Comparison

Foster Performance vs VALO Fit

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

Head to head
About

Foster Performance

This app offers personalized training and nutrition guidance from a dedicated coach. It provides customized workout plans, habit coaching for sleep and stress, and real-time progress tracking. Programs adapt to travel and offer flexible options for any environment.

Highlights
  • Customized training programs
  • Holistic habit coaching
  • Personalized nutrition guidance
  • Automatic progress tracking
  • Video form reviews
  • Direct coach messaging
  • Travel-adaptive programs
Features
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Steven Foster is now bringing his coaching experience into an all-in-one platform: the Foster Performance app. Personal training, online coaching, functional training, and nutrition guidance all under one roof. Personalized Training Programs - Fully customized strength, mobility, and longevity plans tailored to your goals, injuries, limitations, travel schedule, and equipment access - Clear video demonstrations and performance cues specific to your movement patterns Holistic Habit Coaching - Sleep, stress, and recovery strategies that fit a real executive lifestyle - Personalized nutrition targets and guidance. No restrictive diets, just sustainable, high-performance fueling - Weekly checkpoint surveys and testing to ensure constant progression - Sync with the Health app to update your metrics instantly. Real-Time Insights & Accountability - Automatic progress tracking for strength, body composition, and movement improvements - Video form reviews for ongoing technique coaching and pain-free training - Direct messaging with your dedicated coach for same-day support and adjustments Designed for Travel & Flexibility - Programs adapt instantly when you're on the road: hotel gyms, home workouts, bodyweight options - One tap to notify your coach when schedules or aches change: program updates within 24 hours High-Touch Communication - Weekly check-ins to review training, lifestyle goals, and results - Concierge response times: your coach is never more than a message away

About

VALO Fit

This app offers a welcoming and empowering approach to fitness, combining coaching, wellness guidance, and community support to help users build sustainable, long-term habits. It provides personalized programs, workout tracking, nutrition logging, and direct communication with coaches.

Highlights
  • Workout tracking and progress monitoring
  • Nutrition and macro tracking with barcode scanner
  • On-demand workout technique content
  • Custom workout builder and training plans
  • Personalized fitness programs
  • Direct communication with coaches
  • Community forums and support
Features
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At VALO, we believe fitness should feel welcoming, empowering, and sustainable — not intimidating. Our approach combines coaching, wellness guidance, accountability, and community support to help you build long-term habits that fit your lifestyle. VALO (vah-loh) is inspired by the Latin phrase meaning “I am strong,” and that belief is at the center of everything we do. FEATURES INCLUDE: • Workout tracking and progress monitoring • Nutrition and macro tracking with built-in barcode scanner • On-demand workout technique and training content • Custom workout builder and training plans • Personalized fitness programs tailored to your goals and experience level • Available direct communication and check-ins with coaches • Access to run club events and group fitness experiences • Community forums and progress support systems • Training support for beginners, weight loss, strength, endurance, and race goals • Sync with the Health app to update your metrics instantly VALO is designed for every body and every starting point. We know that many fitness spaces can feel exclusive or overwhelming. That’s why VALO was created with inclusion, body positivity, and community at its core. No matter your background, pace, goals, or experience level, you belong here. Through helpful guidance, expert coaching, and a supportive community, VALO helps you stay motivated and focused while building confidence in and out of the gym. WHY PEOPLE LOVE VALO: • Beginner-friendly and approachable • Inclusive and community-driven environment • Flexible online coaching and training • Real accountability and human support • Designed to support sustainable lifestyle change • Built by people who understand what it feels like to take that first step Whether your goal is improving your health, building strength, running your first mile, completing a marathon, or simply creating a healthier routine, VALO helps you move forward — one step at a time. Fitness for every body. Stronger together.

Screenshots

Foster Performance4 screens
VALO Fit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: VALO Fit at free against Foster Performance's free with in-app purchases. Foster Performance's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Foster Performance sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and VALO Fit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 Foster Performance against 5.0 for VALO Fit. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Foster Performance ships an update monthly, VALO Fit every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Foster Performance versus VALO Fit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFoster PerformanceVALO Fit
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size418 MB427 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFoster Performance LLCVALO LLC

Customer experience

Foster Performance

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

VALO Fit

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Foster Performance

One-time1
  • Premium Package$5.99
1 purchases

VALO Fit

One-time1
  • Premium Package$5.99

Questions

Is Foster Performance free?
Foster Performance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VALO Fit free?
VALO Fit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Foster Performance or VALO Fit?
Foster Performance and VALO Fit are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Foster Performance or VALO Fit have ads?
Neither Foster Performance nor VALO Fit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Foster Performance or VALO Fit?
Foster Performance ships an update monthly, and VALO Fit every 3 weeks. Most recently, Foster Performance was updated on October 4, 2026 and VALO Fit on October 18, 2026.

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