Comparison

Arrow vs Forteva

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 helps you track workouts and nutrition to achieve your body composition goals. It offers adaptive calorie and macro targets based on your progress, smart meal scanning, and detailed workout logging with performance insights.

Highlights
  • Adaptive calorie and macro targets
  • Smart meal scanning and logging
  • Detailed workout tracking
  • Progress visualization
  • Workout and nutrition integration
  • Arrow Score for overall progress
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

Forteva

Track your gym workouts and visualize your strength development across twelve muscle groups. This app provides detailed progress charts, personal records, and pre-made training programs. Unlock your full potential by understanding your strengths and weaknesses.

Highlights
  • Strength profile by muscle group
  • Fast workout logging
  • Rest timer
  • Offline functionality
  • 18 pre-made workout programs
  • Progress charts and personal records
  • Exercise instructions
Features
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Your strength, muscle by muscle. Forteva turns every lift you log into a level for each muscle group, from beginner to elite. You see right away where you are strong and what is lagging behind. STRENGTH PROFILE • Twelve muscle groups on a 3D body, front and back • A score from 0 to 100 for every muscle, plus an overall strength score • Tap a muscle to see its level FAST LOGGING • Sets, weight and reps in seconds • Rest timer on your lock screen • Works offline PROGRAMS • 18 ready-made programs for the gym and home, from beginner to advanced • Or build your workouts the way you want them • Train in kg or lbs TRACK YOUR PROGRESS • Charts for every exercise • Personal records • Exercise instructions Some features are part of Forteva Premium. Log your first workout and watch your strength profile take shape. Privacy Policy: https://tidblompt.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Arrow4 screens
Forteva4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Arrow at 9.4K against Forteva's 2. Forteva's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks). 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. Arrow sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.39 per month and Forteva sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Forteva holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Arrow has 9.4K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arrow ships an update every 2 weeks, Forteva every 6 days. Both last shipped on November 9, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Arrow versus Forteva: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArrowForteva
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (9.4K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings9.4K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB111 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLevelUp App Studios LLCVictor J Tidblom AB

Customer experience

Arrow

All ratings9,338 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews752 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral7.0%
Negative15.2%

Forteva

All ratings2 ratings
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

Forteva

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Arrow

Subscriptions10
  • Gold Access7 Days trial$4.391 Month
  • Gold Access1 Month trial$4.391 Month
  • Gold Access$5.991 Month
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  • Diamond Access$12.991 Month
  • Secret Discount (Gold Access)$17.491 Year
  • Gold Access7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Diamond Access7 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Gold Access7 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Diamond Access7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Diamond Access7 Days trial$79.991 Year
8 purchases

Forteva

Subscriptions8
  • Forteva Premium Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Forteva Premium Monthly3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Forteva Premium, monthly14 Days trial$12.991 Month
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  • Forteva Premium Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Forteva Premium Yearly3 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Forteva Premium Yearly7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Forteva Premium Yearly3 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Forteva Premium, yearly14 Days trial$89.991 Year

Questions

Is Arrow free?
Arrow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Forteva free?
Forteva is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Arrow or Forteva?
Forteva is rated higher. Arrow averages 4.8 out of 5 from 9.4K ratings, while Forteva averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Arrow or Forteva have ads?
Neither Arrow nor Forteva shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Arrow or Forteva?
Arrow ships an update every 2 weeks, and Forteva every 6 days. Most recently, Arrow was updated on November 9, 2026 and Forteva on November 9, 2026.

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