Comparison

Forge vs Roby AI

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

Head to head
About

Forge

This app is a streamlined workout tracker designed for weightlifters. It focuses on fast logging, progress tracking, and consistency without social media distractions. Features include customizable routines, personal record tracking, and optional accountability partners.

Highlights
  • Fast set logging
  • Automatic rest timer
  • Personal record tracking
  • Weekly goal setting
  • Customizable workout routines
  • Optional accountability partners
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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A workout tracker built for people who actually lift. No influencer feeds. No comparison games. Just a fast, focused tool to log your training and track progress over time. BUILT FOR SPEED - Log sets with two taps. Rest timer starts automatically. Previous weights show up so you know what to beat. When you're mid-workout and breathing heavy, the last thing you need is a complicated app. TRACK WHAT MATTERS • Weekly goal with day-by-day progress • Year-to-date workout count • Personal records across all exercises • Total volume lifted over time • Current streak WORKOUT YOUR WAY • 60+ exercises across all muscle groups • Create custom presets for your routines • Quick-start templates for Push, Pull, Legs, and more • Cardio tracking with pace, distance, and heart rate • Ab workout templates for quick add-ons STAY CONSISTENT - Set a weekly goal. See your progress. That's it. The calendar view shows your training patterns without turning fitness into a video game. ACCOUNTABILIBUDDIES - Optional accountability partners. Send a quick message when a friend hasn't trained in a while. No public posts, no likes, no performance pressure—just quiet support between people who get it. APPLE WATCH READY - Connect your watch to capture heart rate during workouts. See your zones, effort score, and recovery metrics. YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICE - Workouts sync to your account but health data stays on your phone. No ads. No selling your information.

About

Roby AI

This AI-powered fitness planner creates personalized weekly workout routines based on your goals, equipment, and energy levels. It adapts to your progress and provides detailed session summaries and recovery insights.

Highlights
  • AI-generated weekly workout plans
  • Adaptive training based on energy and context
  • Customizable by goal, equipment, and split
  • Detailed session logging and progress tracking
  • Muscle balance and recovery analysis
  • Weekly AI progress reports
  • Workout streak and history tracking
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Walk in already knowing what to do, how heavy, and how many. The thinking is done. Showing up is all that's left. Roby is an AI coach that writes your whole week from scratch, not from a template. It's built for people who know the gym but never had a plan that stuck. Tell it your goals, your gym, and your equipment once. Give it a minute and your week is ready. Each week it reads what you did and plans the next one. Your first workout is on us. No credit card. THE HARD PART ISN'T MOTIVATION It's habit, and habits die on the days you show up without a plan. Roby has yours ready before you leave the house. Traveling, a different gym, short on time? Tell Roby and the week bends around you instead of falling apart. NOT A TEMPLATE. YOUR PLAN. Roby writes your plan from scratch. It uses a frontier AI model, so your plan comes from real reasoning about you, not a template or a formula. It reads your goals, your experience, your equipment, how long you can train, and every set you've logged: the weight, the reps, and how hard it felt. Even a note like "shoulder felt sore" changes the plan. Built for you, not for everyone. A SYSTEM, NOT JUST A PLANNER Most apps plan, or track, or chart. Roby closes the loop, so every workout feeds the next. BEFORE YOU TRAIN See which muscles are recovered and which still need rest, so you know why today looks the way it does. On training days, a reminder and a gym bag checklist. You walk in decided. WHILE YOU LIFT Follow the workout, log a set, and the rest timer starts. Log every set from your Lock Screen without unlocking, with live progress in your Dynamic Island. Voice coaching and a soft rest sound play over your music, even with the phone locked. Your own rest times, warm-up, weight increments, and kg or lb, per exercise. AFTER THE LAST SET A short review: what you trained, records you set, what to focus on next. Strength levels for every main lift, showing where you stand for your body weight and the next target to beat, and a then-and-now muscle map that shows how far you've come. Every week Roby writes you a personal note on your progress toward your goal and how to plan next week. Every line is built from your own numbers. FOR YOUR FIRST WEEK OR YOUR TENTH YEAR Been lifting for years? Bring the split you already run, sort your routines into folders, and rotate them through the week. Roby handles the logging, rest timing, and progression. New to the gym? Tell Roby where you're starting and walk in with every set laid out. Mix both: AI-built and self-built workouts share one history, one muscle map, one weekly note. Push/Pull/Legs, Upper/Lower, Full Body, or your own split, 1 to 6 days a week. Happy with last week? Repeat it and Roby updates the weights and reps. Want ideas? Swap any day for a fresh one and Roby fits it to you, setting the weights from your numbers and progressing it week to week. YOUR GYM. YOUR EQUIPMENT. Commercial gym, home rack, hotel, garage. Tell Roby what you train with and your plan only includes movements you can actually do. Missing a machine or a favorite lift? Add your own and Roby plans, tracks, and progresses it like any other. BUILT BETWEEN SETS Roby wasn't designed at a desk. The team behind it trains with it every session and fixes whatever gets in the way before the next one. It's built for your hundredth session, not just your first. A human coach checks in once a week. Roby reads every set you log, reviews your week, and costs less for a month than a single session with a coach. Your first workout is on us. Terms of Use: https://www.briskybot.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.briskybot.com/privacy-policy Questions or ideas? support@briskybot.com

Screenshots

Forge4 screens
Roby AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Forge at none against Roby AI's 2. Roby AI's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Roby AI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Forge asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Forge against 5.0 for Roby AI. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roby AI has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Forge versus Roby AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForgeRoby AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB172 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJOSHUA LEONARD MORRISONBriskybot Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Forge

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Roby AI

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

In-app purchases

None

Forge

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Roby AI

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Premium Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Forge free?
Forge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Roby AI free?
Roby AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Forge or Roby AI?
Forge and Roby AI are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do Forge or Roby AI have ads?
Both Forge and Roby AI show ads.

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