Comparison

Koar vs Davka

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

Head to head
About

Koar

Features
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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/

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Davka

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Davka is a minimalist supplement, water and caffeine diary. No accounts, no ads, no tracking - just one tap a day. First 14 days free, no card required. SET UP ONCE, LOG WITH ONE TAP Pick from a catalog of 34 supplements or add your own, assign them to morning, afternoon or evening, then just hit "Take all" once a day. Done. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Log your whole dose - or a single supplement - right from your Home Screen without opening the app. WATER ALWAYS AT HAND A daily goal and a quick-add right on the home screen or from the widget. CAFFEINE AT A GLANCE Espresso, cappuccino, matcha or a V60? Pick your drink and your cup is logged - estimated caffeine included. A simple curve estimates how much caffeine is still in you and how much will be left in the evening - right in the app, as a widget, or as a live card on your Lock Screen. Supplements with caffeine count too. YOUR OWN SECTIONS Supplements are just the start - create your own sections for anything else you take or do, and schedule each item for the days you choose. AN OVERVIEW THAT KEEPS YOU GOING - a calendar of complete days and your current streak - missed a day? Log it later - stats over weeks, months and your whole journey, with a fun fact here and there - today's nutrient summary from the catalog - optional alcohol-free and fast-food-free day counters Track only what you want - coffee, alcohol and fast food can each be hidden. REMINDERS THAT DO THE WORK Optional reminders for each part of the day - and you can log straight from the notification. PDF REPORTS AND CSV Turn a quarter or a whole year into a clean PDF report - or export everything to CSV anytime. APPLE HEALTH AND ICLOUD With your permission, micronutrients, water, caffeine and alcohol are written to Apple Health. Your records sync through your private iCloud - nobody else can access them, including us. PRIVACY WITHOUT COMPROMISE No sign-up, no third-party analytics. Your data stays on your device and in your iCloud. The first 14 days are free to try, no card required. Then a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Davka is a diary, not a health advisor - it does not provide medical or nutritional advice. Support: podpora@davka.app ยท davka.app/en/support Terms of Use (Apple's standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://davka.app/en/privacy/

Screenshots

Koar4 screens
Davka4 screens

Verdict

The call

Koar and Davka are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 and Davka sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Koar versus Davka: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKoarDavka
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS1818.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size150 MB23 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAric MalkaOndrej Cervinka

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
3 purchases

Davka

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Koar free?
Koar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Davka free?
Davka is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Koar or Davka have ads?
Neither Koar nor Davka shows ads.

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