Self vs Forged Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Self
Achieve your fitness goals with structured workouts, healthy recipes, and mindset tools. This app supports users of all levels in building muscle, losing weight, and developing lasting positive habits.
- Personalized workout plans
- Healthy recipe library
- Mindset and habit-building tools
- Progress tracking
- Support for all fitness levels
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Self-Driven by Chris G is your all-in-one app for real results. From beginner to advanced, build muscle, lose weight, gain confidence, and create positive habits that stick. Workouts, recipes, and mindset tools built for everyday people—including racers. No fluff—just structure, support, and steady progress. Stay disciplined, stay accountable, stay self-driven.
Forged Pro
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Become a Forged Pro member and experience the full ForgedHP system—functional fitness, tactical training, progress tracking, nutrition tools, and mindset courses built to forge resilient, mission-ready athletes prepared for every challenge.
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Verdict
Self and Forged Pro are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Self ships an update fortnightly, Forged Pro every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Self | Forged Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christopher Giumarra | Matthew Alden Virnau |
In-app purchases
Self
No in-app purchases
Forged Pro
No in-app purchases
