Comparison

FORGE vs FORGE

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 simplifies strength training by automatically generating your workout sessions based on your history, goals, and recovery. It adapts to your progress and available time, offering effective training without unnecessary features. Import your data from other apps easily.

Highlights
  • Automated workout generation
  • Adaptive training based on recovery
  • Time-efficient workout scheduling
  • Seamless data import from other apps
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Intelligent programming (Premium)
Features
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FORGE is strength training for people who make decisions all day and don't want to make another one at the gym. Today is already decided. Open the app and your session is ready. Built from your history, goals, and how you're recovering. No browsing workouts. No paralysis by choice. Adapts without asking. The system learns from every rep. Miss a week, it eases you back. Feeling strong, it progresses. You never configure anything. Your data, always safe. iCloud sync keeps your workouts, routines, and personal records across every device. Sign in with Apple for seamless subscription restore. Quiet competence. No streaks. No leaderboards. No social features. No notifications guilting you into working out. Just effective training that respects your time and trusts you to show up. Time you can trust. 30 minutes means 30 minutes. Your workout fits the time you have, not the other way around. Switching is easy. Import your training history from Strong, Hevy, or FitNotes. Years of data, preserved. Free to train. Premium to think. Log unlimited workouts for free, with a preview of suggested weights. Premium unlocks intelligent programming, plateau detection, and recovery-based adjustments. From $0.99/month. Built for people who want to stay strong without making fitness their whole personality. Terms of Service: https://forgetrainer.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://forgetrainer.app/privacy

About

FORGE

Quickly generate personalized workout routines based on your goals, equipment, and desired duration. Receive detailed instructions, coaching cues, and rest times for a complete training session.

Highlights
  • Goal-based workout generation
  • Customizable training parameters
  • Includes warm-up, main block, and cool-down
  • Detailed coaching cues and movement instructions
  • Adjustable duration and equipment selection
  • Optional workout finishers
Features
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Working out should not require a gym membership, a perfect plan, or the confidence to already know what every exercise means. Maybe the gym feels intimidating. Maybe you would rather start at home, without anyone watching. I built FORGE because I wanted a practical workout app I would actually use. I still use it. Some days I want to use a kettlebell. Some days I have twenty minutes and a living-room floor. FORGE gives those days enough structure to become a real session. Choose your goal, up to 3 training styles, Full Body or a combination of specific body areas, 20, 30, 45, 60, or 90 minutes, the equipment you have, and any movement limits that matter today. FORGE builds the warmup, main work, recovery, movement instructions, and cooldown. Each exercise shows work and rest, cues, steps, target feel, and what to avoid. Timed exercises can include a round timer with a three-second ready countdown, pause, reset, and clear work and break phases. Use FORGE at home, outside, or at the gym. It is for the person easing into fitness, the nerd who wants the details, and anyone who would rather follow a clear plan than wander around guessing. If one block does not fit, replace it up to 3 times without using another generation. Saved workouts stay in history on this device and use the same exercise detail and timer tools. Start with 3 total free workout generations. They do not refresh. Subscription details: The monthly subscription begins when your purchase is confirmed and renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. An active subscription provides 50 workout generations per billing period. Optional consumable top-ups add more generations. Top-up generations do not expire and are used after free and monthly generations. Manage or cancel your subscription from Account or App Store settings.

Screenshots

FORGE4 screens
FORGE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: FORGE at 3 against FORGE's 1. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. FORGE sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and FORGE sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. 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 FORGE against 5.0 for FORGE. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FORGE ships an update every 5 days, FORGE every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
FORGE versus FORGE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFORGEFORGE
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKP Family Investments LLCNicholas Rixford

Customer experience

FORGE

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FORGE

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

FORGE

Subscriptions2
  • Forge Premium$0.991 Month
  • Forge Premium$9.991 Year
3 purchases

FORGE

Subscriptions1
  • FORGE Monthly$9.991 Month
One-time2
  • 20 Generations$4.99
  • 50 Generations$9.99

Questions

Is FORGE free?
FORGE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FORGE free?
FORGE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FORGE or FORGE?
FORGE and FORGE are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do FORGE or FORGE have ads?
Neither FORGE nor FORGE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FORGE or FORGE?
FORGE ships an update every 5 days, and FORGE every 3 days. Most recently, FORGE was updated on October 2, 2026 and FORGE on September 17, 2026.

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