Comparison

Hello WOD vs Arcus VBT

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

Head to head
About

Hello WOD

Track your functional fitness workouts, personal records, and skill progression with smart scanning and detailed insights. Monitor your body's readiness for training and visualize your progress with customizable widgets.

Highlights
  • Smart WOD scanning from photos
  • One-page training summary
  • Skill unlock and PR tracking
  • Body readiness insights
  • Home screen widgets
  • iCloud sync (PRO)
Features
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Hello WOD is a WOD (Workout of the Day) tracker built for functional fitness enthusiasts. It turns whiteboard workouts, skill unlock progress, and strength PR curves into searchable, reviewable, shareable growth logs. Workout Tracking Log WODs flexibly: Smart whiteboard scan instantly extracts training content from photos. One-page training summary: Daily prompts, recent WODs, calendar, and monthly stats make “what I trained this week & where I’m improving” crystal clear. Results & notes: Track times, rounds, and scores. Add post-WOD notes to capture how you felt and key details. Skill Unlock & PR Tracking Structured skill paths, strength PRs, and gymnastics PR progress curves help you log what you’ve mastered—and what you’re still working toward. Beautiful shareable cards to send milestones to coaches or training partners. Body Readiness Insights Functional fitness-optimized workout readiness algorithm: Calculates your daily state using sleep, HRV, resting heart rate, and respiratory rate to guide training intensity (for reference only; not medical advice). Integrates with Apple Watch / Apple Health to auto-pull calories, heart rate, and metrics for complete WOD logs. Vibrant Home Screen Widgets Hello WOD features widgets for training calendars, readiness scores, heatmaps, and more. Fully optimized for light/dark mode + 7 built-in color themes—your training data is always at a glance. Data & Sync iCloud Sync (PRO): Sync WODs, PRs, and skill progress across devices with the same Apple ID (raw Health app data is not uploaded; see in-app privacy policy for details). Local JSON export/import for backups or device transfers (please keep backup files secure). Hello WOD PRO Subscribe to unlock unlimited WOD scans, monthly training reports, all widgets, in-depth readiness insights, exclusive PRO color themes, and more (full benefits listed in-app). Subscriptions auto-renew via your Apple ID; manage or cancel anytime in Settings or your App Store account. 【Developer Contact】 hellowod.official@gmail.com 【Private Policy】 https://my.feishu.cn/wiki/M4yYwS7Xei07GHkcNJgcauQ9nRI 【Term Of Use】 https://my.feishu.cn/wiki/HfwFwcE8midk1Rk2q68cE8MBnog

About

Arcus VBT

This app offers precise velocity-based training and jump performance analysis using your iPhone. Measure barbell movement, analyze jump takeoffs, and receive live voice feedback to optimize your workouts and track progress without extra hardware.

Highlights
  • Precise VBT analysis
  • Jump performance measurement
  • Live voice feedback
  • Synchronized movement replay
  • Load-velocity profile building
  • Progress tracking and sharing
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Precise VBT and jump analysis. All on your iPhone. Arcus VBT brings velocity-based training and jump performance analysis together. Record live or import a video to measure performance, review technique and track progress—without an additional wearable sensor. PRECISE VBT. HARDWARE-GRADE ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY. Turn your iPhone into a VBT training tool. Analyze squats, bench presses, deadlifts, snatches, clean and jerks, and more. Track barbell movement with hardware-grade accuracy and reliability to monitor training intensity, understand fatigue and guide load selection. Explore mean and peak velocity, velocity loss, power and range of motion. Review joint angles, bar paths and movement phases to understand both individual reps and overall set performance. PRECISE JUMP ANALYSIS. MEASURE EVERY TAKEOFF. With proper technique, jump height measurements differ from force plate measurements by approximately 1 cm. Choose from five modes: CMJ (countermovement jump), CMJA (countermovement jump with arm swing), SJ (squat jump), DJ (drop jump) and POGO (repeated hops). Review jump height, takeoff velocity, flight time, contact time, time to takeoff, and RSI or RSI-mod where applicable. Explore individual jump replays, consistency, historical trends, same-day arm-swing gain and EUR comparisons. Supported modes also offer estimated peak power. Available metrics depend on the movement and required input data. LIVE VOICE FEEDBACK Choose announcements for velocity, power, rep count or velocity loss. Hear your performance during training and adjust your rhythm as you go. SYNCHRONIZED MOVEMENT AND DATA REPLAY Replay metric cards, velocity curves, joint angles and bar paths in sync with your movement. Rep intervals show the time between repetitions to help you review training rhythm. Supported deadlift variations also display a lower-back contour and curve to help review changes in torso posture. BUILD YOUR LVP. PERSONALIZE YOUR LOADS. Build a load–velocity profile from multiple sets. Personal OMVT calibration supports individualized 1RM estimates. Compare sets, reps and previous sessions to make more informed training decisions. TRACK PROGRESS. SHARE YOUR TRAINING. Explore training history and progress trends. Export videos with metric overlays and training posters, and sync records across devices. Separate Coach plans support athlete and training-record management. CHOOSE YOUR PLAN Lift Pro unlocks advanced barbell features. Jump Pro offers unlimited jump analysis and its advanced features. Ultra includes both Lift Pro and Jump Pro. Monthly and annual auto-renewable subscriptions are available; Coach plans are offered separately. See the app for local pricing and plan details. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account subscription settings. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms: https://api.arcusvbt.com/legal/terms Privacy: https://api.arcusvbt.com/legal/privacy

Screenshots

Hello WOD4 screens
Arcus VBT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hello WOD at 100% against Arcus VBT's 89%. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Hello WOD sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Arcus VBT sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $6.69 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hello WOD ships an update every 5 days, Arcus VBT weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Hello WOD versus Arcus VBT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHello WODArcus VBT
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better88.9% of reviews
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB166 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer成志 叶夏雯 姚

Customer experience

Hello WOD

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Arcus VBT

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hello WOD

Subscriptions2
  • Hello WOD PRO Monthly Membership7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Hello WOD PRO Annual Membership7 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Hello WOD PRO Lifetime$19.99
10 purchases

Arcus VBT

Subscriptions10
  • Jump Pro Monthly$6.691 Month
  • Lift Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Ultra Monthly$10.991 Month
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  • Arcus Coach 10 Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Arcus Coach 20 Monthly$29.991 Month
  • Jump Pro Yearly$45.901 Year
  • Lift Pro Yearly$54.901 Year
  • Ultra Yearly$75.901 Year
  • Arcus Coach 10 Yearly$149.991 Year
  • Arcus Coach 20 Yearly$229.991 Year

Questions

Is Hello WOD free?
Hello WOD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Arcus VBT free?
Arcus VBT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hello WOD or Arcus VBT have ads?
Neither Hello WOD nor Arcus VBT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hello WOD or Arcus VBT?
Hello WOD ships an update every 5 days, and Arcus VBT weekly. Most recently, Hello WOD was updated on November 5, 2026 and Arcus VBT on November 10, 2026.

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