Comparison

Arrow vs Nu

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

Head to head
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

About

Nu

This app uses AI to provide personalized meal recommendations based on your fitness goals, dietary restrictions, and preferences. It simplifies food logging and offers instant meal inspiration for various eating scenarios, making healthy eating convenient for busy individuals.

Highlights
  • Personalized AI nutrition assistant
  • Effortless voice-activated food logging
  • Instant meal inspiration for dining halls
  • Restaurant and menu item recommendations
  • Tailored to fitness goals and preferences
  • Designed for busy schedules
Features
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Meet Nu-Trai Nu-Trai is an AI-powered nutrition and macro-tracking app designed for university students. It provides daily menu information for more than 350 university dining halls and helps students find, log, and plan meals that fit their nutrition goals. Unlike traditional food-tracking apps that require students to manually search a database for foods, Nu-Trai is designed to make nutrition tracking easier. Nu-Trai creates a personalized nutrition profile using your goals, activity level, dietary restrictions, food preferences, and favorite cuisines. It then recommends meals that fit your needs—whether you are eating at a university dining hall, ordering from a nearby restaurant, cooking at home, or grabbing food on the go. Personalized meal recommendations Ask Nu-Trai questions such as: - “What should I eat for dinner?” - “Where should I eat on campus?” - “What restaurant meal fits my remaining macros?” - “Do I have room for dessert?” Nu-Trai uses your personal profile, daily nutrition progress, preferences, and remaining calorie and macro targets to suggest relevant meal options. Natural-language food logging Log food by describing what you ate. For example: - “8 ounces of grilled chicken with rice and broccoli.” Nu-Trai estimates and records calories, protein, carbohydrates, and fat without requiring you to manually search through a food database. Multiple ways to log food Nu-Trai supports several food-logging methods: - Voice logging: Say what you ate. - Natural-language logging: Type a description of your meal. - Nutrition-label scanning: Take a photo of a nutrition label to record its information. Campus dining guidance At supported universities, Nu-Trai helps students explore dining hall menus and identify meals that fit their nutrition goals, food preferences, and dietary restrictions. Students can use Nu-Trai to see what is being served, decide where to eat on campus, and log dining hall meals more easily. Restaurant and everyday meal planning Nu-Trai can recommend meals from nearby restaurants and help users plan meals at home or on the go. Recommendations account for each user’s preferences, dietary restrictions, goals, and remaining daily calorie and macro targets. Built for busy lives Nu-Trai reduces the time required to plan meals and track nutrition. It is designed for university students, athletes, and other busy people who want to understand what they are eating without manually searching food databases or entering every ingredient. A New Try at Nutrition. Nu-Trai is developed and operated by Nutrai LLC. Nu-Trai is available on the Google Play Store. Terms of Use See here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Disclaimer Nutrai does not provide medical advice. All recommendations should be viewed as suggestions and should not be considered a substitute for professional guidance. Please consult a qualified healthcare provider and do your own research before making changes to your diet or nutrition plan. Subscription Nutrai is free to download. A subscription is required to access personalized nutrition coaching, meal recommendations, and tracking features. Plans: Monthly $5.99 Annual $29.99 w/ 7 Day Free Trial Subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID Subscriptions.

Screenshots

Arrow4 screens
Nu4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Arrow at 9.1K against Nu's 19. Nu's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 78%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Arrow sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $4.39 per month and Nu sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Arrow has 9.1K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Arrow's written reviews are positive against 100% of Nu's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arrow ships an update every 2 weeks, Nu every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Arrow versus Nu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArrowNu
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (9.1K ratings)5.0 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9.1K — better19
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLevelUp App Studios LLCNutrai LLC

Customer experience

Arrow

All ratings9,054 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews744 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.9%

Nu

All ratings19 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and 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

Nu

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
7 purchases

Nu

Subscriptions7
  • Nutrai - Elite7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Nutrai - Elite$5.991 Month
  • Nutrai - Standard7 Days trial$6.991 Month
Show 4 more
  • Nutrai - Elite7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Nutrai - Elite$29.991 Year
  • Nutrai - Standard7 Days trial$51.991 Year
  • Nutrai - Elite7 Days trial$74.991 Year

Questions

Is Arrow free?
Arrow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nu free?
Nu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Arrow or Nu?
Nu is rated higher. Arrow averages 4.8 out of 5 from 9.1K ratings, while Nu averages 5.0 from 19 ratings.
Do Arrow or Nu have ads?
Neither Arrow nor Nu shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Arrow or Nu?
Arrow ships an update every 2 weeks, and Nu every 3 weeks. Most recently, Arrow was updated on October 15, 2026 and Nu on October 5, 2026.

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