Comparison

Phill vs Forge

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

Head to head
About

Phill

This app creates personalized training plans based on your goals, available equipment, and schedule. It adapts to your progress, missed sessions, and injuries, offering realistic projections and progress tracking. Connect with a community for support and share your journey.

Highlights
  • Personalized adaptive training plans
  • Goal-based training
  • Progress tracking
  • Schedule adaptation
  • Injury constraint management
  • Community support
  • Plain language logging
Features
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Phill turns a goal into a training plan you can actually follow. Tell Phill what you are training for in your own words. Phill builds your first week around your starting point, available days, session length, equipment, and preferred measurement system. As you train, your plan adapts to missed days, readiness, travel, injuries, and progress—without changing workouts you already completed. FEATURES • Train toward strength, running, event-readiness, and general fitness goals • Manage multiple goals and choose which one leads your week • Get realistic projections instead of guaranteed outcomes • Log sets, exercises, and runs in plain language • Adapt around schedule changes, travel, available equipment, and injury constraints • Use pounds and miles or kilograms and kilometres • Receive optional workout and goal reminders • Track your progress over time • Ask Phill questions grounded in your actual plan and workout history • Join the optional Community to share progress and connect with other members PHILL MEMBERSHIP A Phill Membership unlocks the complete app, including adaptive training plans, multiple goals, progress tracking, reminders, Community, and personalized coaching. There is no in-app free tier. A monthly subscription is required. Eligible new subscribers receive a seven-day free trial. Phill provides general fitness guidance and is not medical advice. Stop exercising and seek appropriate care if you experience concerning symptoms. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You can manage or cancel your subscription through your App Store subscription settings. Terms of Use: https://mattarebruce-coder.github.io/phill-app-support/terms-of-use.html Privacy Policy: https://mattarebruce-coder.github.io/phill-app-support/privacy-policy.html

About

Forge

Features
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Forge is the workout journal that adapts to you, not the other way around. No more spreadsheets or paper notebooks forgotten at the gym. With Forge, plan your workouts, track every exercise in real time, and watch your progress unfold week after week — all in a modern, fully customizable interface. ● BUILD AND PLAN YOUR WORKOUTS Create your own training programs and organize them in your calendar. Get a reminder before each session, plus a weekly recap, so you never lose track. ● A LIBRARY OF 100+ EXERCISES Choose from a large, ready-to-use exercise library, or create your own to perfectly match your training style. ● TRACK YOUR WORKOUT LIVE Log your sets, adjust your loads, and time your rest periods directly from the app while you train. ● TRACK YOUR PROGRESS OVER TIME Measurements, weight, training volume, personal records: Forge brings all your data together so you can clearly see how far you've come. ● MAKE IT YOURS Colors, backgrounds, materials: customize Forge's design to match your style and turn your workout journal into an app that feels like you. Whether you're just starting out in strength training or you're an experienced lifter, Forge is with you at every session to help you stay consistent and make lasting progress. Download Forge today and give your training the tracking it deserves. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Phill4 screens
Forge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Phill at 16.0 against Forge's 26.0. 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. Phill sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month and Forge sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Phill ships an update weekly, Forge every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Phill versus Forge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhillForge
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB60 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCarla MattareGiuseppe Ferrara

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Phill

Subscriptions1
  • Phill Membership$7.991 Month
3 purchases

Forge

Subscriptions2
  • Forge Plus Monthly3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Forge Plus Yearly1 Year trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Forge Plus Lifetime$89.99

Questions

Is Phill free?
Phill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Forge free?
Forge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Phill or Forge have ads?
Neither Phill nor Forge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Phill or Forge?
Phill ships an update weekly, and Forge every 5 days. Most recently, Phill was updated on October 3, 2026 and Forge on October 18, 2026.

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