Comparison

Massage Therapy vs Arrow

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

Head to head
About

Massage Therapy

This application offers a digital solution for relaxation and stress relief. It features calming music, customizable vibration patterns, and a timer to help users unwind. Ideal for personal use to de-stress hands, arms, or legs, or to aid in falling asleep.

Highlights
  • Peaceful music
  • Customizable vibration patterns
  • Adjustable timer
  • Relaxation aid
  • Pocket-sized relaxation
Features
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FREE Today! Now your iPhone can calm you down on a stressful day. Simply launch Massage Therapy, turn on the peaceful music, set the timer and choose your pattern. TRY IT TODAY! We hope that you enjoy this FREE GIFT from i4software. This app won't replace a massage chair but then a massage chair doesn't fit in your pocket either. Great for relaxing your hands, arms or legs or just set it under your pillow and let the vibration sound put you to sleep. 1. Set your timer to 1 thru 5 minutes. 2. Choose Long, Short or Constant vibration pattern. 3. Realistic Retina Graphics 4. Free Relaxation Music Enjoy!

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 nutrition API (www.fatsecret.com) Barcode data also from Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), licensed under ODbL. Terms of Use: https://arrowfitnessapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://arrowfitnessapp.com/privacy Questions? support@arrowfitnessapp.com

Screenshots

Massage Therapy3 screens
Arrow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Arrow at Free against Massage Therapy's $1.99. Arrow also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.9) and review sentiment (78% vs 36%). Massage Therapy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 17) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On ads and device support 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

Arrow is free to download; Massage Therapy costs $1.99 up front. Arrow sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $4.39 per month. Massage Therapy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Arrow holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Arrow has 9.1K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Massage Therapy's written reviews are positive against 78% of Arrow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Massage Therapy ships an update every 139 months, Arrow every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Massage Therapy versus Arrow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMassage TherapyArrow
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating2.9 (24 ratings)4.8 (9.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.9% of reviews78.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings249.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 139 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB127 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeri4softwareLevelUp App Studios LLC

Customer experience

Massage Therapy

All ratings24 ratings
Positive41.7%
Neutral12.5%
Negative45.8%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive35.9%
Neutral7.7%
Negative56.4%

Arrow

All ratings9,080 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews744 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.9%

Bugs and requests

Massage Therapy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

None

Massage Therapy

No in-app purchases

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 Massage Therapy free?
Massage Therapy costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arrow free?
Arrow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Massage Therapy or Arrow?
Arrow is rated higher. Massage Therapy averages 2.9 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Arrow averages 4.8 from 9.1K ratings.
Do Massage Therapy or Arrow have ads?
Neither Massage Therapy nor Arrow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Massage Therapy or Arrow?
Massage Therapy ships an update every 139 months, and Arrow every 2 weeks. Most recently, Massage Therapy was updated on October 21, 2026 and Arrow on October 24, 2026.

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