Comparison

Coach Corva vs CurlBro

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

Head to head
About

Coach Corva

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Corva helps beginners feel confident in the gym. If you’ve ever walked into the gym unsure of what exercises to do, how to structure a workout, or whether you’re doing things right — Corva gives you a clear plan to follow. After a short quiz, Corva builds your personalised 4-week training program, designed specifically for beginners. With Corva, you get: • A structured weekly workout plan • Beginner-friendly exercises • Simple routines you can follow with confidence • A program built around your goals and experience level Everything is laid out clearly so you can stop guessing and start training. Whether you’re brand new to the gym or restarting after time away, Corva makes getting started feel simple, safe, and doable. Take the quiz. Get your plan. Train with confidence. Privacy Policy: https://corva.pro/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

CurlBro

This strength-training app allows users to build, run, and log detailed workout sessions. It features an offline-first design with no account or subscription required, focusing on a clean tool for experienced lifters.

Highlights
  • Drag-to-reorder workout builder
  • Superset grouping
  • Built-in workout templates
  • Per-set logging
  • Rest timer with Live Activity
  • Full workout history
  • Share/import workouts as text
Features
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CurlBro is a strength-training app for people who already know how to lift. Build a workout. Run the workout. Log every set. That's the app. No account. No subscription. No coach telling you to crush it. Your workouts live on your phone, not on someone's server. HOW IT WORKS Build. Search the exercise catalog, drag exercises into order, group them into supersets, set your reps, weights, and rest. Save it to your library. Lift. Start the workout. Each set is pre-filled from your plan — tap in what you actually did. The rest timer runs in a Live Activity, so you can drop the phone between sets and watch the countdown from the Dynamic Island or Lock Screen. Finish when you're done. Log. Every session is saved with duration, volume, and set-by-set detail. Open last week's workout, see exactly what you lifted, and progressively overload from there. WHAT'S IN IT • Drag-to-reorder workout builder with superset grouping • Built-in workout templates to start from (machine beginner through heavy compound) • Fuzzy exercise search, filtered by muscle group, equipment, and difficulty • Per-set logging for reps, weight, duration, and distance • Rest timer with Live Activity and Dynamic Island support • Time-based exercises with a built-in countdown per set • Full workout history — volume, duration, and every set you logged • Share a workout as plain text. Import one somebody sent you. Round-trips cleanly. • Optional: save completed strength workouts to Apple Health PRIVACY CurlBro is offline-first. No account system. No cloud sync. No tracking pixel. Your workouts, sets, and logs stay on your device. If you want a workout on another phone, you share it as text — same format both directions. WHO IT'S FOR Lifters who already know what a superset is, what rest-pause is, and roughly how they want their training to look. Not a program. Not a coach. A clean tool that gets out of the way.

Screenshots

Coach Corva4 screens
CurlBro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CurlBro at none against Coach Corva's 1. Coach Corva's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, 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. Coach Corva sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $12.99 per month. CurlBro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Coach Corva versus CurlBro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoach CorvaCurlBro
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBYRON MAX KERRY MCGOVERNSIMONE LONGO

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Coach Corva

Subscriptions1
  • Corva Pro7 Days trial$12.991 Month
None

CurlBro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Coach Corva free?
Coach Corva is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CurlBro free?
CurlBro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Coach Corva or CurlBro have ads?
Neither Coach Corva nor CurlBro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Coach Corva or CurlBro?
Coach Corva ships an update fortnightly, and CurlBro fortnightly. Most recently, Coach Corva was updated on September 16, 2026 and CurlBro on September 12, 2026.

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