Chalk Performance Training vs FORGE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chalk Performance Training
Access science-based workouts for any fitness level, at home or in the gym. Track your progress, join a supportive global community, and receive expert guidance to achieve your health and fitness goals.
- At-home and gym workout programs
- Beginner, intermediate, and advanced options
- Exclusive workout library
- Video demonstrations and instructions
- Progress tracking and performance analysis
- Global fitness community and discussions
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The Chalk Performance Training App is the #1 Transformation App with the most effective, science-based workouts for anyone, anywhere and anytime. Chalk Performance Training is more than just a fitness app. It is a global family that works hard, trains together and inspires each other to reach new heights through health and fitness. WORKOUTS: ⁃ Train anywhere, anytime with access to both at home AND gym workout programs. ⁃ Find a workout to suits your needs, with beginner, intermediate or advanced workout options. ⁃ Access our exclusive Chalk Workout Library, with aesthetic, strength, endurance building, and minimal equipment program options. ⁃ Have a new, fresh and exciting workout for every day at your fingertips, ensuring you never get bored and stay motivated to achieve your fitness goals. ⁃ Set up a workout schedule that easily suits your preferences and your life. ⁃ All workouts include clear instructions, video demonstrations and exercise descriptions for proper form and technique to get the best results. PROGRESS TRACKING, SUPPORT & ACCOUNTABILITY: ⁃ Exclusive Chalk Performance Training video content. ⁃ Set goals and track your progress seamlessly within the app to ensure you are moving in the right direction. ⁃ Record your workout stats and analyze your performance over time. ⁃ Information, tips and tricks to educate you on your journey! COMMUNITY: ⁃ Join the Exclusive Chalk Performance Training Community that is a worldwide fitness family. ⁃ Get motivated by seeing what other users are achieving and share your journey and accomplishments too! ⁃ Participate in group discussions, ask questions, and get advice from experienced trainers and Chalk Coaches. ⁃ Discover inspiring success stories, fitness tips, and valuable insights from industry experts. We are on a mission to transform bodies, hearts and lives through health and fitness. If you have a goal, it is our mission to help you achieve it. We’d love to welcome you to our worldwide Chalk Performance Training Family!
FORGE
This app focuses on identity transformation rather than habit tracking. It guides users through foundational exercises and tracks development across four life quadrants: Mind, Body, Spirit, and Vocation. Personalized prompts and AI-driven insights help users identify and pursue their growth path.
- Identity transformation system
- Foundational vision exercises
- Four life quadrants tracking (Mind, Body, Spirit, Vocation)
- Personalized journal prompts
- AI Journey Architect for guidance
- Local data storage, no account required
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FORGE is not a habit tracker. It is an identity transformation system. The idea is simple but demanding: you don't change your life by building new habits. You change it by becoming a different person. Behavior follows identity. FORGE is where you do the identity work. Before the dashboard ever opens, you complete two foundational exercises. Your Anti-Vision — the vivid, specific life you refuse to accept if nothing changes. Your Vision — the person you are becoming and the life they live. These are not goals. They are anchors. One drives you away. The other pulls you forward. From there, FORGE tracks your development across four quadrants of life: MIND — How you think, learn, and update your beliefs. Are you expanding your model of reality, or defending the one you already have? BODY — Your physical state as infrastructure. Sleep, nutrition, training. The body is not separate from the mind. It is the hardware. SPIRIT — Relationships, meaning, and connection. The most neglected quadrant. The one that quietly limits everything else. VOCATION — The work you are building. Not just a job. The thing that, when you do it, makes you feel like you are using yourself correctly. Each quadrant has a starting level (1.0 to 5.0), a daily lever — one action you know matters — and a library of prescribed level-up tasks that move you forward. Not generic advice. Moves calibrated to exactly where you are. The journal is not a diary. Every prompt is selected based on your current level, your lowest quadrant, and the time of day. The wisdom system surfaces the right thought at the right moment — Marcus Aurelius, Naval Ravikant, Viktor Frankl, and others — not as a quote of the day, but as a curator who knows where you are. The AI Journey Architect reads your data — your levers, your patterns, your journal entries, your weekly reviews — and tells you the one thing you already know but haven't named. Then it gives you the path. FORGE stores your personal development data locally on your device. No account required to start. No data shared with third parties. The art is Gustave Dore-style engraving — lone figures against vast forces, anatomical precision, cosmic scale. It is not decoration. It is the emotional layer of the app. The first screen you see is a figure climbing a narrow staircase toward a single point of light. That is the thesis. Subscription: FORGE Monthly — 7-day free trial, then $6.99/month. Payment charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in App Store Settings. Privacy Policy: https://forgeapp.me/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FORGE at 5.0 against Chalk Performance Training's 3.8. Chalk Performance Training's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (166 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. FORGE sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per month. Chalk Performance Training asks for nothing beyond the download.
FORGE holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chalk Performance Training has 166 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Chalk Performance Training | FORGE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (166 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 166 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gym Ryan LLC | Sentient Solutions Group LLC |
Bugs and requests
Chalk Performance Training
Reported bugs
4 issues- Timer resets when switching apps
- Inability to log completed sets
- Workout history not transferring from previous app
- Difficulty creating custom workouts
Requested features
5 requests- Add option to disable audio during workouts
- Improve ability to enter weights and reps manually
- Provide more customization options for workouts
- Implement seamless sync across devices
- Add support for Apple Watch integration
FORGE
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Chalk Performance Training
No in-app purchases
FORGE
- FORGE: Human 3.07 Days trial$6.991 Month
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