Sprints by Carrot vs Forge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sprints by Carrot
This program helps users improve their metabolic-fertility health to increase chances of conception. It offers personalized daily suggestions for sleep, movement, nutrition, and stress, with guidance from a dedicated care team. The app focuses on factors like insulin resistance and PCOS to support a healthier pregnancy.
- Personalized daily suggestions
- Clinically-backed guidance
- Apple Health integration
- Partner support
- Expert support and resources
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Sprints is your personalized metabolic health program, designed to help you reach your fertility, family-building, and menopause goals through daily habits that fit your life. - Sprints for Fertility helps members improve their egg, sperm, and gestational health to prepare for a future pregnancy, preservation procedure (including egg, sperm, and embryo freezing), or IVF cycle. - Sprints for Menopause helps members manage symptoms and improve their health outcomes from perimenopause through post-menopause. Every day, Sprints delivers personalized suggestions across four areas: nutrition, movement, sleep, and emotional wellness. Your recommendations are tailored to you and adapt over time, targeting underlying factors like insulin resistance, PMOS/PCOS, perimenopause and post-menopause hormone shifts, and obesity that can directly affect your outcomes. Your Carrot Care Team is available on demand, with experts in nutrition, exercise physiology, fertility care, and emotional wellbeing, ready to support you when you need it. What you get with Sprints Personalized, daily suggestions: Recommendations tailored to your specific goal and stage, designed to build lasting habits that improve your metabolic health. Clinically-backed guidance: Evidence-based program developed by Carrot's clinical experts in fertility, nutrition, movement, sleep, and stress management. Health integrations: Connect Sprints with Apple Health or your Oura ring to track activity, sync insights, and share your progress with your Care Team. Expert support and resources: Dedicated support and educational content from medical experts in nutrition, exercise, emotional health, and fertility. Fertility support for partners: Couples can use Sprints to work on their metabolic health together and support shared family-building goals. Don't have Carrot as an employee benefit? Talk to your HR or People team or have them reach out at get-carrot.com/contact-us. Having problems with the Sprints app or have suggestions? Let us know at support@get-carrot.com.
Forge
This comprehensive platform connects gym owners, staff, and members, streamlining operations and enhancing the fitness experience. It offers tools for member management, class scheduling, workout building, and billing, while members can book classes, log workouts, and manage their subscriptions.
- Member management and profiles
- Class scheduling and booking
- Workout of the Day (WOD) builder
- Lift tracking and progress logging
- Stripe-powered billing and subscriptions
- AI-driven operational briefings
- Digital waiver and document management
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Forge OS is the all-in-one platform for modern gyms — a single app that connects gym owners, staff, and members on the same system. Whether you run a CrossFit box, a HYROX gym, a strength-and-conditioning facility, or a boutique studio, Forge OS handles your day-to-day operations and gives every member a personalized fitness experience. — FOR GYM OWNERS & STAFF — • Member Management: Add new members, manage memberships, view full member profiles with check-in history, signed waivers, and account status. • Check-In Tracking: Fast, frictionless check-ins with multiple methods. See who's in your gym in real time. • Class Scheduling & Booking: Build weekly schedules, set class capacities, manage waitlists. Members book directly from the app. • Workout of the Day (WOD) Builder: Publish daily workouts and programs to all members. Pull from a built-in exercise library covering CrossFit, HYROX, strength training, and conditioning. • Lift Tracking: Members log 1-rep maxes and PRs against an organization-wide exercise catalog. Coaches see their athletes' progress. • Billing & Subscriptions: Stripe-powered recurring billing with automatic failed-payment handling. View revenue, manage plans, send invoices. • Point of Sale: In-gym product sales with integrated payment processing. • Member Communications: Send announcements, manage waivers and required documents, track signed agreements. • AI Briefings: Daily summary of what needs attention — overdue invoices, members at risk of cancellation, billing issues — generated automatically each morning. — FOR MEMBERS — • Personalized Home Screen: See your upcoming classes, today's workout, and gym news at a glance. • Class Booking: Browse the schedule, book classes, join waitlists, and check yourself in — all from your phone. • Workout Logging: Follow your gym's daily WOD or build personal workouts. Log every set, rep, and round to track your progress over time. • Lift Tracker: Record your 1-rep max for back squat, deadlift, bench press, snatch, clean & jerk, and any other lift your gym programs. • Subscription Management: View your membership, update payment methods, and see your billing history. • Document Center: Sign waivers and policies digitally; access your signed documents anytime. • Store: Browse and purchase apparel, supplements, and gym merchandise. — BUILT FOR REAL GYMS — Forge OS was built by a gym owner and operator — not just software engineers. Every feature is designed around the actual workflows of running a fitness business and the daily habits of athletes. Subscription required. Free for members of participating gyms (your gym handles billing). Gym owners can sign up at ironforgeos.com. Support: support@ironforgeos.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Sprints by Carrot at fortnightly against Forge's every 3 months. Sprints by Carrot also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sprints by Carrot against 5.0 for Forge. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sprints by Carrot has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sprints by Carrot ships an update fortnightly, Forge every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sprints by Carrot | Forge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Carrot Fertility, Inc. | Forge OS Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
Sprints by Carrot
Forge
In-app purchases
Sprints by Carrot
No in-app purchases
Forge
No in-app purchases
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