ARKV vs Balanced
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
ARKV
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ARKV - Create. Plan. Perform. Designed for Pilates, Reformer, and Barre instructors, ARKV helps you plan classes, capture workouts, organize schedules, and manage your exercise library in one app. Save time, stay organized, and build professional class plans with AI support. - Create exercises & workouts, sped up by AI - Plan & organize class schedules and timetables - Store & ARKV your class plans for easy reuse and reference - Manage your exercise library and archive favourite routines - Attach playlists for seamless music access during class - Attach links to your sources of inspiration Get inspired, reduce admin work, and make class prep easier - whether you teach Reformer, mat, or Barre sessions. This allβinβone tool helps streamline class planning, exercise programming, and teaching workflow.
Balanced
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Every Pilates teacher deserves to walk into a class prepared. Balanced is where you plan your classes, teach them, log your hours and run the business behind it β in one place, on your phone. PLAN PROPERLY Build class plans with springs, reps and cues. Save them, reuse them, and stop teaching the same six exercises on repeat. A library of 104 reformer exercises with setup and cueing for every one. TEACH PREPARED Open your plan on your phone and teach straight from it. Your timings and your music, live, with no paper to lose. EVERY HOUR COUNTED Log teaching and observation hours as you go. Watch your certification progress build, with a record you can actually show your training provider. THE BUSINESS, SORTED Venues and rates saved once. Earnings totalled automatically. Invoices raised with your own logo and sent from your phone in under a minute. Know what you earned and who still owes you. STUDY THAT MAKES SENSE Anatomy and human movement written by a working teacher, in plain English, with diagrams β for trainees studying and qualified teachers refreshing. YOUR RECORDS, SAFE Everything syncs to your account. Change phone and lose nothing. Built by Pilates teachers, for Pilates teachers. SUBSCRIPTION Balanced Instructor Pro is Β£11.99 per month or Β£69 per year, with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://certiscott.github.io/balanced-instructor-legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://certiscott.github.io/balanced-instructor-legal/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ARKV at none against Balanced's 2. Balanced's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Balanced sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. ARKV asks for nothing beyond the download.
ARKV ships an update every 2 months, Balanced fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ARKV | Balanced |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | N1MBUS LTD | Certi technologies ltd |
In-app purchases
ARKV
No in-app purchases
Balanced
- Balanced Instructor7 Days trial$11.991 Month
- Balanced Instructor7 Days trial$69.001 Year








