ARTManII vs Sigma Q Training
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ARTManII
Access comprehensive Active Release Techniques® soft tissue management system manuals and over 400 treatment protocols. Review symptom patterns, link to anatomical views, and manage your favorite protocols with notes. Download course materials and videos for offline use.
- Access over 400 treatment protocols
- Review symptom patterns
- Link to Visible Body app for anatomical views
- Mark favorites and create protocol notes
- Download course materials and videos
- Offline access to manuals
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The ARTMan app is for use by students, and practitioners of ART ® who are taking or have taken an ART ® course. Once you have signed up and paid for a course the accompanying course materials and videos can be downloaded through the app using the same username and password that was used to sign up for the course. ARTManII brings the world renowned Active Release Techniques ® soft tissue management system manuals to your iPad. The app lets you review symptom patterns and any of over 400 treatment protocols. ARTManII also lets you link directly to the Visible Body app to give you a close-up view of the treatment area. Providers can mark favorites, create protocol notes, and search across all manuals. ART Recommends an iPad 4th Gen or later for the best experience. Users planning to use ARTMan II while offline (airplane, no service, etc...) will need approx 3-4 GB free per manual for storage of assets (images and video). Downloads of all assets will take approx 10-15 minutes per manual. Auto-lock setting should be set to 'Never' to prevent download interruption when the device locks. It can be set back after the initial download.
Sigma Q Training
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"Find all the information you need about the wet and dry application therapies in one place in both video and text format! Find information such as: How SigmaQ works Installation Instructions Training Manual User Manual Protocols
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ARTManII at every 4 weeks against Sigma Q Training's every 16 months. ARTManII also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ARTManII ships an update every 4 weeks, Sigma Q Training every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ARTManII | Sigma Q Training |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Active Release Techniques, LLC | Caadio Sports Limited |
In-app purchases
ARTManII
No in-app purchases
Sigma Q Training
No in-app purchases
