Comparison

Form8 vs Helix Training

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

Head to head
About

Form8

Features
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Form8 is your hybrid training plan: strength and endurance in one smart 8-week program. Whether you want to lose fat, build muscle or get stronger and fitter – Form8 builds a plan around your goal, your days and your sports. YOUR PLAN, YOUR GOAL • Personal 8-week plan with strength plus running, cycling or swimming • Built smart with deload weeks, so you recover and come back stronger • Choose how many days you train and which days you can't • Prefer no plan? Pick Free training and build your own workouts TRAINING WITHOUT THE HASSLE • Log every set with one tap, your rest timer starts automatically • See exactly what you did last time • Swap exercises and add your own • Every endurance sport with its own weekly progression NUTRITION AND WEIGHT • Calories and macros calculated for your profile and goal • Different targets on training and rest days • Track your weight and see your trend with weekly averages • Your home screen adapts to your goal FORM8 PRO New users get the first 14 days of Pro for free. After that, you choose: Pro, or carry on free. • Personal coach: after every workout Form8 knows the weight and reps for next time • Deload advice at the right moment, based on your performance • Cardio that adapts when you miss a week • A calorie target that adapts to your weight trend • Apple Health: steps, calories burned, workouts and weight in Form8 automatically • All your history, charts and PRs across all time PRIVACY No account, no ads, no tracking. Your training data stays on your own device. SUBSCRIPTIONS Form8 Pro is available as a yearly subscription (€34.99 per year), monthly subscription (€4.99 per month) or a one-time lifetime purchase (€79.99). Prices may vary by country. Subscriptions are charged to your Apple ID and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hybrid-schema.netlify.app/privacy

About

Helix Training

Features
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Train yourself like you have a coach. Helix is an app for self-coached athletes: AI builds a plan for your goal, workouts go straight to your Apple Watch, and your results, sleep and heart data sync from Apple Health on their own. One picture of your load: running, cycling, swimming, strength, HYROX. WHAT YOU GET • An AI plan for your goal. A 4-week plan built around your race, HYROX event or hybrid goal and your schedule. Generated in a minute — then make it yours. • One load score. A single load scale across every activity type, including strength work. Actuals close themselves from Apple Health (Strava connects too) — so you finally see how hard you really trained this week. • Fitness and fatigue. ATL, CTL and readiness show whether you're building form or digging a hole. Readiness accounts for sleep, resting heart rate and HRV from Apple Health. In plain language, not a chart you have to decode. • An AI assistant. Ask “why is my readiness 54?” or have it swap tomorrow's run for an indoor ride. The assistant knows your data and proposes every change as a before → after card — you apply it. YOUR PHONE AND WATCH DO THE ROUTINE FOR YOU • Apple Health syncs itself: type, time, distance, heart rate — and your morning data feeds straight into readiness. • Plans go to Apple Watch: intervals, alerts for your heart-rate zones, strength steps — in the native Workout app, no separate watch app needed. • Notifications that matter: your plan in the morning, your result logged after the workout. • All your analytics in your pocket: ATL/CTL, readiness, plan vs actual, weekly volume. Requires iOS 17+. Privacy policy: https://helixtraining.ai/en/privacy

Screenshots

Form84 screens
Helix Training4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Helix Training at none against Form8's 3. Form8's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Form8 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Helix Training asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Form8 ships an update every 2 days, Helix Training every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Form8 versus Helix Training: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForm8Helix Training
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVincent SonneveldtDmitrii Gumennikov

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Form8

Subscriptions2
  • Form8 Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Form8 Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Form8 Pro Lifetime$69.99
None

Helix Training

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Form8 free?
Form8 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Helix Training free?
Helix Training is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Form8 or Helix Training have ads?
Neither Form8 nor Helix Training shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Form8 or Helix Training?
Form8 ships an update every 2 days, and Helix Training every 4 days. Most recently, Form8 was updated on November 10, 2026 and Helix Training on October 31, 2026.

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