Comparison

Arrow vs Alc AI

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

Alc AI

Features
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Alc AI helps you log drinks quickly, calculate your estimated BAC, and follow your session as it changes over time. Add a standard drink, save custom drinks, or scan a drink photo with AI to speed up logging. As you log, Alc AI updates your BAC estimate, peak BAC, projected sober time, recovery score, and drinking trends. Whether you want better awareness during a night out or clearer insight into your longer-term habits, Alc AI gives you one place to track alcohol intake, recovery, calories, and estimated spending. FEATURES • Estimate BAC in real time • View a live BAC graph with peak BAC and projected sober time • Log drinks quickly with standard and custom drink options • Scan drink photos with AI to auto-fill drink details • Track recovery score and recovery timeline • Review session, 7-day, 30-day, and lifetime trends • Monitor alcohol load, calories, volume, and estimated cost • Get reminders for peak BAC, sober time, drink logging, and hydration • Sync Alcohol Consumption to Apple Health • Compare intake with Apple Health step data • Use widgets and Live Activities for at-a-glance updates BUILT FOR AWARENESS Alc AI is designed to help you better understand your drinking patterns and estimated alcohol impact over time. It can help you see when your BAC may still be rising, when it may peak, and how long recovery may take based on your logged drinks. IMPORTANT NOTICE BAC values in Alc AI are estimates only and may be inaccurate. Alc AI is not a breathalyzer, blood test, or medical device, and it does not provide legal or medical advice. Do not use Alc AI to determine whether you are fit to drive or operate machinery. PREMIUM Pro unlocks features including AI Drink Scan, advanced analytics, recovery insights, unlimited BAC graph access, widgets, Live Activities, and Apple Health alcohol sync. Subscription: Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. If a free trial is offered, payment starts when the trial ends unless canceled at least 24 hours before the trial ends. Subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage and cancel subscriptions in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use: https://alcai.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://alcai.app/privacy

Screenshots

Arrow4 screens
Alc AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Arrow at 15.0 against Alc AI's 18.5. 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 Alc AI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Arrow versus Alc AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArrowAlc AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (9.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9.1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB17 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLevelUp App Studios LLCJOSEPH SALVATORE DANGELO

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

Alc AI

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
2 purchases

Alc AI

Subscriptions2
  • Alc AI Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Alc AI Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Arrow free?
Arrow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Alc AI free?
Alc AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Arrow or Alc AI have ads?
Neither Arrow nor Alc AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Arrow or Alc AI?
Arrow ships an update every 2 weeks, and Alc AI every 2 weeks. Most recently, Arrow was updated on October 25, 2026 and Alc AI on October 16, 2026.

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