Comparison

BodyPhase vs Koar

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

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BodyPhase

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BodyPhase is a 120-day body recomposition program that lives entirely on your phone. No subscriptions. No cloud account. No third-party analytics. Every calculation runs on-device. WHAT IT DOES: HABITS A time-unlocked daily checklist follows your exact schedule โ€” from 6:30 AM wake-up to 11 PM sleep. Each habit unlocks only when it's time, keeping you present instead of planning ahead. The week grid shows your completion rate at a glance. PROGRESSIVE WORKOUTS Four lifting sessions per week (Upper A / Lower A / Upper B / Lower B) plus daily mobility and recovery work. Every set tracks the weight you used last time, so the app always knows when to nudge you to go heavier. A 120-day scrollable strip lets you preview upcoming sessions or review past ones. PERSONALISED DIET Your daily calorie and macro targets are calculated from your actual stats โ€” height, weight, age, sex โ€” using the Mifflin-St Jeor BMR formula and ACSM activity multipliers. The intensity of your plan (Aggressive Cut โ†’ Bulk) is derived automatically from the gap between your estimated and target body fat percentage. Meals are split across five windows: Pre-Workout, Breakfast, Lunch, Snack, and Dinner. Every meal card shows exact gram amounts for your protein source (chicken, fish, or eggs) and carbs (oats or Sona Masoori rice), including the cooked-from-fridge equivalent so you never have to guess. WEIGHT PROGRESS Log your weight on any day and watch the trend chart build over time. Your BMI, estimated body fat, lean mass, and weeks-to-goal are all derived from what you log โ€” no wearable required. PRIVACY BodyPhase collects zero data. Nothing leaves your device. All entries are stored in iOS local storage (UserDefaults). Optional iCloud Key-Value sync keeps your data in sync across your own devices โ€” the developer has no access to it. There are no analytics SDKs, no crash reporters, no ad networks, and no external network requests of any kind. DESIGNED FOR People who want a structured, science-backed program without a monthly fee or a login screen. Everything is calculated for you โ€” just follow the plan.

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Koar

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KOAR is a strength coach that adapts to your body, not just your preferences. It reads your recovery and fatigue, detects stalls before you do, adjusts volume and intensity to how you're actually recovering, and for women, tunes intensity to your cycle phase. This isn't a workout logger. It's a training system. Free to start. Works on iPhone alone, better with Apple Watch and AirPods. Full gym to just bodyweight, KOAR builds around what you have. HANDS-FREE COACHING Put your AirPods in, put your phone down, lift. A warm studio-quality coach (Kira or Wes) narrates every set: exercise intros, rest countdowns, brace cues before heavy lifts, form reminders, a halfway checkpoint. Works offline, no setup. INTELLIGENT PROGRESSION Every set feeds a progression engine built on exercise science. KOAR estimates your 1RM with an Epley-Brzycki ensemble, detects stalls before you notice, and auto-adjusts volume and intensity. It adds weight when you're ready and calls a deload when you need one, using severity-weighted analysis of your last 4 sessions instead of waiting for you to fail twice. ADAPTS TO YOUR BODY A 5-second wellness check-in (energy, sleep, mood) calibrates every workout. KOAR reads HRV and nutrition from Apple Health to adjust volume and recovery, and uses menstrual cycle data to tune intensity by phase. APPLE WATCH COMPANION Live heart rate with zone coloring, rest timers based on heart-rate recovery (not just the clock), and rep detection tuned per exercise. If your Watch drops mid-workout, your iPhone is the source of truth, no data lost. TEMPO COACHING KOAR prescribes lifting tempo (eccentric, pause, concentric, pause) and guides each phase with haptic pulses on your wrist. COACHING INSIGHTS A Coach tab surfaces patterns you'd miss on your own: masked fatigue, volume response profiles, and wellness-performance correlations unique to you. PERIODIZATION THAT RUNS ITSELF Mesocycles with automatic phase progression, volume landmark tracking per muscle group (MEV/MAV/MRV), and goal-aware deloads. Hypertrophy deloads cut volume with lighter weights; strength deloads cut volume but keep full working weight for CNS readiness. BUILT FOR EVERY LEVEL Beginners get guided weight discovery with live cues. Intermediate lifters get periodized mesocycles with automatic deloads. Advanced lifters get RPE/RIR autoregulation and sex-based programming. EARN YOUR PROGRESS XP tied to training quality, not just showing up. 20 rank tiers, 18 badges for real milestones like 12-week streaks and pressing your body weight, and streak flames that evolve from Bronze to Obsidian over a year. AI PROGRAM BUILDER Describe your ideal training in plain English and KOAR builds a complete periodized weekly plan that respects evidence-based volume landmarks. STRAVA SYNC Completed workouts post to your Strava feed automatically as Weight Training activities. WIDGETS & LIVE ACTIVITIES Today's workout, weekly volume by muscle group, and your streak flame on the Home and Lock Screen. Live Activities keep your current set on Dynamic Island. PRIVACY FIRST No account required. Fully functional offline. No ads. Anonymous usage analytics only, opt-out in Settings. Voice coaching runs entirely on your device. Your data stays on device unless you turn on iCloud sync. SUBSCRIPTION KOAR's core is free: workout logging, RPE/RIR autoregulation, the progression engine, periodization, wellness check-ins, Apple Watch, Strava, and widgets. KOAR Pro unlocks the coaching layer: voice coaching, the AI program builder, Coaching Insights, heart-rate-based rest, body tracking, advanced set techniques, and unlimited routines. New users get a 2-week free Pro trial. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in App Store settings. Localized in 13 languages. Voice coaching in English only for now. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BodyPhase4 screens
Koar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BodyPhase at none against Koar's 3. BodyPhase also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Koar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. BodyPhase asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
BodyPhase versus Koar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBodyPhaseKoar
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better18
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB150 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developersaikrishna narvaneniAric Malka

In-app purchases

None

BodyPhase

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Koar

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Yearly14 Days trial$69.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$179.00

Questions

Is BodyPhase free?
BodyPhase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Koar free?
Koar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BodyPhase or Koar have ads?
Neither BodyPhase nor Koar shows ads.

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