Strength Coach vs Forward
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Strength Coach
This app generates Wendler 5/3/1 training plans and tracks powerlifting personal records. It displays warm-up sets and percentage-based calculations for your lifts.
- Wendler 5/3/1 plan generation
- Powerlifting personal record tracking
- Warm-up set display
- Percentage-based calculations
- Lift tracking
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An app to generate Wendler 5/3/1 for the user while also tracking powerlifting personal records. Displays warm up sets for Wendler 5/3/1 and percentages for the users personal records.
Forward
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Log a set in one tap. Forward is a gym workout tracker for lifters who run rotating splits, so your training never drifts across the week. FASTER LOGGING - Sets arrive pre-filled from last time, so one tap logs each one - A custom keypad built for numbers, not a fiddly system keyboard - Warm-up, drop and failure set types, one tap away - A rest timer that starts itself and lives in the Dynamic Island ROTATING SPLITS, DONE RIGHT - Training 3 on, 1 off? Your split advances when you FINISH a session, so it never drifts across weekdays like calendar-based apps - Build any rotating or weekly split, PPL, upper lower, full body, with rest days - Reorder days and exercises whenever your plan changes SEE REAL PROGRESS - Automatic personal records and estimated 1RM - Trend charts for every exercise - Per-muscle volume so you can balance your training - Body weight tracking - Streaks, weekly goals and achievements BUILT FOR THE GYM FLOOR - First-class supersets - Plate calculator - Warm-up ramp generator - Per-exercise notes for your own cues BRING YOUR HISTORY - Import your workout log from another tracking app with a CSV file - Export your whole history to CSV any time. Your data is yours PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your workouts are stored on your iPhone. There is no account to create, no servers, no analytics, no ads, and nothing is ever sold or shared. Keep iPhone Backup on and your history moves with you to a new phone. Free, with every feature unlocked.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Forward at Free against Strength Coach's $0.99. Forward also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 7 months). Strength Coach's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Forward is free to download; Strength Coach costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Strength Coach ships an update every 7 months, Forward every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Strength Coach | Forward |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tiger Bomb LLC | Linga Reddy Gudisha |
In-app purchases
Strength Coach
No in-app purchases
Forward
No in-app purchases
Questions
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