Shaper AI vs FORMA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shaper AI
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Shaper AI is the smart workout tracker with a built-in AI coach — built for how you actually train. YOUR AI COACH Chat with Shaper AI to build your training plan from scratch, tweak it anytime, or import an existing plan from a photo. Your coach knows your goals and updates your plan in seconds. TRAIN WITHOUT UNLOCKING YOUR PHONE Shaper AI's Live Activity keeps your current exercise, set number, and rest timer on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island — always visible, always up to date. Log sets and advance to the next exercise directly from the Lock Screen. No unlock needed. ALWAYS KNOW WHAT TO TRAIN NEXT Build your plan — Push, Pull, Legs, or any split — and Shaper AI rotates through it automatically. Every time you open the app, your next session is ready. No scheduling, no decisions. TRACK EVERY REP Log weight and reps with a custom keypad built for one-handed gym use. Previous performance shown inline so you always know what to beat. REST SMARTER Configurable rest timers fire automatically between sets and exercises. Extend, skip, or just wait — Shaper AI keeps track so you don't have to. REVIEW YOUR PROGRESS Every session is saved. Browse your history and see exactly how far you've come.
FORMA
This app offers AI-powered fitness coaching, including real-time form correction using your phone's camera and personalized workout plans. It also features meal logging by photo and tracks your recovery and readiness to train.
- AI form check with live skeleton overlay
- Photo-based meal logging with calorie/macro tracking
- Personalized workout plans
- Interactive muscle map
- Daily readiness assessment (Life-Load)
- Progress tracking and recaps
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Your camera is your coach. Film a set and FORMA scores your form rep by rep — depth, bar path, knee tracking, tempo — with 47 movements supported. It all runs on your phone. Nothing is uploaded, and it works with no signal. Point it at a meal instead and you get calories, macros and a score out of 10, graded against the goal you actually set. WHAT YOU GET FREE • AI Form Check on 47 lifts, on-device • A 3D muscle map — tap any muscle to see how to train it • 106 exercise guides with technique, common mistakes and demos • Lock In: a plan built around your days, equipment and experience • Stride: GPS run and walk tracking with shareable route cards • Life-Load: a daily readiness score from your sleep, stress and schedule • Recovery map showing which muscles are ready today • 13 calculators — one-rep max, TDEE, macros, body fat and more • Food Scan, three photos a day • Workout logging with plate maths and next-weight suggestions NEW: TRAIN WITH PEOPLE Message the people you train with. Text, photos, voice notes and calls that ring like a phone call. Post to a feed only your friends can see. A run carries its distance and pace. A meal carries the macros FORMA scanned. Watch short clips of your friends' lifts in Reels. There is no public feed, no follower count and no way for a stranger to reach you. Someone has to be connected to you first. Report and block sit on every message, post and comment. NEW: WATER THAT KNOWS YOUR DAY Your target is not a flat two litres. It comes from your bodyweight and then moves with what you actually did — a logged session and a run both raise it. Reminders stop the moment you hit the goal. PREMIUM Everything above is free. Premium removes ads and raises Food Scan from 3 to 50 photos a day. £3.99 a month with a week free, or a one-time lifetime purchase. No feature is locked behind it. Fourteen languages. Your data is yours — delete your account and everything goes with it. FORMA Premium FORMA is free to use. Premium is optional — it removes ads, raises the daily Food Scan limit, and supports a solo builder. FORMA Premium — $3.99 per month, with a 7-day free trial FORMA Premium Lifetime — $69.99, a single payment with no renewal Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A monthly subscription renews automatically unless it is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of that period. You can manage or cancel a subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://formabuild.net/privacy
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Verdict
Shaper AI and FORMA 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.
Shaper AI ships an update every 6 days, FORMA weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shaper AI | FORMA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Luca Carducci | RAB NAWAZ |
In-app purchases
Shaper AI
No in-app purchases
FORMA
No in-app purchases









