Comparison

Eating Smart Being Active vs Pactra

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

Head to head
About

Eating Smart Being Active

This free app helps you eat smart and stay active. It features a grocery list generator, a physical activity tracker, a step counter, and a collection of healthy recipes with instructions. It also includes a unit price calculator for smart shopping.

Highlights
  • Grocery shopping list
  • Physical activity tracker
  • Step counter
  • Healthy recipe collection
  • Unit price calculator
  • Physical activity ideas
Features
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Eat smart and be active with this free app! GROCERY SHOPPING LIST Keep track of grocery needs in one convenient place! The grocery shopping list also pulls ingredients from recipes to make meal planning easy. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TRACKER Stay motivated and track your progress towards physical activity goals by keeping record of all of your physical activity. STEP COUNTER Track the number of steps you take each day. RECIPES Access to over 60 healthy, low-cost, simple recipes. PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES Tired of the same old physical activities? Visit the list of physical activities for new ideas. Each activity includes a GIF or video and instructions. UNIT PRICE CALCULATOR Don’t worry about bringing a calculator to the grocery store. Use the unit price calculator to compare prices.

About

Pactra

Log workouts with friends, share progress, and engage in friendly competition. This social fitness app motivates daily habits through gamification and challenges, offering fast logging and a large exercise library.

Highlights
  • Fast workout logging (sets, reps, weight, RPE)
  • Large exercise library with custom options
  • Social feed with reactions and comments
  • Gamified progress tracking (XP, levels, streaks)
  • Challenges and competitive modes
  • Personal Coach Mode
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Don't train alone. Log workouts with your friends, share them, challenge them — Pactra is the social fitness app you actually want to open every day. Log sets, reps, weight and RPE in seconds, then watch your progress in XP, levels, streaks and badges. WHY PACTRA People quit training because they train alone and lose consistency. Pactra fixes that with friends, friendly competition and daily motivation — built for habits, not guilt. TRAINING • Fast logging: sets, reps, weight, RPE, notes, photos and video • Large exercise library with muscle and equipment filters • Add your own custom exercises • Personal record (PR) celebrations • Weekly programs: plan day by day, share or copy • Water tracking and daily reminders SOCIAL AND MOTIVATION • Add friends, send requests, explore profiles • Workout feed with reactions and comments • One-to-one messaging • Energy boost: motivation in one tap • Pactra Duo: shared goals for two • Ghost Battle: friendly competition against an inactive friend • Fitness Wrapped: monthly and yearly recap • Hall of Fame: friend leaderboards GAMIFICATION • XP and levels (1-100) • Daily streak and consistency score • Badges, titles and achievements • Daily quests and seasons CHALLENGES AND ARENA • Daily, weekly and monthly challenges • Buddy (1v1) and group competitions • Geo Exercise Arena: leaderboards with video proof COACHING • Personal Coach Mode: invite, measure, assign programs • Athlete hub to follow your program STATS • Training frequency, volume, PRs and consistency • Advanced analytics on Pro and Elite LANGUAGES AND THEME 20 languages including English, Türkçe, Deutsch, Español, Italiano, Русский, Français, 中文, Bahasa Indonesia, Tiếng Việt, 日本語, 한국어, ไทย, Bahasa Melayu, Filipino, Português, العربية, Polski, Українська, Nederlands. Light, dark and system themes. SIGN IN Email, Google account or Sign in with Apple. START FREE — OPTIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS Pactra's core features are free. Some limits and advanced features need an auto-renewable Pro or Elite subscription: more friends, messages, challenges and Arena entries; 7-day programs; advanced analytics; larger coach and athlete quotas. • Pactra Pro Monthly — 1 month • Pactra Pro Yearly — 1 year • Pactra Elite Monthly — 1 month • Pactra Elite Yearly — 1 year • Prices vary by region and are shown on the purchase screen • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation • Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions • You can restore purchases from inside the app • Deleting your Pactra account does not cancel a subscription HEALTH NOTE Pactra is a training and social motivation tool. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Consult a health professional before intense exercise when needed. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Pactra Terms: https://www.planovanet.com/pactra/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.planovanet.com/pactra/privacy.html Support: https://www.planovanet.com/pactra/support.html

Screenshots

Eating Smart Being Active4 screens
Pactra4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pactra at 100% against Eating Smart Being Active's 0%. Pactra also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.3) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 weeks). Eating Smart Being Active's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pactra sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Eating Smart Being Active asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pactra holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Eating Smart Being Active has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Eating Smart Being Active's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pactra's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Eating Smart Being Active ships an update every 6 weeks, Pactra every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Eating Smart Being Active versus Pactra: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEating Smart Being ActivePactra
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (10 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB43 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSquarei Technologies IncYunus Emre KURU

Customer experience

Eating Smart Being Active

All ratings10 ratings
Positive30.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative70.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Pactra

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Eating Smart Being Active

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Pactra

Subscriptions4
  • Pactra Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pactra Elite Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Pactra Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
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  • Pactra Elite Yearly$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Eating Smart Being Active free?
Eating Smart Being Active is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pactra free?
Pactra is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Eating Smart Being Active or Pactra?
Pactra is rated higher. Eating Smart Being Active averages 2.3 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Pactra averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Eating Smart Being Active or Pactra have ads?
Neither Eating Smart Being Active nor Pactra shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Eating Smart Being Active or Pactra?
Eating Smart Being Active ships an update every 6 weeks, and Pactra every 8 days. Most recently, Eating Smart Being Active was updated on October 24, 2026 and Pactra on October 26, 2026.

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