Comparison

BasedHealth vs FORGE

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

Head to head
About

BasedHealth

Effortlessly track your nutrition and workouts with AI. Snap photos of meals or scan barcodes for instant calorie and nutrient analysis. Set personalized goals and monitor your progress with a user-friendly interface designed for effective health management.

Highlights
  • AI-powered food recognition
  • Barcode scanning for nutrition
  • Personalized progress tracking
  • Seamless and fun user interface
  • Instant calorie and nutrient analysis
Features
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Look better. Feel better. Age slower. BasedHealth is the AI fitness tracker that makes calorie counting, workouts, and habits effortless. Snap a photo of any meal and our AI logs the calories, protein, carbs, and fat in seconds — no searching, no manual entry, no guesswork. Built for people who want results without the busywork. The smarter alternative to MyFitnessPal and Cal AI — faster logging, a cleaner app, and everything you need to get lean in one place. WHAT YOU CAN DO AI Food Scanning Point your camera at a plate and get instant calories and macros. Real food, restaurant meals, home cooking — the AI handles it. Barcode Scanning Scan any packaged product for accurate nutrition in a tap. Workout Tracking Log lifts and sessions, track your training, and watch strength go up alongside the scale going down. Progress & Weight Tracking Set a goal — lose fat, build muscle, or maintain — log your weight, and watch the trend, your BMI, and daily averages move over time. Habits & Hydration Build the daily streaks that actually move the needle — water, protein, and the habits that keep you honest. WHY BASEDHEALTH Faster than typing meals into MyFitnessPal. Smarter than apps that make you do the work. Whether you're cutting, bulking, or just eating cleaner, BasedHealth turns tracking into something you'll actually keep doing. Snap. Track. Transform. Download BasedHealth today and start your transformation. — Premium features require a paid subscription. Subscriptions are offered monthly, annually (with a free trial), or weekly. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.basedhealth.ai/privacy

About

FORGE

Quickly generate personalized workout routines based on your goals, equipment, and desired duration. Receive detailed instructions, coaching cues, and rest times for a complete training session.

Highlights
  • Goal-based workout generation
  • Customizable training parameters
  • Includes warm-up, main block, and cool-down
  • Detailed coaching cues and movement instructions
  • Adjustable duration and equipment selection
  • Optional workout finishers
Features
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Working out should not require a gym membership, a perfect plan, or the confidence to already know what every exercise means. Maybe the gym feels intimidating. Maybe you would rather start at home, without anyone watching. I built FORGE because I wanted a practical workout app I would actually use. I still use it. Some days I want to use a kettlebell. Some days I have twenty minutes and a living-room floor. FORGE gives those days enough structure to become a real session. Choose your goal, up to 3 training styles, Full Body or a combination of specific body areas, 20, 30, 45, 60, or 90 minutes, the equipment you have, and any movement limits that matter today. FORGE builds the warmup, main work, recovery, movement instructions, and cooldown. Each exercise shows work and rest, cues, steps, target feel, and what to avoid. Timed exercises can include a round timer with a three-second ready countdown, pause, reset, and clear work and break phases. Use FORGE at home, outside, or at the gym. It is for the person easing into fitness, the nerd who wants the details, and anyone who would rather follow a clear plan than wander around guessing. If one block does not fit, replace it up to 3 times without using another generation. Saved workouts stay in history on this device and use the same exercise detail and timer tools. Start with 3 total free workout generations. They do not refresh. Subscription details: The monthly subscription begins when your purchase is confirmed and renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. An active subscription provides 50 workout generations per billing period. Optional consumable top-ups add more generations. Top-up generations do not expire and are used after free and monthly generations. Manage or cancel your subscription from Account or App Store settings.

Screenshots

BasedHealth4 screens
FORGE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: FORGE at none against BasedHealth's shown. FORGE also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). BasedHealth's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. BasedHealth sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and FORGE sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BasedHealth against 5.0 for FORGE. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BasedHealth ships an update every 2 weeks, FORGE every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BasedHealth versus FORGE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBasedHealthFORGE
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size131 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael AubryNicholas Rixford

Customer experience

BasedHealth

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FORGE

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

BasedHealth

Subscriptions3
  • BasedHealth Pro$2.997 Days
  • Based Health Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Based Health Premium Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
5 purchases

FORGE

Subscriptions1
  • FORGE Monthly$9.991 Month
One-time4
  • 5 Generations$1.99
  • 10 Generations$2.99
  • 20 Generations$4.99
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  • 50 Generations$9.99

Questions

Is BasedHealth free?
BasedHealth is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FORGE free?
FORGE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BasedHealth or FORGE?
BasedHealth and FORGE are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do BasedHealth or FORGE have ads?
BasedHealth shows ads; FORGE does not.
Which is updated more often, BasedHealth or FORGE?
BasedHealth ships an update every 2 weeks, and FORGE every 3 days. Most recently, BasedHealth was updated on October 24, 2026 and FORGE on October 24, 2026.

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