Comparison

NOFFS Operational vs MOVE! Coach

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

Head to head
About

NOFFS Operational

This app provides a comprehensive fitness and nutrition program developed by the Navy and EXOS. It offers exercises mimicking operational duties, personalized fueling strategies for weight management, and regeneration techniques for injury prevention and mobility.

Highlights
  • Performance training exercises
  • Injury prevention strategies
  • Personalized caloric needs calculation
  • Meal builder with high-octane foods
  • Soft tissue release techniques
  • Flexibility routines
Features
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About NOFFS Developed by the Navy in partnership with EXOS (formerly Athlete’s Performance Institute), the Navy Operational Fitness and Fueling System (NOFFS) is designed to provide the Navy with a "world-class" performance training resource for Sailors, as well as Navy health and fitness professionals. Using the latest sports science methodologies, NOFFS combines both human performance and injury prevention strategies, resulting in safer training while yielding positive human performance outcomes. The exercises used in the NOFFS program are designed to replicate the activities Sailors conduct in their operational duties: lifting, pushing, pulling, and carrying. Developed as a complete fitness package, the fueling strategies allow you to determine your total caloric needs based on your personal goals, whether your desire is to lose, maintain or gain weight. The meal builder enables you to choose high-octane foods for each meal, populate your meal plan a week at a time, and email it to yourself. Finally, the regeneration component of this series will assist you with addressing and preventing common aches and pains. The soft tissue release techniques combined with the flexibility routine restores muscular balance and ensures you develop and maintain the mobility necessary for high-level performance.

About

MOVE! Coach

This 16-week program guides users to successful weight loss or management through education and tools. Monitor, track, and receive feedback on progress with weight, diet, and exercise goals. It offers self-management modules, tracking tools, and support resources.

Highlights
  • 16-week guided weight loss program
  • Self-management modules with videos and games
  • Daily weight tracking and progress reports
  • Goal setting and SMART goal features
  • Stress management tools
  • Identification of support resources
  • HealthKit integration for data syncing
Features
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MOVE! Coach Mobile is a weight loss app for Veterans, service members, their families, and others who want to lose weight. This 16-week program guides users to successful weight loss or weight management through education, and use of tools, in an easy and convenient way. Users can monitor, track, and receive feedback regarding their progress with weight, diet, and exercise goals. Some Key Features: Self-Management Modules – Educate users on a variety of weight-management success strategies using videos, worksheets, games, and other tools. Modules are made available weekly based on your progression through the 16-week program. Tracker – Assists users to track weight daily, set weight loss and SMART goals, and see progress reports and summaries Tools – Provides users with calculation tools and tools to manage stress Support – Helps users identify supports and resources for successful weight loss This app can be used by itself, but additional benefit may be achieved if used in combination with treatment with your healthcare provider and by tracking health & fitness activity with third-party HealthKit compatible apps. If you’re just starting out, MOVE! Coach can access your existing HealthKit height and weight data, and synchronize your progress recording weight entries with Apple’s Health app. MOVE! Coach Mobile was created by the National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (NCP), under VHA’s Office of Patient Care Services.

Screenshots

NOFFS Operational4 screens
MOVE! Coach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MOVE! Coach at 4.2 against NOFFS Operational's 3.3. MOVE! Coach also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 31 months) and ratings volume (497 vs 14). NOFFS Operational's advantage is review sentiment (53% vs 21%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MOVE! Coach holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MOVE! Coach has 497 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of NOFFS Operational's written reviews are positive against 21% of MOVE! Coach's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NOFFS Operational ships an update every 31 months, MOVE! Coach every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
NOFFS Operational versus MOVE! Coach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNOFFS OperationalMOVE! Coach
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (14 ratings)4.2 (497 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.3% of reviews — better21.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14497 — better
Update frequencyEvery 31 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCNIC HQUS Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Customer experience

NOFFS Operational

All ratings14 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral14.3%
Negative35.7%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive53.3%
Neutral26.7%
Negative20.0%

MOVE! Coach

All ratings497 ratings
Positive79.9%
Neutral6.4%
Negative13.7%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive21.0%
Neutral19.4%
Negative59.7%

Bugs and requests

NOFFS Operational

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

MOVE! Coach

Reported bugs

46 issues
  • Half screen taken by crisis support
  • Scrolling one line at a time
  • Food entry errors (e.g., 190 calories showing as 1400)
  • Cannot enter smaller increments of time for activities
  • Difficulty editing recipes
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  • No back button to change or edit entries
  • Cannot see entire option when entering food
  • Cannot delete added food entries
  • No way to back up, requires closing and reopening app
  • Squished interface on iPhone
  • Screens with no way to exit or submit answers (e.g., goal weight)
  • Cannot report problems
  • Apple Watch Health data not loading directly
  • Weight data reset after 6 months
  • Graph not working properly (only shows two days)
  • App does not function on iPhone 15 Pro Max
  • App breaks at week 12 chapter 2, repeatedly shuts down
  • No diet or exercise tracker found
  • Cannot get past EULA prompt
  • Crashes during modules, data lost upon restart
  • Cannot unlock Module 16
  • Cannot add height/weight to proceed
  • Dark selections, barely readable
  • Difficult to navigate
  • Cannot see information when setting up (height, age)
  • App crashes during Week 2, Chapter 2
  • Cannot go back to add foods from previous day
  • App crashes when trying to enter food info
  • App crashes regularly on iPhone 6s Plus
  • App closes when clicking on Self Assessment Guide Week 2
  • Cannot see custom item entry screen (number entry in the way)
  • App not updated for nearly a year
  • Weekly diet report annoying
  • App charges double calories for almond milk
  • Entering recipes assumes whole recipe is one serving
  • Favorites function is useless
  • Cannot manually enter calories
  • Food categories don't match package labels
  • Difficult to find specific foods
  • App crashes too much
  • Diet and activity logs removed in updates
  • Module 16 cannot be unlocked
  • Cannot see information on screen
  • Week 2 crashes the whole app
  • Cannot change date for dietary entries
  • Exercise calorie count is generic and inaccurate

Requested features

16 requests
  • Barcode scanner for food
  • Integration with other health apps (Apple Health, MyFitnessPal, Fitbit)
  • Ability to edit previous entries/dates
  • More conversational serving sizes
  • Allow smaller increments of time for activities
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  • Sync data from other health apps
  • Update app for newer iPhones
  • Improve search function for food tracker
  • QR scanner for food
  • Link to MyFitnessPal
  • Customizable exercise calorie counts (incline, speed)
  • Ability to edit recipe entries
  • Add missing foods
  • Sync with My Healthy Vet
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to report bugs directly

In-app purchases

None

NOFFS Operational

No in-app purchases

None

MOVE! Coach

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NOFFS Operational free?
NOFFS Operational is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MOVE! Coach free?
MOVE! Coach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NOFFS Operational or MOVE! Coach?
MOVE! Coach is rated higher. NOFFS Operational averages 3.3 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while MOVE! Coach averages 4.2 from 497 ratings.
Do NOFFS Operational or MOVE! Coach have ads?
Neither NOFFS Operational nor MOVE! Coach shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NOFFS Operational or MOVE! Coach?
NOFFS Operational ships an update every 31 months, and MOVE! Coach every 3 months. Most recently, NOFFS Operational was updated on June 9, 2026 and MOVE! Coach on September 24, 2026.

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