Strength training for Apple Watch and iPhone

Your Apple Watch runs the workout. Your iPhone plans it.

Pick one of 32 programs on your iPhone. At the gym, the watch shows each set and its weight, then counts down your rest.

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Orka on iPhone: today's workout, Squat and Bench, with a large Start button

Orka on Apple Watch: the same workout, ready to start

No phone on the bench.

The watch shows one thing at a time: what to lift, then how long to rest.

Apple Watch before a set: the target reps and the weight — Before the set, the target and the weight. Turn the Digital Crown to change it.

Apple Watch after a set: rate it as easy, OK or hard — A 3, 2, 1 countdown starts the set. Tap Done when it ends, then rate it: easy, OK or hard.

Rest counts down with your heart rate, and your wrist gets a tap when it ends.

Form cues for all 87 exercises.

Each exercise shows the muscles it works, on a female or male body to match yours, with short notes on technique.

10 key lifts also move in 3D, and you can watch them from four angles.
Search finds an exercise even when you misspell it.

32 programs, each with its sources.

Gym, home and calisthenics, from 2 to 5 days a week. A few questions about your goal, time, equipment and experience pick one.

Strength Foundations2 days
Muscle Foundations3 days
Health and Fitness: Upper/Lower4 days
Dumbbells at Home: Upper and Lower4 days

Orka suggests when to add weight or reps. You apply it or skip it.
Say what hurts or what you don't have, and Orka swaps the exercise.
Bodyweight moves come with ladders, from easier to harder versions.
Deload weeks are planned in, and each block ends with a review.
New personal records are flagged in your workout summary.
Progress charts you set up yourself, by week, month or year.

Also in Orka.

Timed holds, EMOM rounds and warm-up sets.
Always On, so the set stays readable with your wrist down.
Plates per side for barbell lifts.
Undo a set in one tap.
Edit sets, reps, rest and supersets.
Import a plan from a file.
Workouts saved to Apple Health.

Orka has no servers.

Your workouts live on your iPhone and Apple Watch, and in Apple Health if you want them there. Orka reads your weight, heart rate and active energy from Health, and none of it leaves your devices. There's no account to create and nothing tracks you.

Try Orka before it's on the App Store.

The beta is free. You need an iPhone with iOS 26.5 or later. Orka works without an Apple Watch, but it's built for one.

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Or write to hello@orka.so