Forge Trainer vs HereForIt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Forge Trainer
This app creates personalized strength training and workout plans tailored to your goals, schedule, equipment, and physical limitations. It offers proactive coaching and accountability, adapting as you progress, for a fraction of the cost of a personal trainer.
- Customized workout plans
- AI-powered progression tracking
- Adaptable to injuries and limitations
- Proactive coaching and accountability
- Choice of coaching styles
- Time-efficient workouts
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Build muscle and get stronger with a customized workout plan. Forge is a personal trainer that builds every strength training session around you: your fitness goals, your schedule, your experience, your equipment, your injuries. Home workouts or gym days, the plan fits the equipment in front of you and adapts every week as you progress. Ask your coach anything, any time. Form checks mid-set. The 7am question about training on five hours of sleep. Answers come back in seconds, from a coach that remembers everything you tell it. Other apps ignore questions or email back a day later. A human trainer charges $75-150 an hour. A year of Forge costs less than that. Every rep gets logged, every PR recorded. Whether you train to build muscle or lose weight, watch your progress climb with strength trends for every lift and a body weight chart, all on a dashboard you can customize. Every exercise comes with step-by-step instructions and a visual demo. Download Forge today and start your free 7-day trial. FORGE FEATURES Personalized Workout Plans ◆ Custom workout plan built from your goals, schedule, equipment, and injuries ◆ Sessions sized to the time you have, even 20 minutes ◆ Separate home and gym profiles, with targets set to the weights you actually have access to ◆ Programs around injuries and remembers them for good A Coach You Can Talk To ◆ Answers questions in seconds, mid-set if that's when you ask ◆ Remembers everything you tell it, from bad sleep to old injuries ◆ Checks in when you skip a few workouts ◆ Choose your coach's personality: drill sergeant, patient encourager, gym buddy, technique nerd Built for the Gym Floor ◆ Gym missing a machine? Mark it and your coach swaps in a lift you can do there ◆ Rest timer on your lock screen and a plate loader that shows what goes on each side of the bar Exercise Library ◆ Step-by-step exercise instructions with visual demos for every movement ◆ New lifts feel safe from the first rep Progress Tracking ◆ Every rep logged, with your best lifts on one PR board ◆ Watch any lift climb over time, or track your squat, bench, and deadlift as one total ◆ Log weigh-ins and watch your body weight trend ◆ Customize your dashboard with the stats you care about ASK YOUR COACH ANYTHING 7:04am, before work: You: "Rough night. Slept 5 hours. Should I still lift today?" Your coach: "Yes, lighter though. I cut today's volume by a third and moved the heavy squats to Saturday." PICK YOUR COACH The same advice lands differently depending on who says it. Choose yours: • Stone: ex-military. Tough love, zero excuses. • Maya: patient and supportive. Celebrates every win, especially the small ones. • Mike: your gym buddy. Keeps training fun so you keep showing up. • Reese: data-driven, technique-obsessed. All business, all progress. WHAT LIFTERS SAY "Before I was lost in the gym, wandering around picking up weights and working on machines that I thought were correct. Now I have a real plan that adapts to my goals and my time." "Does a great job at giving me new workouts and reminding me of last weeks progress. Letting me know how my progression is going." "I used to waste so much time wandering around the gym wondering what to do next, but this app completely eliminates that decision fatigue." Forge offers auto-renewing weekly, monthly, and yearly subscriptions, starting with a free 7-day trial. Payment is charged to your store account after the trial ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your account settings. Questions? support@forgetrainer.ai Terms of Use: https://forgetrainer.ai/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://forgetrainer.ai/privacy-policy
HereForIt
This app supports individuals on GLP-1 medications by tracking meals, nutrition, and symptoms with an AI companion. It visualizes your medication cycle, provides weekly summaries, and offers personalized guidance based on your data.
- AI-powered health companion
- Medication cycle visualization
- Photo-based meal logging
- GLP-1 specific nutrition targets
- Muscle Preservation Score tracking
- Weekly data summaries
- Personalized AI conversations
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HereForIt is the only companion app built specifically for life on GLP-1 medications — semaglutide, tirzepatide, retatrutide, and more. Meet Ember, your AI health companion. Ember knows your medication cycle, understands how suppressed appetite days feel different from transition days, and gives you guidance that actually fits where you are in your week — not generic advice for the average person. TRACK WHAT MATTERS Log meals by snapping a photo — Ember identifies ingredients and estimates nutrition automatically Track protein, calories, water, and macros with GLP-1-specific daily targets that adjust on suppressed days Track your Muscle Preservation Score — a weekly metric built around protein, workouts, and calorie adequacy so you're losing fat, not muscle Log symptoms, weight, workouts, and injection sites Scan your pantry or fridge to stock your Dragon Hoard with ingredients Ember can reference YOUR INJECTION CYCLE, VISUALIZED See every day of your cycle mapped out — suppressed, transition, and normal appetite phases Know what to expect before it happens Split-dose scheduling supported WEEKLY SUMMARIES POWERED BY EMBER Every week, Ember reviews your data and writes you a real summary — not a chart dump Honest observations about protein gaps, calorie patterns, and what the numbers actually mean Includes your Muscle Preservation Score breakdown Downloadable as a PDF to share with your provider EMBER — YOUR AI COMPANION Ask Ember anything about GLP-1 side effects, nutrition, workouts, or how you're feeling Ember remembers your history and speaks to your specific situation Voice support for hands-free conversations Ember never diagnoses or prescribes — she observes, informs, and supports YOUR DRAGON, YOUR JOURNEY Every user gets a unique AI-generated dragon companion that grows with your journey Unlock Field Guide entries as you hit milestones Your dragon is yours — no two are alike BUILT FOR PRIVACY All tracking data stays on your device — never uploaded or sold Ember conversations are processed and immediately discarded FREE TO START Full manual tracking always free 5 Ember messages and 3 meal scans per month on the free tier Upgrade for unlimited AI access HereForIt is a lifestyle tracking app and is not intended to provide medical advice. Always consult your healthcare provider regarding your medication.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: HereForIt at none against Forge Trainer's shown. HereForIt also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Forge Trainer sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and HereForIt sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Forge Trainer against 5.0 for HereForIt. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Forge Trainer ships an update every 2 weeks, HereForIt every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Forge Trainer | HereForIt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 10D Labs Limited Liability Company | Sivants llc |
Customer experience
Forge Trainer
HereForIt
In-app purchases
Forge Trainer
- Weekly7 Days trial$6.997 Days
- Monthly$14.991 Month
- Monthly7 Days trial$19.991 Month
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- Yearly$44.991 Year
- Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
HereForIt
- HereForIt Pro (Monthly)$9.991 Month
- HereForIt Pro (Annual)$79.991 Year









