. SensAI’s LLM-based coaching layer is built around that multi-signal interpretation model rather than simple threshold triggers.

The quality of that reasoning also depends on the device feeding it. Our comparison of Apple Watch vs. Oura vs. WHOOP vs. Garmin breaks down which wearables produce the most reliable recovery data for an AI coach to act on.

Which app should you pick in 2026?

Choose the app that best matches your biggest adherence bottleneck, not the one with the most impressive marketing claim.

• Pick Fitbod if your main need is structured strength progression with fast equipment-aware workout generation¹.
• Pick Freeletics if you need maximum location flexibility and high workout variety with low setup friction².
• Pick Future if accountability from a dedicated coach is your strongest behavior lever and $199/month fits your budget³.
• Pick Trainiac-style coaching if you want one-on-one trainer adjustments in an asynchronous app format and already have a Wellhub membership⁴.
• Pick SensAI if your top priority is wearable-driven, day-level adaptation that reasons through recovery, context, and constraints in one coaching decision⁵⁶²³⁸.

If human-coach-style accountability is your strongest behavior lever, our deeper comparison of the best AI personal trainer apps in 2026 ranks the coach-led options head to head. And whichever app you choose, it pays to understand how AI fitness apps handle your health data before you connect your wearables and sync years of HRV and sleep history.

AI fitness app FAQs

Is there a free alternative to Fitbod?

Not for generated workouts. Fitbod does not document a permanent free tier — after the seven-day trial, the core product requires a subscription at $15.99/month or $95.99/year on the US App Store as of September 18, 2026¹. If what you actually want is a free logger rather than a generated plan, Hevy and Strong both keep permanent free tiers for unlimited workout logging, with feature caps on the paid features⁹. If you want generated, recovery-aware programming at a lower price, SensAI is $6.99/month or $69.99/year⁸.

What is the best alternative to Freeletics?

It depends which limitation pushed you out. Freeletics adapts on your rated effort and session completion, not on recovery data². If you want an app that changes the session because your HRV and sleep dropped, SensAI reads those signals from Apple Health, with HRV coming from an Apple Watch⁸. If you simply want more strength-specific programming, Fitbod’s equipment-aware generation is stronger for barbell and machine work¹. Our Freeletics alternatives guide covers the full set.

What is the best alternative to Fitbod?

It depends what Fitbod is failing to do for you. For recovery-aware programming, SensAI at $6.99/month reads HRV, sleep, and resting-heart-rate trend from your wearable before prescribing the day, where Fitbod estimates muscle freshness from logged sets¹⁸. For free logging rather than generated plans, Hevy and Strong both keep permanent free tiers⁹. For a human in the loop, Future is $199/month³. Our Fitbod alternatives guide ranks the full set.

What is the best alternative to the Future app?

It depends what you are paying $199/month for³. If it is the programming, SensAI regenerates plans against performed sets and recovery data for $6.99/month⁸. If it is a human in the loop, Trainiac offers async one-on-one coaching through a Wellhub membership rather than a standalone subscription⁴. If it is accountability itself, no app fully replaces a coach who notices you disappeared — our best AI personal trainer apps ranks the coach-led options against the app-led ones.

Are AI fitness apps worth it in 2026?

The evidence says yes, with a caveat about which one. A 2025 JAMA randomized trial found an AI-led lifestyle program noninferior to human coaching on a composite of weight loss, physical activity, and HbA1c, with higher initiation rates in the AI arm¹⁶. That validates the delivery model, not every product built on it — the differences between apps in this comparison are much larger than the difference between “AI app” and “human coach” in that trial.

Can I just use ChatGPT instead of switching apps?

For discussion, increasingly yes; for programming, not yet. Since 23 July 2026, Health in ChatGPT lets US users aged 18 and over connect Apple Health on web and iOS, so a bare chatbot can now see the sleep and activity data it previously could not¹⁰¹¹. What it still does not do is close the loop: nothing in ChatGPT reads the sets you actually performed last week and prescribes this week’s load, and OpenAI’s terms state its services are “not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of any health condition”¹¹. That makes it a useful second opinion alongside a training app rather than a replacement for one. We tested what it does and does not produce in our guide to building a workout plan with ChatGPT.

Which AI fitness app works with Oura, WHOOP, or Garmin?

Any app that reads Apple HealthKit can use their data, because Oura, WHOOP, and Garmin all write sleep, heart rate, and workouts into HealthKit on iOS — though not HRV or their readiness and recovery scores. SensAI pulls sleep and heart rate from HealthKit, plus HRV from an Apple Watch, and uses them as programming inputs⁸. Fitbod and Freeletics integrate with Apple Health but do not document HRV or sleep as adaptation inputs¹². One thing to watch: iOS 27 added a native heartRateVariabilityRMSSD type to HealthKit alongside the older SDNN measure, which gives any app reading recovery data a short-term autonomic signal that was not previously exposed¹². We compare the readiness scores themselves in our Oura, WHOOP, Apple Watch, and Garmin breakdown.

What is the difference between an AI fitness app and an AI personal trainer app?

In practice, marketing uses the terms interchangeably, but the useful distinction is what generates the plan. Algorithmic apps like Fitbod select exercises and loads from a rules-and-history model. LLM-based apps like SensAI reason over free-text context — an injury you mentioned three weeks ago, a hotel gym, a bad night of sleep — alongside the numbers. Coach-led products like Future and Trainiac put a human in that loop at a much higher price point³⁴.

Bottom line: the best AI app is the one that makes good decisions on bad days

The best AI fitness app in 2026 is not the app with the biggest exercise library or flashiest interface. It is the app that preserves progression quality when life disrupts your plan.

Fitbod, Freeletics, Future, and Trainiac each solve different pieces of the personalization problem, and each can work for the right user. But if your training reality includes missed sessions, poor sleep, variable recovery, and changing environments, wearable-driven reasoning quality becomes the decisive advantage.

In other words: the future of fitness apps is not more workouts. It is better decisions.

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2. Apple App Store listing: “Freeletics: Workouts & Fitness” (Track ID 654810212), Freeletics GmbH. Feature claims (including athlete count, exercise count, and training options), in-app purchase tiers, ratings, and metadata. Accessed September 18, 2026. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/freeletics-workouts-fitness/id654810212 ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³

3. Apple App Store listing: “Future Pro: Personal Training” (Track ID 1288178982), Future Research, Inc. Pricing ($199/month membership), coaching model description, ratings, and metadata. Accessed September 18, 2026. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/future-pro-personal-training/id1288178982 ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵

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