Comparison

ATAC vs Arrow

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

Head to head
About

ATAC

This app offers elite-level training programs designed by top athletes to help you achieve your sport-specific goals. It includes personalized workouts, cardio, agility, flexibility, and mindset practices, alongside nutrition and recovery tools. Compete on leaderboards and track your progress to reach peak performance.

Highlights
  • Sport-specific training programs
  • Personalized weight, rep, and set programming
  • Cardio, agility, and flexibility workouts
  • Mindset and mental performance training
  • Custom meal plans and hydration tracking
  • Sleep and recovery tracking
  • Monthly and weekly challenge leaderboards
Features
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VIDEO GAME STATS, MEETS REAL LIFE TRAINING What's Your ATAC Rating? CHAMPIONS AREN'T BORN. THEY'RE MADE. This is not your typical training app; this is built to help you reach your sport specific goals. PRO & TOP D1 LEVEL TRAINING This is the same training the best athletes in the world use to excel and reach peak performance. Follow training programs of top athletes like Jordan Burroughs, Reece Humphrey & Trent Hidlay. WORKOUTS Every weight, rep & set specifically programmed for each individual. Cardio workouts for different endurance systems. Agility & Flexibility Training. Demonstration videos for all movements. MINDSET All great champions share a winning mindset. Daily practices to help you compete at your best. ESSENTIALS Custom meal plans created for each user. Hydration tracking. Full recovery activities. Sleep tracking. COMPETE TO SEE WHO'S THE BEST Monthly & Weekly Challenge Leaderboards. Teammate Leaderboards. Team vs Team Leaderboards. YOUR COMPETITION IS TRAINING TO GET BETTER. DON'T GET LEFT BEHIND. ATAC requires a monthly or yearly subscription. All subscriptions come with a 7-day free trial. If you cancel before the end of the trial you will not be charged. Terms of Use: https://atac.app/terms-of-use/

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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Start your gamified fitness journey with Arrow: the ultimate free fitness app and weightlifting app for amateurs and professionals. More than a weightlifting log, Arrow transforms your workouts into a fun, competitive experience with friends. As you dive into our gamified fitness platform, you'll quickly understand why Arrow is a must-have weightlifting app. ► Experience the Best Free Fitness App Say farewell to expensive fitness apps. Arrow is an advanced weightlifting app with completely free core functionality, allowing you to reach your goals without financial barriers. ► Gamify Your Workouts & Elevate Your Results with Arrow Level up as you workout within this free social fitness network. Arrow offers a gamified fitness experience for your workouts, transforming each lift into an opportunity for advancement. Hit personal records, unlock trophies, and earn EXP points with every rep. ► Track Your Progress with Precision: Your Ultimate Weightlifting Log in Arrow Arrow is not a conventional weightlifting log. Alongside our unique approach to enhancing the gym experience, Arrow provides all of the tools necessary to make progression in the gym as effortless as possible. And if you are lacking motivation, take a look at your social feed for workouts. ► Connect, Motivate, & Conquer with Arrow: The Social Workout App You've Been Waiting For Fitness is undoubtedly more enjoyable with friends, and Arrow understands the power of community. Connect with like-minded individuals and achieve your fitness goals together. It wouldn’t be a social workout app without allowing you to share your progress, seek encouragement, and celebrate each other's successes. ► Beyond an App: Welcome to the Social Fitness Network in Arrow Arrow transcends being just an app; it's a social fitness network that connects you with fitness enthusiasts worldwide. Your workout updates become part of a larger tapestry of achievements, inspiring others and gaining inspiration in return. ► Real-time Motivation: Your Social Feed for Workouts in Arrow Stay motivated and connected with your fitness friends through the social feed for workouts. Witness real-time updates on your friends' gym activities, remind them to hit the gym, and draw motivation from their dedication. ► Build a Supportive Community: The Heart of Social Fitness in Arrow Arrow isn't just about personal achievements; it's about building a thriving social fitness community. Immerse yourself in a world where everyone is cheering for your success. ► Seamless Integration, Ultimate Motivation: Your Connected Fitness Experience with Arrow Arrow provides a connected fitness experience like no other. Every lift, every trophy, and every interaction with the social fitness community contributes to a seamless and integrated fitness journey. Arrow provides a holistic approach to fitness that keeps you connected to your goals, your friends, and the larger community of fitness enthusiasts. ►► Ready to Elevate Your Fitness Game? Download Arrow Now! https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ By using our app and making in-app purchases, you consent to our sharing of data regarding your usage and consumption of purchased content with Apple, as part of our efforts to resolve refund requests. This information may include details about how you have accessed and interacted with the purchased content. The purpose of sharing this data is to help Apple make an informed decision regarding refund requests. We ensure that such data sharing is done in compliance with Apple's policies and only as necessary to process your requests.

Screenshots

ATAC4 screens
Arrow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Arrow at free with in-app purchases against ATAC's subscription. Arrow also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). ATAC's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ATAC sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 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

Arrow holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Arrow has 8.6K ratings behind it against 174, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of ATAC's written reviews are positive against 78% of Arrow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ATAC ships an update every 3 weeks, Arrow every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ATAC versus Arrow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterATACArrow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (174 ratings)4.8 (8.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews78.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1748.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdvanced Training Athletic ClubLevelUp App Studios LLC

Customer experience

ATAC

All ratings174 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral4.0%
Negative12.6%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive76.7%
Neutral11.6%
Negative11.6%

Arrow

All ratings8,619 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews743 reviews
Positive78.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.8%

User reviews

ATAC

From 174 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💪 Great for athletes
  • 📈 Tracks progress effectively
  • 💡 Innovative concept with stats
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 🌟 Highly recommended

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Nutrition feature needs improvement
  • 🐛 Limited custom food catalog
  • 🐛 Bugs and difficult to understand
  • 🐛 Setting reverts to default
  • 🐛 Macro tracking isn't the best

Arrow

From 8.6K 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

ATAC

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Nutrition feature needs improvement
  • Custom food catalog is limited
  • Setting reverts to default state
  • Workout bugs, difficult to understand
  • Difficulty entering custom weights/reps
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  • Workout bugs, can't start baseline tests
  • App consistently freezes after turning phone off then opening
  • Very difficult to use and not intuitive
  • Food logging has limited options
  • App asks for stats again after initial entry
  • App freezes if phone is turned off and reopened
  • No available goals for certain sports
  • Videos won't load
  • Some bugs exist

Requested features

12 requests
  • Add custom foods and adjust macros
  • Add custom foods as catalog
  • Add more stats in rating
  • Add Fencing
  • More flexibility for multi-sport athletes
Show 7 more
  • Allow custom weight/rep schemes
  • Provide specific workouts
  • Improve nutrition tracking
  • Add sliced Turkey, ham, and creatine
  • Make app free as advertised
  • Add dark mode
  • Allow creating own goals for sports

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

7 purchases

ATAC

Subscriptions7
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$6.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial2 variants$14.991 Month
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  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$99.991 Year
17 purchases

Arrow

Subscriptions16
  • Gold Access7 Days trial$4.391 Month
  • Gold Access1 Month trial$4.391 Month
  • Gold Access$5.991 Month
Show 13 more
  • 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 ATAC free?
ATAC 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, ATAC or Arrow?
Arrow is rated higher. ATAC averages 4.4 out of 5 from 174 ratings, while Arrow averages 4.8 from 8.6K ratings.
Do ATAC or Arrow have ads?
ATAC shows ads; Arrow does not.
Which is updated more often, ATAC or Arrow?
ATAC ships an update every 3 weeks, and Arrow every 2 weeks. Most recently, ATAC was updated on September 21, 2026 and Arrow on September 28, 2026.

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