Comparison

Boostcamp vs Arrow

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Boostcamp

This app offers a vast library of structured strength training and muscle-building programs, including popular routines like nSuns and Reddit PPL. It provides tools for tracking workouts, monitoring progress, and even building custom plans. The app is designed to eliminate guesswork and provide proven methods for achieving fitness goals.

Highlights
  • 130+ expert-designed programs
  • 10,000+ community-shared routines
  • Full workout logging with RPE/1RM
  • Auto-progression for weights
  • Muscle volume tracking
  • Custom program builder
Features
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Trusted by over 1,300,000 lifters. 300M+ workouts logged. 4.8 stars. Boostcamp is a free workout tracker and gym logger with 11,000+ programs and an AI coach that builds a custom plan from your goal, schedule, and equipment. Log every set. Run nSuns, GZCLP, 5/3/1, Reddit PPL, PHUL, PHAT, or 130+ coach programs. No spreadsheet. Garage Gym Reviews named Boostcamp the Best Workout App Overall in 2026. "I primarily train for strength and hypertrophy, and Boostcamp is the best app I’ve ever used. I love all the data it provides, and there are so many great programs to choose from within the workout library." – Matt Dustin, CSCS, PN1-NC, Garage Gym Reviews Featured in Fortune’s 2026 trainer-approved Boostcamp review. "Boostcamp has all the features of Strong and Hevy, but what puts Boostcamp decidedly #1 is that it features a library of programs from some of the most recognizable figures in fitness." – Alex Bromley, Professional Strongman "Boostcamp puts all of Reddit's best free workouts in one slick app...give Boostcamp a try." – Lifehacker WHAT YOU GET • Workout Tracker – Log sets, reps, and weight with RPE, RIR, and e1RM. Auto-progression sets your next weights. Rest timer, plate calculator, supersets, drop sets, warmup templates, form videos, and mid-set exercise swaps that keep your numbers. PRs flag in-session. Weekly Sunday reports and year-end Wrapped. Offline. Live Activities put your set and rest timer on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Syncs bodyweight with Apple Health. • AI Coach – Short questionnaire, then a customized multi-week program you log in the same tracker. Or pick a named coach program and start today. Fork any program, or build your own with no cap. • 11,000+ Programs – 130+ coach-designed plans with progressions, periodization, and deloads, plus a huge community library. Filter by goal, level, and days per week. The library is free. No ads. • Analytics – Volume, muscle-group engagement, PRs, and training history. Pro adds Strength Score (0–100 across the big lifts) and a per-muscle volume heatmap. POPULAR PROGRAMS nSuns 5/3/1, GZCLP, 5/3/1 BBB, 5/3/1 for Beginners, Building the Monolith, Candito 6 Week, TSA, Bullmastiff, Greyskull LP, PHUL, PHAT, Reddit PPL, KONG, MASS IMPACT, Jacked and Tan 2.0, Strong Curves, Alberto Nuñez Upper Lower, Eric Helms Intermediate Bodybuilding, Greg Nuckols Beginner, Reddit Bodyweight Fitness RR, and thousands more. COACHES Dr. Eric Helms, Alex Bromley, Cody Lefever (GZCL), Geoffrey Verity Schofield, Alberto Nuñez, Bryce Lewis, Greg Nuckols, Jonnie Candito, Bald Omni-Man, Natural Hypertrophy, Basement Bodybuilding, Brandon Campbell (PHUL), Dr. Swole, Matt Vena, Menno Henselmans, Justina Ercole, Tiffany Ma, Rebecca Rouse, and 50+ more. Competitive athletes and researchers, not random influencers. WHO IT'S FOR Beginners who want a plan and a gym logger. Intermediate lifters done with spreadsheets. Anyone who wants an AI coach plus a real tracker. Men and women. Full gym, garage gym, or dumbbells at home. 2–6 days per week. ABOUT Boostcamp started by putting Reddit’s best programs into a workout tracker that works. 1.3M+ lifters now log training, follow 11,000+ programs, and build custom plans with an AI coach. Free to start. No ads. Questions? support@boostcamp.app

About

Arrow

This app gamifies your fitness journey, transforming workouts into a fun, competitive experience with friends. Track progress with a detailed log, earn rewards, and connect with a global community for motivation and support.

Highlights
  • Gamified workout experience
  • Weightlifting routine planner
  • Progress tracking and logging
  • Social fitness network
  • Earn trophies and EXP
  • Workout social feed
Features
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Arrow is the #1 workout and nutrition tracker built for changing your body. Log your lifts, meals, and weight in one app, get calorie and macro targets that adapt to your real results, and see whether training and diet are actually adding up, whether you're cutting, bulking, or just looking to maintain. TRAINING AND NUTRITION IN ONE LOOP Changing your body is one problem, not two. Your lifts create the stimulus, your food decides what your body does with it, and your weight trend tells you whether the plan is working. Most apps track one piece. Arrow connects all three. • Adaptive TDEE: Arrow estimates your real daily energy expenditure from your weigh-ins and food log, not just a formula, and keeps your calorie and macro targets adjusted as your body responds • Scale Weight vs. Trend Weight: every weigh-in is plotted against a rolling trend, so you can tell a water swing from true gain or loss before you change your plan • Oil detection: if a scanned meal was likely cooked in oil, Arrow asks before you log, so hidden calories don't slip past your numbers • Arrow Score: one number built from Strength (PRs and volume), Nutrition (calories, macros, weigh-ins), and Consistency (workouts and meal logs), weighted for your goal. A cut and a bulk are scored differently. • Estimated daily deficit or surplus and a four-week projection • Arrow Coach flags when a sudden scale jump or drop is likely water, not fat NUTRITION TRACKING THAT'S FAST AND HONEST • Smart Scan: photograph your plate and get the foods, calories, and macros • Describe a meal in plain words or by voice, scan a barcode, or look it up in the database • Heads Up before you log a scanned meal, and a meal score when you do • Edit any target yourself. Arrow never locks you into its numbers. • Recent foods, saved meals, custom foods, and copy-a-previous-day for meals you eat on repeat • Optional meal and post-workout reminders WORKOUT TRACKER BUILT FOR THE GYM • Log sets, reps, and weight in a few taps, no clutter mid-set • Plan your own routines or generate one from your goal, equipment, days, and session length • Flip any exercise card to see your history and personal records • Rest timer, dropsets, cardio and activity tracking • Custom exercises, swap exercises mid-workout, reorder on the fly • Lock Screen Live Activity and Dynamic Island keep your workout in view • Close the app mid-session and resume where you left off ARROW COACH Coach reads training and nutrition together: a recap of your week after workouts and on your Stats screen, a Heads Up on meals before you log them, and a call-out when a weight swing is likely water. Every note ends with what to do next. PROGRESS YOU CAN SEE • Muscle diagram shows which muscles you hit this week and how hard • Volume, PR, and lift progress over time • Week Overview calendar for training and nutrition days • Apple Health steps on your Profile and in Performance • Arrow Wrapped: your year in review TRAIN WITH FRIENDS • See your friends' workouts (and their meals, if they share them) in your feed • Share workout cards to Instagram Stories OPTIONAL GAMIFICATION Want extra motivation? Turn on levels, streak multipliers, and trophies. SUBSCRIPTION Access to Arrow requires a subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Powered by fatsecret Platform API. Terms of Use: https://arrowfitnessapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://arrowfitnessapp.com/privacy Questions? support@arrowfitnessapp.com

Screenshots

Boostcamp4 screens
Arrow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Arrow at none against Boostcamp's shown. Arrow also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 60%). Boostcamp's advantage is chart position (#181 vs unranked). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Boostcamp sells 20 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month and Arrow sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $4.39 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Boostcamp against 4.8 for Arrow. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10K and 9K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of Boostcamp's written reviews are positive against 78% of Arrow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boostcamp ships an update fortnightly, Arrow every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Boostcamp versus Arrow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoostcampArrow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (10K ratings)4.8 (9K ratings)
Positive reviews59.9% of reviews78.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10K — better9K
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#181 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size293 MB127 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBPM Health Co.LevelUp App Studios LLC

Customer experience

Boostcamp

All ratings9,967 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.1%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews431 reviews
Positive59.9%
Neutral10.9%
Negative29.2%

Arrow

All ratings9,035 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews743 reviews
Positive78.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.8%

User reviews

Boostcamp

From 10K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 🚀 Detailed workout programs
  • 💪 Helps build consistency
  • 🎯 Tracks progress effectively
  • 🧠 Knowledgeable coaches

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Key features locked behind paywall
  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🔄 Aggressive subscription prompts
  • ⚠️ Requires stable internet connection
  • 🕰️ Rest timer not always reliable

Arrow

From 9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Helpful for tracking workouts
  • 🏆 Motivating with trophies and leveling system
  • 🙌 Great for competing with friends
  • 💪 Tracks muscle groups and progress
  • 📊 Provides detailed workout data and statistics

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes when switching between tabs or accessing friends tab
  • 🔍 Missing some common exercises
  • 🔧 Can't edit previous workouts or change exercise order
  • 🕰️ Rest timer is a premium feature
  • 🤔 Trophies/achievements may be unrealistic for women

Bugs and requests

Boostcamp

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Workouts not saving properly
  • Inability to reorder exercises
  • Crashing and loading issues
  • Inconsistent exercise tracking

Requested features

5 requests
  • Offline mode for workouts
  • Apple Watch integration
  • More customization options
  • Improved exercise video demonstrations
  • Ability to create and share custom programs

Arrow

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Assisted pull-ups incorrectly adding weight instead of subtracting
  • Muscle distribution not accurately tracking
  • Workout data not always logging correctly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to edit previous workouts
  • Allow reordering of exercises in a workout
  • Implement a rest timer
  • Add more workout options, especially for cardio
  • Provide different tiers/achievements for men and women

In-app purchases

20 purchases

Boostcamp

Subscriptions13
  • Boostcamp Pro14 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Boostcamp Pro7 Days trial2 variants$14.991 Month
  • Boostcamp Pro14 Days trial$14.991 Month
Show 10 more
  • Boostcamp Pro$14.991 Month
  • Limited-Time Offer14 Days trial$48.991 Year
  • Boostcamp Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Boostcamp Pro14 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Boostcamp Pro3 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Boostcamp Pro1 Year trial2 variants$59.991 Year
  • Boostcamp Pro14 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Boostcamp Pro7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Boostcamp Pro14 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Boostcamp Pro7 Days trial$119.991 Year
One-time7
  • Coffee$0.99
  • Lunch$4.99
  • Access to Coach's Program$9.99
Show 4 more
  • Program Donation$19.99
  • Access to Coach's Program$24.99
  • Access to Coach's Program$39.99
  • Access to Coach's Program$49.99
17 purchases

Arrow

Subscriptions16
  • Gold Access7 Days trial$4.391 Month
  • Gold Access1 Month trial$4.391 Month
  • Gold Access$5.991 Month
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  • Gold Access7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Diamond Access$12.991 Month
  • Secret Discount (Gold Access)$17.491 Year
  • Gold Access7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Gold Access1 Month trial$29.991 Year
  • Diamond Access7 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Gold Access1 Month trial$34.991 Year
  • Gold Access7 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Gold Access1 Month trial$44.991 Year
  • Gold Access7 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • Diamond Access7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Diamond Access1 Month trial$79.991 Year
  • Diamond Access7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Gold Access$74.99

Questions

Is Boostcamp free?
Boostcamp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Arrow free?
Arrow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Boostcamp or Arrow?
Boostcamp and Arrow are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 10K and 9K ratings respectively.
Do Boostcamp or Arrow have ads?
Boostcamp shows ads; Arrow does not.
Which is updated more often, Boostcamp or Arrow?
Boostcamp ships an update fortnightly, and Arrow every 2 weeks. Most recently, Boostcamp was updated on September 30, 2026 and Arrow on September 29, 2026.

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