Comparison

Arrow vs Liftly

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

Liftly

Easily log strength training and cardio sessions, track personal records, and visualize your progress. Create custom routines, set fitness goals, and share your achievements with friends. Personalize your experience with custom themes.

Highlights
  • Smart workout logging
  • Progress tracking
  • Muscle group visualization
  • Custom routines
  • Goal setting
  • Social sharing
  • Custom themes
Features
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Transform your fitness journey with Liftly, the simple workout companion designed for real results. Track every rep, set, and personal record with our intuitive logging system. Whether you're hitting strength training or cardio sessions, Liftly makes progress tracking effortless. KEY FEATURES: • Smart Workout Logging - Record strength exercises and cardio sessions with ease • Progress Tracking - Watch your strength and consistency grow over time • Muscle Group Visualization - Color-coded body map shows your training focus areas • Custom Routines - Create and save your favorite workout combinations • Goal Setting - Set and track fitness targets with visual progress charts • Stay Connected - Share progress and stay motivated with friends • Custom Themes - Personalize the app to match your style Perfect for gym goers, athletes, and anyone starting their fitness journey. Liftly eliminates the guesswork from workout tracking so you can focus on what matters: your progress. Download Liftly today and take the first step toward consistent, measurable results. Simple tracking. Real progress. Lasting results.

Screenshots

Arrow4 screens
Liftly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Liftly at none against Arrow's 17. Liftly also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Arrow's advantage is ratings volume (9.2K vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Arrow sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $4.39 per month. Liftly asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Liftly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Arrow has 9.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arrow ships an update every 2 weeks, Liftly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Arrow versus Liftly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArrowLiftly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (9.2K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings9.2K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB68 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLevelUp App Studios LLCIsaac Mayernik

Customer experience

Arrow

All ratings9,116 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews747 reviews
Positive77.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative15.0%

Liftly

All ratings1 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

Liftly

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
None

Liftly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arrow free?
Arrow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Liftly free?
Liftly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Arrow or Liftly?
Liftly is rated higher. Arrow averages 4.8 out of 5 from 9.2K ratings, while Liftly averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Arrow or Liftly have ads?
Neither Arrow nor Liftly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Arrow or Liftly?
Arrow ships an update every 2 weeks, and Liftly every 10 days. Most recently, Arrow was updated on October 29, 2026 and Liftly on October 25, 2026.

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